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    Kakekomi 2015 POSTER

    Kakekomi

    2015

    Japanese

    6.9

    14

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    japan

    nihon

    Masato Harada Masato Harada Director Tsutomu Yamazaki Tsutomu Yamazaki as Bakin Kyokutei Hikari Mitsushima Hikari Mitsushima as Ogin Wakana Matsumoto Wakana Matsumoto as Otane Yô Ôizumi Yô Ôizumi as Shinjiro Nakamura
    Kakekomi tells the stories of Edo women in the 1800s that escape abusive husbands and lovers by taking refuge in Tokeiji, a monastery in Kamakura.
    Totsunyûseyo! 'Asama Sansô' jiken 2002 POSTER

    Totsunyûseyo! 'Asama Sansô' jiken

    2002

    Japanese

    6.1

    5

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    Masato Harada Masato Harada Director Takashi Kikuchi Takashi Kikuchi as Masatô Ibu Masatô Ibu as Chief Constable Noma Kazuma Suzuki Kazuma Suzuki as Masato Nakano Yûki Amami Yûki Amami as Sachiko Sassa
    When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.
    Climbers High 2008 POSTER

    Climbers High

    2008

    Japanese

    6.6

    3

    Action

    Drama

    Masato Harada Masato Harada Director Machiko Ono Machiko Ono as Chizuko Tamaki Tsutomu Yamazaki Tsutomu Yamazaki as Raizo Shirakawa Masato Sakai Masato Sakai as Tatsuya Sayama Sarutoki Minagawa Sarutoki Minagawa as Yasuo Ito
    On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.
    Inugami 2001 POSTER

    Inugami

    2001

    Japanese

    5.9

    6

    53%

    53%

    Drama

    Fantasy

    Horror

    Romance

    Thriller

    Masato Harada Masato Harada Director Yuriko Hirooka Yuriko Hirooka as Atsuro Watabe Atsuro Watabe as Akira Nutahara Yûki Amami Yûki Amami as Miki Bonomiya Kôichi Satô Kôichi Satô as Mimoto, the Hunter
    Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.
    Hell Dogs 2022 POSTER

    Hell Dogs

    2022

    Japanese

    6.7

    22

    75%

    75%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Crime

    Drama

    former police officer

    infiltration

    police

    yakuza

    Masato Harada Masato Harada Director Mayu Matsuoka Mayu Matsuoka as Emiri Kisa Kentarô Sakaguchi Kentarô Sakaguchi as Hideki Murooka Kazuki Kitamura Kazuki Kitamura as Tsutomu Toki Miyavi Miyavi as Yoshitaka Toake
    Bent on revenge, a traumatized ex-police officer must infiltrate a yakuza organization by befriending one of the group's most unhinged members.
    Chronicle of My Mother 2011 POSTER

    Chronicle of My Mother

    2011

    Japanese

    7.2

    3

    1950s

    based on memoir or autobiography

    Drama

    emotionally distant

    forgetfulness

    semi autobiographical

    Masato Harada Masato Harada Director Tateto Serizawa Tateto Serizawa as (as Okito Serizawa) Rentarô Mikuni Rentarô Mikuni as Hayato Tomomi Satô Tomomi Satô as Nipponmaru sailor Takahiro Miura Takahiro Miura as Segawa
    Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novels, much to their dismay. When his mother, the spirited family matriarch, is diagnosed with dementia, Igami must come to terms with the toll his own behavior has taken on his increasingly distant family and resolve his own long-simmering resentments. Evocative of classic Ozu, this gorgeously wrought epic family portrait explores the tenderness and trappings of familial bonds.
    Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai 2021 POSTER

    Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

    2021

    Japanese

    6.3

    8

    Action

    chambara

    Drama

    History

    japan

    jidaigeki

    period drama

    samurai

    samurai sword

    Masato Harada Masato Harada Director Masachika Ichimura Masachika Ichimura as Kakuan Honda Nijirô Murakami Nijirô Murakami as Nizou Okada Ko Shibasaki Ko Shibasaki as Oyuki Yûki Yamada Yûki Yamada as Yoshinobu Tokugawa
    Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.
    Sekigahara 2017 POSTER

    Sekigahara

    2017

    Japanese

    6.3

    26

    53%

    53%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    History

    jidaigeki

    samurai

    sengoku

    sengoku period

    shogunate

    War

    Masato Harada Masato Harada Director Kasumi Arimura Kasumi Arimura as Hatsume Shô Ikushima Shô Ikushima as Hideie Ukita Mitsu Dan Mitsu Dan as Monk Myozen Takehiro Hira Takehiro Hira as Sakon Shima
    The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of the various retainers, family members, and samurai.
    Bad Lands 2023 POSTER

    Bad Lands

    2023

    Japanese

    6.0

    13

    Action

    Crime

    grifter

    osaka, japan

    special fraud

    Thriller

    Masato Harada Masato Harada Director Noriko Eguchi Noriko Eguchi as Katsuhisa Namase Katsuhisa Namase as Ryôsuke Yamada Ryôsuke Yamada as Jo Yashiro Sakura Andô Sakura Andô as Neri Hashioka
    A grifter and her loose-cannon brother get their hands on a massive amount of money, but their ill-gotten gains puts a huge target on their back.
    The Emperor in August 2015 POSTER

    The Emperor in August

    2015

    Japanese

    6.6

    14

    90%

    90%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    History

    japan

    japanese army

    japanese surrender

    pacific war

    world war ii

    Masato Harada Masato Harada Director Masahiro Motoki Masahiro Motoki as Emperor Showa Tôri Matsuzaka Tôri Matsuzaka as Hatanaka, army major Tsutomu Yamazaki Tsutomu Yamazaki as Prime Minister Suzuki Hajime Inoue Hajime Inoue as Soemu Toyoda
    In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and nights, but a decision cannot be made. The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. General Korechika Anami is torn over making the proper decision and the Emperor of Japan worries about his people. Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki leads the cabinet meeting, while Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu can't do anything, but watch the meeting. At this time, Major Kenji Hatanaka and other young commissioned officers, who are against Japan surrendering, move to occupy the palace and a radio broadcasting station. The radio station is set to broadcast Emperor Hirohito reading out the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War.
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