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Criterion Channel
84
7.6
/15413/
76
/399/
71
/259/
4.2
/52738/
88
/34/
90
/386/
91
/19/

After Life (1999)
On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.
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78
76
7.4
/10455/
75
/304/
72
/215/
4.0
/8470/
93
/539/

Survive Style 5+ (2004)
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
poster
74
65
7.2
/5338/
68
/133/
70
/127/
3.7
/15519/
86
/183/

Hana & Alice (2004)
Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.
poster
71
55
6.7
/2464/
64
/56/
61
/30/
3.3
/1103/
100
/6/
79
/333/
60
/4/

Train Man (2005)
The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.
poster
60
54
6.0
/5963/
61
/136/
63
/123/
3.2
/3395/
60
/5/
57
/353/

Infection (2004)
Infection takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where one doctors mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient. In a hospital death is just a breath away.
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Kanopy
74
52
7.1
/2650/
67
/180/
73
/161/
3.7
/10721/
88
/3/
7.2
/14970/
cc age 10+

The Case of Hana & Alice (2015)
After transferring to Ishinomori Middle School, Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa overhears her classmates discussing a strange rumor. The previous occupant of her seat, a nondescript "Judas," is missing and presumed murdered. Amidst dealing with her mother's undesired meddling in her affairs and warding off her classmates' bullying, the troubled Alice starts to investigate the mystery surrounding Judas' disappearance. The trail of clues leads her to the house of her next-door neighbor, the quirky and reclusive Hana Arai.
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79
43
7.2
/1381/
68
/25/
67
/35/
3.7
/1218/
100
/6/
87
/1/

The Long Excuse (2016)
A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.
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76
35
7.4
/1146/
76
/22/
70
/35/
3.8
/649/
88
/21/

University of Laughs (2004)
In pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
32
6.5
/373/
67
/13/
68
/9/
3.5
/1027/
92
/13/
cc age 13+

Cottontail (2024)
After the death of his wife, Kenzaburō receives an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. His late wife asks him to travel to Lake Windermere in England with their son to scatter her ashes. Plagued by sweet and painful memories of his wife, Kenzaburō travels to England from Tokyo to fulfill her final wish, but the father and son's fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.
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AMC+ Amazon Channel
72
29
7.5
/953/
72
/17/
74
/17/
3.8
/782/
67
/26/

All Around Us (2008)
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to life once again.
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58
26
6.1
/1287/
63
/27/
62
/31/
3.3
/516/
38
/35/

Kaidan (2007)
Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river. According to legend, all who drown in the river will never surface again. 20 Years later, Shinkichi, the handsome son of Shinzaemon, coincidentally meets Toyoshiga, the daughter of Soetsu. They fall in love. It is a doomed love, as the spirit of Soetsu is far from dead
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69
26
6.9
/803/
72
/28/
67
/25/
3.5
/886/

Have a Song on Your Lips (2015)
A young piano prodigy, Yuri Kashiwagi, returns to her hometown after several years and joins a middle school to mentor the choir group.
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51
26
5.6
/1605/
60
/51/
55
/32/
2.9
/619/
29
/102/

Japan Sinks (2006)
In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.
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70
20
6.6
/596/
75
/19/
73
/21/
3.4
/517/

Yurigokoro (2017)
Ryosuke has a bright future. He just opened a successful restaurant and hopes to tie the knot soon with his alluring girlfriend. But then his father declares he has pancreatic cancer and his betrothed vanishes without a trace. In his father’s belongings, he discovers a secret diary, which starts with an ominous sentence: “Without remorse, I take a life …” Ryosuke is completely spellbound and reads on, discovering that the document is actually the confession of a murderer.
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74
17
7.2
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89
/12/
63
/18/
3.6
/531/

Wilderness: Part 1 (2017)
Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.
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17
7.0
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63
/11/
65
/12/
3.7
/863/
88
/5/

My Secret Cache (1997)
Sakiko, a young bank teller, has an unhealthy obsession with money. Thieves hold up the bank, kidnapping Sakiko in the process, but eventually crash their car, resulting in a suitcase stuffed with cash falling into a nearby river. For the remainder of the film, Sakiko begins a desperate quest to retrieve the money.
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74
13
7.1
/295/
89
/11/
64
/14/
3.6
/404/

Wilderness: Part 2 (2017)
Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.
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48
13
5.5
/559/
52
/40/
56
/25/
3.0
/303/
19
/1/

Monsterz (2014)
A somber paranormal thriller that offers an original, exciting variation of the tale of two men with supernatural abilities, locked in a duel to the death. A battle between a man who can control people with a stare, and the only man he cannot control. When their fate cross, the survival battle begins. The two men with inevitable fate, who will survive?
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62
12
6.7
/555/
71
/7/
71
/16/
3.4
/361/
35
/2/

