Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.

Summer Blooms

2017

Japanese

6.6

♡ 3

Ryûtarô Nakagawa Director

Yumiko Takahashi as Shinobu Toda

Keiko Takahashi as Takako Kazama

Aki Asakura as Takimoto Hatsumi

Takahiro Miura as Totaro Shibuma

k27-year-old Hatsumi Takimoto is a former teacher and now waitress. She holds a secret. Three years after her boyfriend died, she receives a letter from him. After meeting a former student, Hatsumi Takimoto confesses about her past.

Love Letter

1981

Japanese

5.9

♡ 5

Yôichi Higashi Director

Mariko Kaga as

Noboru Nakaya as

Katsuo Nakamura as Toshiharu Oda

Keiko Takahashi as Yuko

Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. She waits patiently for him and only him, yet she is constantly being lust by others.

Door

1988

Japanese

6.4

♡ 10

obsessed with a woman

salesman

suspense

Thriller

Banmei Takahashi Director

Shirô Shimomoto as Satoru Honda

Takuto Yonezu as Takuto Honda

Daijirô Tsutsumi as Yamakawa

Keiko Takahashi as Yasuko Honda

Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto. Annoyed by spam calls and door-to-door salesmen, Yasuko slams the door on a salesman’s hand when he tries to squeeze a flyer through the apartment's chained front door. He leaves, but the next day, her nightmare starts.

Analog

2023

Japanese

6.6

♡ 2

Action

Drama

Romance

Hideta Takahata Director

Aimi Satsukawa as Kaori Yamashita

Yuka Itaya as Kazumi

Keiko Takahashi as Reiko Mizushima

Kazunari Ninomiya as Satoru Mizushima

Satoru Mizushima is a designer, who prefers traditional things like handmade items and handwritten works. One day, he happens to meet a mysterious woman, Miyuki Miharu, at the cafe named Piano. She seems to have similar values to him and he is attracted to her. Satoru asks for Miyuki's cellphone number, but she doesn't own a cellphone. They make a promise to meet at the cafe every Thursday. Since then, Satoru and Miyuki meet every Thursday and their relationship develops romantically. Satoru decides to propose Miyuki, but she doesn't show up at the cafe.

The Gate of Youth

1975

Japanese

6.8

♡ 2

Drama

Kirio Urayama Director

Chôichirô Kawarasaki as Kaneyama, Korean man

Keiko Takahashi as Piano Teacher

Sayuri Yoshinaga as Shinsuke's stepmother

Tatsuya Nakadai as Yuki, Shinsuke's father

Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters. Shinsuke's father dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a kind Korean and a Harley-riding yakuza.

Red Ball

2015

Japanese

5.0

♡ 1

Drama

teacher student relationship

Banmei Takahashi Director

Keiko Takahashi as

Tasuku Emoto as

Eiji Okuda as

Ryôichi Hayashi as

Shuji Tokita (Eiji Okuda) is a film director and a professor at a university. He goes through a difficult time trying to film his new movie. He believes his movies reflect his own personal expriences. A female high school student, Ritsuko (Yukino Murakami), appears in front of Shuji.

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