Samurai Hustle Returns

2016

Japanese

5.5

♡ 9

Katsuhide Motoki Director

Hiromasa Taguchi as

Tsuyoshi Ihara as Danzo Kumogakure

Kyoko Fukada as Osaki

Renji Ishibashi as Terusada Matsudaira

Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has taken place in his hometown of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito knows that it is a counterattack by Matsudaira. He returns to Yunagaya, but finds that his castle is gone.

Recall

2018

Japanese

6.4

♡ 10

29%

Action

automobile company

based on novel or book

Katsuhide Motoki Director

Kyoko Fukada as Fumie Akamatsu

Kanji Tsuda as Joji Hamanaka

Katsuya Maiguma as Kensuke Yasutomo

Eiko Koike as Yuko Enomoto

A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.

Iwane: Sword of Serenity

2019

Japanese

6.4

♡ 5

Katsuhide Motoki Director

Pierre Taki as Bunroku Shishido

Sôkô Wada as Gennojyo Higashi

Tôri Matsuzaka as Iwane Sawaki

Hiroshi Yamamoto as Matsuyoshi

Iwane Sakazaki returns to his homeland and gets caught in the middle of an incident that results in the tragic death of two of his best friends from childhood. He decides to leave his domain, parting with his fiancée Nao, and becomes a vagrant masterless samurai with nothing more to lose. Iwane drifts to Edo, filleting eels during the day and working as a bodyguard at night for Imazuya, a reputable money exchanger. He gradually wins the trust of the people around him because of his mellow nature, the chivalrous way he treats everyone with courtesy, and his skills of swords. One day, he learns that Imazuya is being targeted in a conspiracy to sabotage a new monetary system implemented by the government, and Iwane decides to protect the people who have given him support.

10 Promises to My Dog

2008

Japanese

6.9

♡ 9

human animal relationship

japan

Romance

Katsuhide Motoki Director

Takashi Sasano as

Pierre Taki as (as Piêru Taki)

Ryô Kase as Susumu Hoshi

Chizuru Ikewaki as Yuko Inoue

One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on. Akari was together with Socks day and night. However, as Akari grows up, her feelings and interest moves away from Socks. Year by year, their distance grows, which also leads to her physical distance as she moves to a far off city, and must leave Socks behind to a childhood friend.One day Akari remembers the 10 promises that she had made with Socks and her deceased mother...

Welcome Home, Hayabusa

2012

Japanese

5.8

♡ 3

Drama

Katsuhide Motoki Director

Tomokazu Miura as Isao Ohashi

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kento Ohashi

Kosuke Toyohara as Koichi Yamada

Anne Watanabe as Naoko Nomura

Kento Ohashi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is a novice ion engine developer working on a team that is launching the unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft into outerspace. His father Isao (Tomokazu Miura) was the leader of a previously failed space probe named Nozomi. Now, Kento pursues his dreams and his father's while experiencing the unexpected surprises that comes with the Hayabusa's 7 year odyssey.

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