Dissipated Tokyo playwright, Kosuke has retreated to the countryside after deciding that he's done with women, but the indefatigable cat-in-heat Shiori has other ideas, clinging to Kosuke like his shadow.

Confessions

2010

Japanese

7.7

♡ 33

81%

88%

Action

based on novel or book

Tetsuya Nakashima Director

Yûko Araki as Non

Non as 1-nen B-kumi student

Ayaka Miyoshi as Ayaka

Ai Hashimoto as Mizuki Kitahara

Devastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.

Thermae Romae

2012

Japanese

6.4

♡ 7

46%

Hideki Takeuchi Director

Kazuki Kitamura as Ceionius

Masachika Ichimura as Hadrianus

Hiroshi Abe as Lucius

Takashi Sasano as Mami's dad

The story follows a Roman architect named Lucius, who is having trouble coming up with ideas. One day, he discovers a hidden tunnel underneath a spa that leads him to a modern Japanese bath house. Inspired by the innovations found there, he creates his own spa, Roma Thermae, bringing in the modern ideas to his time.

Ask This of Rikyu

2013

Japanese

6.7

♡ 1

70%

Mitsutoshi Tanaka Director

Masatô Ibu as

Miki Nakatani as

Yûsuke Iseya as

Clara Lee as (as Clara)

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eventually becomes one of the primary influences upon the Japanese tea ceremony. With his elegant esthetics, Sen no Rikyu is favored by the most powerful man in Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Nao Omori) and becomes one of his closest advisors. Due to conflicts, Toyotomi Hideyoshi then orders Sen no Rikyu to commit seppuku (suicide). Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's award-winning novel of the same name received the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 37th Montréal World Film Festival, the Best Director Award at the 2014 Osaka Cinema Festival, the 30th Fumiko Yamaji Cultural Award and the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize in nine categories, including Best Art Direction, Excellent Film and Excellent Actor.

First Love

2019

Japanese

6.7

♡ 29

95%

Takashi Miike Director

Sansei Shiomi as

Seiyô Uchino as Gondo

Shôta Sometani as Kase

Takahiro Miura as Yasu

One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themselves pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin.

One Week Friends

2017

Japanese

6.8

♡ 14

Shôsuke Murakami Director

Sairi Itô as Fumi

Haruna Kawaguchi as Kaori Fujimiya

Sayuri Kokushô as Shiho Fujimiya

Kento Yamazaki as Yuki Hase

High school student Yuki Hase wants to become close with classmate Kaori Fujimiya who is alway by herself. Kaori Fujimiya refuses to become close with Yuki Hase, because she forgets her friends every new Monday. Even though Kaori tells Yuki why she doesn't want to become friends, Yuki still wants to become close to her.

Kids Return: The Reunion

2013

Japanese

6.1

♡ 4

Hiroshi Shimizu Director

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as

Kana Kurashina as Manami

Takahiro Miura as Masaru

Akiyoshi Nakao as Yuji

Set 10 years after "Kids Return." Shinji and Masaru have graduated from high school with different paths in their lives. Shinji attempted to become boxer and Masaru a yakuza. They both tried to rise to the top of their respective fields.

Zen

2009

Japanese

7.3

♡ 7

86%

Banmei Takahashi Director

Yuki Uchida as Orin

Takashi Sasano as Rôsô

Kengo Kôra as Shunryô

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Tokiyori Hôjô

In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and meditating to achieve a state of “Mu” (nothingness, or empty existence).

Not Quite Dead Yet

2020

Japanese

5.9

♡ 7

pharmaceuticals company

Shinji Hamasaki Director

Elaiza Ikeda as Akane

Takeru Satoh as Club Owner

Suzu Hirose as Nanase Nobata

Ryô Yoshizawa as Taku Matsuoka

After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.

Inuyashiki

2018

Japanese

6.6

♡ 39

100%

Shinsuke Sato Director

Yûsuke Iseya as Detective Hagihara

Takeru Satoh as Hiro Shishigami

Mari Hamada as Marie Inuyashiki

Ayaka Miyoshi as Mari Inuyashiki

A middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.

Death Note: Light Up the New World

2016

Japanese

5.7

♡ 31

40%

live action adaptation of manga

Shinsuke Sato Director

Miyuki Sawashiro as Ama

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Light Yagami

Masahiro Higashide as Tsukuru Mishima

Masaki Suda as Yûki Shien

10 years has passed since the confrontation between Kira and L. Again, Shinigami sends death notes to the ground and due to this, the world soon falls into chaos. Tsukuru is a member of the Death Note special task force team with 6 other investigators including Matsuda who experienced the Kira case of 10 years ago. Mass murders caused by the death note takes place on Wall Street in the U.S., Shibuya in Japan and other places. World famous private investigator Ryuzaki, who is the rightful successor of L, also investigates the mass murders. They discover that 6 death notes exists in the world. A computer virus called Kira spreads in the world. A message in the Kira virus says to turn in 6 death notes. A person who has 6 death notes overwhelm the world. The confrontation begins between the person who wants Kira’s revival and the people who want to stop it.

