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79

6.3

/4814/

66

/407/

74

/226/

3.5

/24340/

94

/31/

84

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84

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4.0

The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly meets a giant silver humanoid who starts appearing every time a space monster attacks!

poster

82

77

7.8

/9457/

79

/245/

78

/178/

4.2

/15403/

93

/290/

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.

poster

76

6.9

/44858/

70

/3869/

72

/1510/

3.9

/243997/

87

/87/

79

/858/

66

/15/

3.5

age 13+

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

poster

72

7.0

/12608/

68

/295/

69

/255/

3.6

/19206/

94

/87/

80

/389/

63

/18/

2.5

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.

poster

77

62

7.2

/3376/

72

/189/

71

/153/

3.8

/7548/

97

/35/

74

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78

/12/

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, this role will be to wage a guerrilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda, 10,000 days later.

poster

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61

7.8

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74

/44/

80

/28/

3.9

/13975/

100

/22/

96

/23/

Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, he decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. For decades, the two young men grow and evolve together – and one will become the greatest Japanese master of the art of kabuki.

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66

53

6.2

/2175/

63

/118/

63

/86/

3.8

/12527/

66

When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, Honey teams up with the seemingly cold police woman Natsuko Aki and hot shot journalist Seiji Hayami as well as battle the four "claws" of the Panther Claw gang to save her uncle and the rest of the city.

poster

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51

7.2

/2284/

74

/83/

71

/58/

4.1

/30661/

71

/19/

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.

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49

7.0

/1880/

73

/59/

72

/35/

3.6

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100

/9/

94

/3/

Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case involving a financial company employee. Conflicts between opposing yakuza groups become more serious.

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41

5.6

/3133/

62

/38/

56

/33/

3.0

/601/

57

/28/

54

/165/

59

/13/

Raised by assassins, Yuki is the last of the Takemikazuchi royal bloodline. A deadly weapon in her own right, she learns the gruesome truth about the death of her beloved mother and joins forces with a mysterious rebel leader.

poster

66

40

7.1

/1374/

74

/17/

73

/42/

3.6

/2406/

Popcorn

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/4/

58

/7/

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.

poster

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40

7.0

/1661/

73

/50/

71

/49/

3.7

/1689/

70

/11/

When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence.

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37

6.5

/1052/

65

/32/

63

/30/

3.6

/3438/

Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement in her life, she decides to give them a call.

poster

62

37

6.5

/2219/

60

/54/

60

/45/

3.3

/469/

63

/146/

In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to steal from the rich and give to the poor. One day a circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for K-20’s crimes and becomes determined to clear his name. He teams up with K-20’s next target, a wealthy duchess named Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her detective fiancé (Toru Nakamura), to take K-20 down once and for all.

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34

7.3

/1162/

71

/33/

68

/26/

3.9

/5333/

74

/4/

Tomiko falls in love with Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being the Tokyo bus driver serial killer, who killed his female conductors after tiring of them.

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33

6.6

/685/

61

/25/

58

/34/

3.6

/717/

73

/15/

Kohei Takahara, an astronaut who dies in the line of duty, is legally resurrected as a clone: however, contrary to the scientists' expectations, he reverts to his childhood memories when his twin brother drowned sacrificing his life for Kohei. Kohei's clone discovers the body of his former self mistakenly believing that it is his deceased twin. Reliving his tragic past, he sets off carrying his corpse body to the beautiful hometown where he lived with his now dead mother.

poster

66

30

6.8

/442/

75

/13/

70

/16/

3.8

/2115/

44

/9/

The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.

poster

46

28

5.1

/3398/

49

/61/

48

/67/

2.8

/659/

28

/25/

When FBI Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible. Mafioso Frank Serlano believes Zack is responsible for his only son's death in the same operation and kidnaps Zack's son to hold as bait. The action gets wild when airline stewardess Mary is taken hostage to add what seems an another insurmountable problem for Zack. There appears to be no way out.

poster

66

26

6.4

/501/

64

/15/

67

/17/

3.4

/393/

71

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.

poster

53

26

5.4

/1048/

54

/47/

48

/44/

2.9

/963/

A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren starts wailing.

poster

70

24

7.1

/1045/

70

/30/

60

/19/

3.7

/1255/

76

/3/

A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.

poster

57

22

5.9

/710/

58

/24/

54

/18/

3.0

/1383/

Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus traveling on a long isolated mountain road.

poster

55

20

5.6

/861/

50

/21/

55

/20/

3.2

/214/

53

/33/

Teru Aoki (青木輝) is on a train to Tokyo after a school trip. A disaster occurs which partially destroys the train and blocks a tunnel. When Teru awakes, he finds all his classmates and teachers are dead.

poster

65

18

6.3

/102/

61

/9/

74

/29/

3.1

/315/

Action actor Tateishi Daisuke who struggles with loneliness after suffering a traumatic experience due to an accident during filming. One day, he comes across a senior high school girl Ayumi who is being harassed consistently by Chinese brokers and the local yakuza. He decides to protect her from them. However, after this incident, he comes to develop a mindset of seeing violence as a way to gain the affirmation and approval of others thus gradually loses himself and behaves in an extreme manner.

poster

60

18

6.0

/546/

65

/14/

60

/20/

3.4

/891/

46

/5/

A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th century Tokyo with a mission to destroy the blooming city.

