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Netflix
83
7.7
/199727/
77
/11860/
75
/2975/
4.1
/838426/
99
/213/
98
/1981/
81
/34/
cc age 11+

Godzilla Minus One (2023)
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
poster
82
78
7.6
/7811/
76
/239/
74
/157/
4.2
/22179/
100
/18/
87
/130/
77
/5/

The Taste of Tea (2004)
A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
poster
Netflix
75
7.4
/70019/
74
/3809/
72
/2093/
3.5
/147035/
87
/681/
7.5
/593210/
cc age 10+

5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
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Kanopy
68
6.6
/30573/
66
/1199/
66
/639/
3.7
/154129/
76
/54/
60
/811/
68
/21/

Pulse (2001)
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
poster
Netflix
83
65
7.7
/3498/
79
/241/
83
/187/
4.0
/63912/
96
/14/
cc age 13+

Drawing Closer (2024)
With only a year left to live, 17-year-old Akito finds new meaning in life by bringing joy to a terminally ill girl who has just six months remaining.
poster
64
55
6.6
/2827/
69
/123/
63
/58/
3.6
/3971/
40
/10/
78
/131/

Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005)
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
poster
71
54
5.8
/2134/
67
/195/
66
/103/
2.9
/7588/
100
/5/
78
/13/

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 (2017)
Morioh, 1999—a normally quiet and peaceful town has recently become a hotbed of strange activity. Jōtarō Kūjō, now a marine biologist, heads to the mysterious town to meet Jōsuke Higashikata. While the two may seem like strangers at first, Jōsuke is actually the illegitimate child of Jōtarō's grandfather, Joseph Joestar. When they meet, Jōtarō realizes that he may have more in common with Jōsuke than just a blood relation. Along with the mild-mannered Kōichi Hirose and the boisterous Okuyasu Nijimura, the group dedicates themselves to investigating recent disappearances and other suspicious occurrences within Morioh. Aided by the power of Stands, the four men will encounter danger at every street corner, as it is up to them to unravel the town's secrets, before another occurs.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
52
7.1
/1838/
72
/47/
68
/38/
3.6
/818/
80
/20/
81
/110/
60
/8/
cc age 10+

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)
A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is initially reluctant to rely on his new partner.
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66
40
7.1
/1374/
74
/17/
73
/42/
3.6
/2406/
Popcorn
50
/4/
58
/7/

Penance (2013)
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.
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67
40
6.9
/1095/
70
/27/
59
/29/
3.5
/3041/
78
/17/
57
/9/

Moonlight Whispers (1999)
Satsuki and Takuya are high school students who meet at kendo practice, where they bash one another with wooden swords. They begin an awkward romance, but Takuya soon reveals a masochistic side to his desires. He has been stealing Satsuki's soiled clothing and secretly surveilling her while imagining her subjugation of him. Disgusted, Satsuki rejects him but he persists, and she discovers her own pleasure in manipulating and humiliating him.
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AMC+ Amazon Channel
50
39
5.3
/2366/
51
/84/
52
/79/
3.0
/5891/
37
/58/

Tomie (1998)
Following some trauma in her past that has since been repressed, a young woman is trying to recover her memories with the help of a psychiatrist. During her hypnosis sessions, she repeats the name "Tomie" but is unable to recall where she knows it from. Meanwhile, a police detective is investigating a string of brutal murders, where he also runs across the name "Tomie." How are the two connected?
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66
37
6.5
/1052/
65
/32/
63
/30/
3.6
/3438/

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers (2005)
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.
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64
19
6.9
/390/
65
/11/
59
/13/
3.5
/372/
67
/6/
57
/1/

Canary (2005)
Two children, each abandoned by their families, come together in the wake of the Sarin gas attack in Tokyo. Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system.
poster
45
14
4.9
/483/
43
/25/
55
/21/
2.9
/743/
23
/6/

Tomie: Beginning (2005)
Within days after the mysterious new student Kawakami Tomie joins a high school classroom, all hell literally breaks loose. Simple in-fighting between boys and girls over Tomie's oppressive shadow soon gives way to mind-breaking violence, culminating in a grizzly dissection that ultimately leads to suicide, insanity, and even more violence.
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14
4.9
/363/
72
/49/
56
/18/
3.0
/357/

The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer (2019)
Sexually abused as a child by her step-father, Kyoko is now an adult who lives with three other roommates, one of them a lesbian who's attracted to her. Amidst misunderstandings and more abuse at the hands of her mother, Kyoko is faced with a wave of murders, her mental state worsening.
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51
13
5.1
/627/
58
/16/
52
/15/
46
/12/