Ritual

2000

Japanese

7.5

♡ 31

Action

based on novel or book

Hideaki Anno Director

Jun Murakami as Bicycle man

Shunji Iwai as Director

Suzuki Matsuo as Man

Megumi Hayashibara as Woman

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.

Black Butler

2014

Japanese

6.1

♡ 11

59%

live action adaptation of manga

live action anime

Mystery

Thriller

Kei'ichi Sato Director

Ken Yasuda as Ichizo Tokisawa

Mizuki Yamamoto as Rin

Hiro Mizushima as Sebastian Michaelis

Masatô Ibu as Shinpei Kuzo

Set in the year 2020, following her supposed death, a young woman returns as the son of her noble family to precede the family's prestigious company, with a demon at her side to avenge her parent's murder.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable - Chapter 1

2017

Japanese

5.8

♡ 30

Takashi Miike Director

Takayuki Yamada as Anjuro Katagiri

Kento Yamazaki as Josuke Higashikata

Yûsuke Iseya as Jotaro Kujo

Shuntarô Yanagi as Yoshizawa Masaya

Morioh, 1999—a normally quiet and peaceful town has recently become a hotbed of strange activity. Jōtarō Kūjō, now a marine biologist, heads to the mysterious town to meet Jōsuke Higashikata. While the two may seem like strangers at first, Jōsuke is actually the illegitimate child of Jōtarō's grandfather, Joseph Joestar. When they meet, Jōtarō realizes that he may have more in common with Jōsuke than just a blood relation. Along with the mild-mannered Kōichi Hirose and the boisterous Okuyasu Nijimura, the group dedicates themselves to investigating recent disappearances and other suspicious occurrences within Morioh. Aided by the power of Stands, the four men will encounter danger at every street corner, as it is up to them to unravel the town's secrets, before another occurs.

Parasyte: Part 1

2014

Japanese

6.8

♡ 43

73%

mother son relationship

Sci-Fi

shape shifter

Takashi Yamazaki Director

Pierre Taki as Miki

Kimiko Yo as Nobuko Izumi

Ai Hashimoto as Satomi Murano

Kazuki Kitamura as Takeshi Hirokawa

Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

1997

Japanese

7.7

♡ 5

88%

Kôki Mitani Director

Hiromasa Taguchi as Makoto Tatsumi, sound mixer

Ken Watanabe as Raita Onuki, the truck driver

Shirô Namiki as Suhuru Hosaka

Kaori Momoi as Takako Nakaura

A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various parts of the play to their liking.

Mole Song Final

2021

Japanese

6.1

♡ 7

Takashi Miike Director

Susumu Terajima as Akio Sakuno on the Photograph

Sarutoki Minagawa as Doppo Fukuzumi

Riisa Naka as Junna Wakaki Nanao

Nanao as Kochou

Reiji's final mission is to prevent the smuggling of 600 billion yen of drugs. For his mission, he gets on luxury passenger ship and he faces his strongest enemy to date.

The Detective Is in the Bar

2011

Japanese

6.3

♡ 3

Action

based on novel or book

Hajime Hashimoto Director

Yutaka Matsushige as Aida

Yuriko Yoshitaka as Megumi Kondo Koyuki

Koyuki as Saori

Yô Ôizumi as The Detective

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the detective to complete a simple task. The detective, having an excellent sense for danger, thinks the work is easy and accepts the case. The next day he begins the investigation.

All About Lily Chou-Chou

2001

Japanese

7.5

♡ 33

68%

Shunji Iwai Director

Ryô Katsuji as Hitoshi Terawaki

Yuki Ito as Kamino

Tetsu Sawaki as Retsuya Inubushi Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as Shiori Tsuda

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.

Ox-Head Village

2022

Japanese

4.9

♡ 6

Takashi Shimizu Director

Satoru Matsuo as

Naoki Tanaka as Riko

Riko as

Keiko Horiuchi as

Having launched a social media prank about a haunted building, three girls suddenly vanish. Rumours circulate that they were victims of The Ox-Head Village curse, triggering an investigation by two of their friends, desperate to find the truth about what has happened…

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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

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