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5.5

♡ 6

based on novel or book

Tomoyuki Takimoto Director

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Asagao Nanao

Nanao as Hiyoko

Tadanobu Asano as Kujira

Renji Ishibashi as Terahara

Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on her murderer. To do so, Suzuki has to infiltrate the underground world of criminals. Kujira is a contract killer for hire. He makes his targets fall into confusion and eventually commit suicide. Semi is a contract killer who uses the knife to take out his targets.

A Distant Cry from Spring

1980

7.6

♡ 3

Yôji Yamada Director

Mizuho Suzuki as

Ken Takakura as Kôsaku Tajima

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Takeshi Kazami

Chieko Baishô as Tamiko Kazami

The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

1986

7.0

♡ 1

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as

Kaori Momoi as Empress Akiko

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo

Keiko Matsuzaka as Sumie Kawashima

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight when she replaces her in a film and gains instant fame and fortune. But the going is not always easy, and she soon seeks help from unexpected quarters.

Madadayo

1993

teacher student relationship

7.3

♡ 20

88%

tribute

Akira Kurosawa Director

Tetsu Watanabe as

Masuo Amada as

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Takayama's son

Tomoyuki Dan as (uncredited)

In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

2004

6.8

♡ 61

71%

Makoto Shinkai Director

Hidenobu Kiuchi as Arisaka

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Hiroki Fujisawa

Masato Hagiwara as Takuya Shirakawa

Kazuhiko Inoue as Tomizawa

In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

2020

5.9

♡ 8

Takashi Koizumi Director

Hidetaka Yoshioka as

Kuranosuke Sasaki as

Tatsuya Nakadai as Makino Tadayuki

Takako Matsu as Suga

In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Makino clan of Nagaoka, dreamt of independence from the restraints of vassalship. Despite his progressive views and his desire for his estate to remain neutral during the Boshin Civil War, he was bound by loyalty and duty to the clan and was compelled to choose sides.

Gakkô II

1996

6.7

♡ 1

hot air balloon

Yôji Yamada Director

Hidetaka Yoshioka as

Hideko Hara as

Masatoshi Nagase as

Pinko Izumi as

The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.

A Class to Remember 3: The New Voyage

1998

6.6

♡ 1

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as

Kunie Tanaka as

Kimiko Yo as

Hidetaka Yoshioka as

A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She meets others looking for a new start in life, including a former salaryman with whom she begins a furtive romance...

The Railroad Man

1999

7.1

♡ 11

78%

Yasuo Furuhata Director

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Hideo Sugiura

Ken Takakura as Otomatsu Sato

Masanobu Andô as Toshiyuki Yoshioka

Renji Ishibashi as Town Mayor

A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.

Golden Slumber

2010

7.0

♡ 2

74%

based on novel or book

Thriller

Yoshihiro Nakamura Director

Masato Sakai as Aoyagi Masaharu

Yûko Takeuchi as Higuchi Haruko

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Morita Shingo

Gekidan Hitori as Ono Kazuo

When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by with a little help from his friends, who include a famous pop diva, a rockabilly deliveryman, a crippled old gangster, and the world's most cheerful serial killer.

Tora-san Plays Daddy

1987

6.7

♡ 5

Yôji Yamada Director

Jun Miho as Akemi

Takashi Sasano as Chokichi

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo

Kumiko Akiyoshi as Takako Takai

A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.

Tora-San Makes Excuses

1992

6.5

♡ 4

Yôji Yamada Director

Jun Fubuki as Choko

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo

Mari Natsuki as Reiko

Hisao Dazai as Umetaro

Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his love interest or "Madonna".

Tora-san Goes North

1987

6.9

♡ 6

Romance

Yôji Yamada Director

Jun Miho as Akemi

Toshirô Mifune as Junkichi Ueno

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo

Takashi Sasano as Ôya

When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori

1986

5.9

♡ 4

Yôji Yamada Director

Jun Miho as Akemi

Takashi Sasano as Katsushika Ward Office marriage counsellor - Kondo

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo

Hisao Dazai as Umetaro

During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san and his family help the friend's daughter, who becomes romantically involved with an aspiring artist.

Tora-san Confesses

1991

6.4

♡ 5

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as Fisherman

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo

Mari Natsuki as Reiko

Hideko Yoshida as Seiko

When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter to Mitsuo and Mitsuo goes looking for her. But Izumi unexpectedly meets Tora-san.

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

1988

6.4

♡ 4

Yôji Yamada Director

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo

Toshinori Omi as Shigeru Ozaki

Takashi Sasano as Thief

Hisao Dazai as Umetaro

In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is afraid of committing to a relationship.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan

1989

6.8

♡ 5

Yôji Yamada Director

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo

Mari Natsuki as Reiko Oikawa

Hisao Dazai as Umetaro

Takashi Sasano as Yukio Mitsuhashi

Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.

Tora-san's Island Encounter

1985

6.5

♡ 4