Dear Etranger

2017

Japanese

7.0

♡ 9

Action

based on novel or book

Yukiko Mishima Director

Shinobu Terajima as

Tadanobu Asano as

Shingo Mizusawa as

Kankurô Kudô as

Makoto Tanaka is 40-years-old and has remarried. His wife is Nanae and they care for 2 daughters from Nanae's prior marriage. Makoto tries to have an ordinary family. Nanae then becomes pregnant. Afterwards, things begin to change among the family members.

The Anthem of the Heart

2017

Japanese

6.1

♡ 11

65%

Naoto Kumazawa Director

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as

Yuka Nagata as Hana Odagiri

Kokoro Morita as Minako Mikami

Nana Mori as Natsuki Nito

Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away so that she cannot hurt anyone with them. But, one day, she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical...

Love and Other Cults

2017

Japanese

6.2

♡ 11

Eiji Uchida Director

Sairi Itô as Ai Shima Denden

Denden as Hisaya Kida

Katsuya Maiguma as Kazuharu Kitami

Yoshimasa Kondô as Tsunehiko Mita

Ai's mother sends her to live with a cult commune, where she remains for seven years. After the cult is broken up by the police, Ai struggles to fit in with society.

Memoirs of a Murderer

2017

Japanese

6.8

♡ 39

93%

Yû Irie Director

Tôru Nakamura as

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kaho

Kaho as

Taichi Saotome as

The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how he would strangle the victim from behind with a rope but he would let the witnesses go and speak to the media on how the murders happened. Ito plays the role of Makimura, the police detective who was in charge of investigating the serial murders but failed to catch the cunning murderer and his respected superior ended up being killed as well. 22 years later in 2017 when the case is nearing its statute of limitations, a man named Sonezaki claims to be the culprit for the 1995 murders and even publishes a book titled "Watashi ga satsujinhan desu" to talk about the cases. Despite the disgust towards Sonezaki's actions, the intensive attention showered on him via the media and SNS makes him become the talk of town.

April Story

1998

Japanese

7.1

♡ 26

81%

Shunji Iwai Director

Kanji Tsuda as Fukatsu

Masatô Ibu as Saito Toshizo

Sansei Shiomi as Shoji

Takako Matsu as Uzuki Nireno

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.

Love & Pop

1998

Japanese

7.4

♡ 17

82%

experimental surrealism

japan

japanese film

teenage girl

Hideaki Anno Director

Ikkei Watanabe as Kobayashi

Tôru Tezuka as Uehara

Akira Ishida as Voice

Megumi Hayashibara as Voice

Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring.

The Girl in the Sun

2013

Japanese

6.7

♡ 11

Takahiro Miki Director

Tarô Suruga as

Takumi Kitamura as Kosuke Okuda

Mari Natsuki as Ohshita

Mitsuki Tanimura as Yuri

A new salesman named Kosuke Okuda happens to meet Mao Watarai, a friend from his middle school days. Back then, Mao was called stupid and bullied, but now she is an attractive woman. Kosuke and Mao fall in love and decide to marry, but Mao has a secret.

Dawn of the Felines

2017

Japanese

5.5

♡ 11

Kazuya Shiraishi Director

Kaito Yoshimura as

Takamitsu Nonaka as

Kazuko Shirakawa as Madam of SM Club

Ken Yoshizawa as Old Man

A story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. They work at the same escort service while feeling lonely in their urban lives.

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War

2015

Japanese

4.3

♡ 13

Mamoru Oshii Director

Rina Ohta as Ekaterina Krachevna Kanukaeva

Reiko Takashima as Kei Takahata

Kanna Mori as Rei Haibara

Shigeru Chiba as Shigeo Shiba

An attack takes place on Rainbow Bridge in Odaiba, Tokyo by the fighter helicopter `Gray Ghost`. 2 days earlier, the Gray Ghost was stolen. The perpetrators are followers of Yukihito Tsuge. Yukihito Tsuge planned a coup of Tokyo 13 years earlier. The leader of Special Vehicle Section 2, Keiji Gotoda, sets out to stop the terrorists.

After the Rain

2018

Japanese

6.7

♡ 26

Akira Nagai Director

Nana Seino as Haruka Kyan

Mari Hamada as Kayoko Kubo

Yô Ôizumi as Masami Kondo

Hayato Isomura as Ryosuke Kase

Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man.

Love at Least

2018

Japanese

6.5

♡ 13

Kôsai Sekine Director

Riisa Naka as Ando

Yutaka Matsushige as Isoyama

Naomi Nishida as Maki

Masaki Suda as Tsunagi

For Yasuko every day is a challenge. Due to her mental illness and hypersomnia, simple things like household chores and holding a job seem impossible. Added to the mix is an indifferent, almost distant boyfriend and an ex-girlfriend with plans to win him back.