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42

17

4.4

/357/

40

/26/

46

/23/

2.7

/593/

29

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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, the nation will be destroyed.

poster

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17

6.8

/512/

58

/8/

68

/9/

3.5

/593/

58

/17/

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 an old friend in jail and a young illegal immigrant. Eventually his life reaches a turning point.

poster

69

16

6.6

/631/

68

/18/

70

/20/

3.5

/459/

71

/3/

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.

poster

62

15

6.2

/216/

55

/13/

70

/15/

3.1

/669/

Bent on the destruction of the human race, the secret underground organization Shocker secretly planned to plunge the world into chaos. But they didn’t count on the revolt of both of their experimentally “reconstructed” human beings, the Kamen Riders. Two years after their first battle with Shocker, a 3rd Rider arises to confront them, known only as “Version 3.” The arrival of the third Kamen Rider will hurl the heroes into their most terrible battle yet and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

poster

67

13

6.5

/416/

61

/8/

75

/19/

70

/1/

1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.

poster

63

13

6.2

/297/

55

/5/

67

/9/

3.4

/688/

Trapped in her anemic career and love relationship, a 30-year-old TV commercial director returns to her countryside home in the company of a free-spirited friend. In a bittersweet reunion with an alienated family, her childhood memories of freedom and yearnings creep in the dreamlike blue hour, transcending into a lyricism of self-realization – at once whimsical, agonizing and yet hopeful.

poster

60

13

6.3

/457/

67

/16/

67

/20/

3.3

/257/

38

/3/

Ryoro Kurojima is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.

poster

62

12

6.7

/519/

64

/24/

62

/13/

3.4

/351/

53

/4/

Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater, and rock music, and develop their project into a school road block. This plan however catches the attention of television stations and newspapers, and soon even the cops became involved in this teenage adventure.

poster

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11

3.9

/326/

30

/14/

46

/23/

2.6

/544/

32

/3/

A young woman named Kazue runs over a naked girl on a mountain road. When she stops to help, the girl runs off into an old abandoned house in the middle of the woods.

poster

69

10

6.5

/124/

73

/3/

71

/13/

3.4

/232/

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 is now a middle school student. Ryoko also cares for her father-in-law, who lives in a nursing home and she also runs a cafe. Her care is in a difficult situation due to Covid-19, while Junpei experiences bullying at school.

poster

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10

5.9

/292/

62

/9/

60

/11/

3.3

/306/

A girl is kidnapped and the perpetrator roams freely. When a similar case occurs along the same road and in similar circumstances a suspect is identified leading to the accused running away and going into hiding.

poster

?

5.9

/40/

60

/6/

67

/5/

Toko Amano worked as a detective, but to take care of her sick husband she quit her job. After her husband passed away, Toko Amano now works as a crisis management expert. 3 days ago, Toko Amano's former mother-in-law rode on an express train with beds. She witnessed a man strangling a woman and told the train conductor, but he thought she imagined it. The police later searched for the woman's body, but could not find her. Toko Amano boards the same express train that her former mother-in-law rode. She looks for the dead body.

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7.0

/30/

N/A

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5.2

/46/

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88

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3.1

/211/

93

Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia, and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai―one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself…

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10

/1/

High school student Mikiko travels back in time to the future using a time machine built by Monjiro, the physics club advisor. What awaited her there was the reality that her best friends, Yoko and Tatsuro, were already married and were on the verge of breaking up. Mikiko returns to the modern world with the help of future Monjiro to mend their relationship.

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10

/1/

60

/1/

A bizarre mystery created under the direction of director Jissoji. The mysterious and strange world of Jissoji is brought back to life here!

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5.4

/10/

Haruki Masato is a shy youth who gets swept away when he happens upon a rakugo performance. He knocks on the door of rakugo master Imadoka Shoroku in Tokyo’s old downtown and somehow gets taken on as a disciple, and embarks on a path to become a rakugo comedian under the name of Imadoka Koharu.

poster

59

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5.7

/338/

62

/21/

54

/8/

3.2

/448/

During the Heian period, Abe no Seimei trains in magic but lacks interest, until a collaboration with Minamoto no Hiromasa arises to solve a strange phenomenon.

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10

/1/

60

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A psychological suspense based on the novel of the same name by Naoki Prize-winning author Tsuyoshi Osaka. Psychiatrist Aiko Minamikawa was asked to conduct a psychiatric evaluation on a man named Oiwake who assaulted a woman. At that time, a series of murders targeting women who cut off her eyelids after killing them occurred.

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?

1.4

/469/

Film on the life of Ramo Nakajima, part adaptation of his short stories, part documentary

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?

5.6

/8/

An elderly woman sets out to see in person a painting by a famous artist.She believes she was the inspiration for the painting.

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70

/1/

A timid girl high school student, Sonoko Ishii (Emi Suzuki), has two important friends at her high school. They are Sonoko's boyfriend Satonaka (Kei Tanaka) and her best friend Miyuki (Erika Okuda), a delinquent high school student. Sonoko is suffering from depression due to "bullying" by a girl in her class. Miyuki, on the other hand, is a "wrist-cut" addict due to a terrible experience she had in her childhood. Satonaka is a good guy who tries to support them both. Then one day, unexpectedly, Satonaka and Miyuki have a big accident.

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5.2

/76/

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In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.

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