What a Wonderful Family!

2016

Japanese

6.8

♡ 10

Yôji Yamada Director

Yuriko Hirooka as

Takashi Sasano as Custodian

Jun Fubuki as Kayo Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as Noriko Mamiya

A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.

What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life

2018

Japanese

6.8

♡ 8

96%

friends vs. family interment

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as

Jun Fubuki as

Masahiko Nishimura as Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as

At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.

Hi no tori

1978

Japanese

6.0

♡ 4

Kon Ichikawa Director

Takeshi Katô as Kamamushi

Jun Fubuki as Oro

Mieko Takamine as Queen Himiko of Yamatai

Tomisaburô Wakayama as Sarutahaiko, General of the Yamatai

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.

Tokyo Family

2013

Japanese

7.5

♡ 4

91%

Yôji Yamada Director

Taiki Matsuno as

Teiyû Ichiryûsai as (as Mie Suzuki) Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as Noriko Mamiya

Jun Fubuki as Woman at the bar

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.

Space Adventure Cobra

1982

Japanese

7.1

♡ 13

Osamu Dezaki Director

Jun Fubuki as Dominique Flower

Barbara Goodson as Jane

Yû Shimaka as (voice)

Minoru Inaba as (voice)

Cobra, a notorious space pirate, is enlisted by bounty hunter Jane to rescue her sister from the strange being known as Crystal Bowie, but then finds himself drawn into a complex struggle over the fate of a mysterious wandering planet.

Matinee

2019

Japanese

5.8

♡ 4

Action

based on novel or book

Romance

Hiroshi Nishitani Director

Jun Fubuki as

Yuki Sakurai as

Yûsuke Iseya as Lichard

Yuriko Ishida as Yoko-chan

Satoshi Makino is a genius classical guitarist. One day, he meets journalist Yoko Komine. They become attracted to each other, but Yoko Komine has a fiancé.

Lost Love

1978

Japanese

6.4

♡ 2

Drama

nuclear power plant

seaside

Kazuo Kuroki Director

Sayoko Yamaguchi as Asuka Yamazaki

Eiji Okada as Professor Kamiyama

Yoshio Harada as Sakata

Jun Fubuki as Tsubasa Aoba

At a seaside city somewhere in the Tohoku area, the corpses of Nozomi, daughter of an affluent family, and Yamazaki, son of an engineer at the local nuclear power-plant, are found tied-to on a beach, as if they intended to commit double suicide. Nogami, a reporter, begins to investigate.

The Last Ronin

2010

Japanese

7.3

♡ 5

Shigemichi Sugita Director

Kôichi Satô as Kichiemon Terasaka

Jun Fubuki as Kiwa Kayano

Masatô Ibu as Nagayasu Shindô

Kôji Yamamoto as Shûichirô Chaya

16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of that incident, Kichiemon Terasaka (Koichi Sato) traverses the country on a mission. His purpose is to find the families of the fallen samurais and spread the truth of the ronin uprising.

What a Wonderful Family

2017

Japanese

7.0

♡ 10

Yôji Yamada Director

Takashi Sasano as Custodian

Gekidan Hitori as Detective

Jun Fubuki as Kayo Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as Noriko Mamiya

Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.

Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me?

6.3

Takahiro Horie Director Nao

Nao as Chika Sakurada

Jun Fubuki as Mayumi Shimojo

Haru Kuroki as Sawako Hayakawa

Tasuku Emoto as Toshio Hayakawa

Sawako works as a manga writer. Her husband of five years, Toshio is also a manga writer. On a summer day, Sawako begins to write her new manga. The story for her new manga deals with adultery. The manga describes Toshio having an affair with her editor and Sawako having an affair with her driving instructor. Toshio reads Sawako's manga with fear and jealousy.

Tora-San Makes Excuses

1992

Japanese

6.5

♡ 4

Comedy

Drama

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".