Dreams for Sale (2012)
After losing their restaurant in a fire, a husband and wife come up with a strange plan to rebuild their shattered finances: marrying the husband off to a series of lonely women and defrauding them.
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?
6.1
/22/
94
/5/

The Final Piece (2025)
Keisuke, a 10-year-old boy, living hard despite being abused by his father, finds a ray of light in the midst of his suffering and conflict ---- a shogi world where he fights quietly and passionately in his sharpened senses. Even though he gives up and tries to escape from the light, his passion for shogi continues to guide him thereafter. Eventually, he would learn the true meaning of life.
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?
70
/1/

Friendship with Tanaka-san, Who Used to be the Same Age as Me (2024)
N/A
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6.5
/47/
73
/3/
80
/2/
86
/71/
69
/8/

90 Years Old – So What? (2024)
Aiko Satō, who has won many literary awards, retired from her life as a writer and had no guests. She spent a gloomy time, but then a middle-aged editor named Tachibana came with a commission for a story. The story begins with a series of essays that are initially unpleasant, writing out her anger towards society. Aiko's life will undergo significant changes by the time she is 90 years old.
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Hulu
74
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65
/4/
83
/11/

My Home Hero the Movie (2024)
Seven years have passed since family man Tetsuo Tosu survived a fierce battle with a criminal organization. However, Tetsuo's peaceful family life begins to crumble once again when a sudden landslide uncovers an old sin.
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8.0
/8/
46
/3/
100
/1/

Emergency Room 24 Hours Special 2002 (2001)
After surviving from an incident of Cruise ship hijacking, both doctor Tamaki and the boy injured in the incident, Ryota Inamoto, suffered from different degrees of PTSD. Meanwhile, Doctor Chiharu Kanbayashi's wife is about to give birth to their first children. Would these doctors and patients succeed in overcoming their problems and welcome a happy new year?
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?
5.7
/8/

Kofuku no Alibi: Picture (2016)
Stories depicting ordinary people revolving around ceremonial occasions. Without knowing that the funeral is for a yakuza member, an undertaker holds the funeral service. Relatives bicker over the deceased's last will. A son insists on wearing a long jacket normally worn by bousouzoku biker gang to a coming of age ceremony. His parents try to stop him. A husband heads over to his pregnant wife. She got pregnant before they got married and his father-in-law is angry at him. A freeter man challenges a professional baseball player over a woman.
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54
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5.1
/212/
54
/16/
53
/3/
3.0
/210/

Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021)
Newlyweds Nana and Shota move into an apartment. Two situations, different from the drama series, take place: "What if Shota attends the resident's meeting and not Nana?" and "What if exchange murder game doesn't begin?"
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6.4
/9/

ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」 (2017)
N/A
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67
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6.3
/227/
71
/11/
68
/8/
3.3
/253/

Prior Convictions (2022)
Kayo is a probation officer who forges ahead with her job. Continuing to work closely with ex-convicts, she is assigned to Kudo who had committed murder. As she endeavors to rehabilitate him, Kudo suddenly disappears and emerges as a suspect in a case.
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?
6.2
/17/
60
/1/

Rock'n'Roll Housewives (2012)
Mieko is a housewife with some problems. Her husband is indifferent to her and her daughter Sayako refuses to go to school. One day, Mieko meets Kaori who is divorced. Mieko and Kaori worked at a same company years ago. Kaori tells Mieko that how she was swindled out of money by a man and, because of this, Mieko loans money to Kaori. Due to the loan, Mieko, herself, begins to do part-time work at a convenience store. While at work, Mieko catches a shoplifter Yukimi in the convenience store. It turns out, Mieko and Yukimi get along great. Mieko, Yukimi and Kaori decide to go to a karaoke room together. At the karaoke bar, the women hear the song "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple and decide to form a rock band!
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?
5.8
/6/

Homecoming (2017)
Mutsuko has been living on an island to which her grandmother and mother have restricted her from leaving. To Mutsuko, the symbol of her freedom was Dreamland, an amusement park on the mainland, but she learns it will be closing permanently this year. Meanwhile, Wataru returns to the island after nine years due to a job transfer. A pupil of his deceased father pays him a visit and tells him about a side of his father he did not know about.
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62
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5.9
/189/
65
/2/
62
/5/

Starfish Hotel (2007)
Office drone Arisu finds his own life imitating the mystery novels of his favourite writer when his wife disappears and he finds he is being pursued by a sinister figure in a rabbit suit.
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20
/1/

Tales of the Bizarre: Christmas Eve Special (1996)
"Tales of the Bizarre", in which familiar storyteller Tamori and a star-studded cast take us into a "strange world". This time, Tamori, the storyteller, will present five gems: Gorilla, The Terrifying Karaoke Singing Battle, Telepathic Love, Housewife Sachiko's Secret Pleasure and Merry Christmas 2040
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50
/2/
67
/6/