Samurai Commando Mission 1549 (2005)
An accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd Special Experimental Company, under Colonel Matoba on a time-slip 460 years into the past, into 'the Age of civil War'. At the same time an imaginary-number anomaly thought to be caused by interference from the past begins eroding the present.
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62
13
5.7
/365/
70
/19/
64
/16/
3.0
/353/

Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete (2002)
A girl named Ai gets a major record deal to sing a song written by a friend of hers who is deceased. However an obsessed stalker fan slowly starts becoming more like her and tearing her world apart.
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65
12
6.5
/413/
61
/6/
68
/13/
3.4
/324/

The Guys from Paradise (2001)
The ever-prolific Takashi Miike directs this wild and woolly prison drama, reportedly based on real-life cases of Japanese imprisoned abroad.
poster
54
10
6.1
/207/
50
/3/
43
/9/
3.2
/717/

A Blue Automobile (2004)
Richio, a young DJ, is as emotionally non-existent as no other man on the planet. He uses his tough exterior to avoid attachments to people and society.
poster
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6
4.7
/279/
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/5/
33
/11/
3.1
/211/

The Suicide Manual (2003)
After a group suicide, two journalists investigate the cycle of suicides caused by spirits bound by the Suicide Manual.
poster
?
5.9
/32/
60
/1/
33
/3/

Wet Hot Sake (1996)
The best must be the freshest. The best sake also follows the same principle to brew in which it needs the best and freshest raw materials, and also the freshest virgin to make it? Visiting one of a Japanese pub that seems to offer the best warm sake, Mononobe tries to follow the steps to reproduce the same flavor. However, he suddenly found out that those flavors are actually a combination of sake, sweat, and other bodily secretions of a virgin. As his only daughter is not a virgin anymore, the only way to make the best sake without a pure virgin is...
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58
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6.4
/103/
68
/5/
33
/3/
3.5
/272/

Night of Body's Model (1996)
Takahashi moves into a new apartment after a divorce and as she tries to settle in, finds that she is having strange and violent dreams and weird things keep happening in her apartment. Her neighbour likes to listen to her through the wall, and becomes increasingly sensitive to her thoughts and feelings. A scientist father and son also live in the building; the son has an obsession with prosthetic body parts.
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?
20
/1/

YADO: Tsukiyono-mura Yamanba Densetsu (2002)
A sensual drama depicting the world of lust that unfolds in an inn deep in the mountains.
poster
?
70
/2/

さぶ (2020)
N/A
poster
?
60
/1/

The Sango Ranger (2013)
On Ishigaki Island, conflict brews over a large-scale bridge construction project. One day, Yajima (Sho Aoyagi), a public official from the Ministry of Environment, is sent to Ishigaki Island. Yajima announces to his colleagues that he is absolutely opposed to the bridge construction project and that he wil become a coral ranger who protects the coral reef there. This surprises his colleagues.
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?
5.2
/76/
50
/3/

Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel (2014)
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.
poster
?
70
/1/

Lapis Lazuli and Crystals Shine When Illuminated (2022)
The story follows a high school girl who is a young caregiver. She ends up helping the drama club as a lighting assistant, leading to a conflict between her own circumstances of having to manage household chores and caregiving, and the new transfer student who is determined to take the club activities seriously. It's a fresh and heartwarming tale of a girl coming to terms with her true feelings that she has kept buried deep inside.
poster
?
6.2
/18/
60
/1/

Onobori monogatari (2010)
A young man moves from the countryside to Tokyo, while experiencing hardships and happiness, in his pursuit to become a comics artist.
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?
6.8
/9/
50
/1/

The Catch Man (2006)
Takashi, an unemployed young man, is entrusted with a "catch ball shop" by a stranger he meets in the park. While accepting people's feelings through catch ball, Takashi himself remembers the important things that he had forgotten.
poster
?
100
/1/

Love Stories from Fukuoka 17 (2022)
N/A
poster
?
4.2
/20/

Saru (2003)
Five young men participate in an experiment drug test, which is known as a short-term, high-paying part-time job.
poster
?
5.9
/12/

Seventh Anniversary (2003)
Each time Lulu is heartbroken small stones come out of her body. The doctor tells Lulu they are kidney stones. She collects them in memoriam of love.
poster
?
6.7
/13/

Kirisaki Jack no Kokuhaku (2015)
The body of a young woman is discovered in a park in Tokyo with all her organs removed. The case is assigned to Detective Inukai, a usually cool and unemotional detective known for seeing through the lies of others. But Inukai has a young daughter in need of a kidney transplant, so when the first crime is followed by two similar crimes, Inukai is caught between his roles as a detective and a father.
poster
?
20
/1/

