Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village, and to his father, a debt-ridden man with a gambling problem.

Hakkenden

2024

Japanese

5.7

♡ 1

Action

based on novel or book

Fumihiko Sori Director

Tao Tsuchiya as Fusehime So Kaku

So Kaku as Kobungo Inuta

Shinobu Terajima as Ohaku

Hayato Isomura as Sohaku

Chiaki Kuriyama as Tamazusa

Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The story is about eight warriors who, each carrying a jewel, gather together as if guided by fate and embark on a harsh journey to fight the curse of the Satomi family. Hokusai is drawn into the story that Bakin is telling, and visits Bakin on various occasions to hear the rest of the story, and a strange relationship between the two begins. The serialization becomes Bakin's life's work, with the idea of "rewarding good and punishing evil in a world where evil is rampant," but after 28 years, as the story finally approaches its climax, Bakin begins to lose his sight. With the completion of the story in doubt, he receives an unexpected proposal from his daughter-in-law. Will the story ever be completed?

Catching Feelings

2017

English

5.7

100%

johannesburg, south africa

Romance

writer

Set in a chic and middle class Johannesburg, a jaded academic and his journalist wife have their lives turned upside down when a celebrated and hedonistic older writer unexpectedly moves into their home.

The Zen Diary

2022

Japanese

6.8

♡ 5

100%

Yuji Nakae Director

Takako Matsu as Machiko

Naomi Nishida as Mika

Toshinori Omi as Ryû

Kenji Sawada as Tsutomu

Tsutomu lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking Zen food with the vegetables he grows and the mushrooms he picks in the hills. His routine is happily disturbed when Machiko, his editor and love interest, occasionally visits. Tsutomu seems content with his daily life. On the other hand, he still hasn't let go of his wife's ashes, although she died 13 years ago.

Worlds Apart

2024

Japanese

6.5

♡ 9

aunt niece relationship

Natsuki Seta Director

Shôta Sometani as Kazunari Tono

Yui Aragaki as Makio Kodai

Yûko Nakamura as Minori Kodai Kaho

Kaho as Nana Daigo

Makio Kōdai is a shy 35-year-old woman. She works as a novelist. One day, her sibling and her sibling's married partner die in a car accident. Makio Kōdai attends their funeral and meets her 15-year-old niece Asa Takumi, who is now left alone due to her parents’ death. The other relatives at the funeral speak insensitive words around Asa Takumi. Makio Kōdai gets furious at them and decides to take in her niece. Makio Kōdai, who has problems having relationships with other people, and Asa Takumi now begin to live together.

One Day

2011

English

♡ 134

36%

50%

Action

author

based on novel or book

Lone Scherfig Director

Patricia Clarkson as Alison

Anne Hathaway as Emma

Emilia Jones as Jasmine

Augustina Amoa as Parent

A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.

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