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Criterion Channel
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7.6
/15240/
75
/388/
72
/257/
4.2
/48918/
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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72
70
7.2
/8831/
76
/292/
70
/212/
4.2
/53271/
62
/29/
87
/653/
56
/14/

Kamikaze Girls (2004)
Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as 'ordinary' are most certainly numbered...
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68
61
6.8
/5850/
67
/409/
71
/297/
3.2
/4144/
73
/19/

Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
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Amazon Prime Video
60
59
6.1
/9839/
60
/407/
58
/248/
3.0
/21713/
61
/28/
57
/441/
62
/9/

Uzumaki (2000)
The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
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FlixHouse
66
56
6.3
/2837/
69
/77/
63
/74/
3.2
/3004/
74
/19/
67
/198/
63
/5/

The Great Yokai War (2005)
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression.
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67
56
6.5
/3534/
65
/293/
71
/201/
3.1
/2591/
73
/19/

Parasyte: Part 2 (2015)
Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.
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Netflix
71
51
6.7
/1346/
70
/154/
79
/48/
3.4
/5715/

Cells at Work! (2024)
A novice red blood cell and a relentless white blood cell work together to protect their human from invading germs, pathogens and other threats.
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Netflix
71
49
6.8
/3636/
67
/142/
69
/93/
3.5
/12880/
81
/8/
cc age 16+

MOTHER (2020)
Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seems to have no end.
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The Roku Channel
70
46
6.2
/1135/
65
/69/
72
/33/
3.2
/1314/
90
/10/

11 Rebels (2024)
When the brutal Boshin War breaks out in Japan, a group of inmates on death row unite to defend a fortress against the Imperial army.
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74
45
6.3
/390/
82
/60/
71
/27/
3.7
/943/
88
6.9
/628/

Friends: Naki on Monster Island (2011)
Offshore, shrouded in fog, there is a mysterious island that is said to be the home of a family of monsters. It is strictly forbidden to approach it. But one day a human child, Mushroom, it loses and coming face to face with the mysterious creatures that live there. The arrival of Mushroom, makes panic on the island because the monsters are actually terrified of living humans.
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62
44
6.1
/2439/
63
/49/
57
/72/
3.5
/5000/

Splatter: Naked Blood (1996)
A scientist taints his mother's scientific experiment with his own drug that transforms pain into a pleasurable experience. Unfortunately for the three women involved in the experiment, the drug works a little bit too well.
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58
41
5.9
/2110/
59
/85/
61
/85/
3.1
/1326/
50
/88/

Yatterman (2009)
Gan and his girlfriend Ai are mild-mannered toy shop owners by day but, when evil lurks, they transform into superheroes Yatterman 1 & 2. With the help of a dog-shaped robot, Yatterwoof, they take on the Doronbow gang, lead by the sexy Lady Doronjo. Together, they must stop the evil gang from finding the four magical skull pieces that will allow them to control the world!
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Hoopla
72
35
6.5
/969/
67
/27/
62
/29/
3.3
/948/
100
/6/
73
/1/

Birds Without Names (2017)
An unstable young woman pines for the ex-boyfriend who nearly beat her to death – and who has mysteriously disappeared.
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65
29
6.5
/701/
62
/32/
69
/21/
3.2
/1567/

Last Mile (2024)
On the night before ‘Black Friday,’ which is the one of the busiest commerce days, a cardboard box, that is delivered from the world's largest shopping site, explodes. Soon after, a series of mysterious explosion cases occurs. The entire nation becomes terrorized by the shocking events. Funado Erena has just began to work as the center director for a large distribution warehouse that covers three-quarters of the Kanto area. Erena must gain control over this unprecedented situation with team manager Nashimoto Ko.
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66
27
6.3
/670/
62
/28/
74
/17/
3.3
/1582/

Lesson in Murder (2022)
Masaya is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Haimura. He was convicted for nine murders and received the death penalty. Back when Haimura was committing his murders, he ran a bakery store. At that time, Masaya was a middle-school student and a customer at his bakery store. According to the letter, Haimura confesses to having committed eight murders, but he insists that he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate the last murder case involving Haimura.
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69
27
6.5
/786/
56
/26/
67
/20/
3.5
/3131/
91
/2/