Heisei Zankeiden: The Wolf Slashes! (1998)
Hideo Sakiki, a man who once crushed a hostile organization by himself, is back. This is because the funeral of the leader who was taken care of. However, the existence of Hideo stimulates other organizations as well as dislike...
poster
?
6.3
/28/
30
/1/

Silver Mask (2006)
Sabine is able to transform into a silver superhero through the power of the Ring of Nibelungen. She travels to Japan where she searches for her father and battles the forces of Dr. Caligari.
poster
?
20
/1/

Rough KNIGHT 4 (1999)
The fourth film in the 'Rough Knight' series.
poster
?
20
/1/

New Shonan Bombing Tribe: Rough KNIGHT 2 (1998)
The second film in the 'Rough Knight' series.
poster
?
20
/1/

New Shonan Bombing Tribe: Rough KNIGHT (1998)
The first film in the 'Rough Knight' series
poster
?
4.0
/8/
60
/1/

Rika - Jisho 28 Sai no Junai Monster (2021)
A dead body in a suitcase is found on a mountain. The body is identified as Takao Honma. 3 years ago, he was kidnapped by Rika Amamiya and went missing. Detective Jiro Okuyama tries to catch Rika Amamiya. He uses a dating app, while using a fake name, and finally finds Rika Amamiya, but he becomes attracted to Rika Amamiya.
poster
?
5.1
/9/
70
/1/

Opening Night (2017)
Aspiring child actress Nanoka (Nanoka Hara) hopes to follow in her late mother's footsteps and become an actress. She is more talented and pretty than her rivals, but she finds it difficult to land parts. One day, she hears that a play, which her mother performed, will be staged again. She takes part in the audition to play the lead role which her mother also played.
poster
?
4.6
/13/

Trouble Maker Lucy (2004)
A nasty trigger girl, named Lucy who always making any trouble and bother everyone's around her life. With her behavior lead to the chaos in everywhere she goes. It seems, when the trouble happened she wills be happy as her favorites. Meanwhile, she has to encounter with her opponent, Hanako in such funny competition. Then, a fierce battle Lucy and Hanako ensues.
poster
?
10
/1/
90
/1/

Bōkyō (2016)
Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana" Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining island city in Japan, but it is being merged with a city on the opposite shore. Housewife Misato Tomita lives on the island. "Umi no hoshi" Yōhei Hamasaki, who was born on Shiratsuna Island, lives in an apartment in the outskirts of Tokyo with his wife, Tomomi, and their son, Taichi. "Kumo no ito" Popular artist Hirotaka Kurosaki, who is a native of Shiratsuna Island, goes back to his hometown after seven years.
poster
?
5.1
/11/
50
/1/

Woman in the Viewfinder (2003)
Photographer Suga (Kenji Mizuhashi) aiming to win the photo contest and Lulu (Sakura Mizutani), a girl who works as a model. Two people who are drawn to each other while maintaining the relationship between the photographer and the model. One day, a mysterious woman, Sayoko (Yoko Kashiwagura), appears in the viewfinder of Suga. Eventually, Suga and Lulu win the long-awaited victory.
poster
?
4.7
/24/
70
/2/

28½ (2010)
Crew and actors prepare for Mamoru Oshii's stage version of Tetsujin 28.
poster
?
70
/1/

Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection (2004)
An omnibus drama directed by the genius Sion Sono. Popular idols such as Sakura Mizutani and Yoko Mitsuya will appear, and a fantastic and mysterious story will unfold. Includes Chapter 1 "Woman in the Viewfinder", Chapter 2 "No Memory Woman", Chapter 3 "Virtual Love", and Chapter 4 "Love Doctor".
poster
?
6.0
/10/
70
/1/
70
/2/

Revenge Court (2015)
N/A
poster
?
20
/1/

Shibuya Night Wars (1998)
A Shibuya-kei violence movie in which ferocious love runs fast. The director is Ataru Oikawa. Beasts that cut through the darkness. Prostitution, yak buying and selling, tear gas bullets and pistols are readily available, and team conflicts are unchecked. Such a city, Shibuya. The bloody struggle between the twin brothers Keita and Yuta, who manage the club "Phantom" and partition Shibuya, and the Ikebukuro team "Lucky's" was also intensifying. Eiji, the leader of "Lucky's", teams up with Tanabe of the yakuza organization Hanyukai to challenge the final battle. They stabbed Toru, one of Keita's team, and abducted and confined Mamoru, who was sending information about "Lucky's" to Keita. And the future of the final battle...
poster
?
7.5
/14/
100
/1/

Broken Heart of the 56th Year (2020)
Apprentice chef Saori Nakagawa suddenly travels to Tokyo in 1964 to meet Ryuichi Kikuchi, a cook. From Kikuchi who devotes himself to cooking, Saori learns what is really important. The love of two people over 56 years.


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