Memories of Matsuko

2006

Japanese

7.8

♡ 17

93%

Tetsuya Nakashima Director

Yumi Adachi as

Ko Shibasaki as Asuka

Hiroshi Yamamoto as Detective B Gori

Gori as Shûji Ôkura

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.

The Backwater

2013

Japanese

6.2

♡ 6

60%

Action

Drama

japanese film

Shinji Aoyama Director

Ittoku Kishibe as Detective

Yûko Tanaka as Jinko / Toma's mother

Yukiko Shinohara as Kotoko / Madoka's lover

Masaki Suda as Toma

Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma becomes anxious that he will have inherited those urges.

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

2019

Japanese

5.1

♡ 7

japan self defense forces

japan self defense forces (jsdf)

live action adaptation of manga

Thriller

War

Setsurô Wakamatsu Director

Kôichi Satô as Keichiro Tarumi

Hiroshi Tamaki as Nariaki Seto

Hidetoshi Nishijima as Ryota Akitsu

Hayato Ichihara as Yohei Sakumizu

The story takes place over a 24 hour period. In the southernmost part of Japan, 20 fishing boats of an unknown nationality suddenly fire upon and occupy parts of the Hateruma archipelago. Members of the Japan Coast Guard are detained. Under the extremely tense situation, the Japanese government sends Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and an escort fleet to the area. Ryota Akitsu is the captain of the Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and Toshiya Niinami is second-in-command. It is now 6:23 am. and Japan faces one day which they never have before.

Hentai Kamen: The Abnormal Crisis

2016

Japanese

5.5

♡ 18

Yûichi Fukuda Director

Ken Yasuda as

Ayame Misaki as Ayata

Nana Katase as Maki Shikijo

Sarutoki Minagawa as Mr. Vacuum

News about the disappearance of panties is still being covered every day. Kyosuke still wears Aiko Completo's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back. Kyosuke suffers from the loss of Aiko's panties and disappears, but his biggest enemy yet is about to materialise.

Retribution

2006

Japanese

6.4

♡ 21

40%

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Director

Hajime Inoue as Keiji

Ryô Kase as Sagyôsen no Sen'in

Ikuji Nakamura as Shôichi Sakuma

Tsuyoshi Ihara as Tôru Miyaji

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows him, and he begins to question his identity. His realization of what seems to have really happened results in something much more sinister and larger in scope, and it leaves his psyche scarred.

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

2017

Japanese

6.7

♡ 16

81%

Action

based on novel or book

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Nijirô Murakami as

Masato Hagiwara as

Machiko Ono as

Kento Hayashi as

In 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store. They decide to stay there until the morning. Late into the night, Atsuya sees a letter in the mailbox. The letter is addressed to the Namiya General Store and the letter was written by someone to consult about worries. Incredibly, the letter was written 32 years ago. The mailbox is somehow connected to the year 1980. Atsuya and his friends decide to write a reply and place their letter in the mailbox.

School Days with a Pig

2008

Japanese

6.9

♡ 1

71%

Tetsu Maeda Director

Naho Toda as

Pierre Taki as (as Piêru Taki)

Tomoko Tabata as Ms. Ikezawa

Mieko Harada as Principal Takahara

A sixth grade teacher raises a pig with his class.

Kokô no mesu

6.9

Izuru Narushima Director

Hiroki Narimiya as Kôhei Nakamura

Yutaka Matsushige as Kôji Shimada

Katsuhisa Namase as Rokurô Nomoto

Kimiko Yo as Shizuka Takei

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. Some of his colleagues become so jealous they are resentful and waiting patiently for the perfect opportunity to crucify him. Soon they get their chance as Dr Toma considers performing a controversial operation…

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky

2012

Japanese

6.5

♡ 4

50%

Action

based on novel or book

Yuki Tanada Director

Tomoko Tabata as Anzu

Takahiro Miura as Fukuda

Mieko Harada as Midwife / Takumi's mother

Kento Nagayama as Takumi

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, this boldly erotic yet movingly tender portrait of a group of vulnerable, variously wounded people — a depressed housewife, her high-school-aged lover, and his best friend, who is struggling to provide for himself and his senile grandmother — whose intersecting lives yield both sorrow and a fragile, yet enduring, hope for a brighter future. (TIFF)

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Dear Etranger

The Anthem of the Heart

Love and Other Cults

Memoirs of a Murderer

April Story

Love & Pop

The Girl in the Sun

Dawn of the Felines

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War

After the Rain

Love at Least

Memories of Matsuko

The Backwater

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

Hentai Kamen: The Abnormal Crisis

Retribution

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

School Days with a Pig

Kokô no mesu

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky