Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?

Her Love Boils Bathwater

2016

Japanese

7.4

♡ 16

100%

husband wife relationship

japan

terminal illness

Ryôta Nakano Director

Hana Sugisaki as Azumi Kono

Rie Miyazawa as Futaba Kono

Tarô Suruga as Takimoto

Tôri Matsuzaka as Takumi Mukai

A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.

Kiki's Delivery Service

2014

Japanese

5.7

♡ 7

50%

Action

Adventure

based on children's book

Takashi Shimizu Director

Hiroshi Yamamoto as Fukuo

Minako Kotobuki as Jiji the black cat

Fûka Koshiba as Kiki

Rie Miyazawa as Kiki's mother

A young girl named Kiki must leave her home for a year to begin training in witchcraft. She leaves on her broom, but first says goodbye to her friends and family. Kiki then begins her new life with her trusted cat Jiji.

No Longer Human

2019

Japanese

6.0

♡ 7

Action

based on novel or book

Mika Ninagawa Director

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Ango Sakaguchi

Rie Miyazawa as Michiko Tsushima

Shun Oguri as Osamu Dazai

Kengo Kôra as Yukio Mishima

The story of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan's most celebrated novelists, absorbed in alcohol and love; married and in a relationship with two other lovers.

Too Young to Die! Wakakushite shinu

2016

Japanese

6.7

♡ 6

67%

Kankurô Kudô Director

Rie Miyazawa as Hiromi Tezuka

Nana Seino as Jako

Sarutoki Minagawa as Junko

Machiko Ono as Naomi

After dying in a bus crash and falling to hell, high schooler Daisuke joins a demonic rock band so he can be reincarnated back into the mortal world.

47 Ronin

1994

Japanese

6.4

♡ 9

Action

based on novel or book

Kon Ichikawa Director

Misa Shimizu as Hori

Rie Miyazawa as Karu

Hitomi Kuroki as Kiyo

Ken Takakura as Kuranosuke Ôishi

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.

Hana

2006

Japanese

6.6

♡ 12

55%

Hirokazu Koreeda Director

Susumu Terajima as Kichiemon Terasaka

Rie Miyazawa as Osae

Ryô Kase as Sodekichi

Sei Hiraizumi as Zenzo

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.

Gô-hime

1992

Japanese

6.8

♡ 5

Hiroshi Teshigahara Director

Rentarô Mikuni as Junsai

Yûsuke Kawazu as Katsushige Itakura

Tatsuya Nakadai as Oribe Furuta

Rie Miyazawa as Princess Goh

Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit suicide. Princess Goh, daughter of the lord but adopted by Hideyoshi, is outraged when Rikyū's severed head is thrown in the Nijo River. She sends Usu, Oribe's servant, to retrieve the head and deliver it to Rikyū's adopted daughter.

Tony Takitani

2004

Japanese

7.2

♡ 4

88%

Jun Ichikawa Director

Hiroshi Yamamoto as

Miki Hayashida as

Rie Miyazawa as Konuma Eiko, Hisako

Hidetoshi Nishijima as Narrator

A reclusive illustrator falls in love with a young woman who addictively shops for clothing.

Oceans

2008

English

7.7

♡ 1

81%

Jacques Perrin Director

Pierce Brosnan as Narrator

Rie Miyazawa as Narrator

Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Narrator

Jacques Perrin as Self - Narrator

An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.

Ashura-jô no hitomi

2005

Japanese

5.8

♡ 3

59%

Action

based on play or musical

Drama

Fantasy

Romance

Yôjirô Takita Director

Kanako Higuchi as Bizan

Atsuro Watabe as Jaku Abe

Rie Miyazawa as Tsubaki

Erika Sawajiri as Yachi

Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.

The Face of Jizo

2004

Japanese

7.1

♡ 2

Kazuo Kuroki Director

Tadanobu Asano as Kinoshita

Rie Miyazawa as Mitsue

Yoshio Harada as Takezou

Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama). He had somehow learned that she has fallen in love, and tries to convince her to start her new life. But Mitsué obstinately refuses his warm and humorous encouragements : « People were killed in my place. I do not have the right to find happiness », she says.

Pale Moon

2014

Japanese

6.8

♡ 3

69%

1990s

based on novel or book

Daihachi Yoshida Director

Aimi Satsukawa as

Seiichi Tanabe as Masafumi Umezawa

Rie Miyazawa as Rika Umezawa

Yoshimasa Kondô as Yûji Inoue

Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and embezzlement inspire Rika to do the unthinkable. Soon, Rika finds herself filling the void with a university student named Kota and the millions entrusted to her by clients. Is her newfound lifestyle the key to happiness? And if so, how long can it last?

Actors

Sort

View

Search

The Twilight Samurai

Her Love Boils Bathwater

Kiki's Delivery Service

No Longer Human

Too Young to Die! Wakakushite shinu

47 Ronin

Hana

Gô-hime

Tony Takitani

Oceans

Ashura-jô no hitomi

The Face of Jizo

Pale Moon