Eyes of the Spider (1998)
After killing the man he believes murdered his daughter, a white-collar worker returns to his mundane life, until he is approached by a man who offers him a mysterious job opportunity.
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65
26
6.2
/616/
73
/10/
65
/14/
63
/58/

Maiko Haaaan!!! (2007)
Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one.
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Hoopla
62
25
6.3
/480/
55
/10/
64
/14/
3.3
/317/
80
/5/
48
/14/

Ten Nights of Dreams (2007)
Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this outstanding anthology delves into the surreal subconscious with ten madly imaginative, reality-subverting visions that range from wonderfully wacky to nightmarishly unsettling.
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76
23
6.8
/248/
90
/4/
63
/6/
85
/35/

Helen the Baby Fox (2006)
A young boy named Taichi Ogawara finds a fox cub on the side of the road and takes it home as a pet. He discovers it is blind, deaf, and mute. Because of this, he names it Helen, after Helen Keller.
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66
22
6.5
/477/
61
/10/
47
/3/
3.5
/347/
89
/36/

Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005)
Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.
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67
18
6.9
/535/
61
/14/
70
/21/
3.5
/381/

Paco and the Magical Book (2008)
Onuki asks people in a hospital to perform a play for Paco, who suffers from memory disorder. His only hope is to help Paco survive from her illness.
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62
18
6.5
/1283/
64
/31/
61
/19/
3.3
/233/
55
/9/

Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the mountains. Even after hearing reports of the Japanese military's surrender, Oba dismisses the reports as propaganda and continues to launch guerilla attacks against the American soldiers, earning him the nickname "The Fox". Soon, even the American commander who's charged with the task of capturing Oba comes to admire his persistent enemy.
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60
13
6.4
/453/
67
/16/
67
/20/
3.3
/253/
38
/3/

The Apology King (2013)
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.
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48
12
5.5
/126/
37
/5/
60
/2/
44
/92/

Gore from Outer Space (2001)
A mother is accused of murdering her daughter but when she tells her tale, things don't seem to make sense. Her husband says they have no daughter, there's a psychic that can trace phone calls, a blonde who sings the US anthem, a house with no bathroom, some Lynchian dream sequences, aliens, breeding experiments, very quirky FBI agents, and some other random events.
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62
12
6.7
/551/
71
/7/
71
/16/
3.4
/353/
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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58
10
5.3
/214/
48
/15/
69
/12/
3.2
/319/

Revolver LILY (2023)
In 1924 Yuri killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. There, she encounters an orphan whose family was murdered and holds the key to finding a large sum of money reported missing by the Imperial Japanese Army. But with an army of soldiers after them, they must fight to survive.
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59
10
6.2
/486/
69
/16/
58
/16/
3.3
/239/
43
/2/

The Lady Shogun and Her Men (2010)
In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children. A young man named Unoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart Onobu, but due to class differences realizes this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Unoshin Mizuno enters the Ohoku (inner chambers of the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun. What Unoshin Mizuno quickly learns about the Ohoku is that the men there are all beautiful, but highly ambitious and conniving. In this environment, the 7th shogun Tokugawa passes away and the new shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa takes the thrown and enters the Ohoku.
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58
10
5.5
/159/
66
/13/
45
/10/
3.4
/550/

Nuigulumar Z (2014)
A gothic lolita merges with a teddy bear to fight zombies and save the world.
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?
95
/2/

広重ぶるう (2024)
N/A
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?
20
/1/

Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na (2001)
2001 Japanese movie
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?
70
/1/
40
/1/

Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP (2003)
This special takes place three years after the end of the original series. Makoto is homeless as a result of his mom selling out their shop and soon becomes involved in a ‘bone smasher’ case, in which someone puts homeless people to sleep and breaks their bones.
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?
3.8
/6/
20
/1/
50
/1/

