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7.9
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Love Letter (1995)
Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to be called Itsuki Fujii.
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Kanopy
73
7.5
/13430/
78
/453/
73
/263/
4.2
/151499/
68
/40/
89
/510/
73
/18/

All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
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69
7.1
/2744/
70
/95/
67
/72/
3.8
/16619/
83
/892/

Picnic (1996)
Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.
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68
7.1
/2474/
74
/113/
69
/71/
4.1
/16012/
75
/12/
74
56
/6/

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle (2016)
A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.
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78
67
7.5
/4807/
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/82/
74
/93/
4.0
/7364/
89
/105/

Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
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66
7.1
/4652/
71
/154/
72
/112/
3.8
/20081/
81
/69/

April Story (1998)
In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.
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65
7.2
/5297/
68
/126/
70
/125/
3.7
/14141/
86
/4756/

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.
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Amazon Prime Video
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6.2
/49729/
59
/880/
59
/571/
2.7
/20048/
37
/100/
37
/2131/
49
/26/
cc age 17+

New York, I Love You (2008)
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.
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Kanopy
74
52
7.1
/2613/
67
/174/
73
/160/
3.7
/10123/
88
/3/
7.2
/14782/
cc age 10+

The Case of Hana & Alice (2015)
A Japanese girl struggling to fit in at her new school teams up with a reclusive neighbor to find out what happened to an upperclassman who disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
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39
6.9
/1434/
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/31/
70
/25/
3.5
/2460/

Last Letter (2020)
It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically accept the demise of her mother. In the midst of all this an old flame messages the sister to say he is still in love with her, but is he messaging the living sister or the dead one?
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Amazon Prime Video
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37
6.5
/837/
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/43/
62
/18/
3.2
/1395/
78
/9/

Last Letter (2018)
All Yuan Zhinan has left behind when she passed away is a letter and an invitation to a school reunion. Attending the reunion in lieu of her late elder sister, Zhihua accidentally runs into Yin Chuan, on whom she had a crush in her youth. As old memories are evoked, and correspondences travel through different contexts and times, Zhihua slowly uncovers the intricate story of the trio.
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34
6.5
/925/
62
/27/
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/29/
3.5
/4759/

Undo (1994)
Moemi is not overly pleased when Yukio brings home a couple of turtles to keep her company. Although Yukio works at home as a writer, Moemi feels neglected and desired a dog or a cat, but neither is allowed in their apartment.
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The CW
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31
5.2
/1947/
52
/85/
60
/53/
3.1
/1440/
32
/7/

Vampire (2011)
An outwardly normal schoolteacher preys on suicidal women to slake his overwhelming thirst for human blood.
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19
6.7
/275/
63
/11/
80
/8/
3.3
/1312/

Kyrie (2023)
Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However, her singing voice shakes the hearts of those who listen to her. It is a hymn of compassion played by Luca and the people.
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19
6.8
/582/
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78
/22/
3.4
/254/

Jam Films (2002)
Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.
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5.9
/338/
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/9/
60
/8/
3.3
/684/

Fried Dragon Fish (1993)
A dragon fish is stolen by Tetsu Tobiyama and biologist Thomas Earwing seeks its return. Poo is led to Natsuro after she worms her way into a top secret file at Delta headquarters for information.
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Ghost Soup (1992)
It's Christmas Eve in Tokyo as Ichiro is moving into his new apartment one month ahead of schedule. As he is getting settled in, two strangers enter the apartment and are surprised to find him there. They begin complaining that he is upsetting their plans for a Christmas party to be thrown in the apartment that night before attempting to kick him out.
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65
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90
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A Summer Solstice Story (2023)
The first summer to spend together with Toru. In the hot, humid room, Yuko can think only about Toru. As she peeks into Toru's room through binoculars.... The story depicts a summer day filled with love and madness of a girl who waits for her beloved to return home.
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35
/2/

Blood-sucking Tree (1992)
Three stories: 1 - A tree that prefers blood. 2 - A woman stressed with uncontrolled time. 2 - A man who believes his daughter is a demon
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6.3
/8/
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60
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The Boys Wanted to See Fireworks from the Side (1999)
A documentary looking back on the making of Shunji Iwai's TV play Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?.
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60
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6.0
/30/
55
/7/
60
/1/
3.3
/217/

Lunatic Love (1994)
A man tries to figure out who his ex-girlfriend is dating.
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60
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70
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Little Letter (2020)
A girl gets a message from her mother during an stressful exam period.
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30
/2/

Arita (2002)
ARITA is a short film told in pictures and in small moments. It is about a girl whose first friend is a small drawing named Arita, a cute nosed endearment she found everywhere. From her notebooks to her illustrations and school supplies, Arita appeared silently and still. Growing up with such a friend would raise questions and as she became older, she attempted to answer them. Iwai, one of Japan’s most exciting directors, tells a beautiful and dream-like story through the precious eyes of Ryoko Hirosue. The heavenly tint of the picture and the serene piano playing makes ARITA easily an audience favorite.
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5.3
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3.2
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The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020)
An actor who has lost his job due to the coronavirus buys capsule monsters online and begins to raise them.
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75
/2/

Town Workers (2014)
An omnibus work portraying the lives of youth who have just started to work. Town Workers was produced using rotoscoping, an animation technique which traces live-action performances. It was created in collaboration with Town Work, a part-time job magazine.
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45
/3/
Popcorn
89
/7992/

All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou" (2002)
The making of 'All About Lily Chou-Chou' starting from its conception as an interactive story that played out on a BBS
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5.2
/47/
70
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70
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Friends After 3.11 (2011)
In March 2011, Japan was struck by a catastrophic earthquake, with the devastating tsunami that followed causing a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power station that sent ripples of discontent throughout the country. Director Iwai Shunji's Friends after 3.11 (2011) is a deeply personal documentary which uses the statements of some of his closest friends to express the views of a society in a state of political despondency.
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66
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7.0
/140/
60
/1/
70
/7/

The Kon Ichikawa Story (2006)
The life of iconic Japanese director Kon Ichikawa.
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World Map (2025)
One day, Lan Xia goes to her classmate Hai Feng’s house to stay overnight. They start to feel awkward around each other without really knowing why, but slowly get closer through insignificant words exchanged while doing a jigsaw puzzle of the world map. The next morning, Hai Feng realizes that Lan Xia has left without saying anything and sets out to follow her. A memory of a summer in which the world belonged to the two of them alone, if only for a moment
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A Canned Crab (1992)
A comical episode from Fuji TV's Yonimo Kimyouna Monogatari. Suekichi runs a small liquor store. He finds that someone has stolen canned crab from his store. But he reports that a large amount of money was stolen also. He is forced to make up stories one after another...
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零の晩夏
Shunji Iwai's unreleased film adapted from his own latest novel
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Triumphal March and 30 Days of Their Own (2002)
Documentary following the Japanese national football team preparing for the 2002 World Cup
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Miracle (2016)
Short directed by Shunji Iwai for the song Miracle by illion, Youjirou Noda's solo project, in the album "P.Y.L."
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Knit Cap Man (1997)
Shunji Iwai directed video for The Moonriders 1996 song “Knit Cap Man”.
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ENTO KUKAN in INUJIMA (2016)
Swallowtail Butterfly 20th Anniversary concert at Inujima Seirensho Museum as part of Setouchi Triennale 2016


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