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Yoko

Yoko

Yoko
IMDb: 6.5
N/A

A road movie about Yoko, a frustrated part-time worker who hitchhikes to her hometown of Hirosaki, Aomori, where she has not returned for 24 years, after hearing the news of…

Genre: Drama
Ernesto

Ernesto

Ernesto
IMDb: 5.8
124

Freddy Maemura Hurtado, a second-generation Japanese-Bolivian, heads to Cuba to study medicine. He meets revolutionist Che Guevara. When civil war breaks out in Bolivia, he decides to join Guevara’s revolutionary…

Genre: Drama, History
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
IMDb: 7.4
142

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku – Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton…

Genre: Drama
Foujita

Foujita

Foujita
IMDb: 6.3
126

A biopic of seminal 20th century artist Leonard Foujita, a contemporary of Picasso and Modigliani, who was famous for mixing up European and Japanese styles.

Genre: Drama, History
Plastic City

Plastic City

Plastic City
IMDb: 4.6
118

Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jungle, stand at the head of a massive pirated goods operation…

Genre: Action, Thriller
Adrift in Tokyo

Adrift in Tokyo

Adrift in Tokyo
IMDb: 7.3
101

A thug offers to pay a law student’s gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

Genre: Comedy
Saturday Fiction

Saturday Fiction

Saturday Fiction
IMDb: 6.6
127

An actress working undercover for the Allies in 1941 Shanghai discovers the Japanese plan to attack Pearl Harbor.

Genre: Action, Drama
Scrap Heaven

Scrap Heaven

Scrap Heaven
IMDb: 6.8
117

The lives of three people intersect on a late bus ride that’s hijacked by a suicidal political flunky. Shingo is a miserable young desk cop bucking for homicide division. Tetsu…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
IMDb: 4.7
115

A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and bloat. If it explodes,…

Retribution

Retribution

Retribution
IMDb: 6.3
104

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…

Human, Space, Time and Human

Human, Space, Time and Human

Human, Space, Time and Human
IMDb: 5.8
122

A group of very different people set sail on an old warship. The passengers include a senator with his son, a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, a group of…

Genre: Drama
Her Love Boils Bathwater

Her Love Boils Bathwater

Her Love Boils Bathwater
IMDb: 7.4
125

A terminally ill single mother is determined to reconcile her splintered family.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Poongsan

Poongsan

Poongsan
IMDb: 6.5
121

Poongsan has the unenviable – and death-defying – job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to…

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
I Wish

I Wish

I Wish
IMDb: 7.3
127

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents’ divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they…

Genre: Drama
My Way

My Way

My Way
IMDb: 7.6
137

Jun-shik, who works for Tatsuo’s grandfather’s farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, dreams about participating in the Tokyo Olympics as a marathon runner. Tatsuo also aims to become a…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Air Doll

Air Doll

Air Doll
IMDb: 6.9
125

A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts…

Genre: Drama
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
IMDb: 6.8
107

Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition–a fight to…

Genre: Action
Modest Heroes

Modest Heroes

Modest Heroes
IMDb: 6.6
54

Two tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.

The World of Kanako

The World of Kanako

The World of Kanako
IMDb: 6.5
118

When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of…

Sway

Sway

Sway
IMDb: 7.1
120

A psychologically thrilling portrait of the severe dysfunction behind a family clinging to decorum and pride.

Hazard

Hazard

Hazard
IMDb: 6.7
103

Shin is a Japanese university student living a boring and meaningless life. One day, he spots a book titled Dangerous Ways to Walk the World, in which he finds a…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Sad Vacation

Sad Vacation

Sad Vacation
IMDb: 6.8
110

Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this he takes care of the sister of…

Genre: Drama
Mushi-Shi: The Movie

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

Mushi-Shi: The Movie
IMDb: 6
131

Mushi are beings in touch with the essence of life, far more basic and pure than normal living things. Most humans are incapable of perceiving Mushi and are oblivious to…

Mr. Go

Mr. Go

Mr. Go
IMDb: 6
132

A 15-year-old circus ringmaster Wei-wei is left all alone with gorilla Ling-ling after grandfather passes away. Thanks to her grandfather’s love for baseball, Ling-ling was trained to play baseball and…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Suite Dreams

Suite Dreams

Suite Dreams
IMDb: 7
136

New Year’s Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
IMDb: 7.3
124

Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Airport

Airport

Airport
IMDb: 7.2
100

An airplane lands due to bad weather. A family, who rode on that airplane, goes through various troubles and it gets worse.

Genre: Comedy
The Pavillion Salamandre

The Pavillion Salamandre

The Pavillion Salamandre
IMDb: 5.2
98

Four beautiful sisters are entrusted with taking care of Kinjiro, a giant salamander and national treasure. Rumors spread that Kinjiro is an impostor, so a genius x-ray technician is sent…

A Madder Red

A Madder Red

A Madder Red
IMDb: 6.2
144

7 years ago, Yoichi died in a traffic accident. His wife Ryoko did not receive compensation from her husband’s death. She has since raised her son Junpei by herself. Junpei…

Genre: Drama
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise

Pumpkin and Mayonnaise

Pumpkin and Mayonnaise
IMDb: 5.7
93

Tsuchida works at a host club in secret to support her live-in boyfriend Seiichi, in order to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician. Seiichi is unemployed and falls into…

Genre: Drama