School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special (1999)
A special edition of the TV series "Gakko no Kaidan (School Ghost Stories)" broadcast on Fuji Television Network.
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?
70
/2/

Taiga Dorama ga Umareta Hi (2023)
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of TV broadcasting in Japan, and the 60th anniversary of the Taiga drama, this special depicts the struggles of creating the first Taiga drama.
poster
64
?
6.4
/140/
55
/11/
75
/7/

Shylock's Children (2023)
N/A
poster
?
70
/1/

Ano Hi Bokura no Inochi wa Toiretto Pepa yori mo Karukatta (2008)
N/A
poster
70
?
6.9
/213/
76
/8/
67
/5/

Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series (2006)
After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost form however only his most trusted friends can see him, and his meddling in the lives of the living results in the return of Ozzy and a long dead team of American baseball players who drowned off the shores of Kisarazu. It's down to Bussan and the Cats to save the day and restore the town to order, but can Bussan bring himself to say bye-bye once and for all?
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?
6.4
/48/
45
/2/
75
/2/

I Am Makimoto (2022)
Sou Makimoto works in the "send-off" department at the city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for people who die alone and bury them at a cemetery. Makimoto doesn't like to socialise with his colleagues or listen to them. By doing his job, he meets various people and slowly begins to change his life.
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?
20
/1/
70
/1/

Love Hotel Night 2 (1996)
Sequel to the Pinku TV Movie 'Love Hotel Night'
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67
?
6.6
/205/
78
/10/
59
/7/

Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series (2003)
When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisarazu Cat's Eye. Their funny adventures range from playing gigs to solving a mystery surrounding counterfeit money, but Bussan's impending death is never far away.
poster
?
20
/1/

エロスの果て (2001)
A boy genius named "Kadokawa" invents the ultimate anesthetic for SM play. Kadokawa's madness is turned into reality by his childhood friends Oyamada and Saigo. "A near-future science fiction work that will burn out the "endless everyday life.
poster
?
6.9
/44/
71
/10/

Unfair: Code Breaking (2006)
N/A
poster
?
5.4
/13/

Eiko (2004)
Eiko Akimori is a 23-year-old woman who lives alone in an apartment. One day, Eiko is made to buy a big stone ring that brings happiness from a catch sales on the way home from work.
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?
5.9
/49/
20
/1/
90
/1/

The Whispered City (2000)
Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses.
poster
?
6.1
/25/
80
/2/

Double Meaning (2011)
A new female detective joins the special investigations team and dives into some of their hardest cases in this follow-up to the series 'Unfair.' Just as a girl asks the team for help finding her missing father, a man calls to say he has four hostages and makes a cryptic request.
poster
?
20
/1/

Okke-ke Bibirobos (1996)
A short film about a dysfunctional band and a strange fluffy creature they run over.
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?
5.5
/9/
60
/1/
75
/2/

Tales of the Bizarre: 2007 Fall Special (2007)
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2007 Fall Special" presents five tales. 1. Mirai Dousoukai - starring Ishihara Satomi. 2. Countdown - starring Abe Sadao. 3. Jihanki Otoko - starring Joshima Shigeru. 4. Gomi Onna - starring Matsushita Yuki. 5. 48% no Koi - starring Shiraishi Miho. Synopsis: A "trainee angel" named Natsumi works on Earth for an advertising company. In order for her to become a fully-fledged angel, Natsumi must facilitate the meeting of a man and a woman who are destined "by fate" to spend their lives together, and she has her sights on a man who works in the same building.
poster
?
6.5
/14/
70
/3/

Seven Souls in the Skull Castle – Season Bird (2019)
Japan, 1590. Following the death of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's seizure of power, the mysterious warlord Tenmaō and his fierce warriors terrorize the inhabitants of the Kantō Plain.
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?
70
/1/
30
/2/

Switch (2020)
Prosecutor Komazuki Nao from the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office’s Minato Mirai branch and lawyer Tsutaya Madoka (Matsu Takako) from the law firm Yokohama Gold dated for seven years since the time they were in school. Even after they broke up, they have continued to be hopelessly linked to each other.


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