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood (2021)
In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.
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68
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6.4
/1025/
72
/18/
65
/26/
3.4
/379/

Bayside Shakedown (1998)
Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down.
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54
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6.3
/121/
60
/2/
40
/4/

Omotenashi (2018)
Cultures meet and values are learnt through the renovation of an inn.
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55
?
6.5
/120/
60
/6/
40
/1/

Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture (2000)
Three friends have become masters of the "Go-Con": Japanese group dating. But after playing the game so long, they begin to wonder if their love lives are going nowhere.
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73
?
7.0
/181/
82
/9/
73
/3/
3.5
/249/

Birthday Wishes (2016)
Although her mother died when she was ten, Noriko still receives yearly birthday cards from her. Her life gets complicated as she grows older but she still finds comfort in her mother's messages.
poster
?
5.4
/47/
90
/2/
55
/2/

Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie (2019)
The editor-in-chief of a literary magazine who is popular with women sets up a fake wife and bids farewell to his mistresses.
poster
64
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5.6
/181/
62
/11/
75
/4/
3.3
/226/

Neko Atsume House (2017)
In Neko Atsume no Ie, Atsushi Ito stars as Masaru Sakamoto, a novelist who moves to the countryside to try to combat a bad case of writer's block. While struggling to begin his next novel, Masaru spots a stray cat, which he decides to befriend. Masaru leaves food out for the pretty kitty, and before long his new home is covered in cats.
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?
4.7
/65/
10
/2/
55
/2/

Gold Medal Man (2016)
Senichi was born in 1964, when the entire nation was excited about the Tokyo Olympics. As an elementary student, Senichi won a footrace and got a taste of what winning felt like. Since then, Senichi takes part in various competitions including drawing and usually wins. He keeps struggling to win gold medals at competitions.
poster
?
7.9
/20/
75
/2/
72
/4/

My House (2012)
Suzumoto and Sumi creatively master their independent lives while living in a park in Nagoya. In contrast, a middle-class family is caught up in pressure and routine. The two threads of the story gradually intertwine, until a tragic escalation occurs. Shot with a black-and-white documentary feel, yet highly stylized, the film analyzes the contradictions and pathologies of modern society.
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?
7.5
/16/

Shichou Shisu (2012)
The mayor is found dead in the river in a small town known for its hot springs. It's assumed that he fell to his death, but his nephew just cannot understand why his uncle would have gone there by himself to begin with. When he cleans up his house, he finds his uncle's diary and tries to find out what exactly happened.
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?
7.0
/8/

One Thousand Trillion Yen Randsom (2015)
Based on the mystery novel by Yagi Keiichi, the former Deputy Prime Minister was investigated after leaving a national debt of 1,085 trillion yen, but charges were mysteriously dropped. Now, his granddaughter has been kidnapped. The ransom? Either 1,085 trillion yen- the same as Japan's national debt- or a formal apology and financial reconstruction plan from the former Deputy Prime Minister are to be prepared within the next seven days. Can the police save the young girl before the deadline?
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?
7.3
/21/
36
/3/

Ekiro (2009)
An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno (Koji Yakusho), who is set to retire himself, is charged with the investigating the missing person case. Det. Yobuno quickly finds more mysterious as he delves into the case, but a woman named Keiko Fukumura (Eri Fukatsu) surfaces who may hold the key to case.
poster
66
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6.3
/223/
66
/6/
70
/4/

Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace (2006)
The year is Seitoku 2 (1712), and Japan has a new ruler. But Ietsugu, the 7th Tokugawa shogun, is only four years old. The power vacuum this creates has Edo Castle roiling in political intrigue and personal positioning of all kinds.
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45
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5.3
/107/
22
/4/
60
/5/

In the City of Dawn (2011)
By chance, Watabe (Goro Kishitani) meets subordinate worker Nakanishi (Kyoko Fukada) at a batting center. A friendship occurs which leads to a heated love affair. Watabe then learns that Nakanishi is the prime suspect of a murder case that occurred 15 years - the murder of her father's ex-lover. The statue of limitations for that murder case is soon to expire ..
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60
?
6.2
/276/
57
/9/
62
/10/

Zero Focus (2009)
Spurred by the disappearance of a newly-wed husband, three women in post-war Japan are drawn into a murder mystery.
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?
5.3
/30/
65
/2/

Ranmaru: The Man with the God Tongue (2016)
Ranmaru is a shy, dorky guy with a tongue that can analyze any element simply by licking an object, a skill that allows him to solve all manner of crimes. With his cute, but annoying sidekick Hikaru, plus the steadying hand of friend Kanji, Ranmaru solves a series of strange events at a failing hot spring resort deep in the mountains. Ranmaru falls in love with a doctor who saves his life. The loveable, endearing Ranmaru and his band of quirky pals team up to solve a nasty murder mystery that devastates the village.


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