Fireworks Ferris Wheels and Love

1997

Japanese

6.3

♡ 1

Action

Drama

Romance

Hakaru Sunamoto Director

Shingo Tsurumi as Cafe bartender

Nanako Matsushima as Fumika Nonomura

Jun Fubuki as Nozomi Morihara

Katsuhisa Namase as Youichiroh Nishiogi

Morihara was left a widower 8 years ago when his wife passed away. He attends his first mixer party under the guidance of his daughter. There he meets Fumika and starts conversation. Morihara is too shy to show his love since he is much older than Fumika. On learning that Fumika goes to England to study about English Tea, Morihara rushes to the airport but his effort is in vain. He takes out his dead wife's photo and consults her: "I love Fumika, what should I do?"

Ikigami

2008

Japanese

7.0

♡ 19

Action

Drama

Tomoyuki Takimoto Director

Noriko Eguchi as

Takashi Sasano as Director Ishii

Takashi Tsukamoto as Hidekazu Morio

Jun Fubuki as Kazuko Takazawa

In an attempt to spur citizens into taking more productive roles in society, the Japanese government issues death messages, or "ikigami", informing them that they have only 24 hours left to live. The film follows a young man tasked with delivering these messages, as well as the victims.

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

1979

Japanese

6.6

♡ 4

Tôru Murakawa Director

Jun Fubuki as Kyoko Nagai

Shin'ichi Chiba as Mitsuhiko Sakurai

Akira Takahashi as Tamiya

Daiki Katô as Tomita

A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day.

The Fighter Pilot

2013

Japanese

7.3

♡ 9

Takashi Yamazaki Director

Tarô Suruga as

Takehiro Hira as

Kazue Fukiishi as Keiko

Jun Fubuki as Kiyoko

A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they get conflicting accounts from his former comrades about his character and how he joined his squadron.

Your Eyes Tell

2020

Japanese

7.4

♡ 2

100%

Takahiro Miki Director

Yuriko Yoshitaka as Akari Kashiwagi

Akane Sakanoue as Keiko Tsunomori

Jun Fubuki as Mieko Ooura

Yoshinori Okada as Susumu Sakamoto

A tragic accident lead to Kaori's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can still afford her. She meets Rui and begins to talk to him. Rui was once a promising kickboxer, but something happened in his past. Kaori's smile brings out a change in Rui. However, the two are connected in more than one way. Rui attempts to do what is right.

The Asadas

2020

Japanese

7.3

♡ 9

93%

great east japan earthquake

japan

photographer

Ryôta Nakano Director

Jun Fubuki as

Maho Nonami as

Masaki Suda as

Kazunari Ninomiya as

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.

Call Me Chihiro

2023

Japanese

6.9

♡ 16

75%

parent child relationship

slice of life

Rikiya Imaizumi Director

Kasumi Arimura as Chihiro

Yui Sakuma as Hitomi

Jun Fubuki as Tae

Lily Franky as Utsumi

An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.

Our Little Sister

2015

Japanese

7.6

♡ 22

93%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director Kaho

Kaho as Chika Kôda

Jun Fubuki as Sachiko Ninomiya

Suzu Hirose as Suzu Asano

Ryô Kase as Yoshimi Sakashita

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

Charisma

1999

Japanese

6.8

♡ 11

75%

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Director

Kagetora Miura as

Jun Yoshida as

Jun Fubuki as Mitsuko Jinbo

Yutaka Matsushige as Nekoshima

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering a peculiar tree called Charisma.

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What a Wonderful Family!

What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life

Hi no tori

Tokyo Family

Space Adventure Cobra

Matinee

Lost Love

The Last Ronin

What a Wonderful Family

Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me?

Tora-San Makes Excuses

Fireworks Ferris Wheels and Love

Ikigami

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

The Fighter Pilot

Your Eyes Tell

The Asadas

Call Me Chihiro

Our Little Sister

Charisma