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Kanopy
87
7.9
/20587/
80
/619/
77
/421/
4.3
/60310/
100
/66/
90
/301/
89
/21/

Still Walking (2008)
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
poster
86
8.1
/26860/
80
/582/
77
/343/
4.1
/12191/
99
/69/
94
/817/
82
/25/

The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.4
/8441/
74
/214/
73
/171/
3.9
/13003/
93
/76/
84
/81/
80
/22/
cc age 10+

I Wish (2011)
Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.
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Kanopy
78
73
7.6
/7568/
76
/184/
74
/119/
3.9
/3093/
84
/32/
84
/274/
76
/11/

The Hidden Blade (2004)
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
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Kanopy
70
6.7
/3041/
60
/52/
65
/52/
3.5
/2108/
80
/46/
76
/60/
70
/18/

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
poster
70
6.8
/8421/
64
/131/
64
/119/
3.6
/7987/
71
/21/
71
/193/
75
/17/

Taboo (1999)
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
poster
76
68
7.3
/6937/
71
/89/
68
/121/
3.8
/6873/
82
/28/
81
/86/
81
/21/

The Eel (1997)
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
poster
70
68
6.9
/10545/
68
/304/
69
/218/
3.8
/29741/
69
/32/
82
/711/
60
/11/

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2002)
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.
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Crunchyroll
68
66
6.8
/13177/
70
/330/
65
/168/
3.2
/2111/
76
/891/

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
66
6.9
/9004/
68
/326/
69
/273/
3.7
/20387/
66
/41/
65
/164/
65
/11/

Air Doll (2009)
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.
poster
74
65
6.8
/3499/
64
/59/
67
/56/
3.7
/6721/
90
/21/
77
/135/
80
/9/

Café Lumière (2004)
In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research.
poster
76
64
7.4
/5556/
74
/123/
74
/113/
3.7
/1587/
87
/179/

When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.
poster
74
55
7.2
/2056/
73
/49/
64
/51/
4.0
/4193/
82
/54/

9 Souls (2003)
After discovering a hole in their crowded cell, nine prisoners escape their confinement to track down the key of the universe, which a fellow prisoner known as the Counterfeit King said he had hidden.
poster
78
50
7.6
/1580/
77
/27/
73
/40/
3.7
/646/
88
/16/
80
/37/

Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.
poster
65
49
6.3
/1588/
58
/23/
60
/22/
3.6
/2252/
78
/18/
49
/93/
75
/8/

Pistol Opera (2001)
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
poster
67
49
6.7
/2165/
66
/35/
64
/54/
3.5
/1806/
72
/119/

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, the story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case. Homosexual tension and explosive violence drives the story which delivers some weird and fascinating visuals.
poster
57
41
5.6
/3134/
62
/38/
56
/33/
3.0
/601/
57
/28/
54
/165/
59
/13/

The Princess Blade (2001)
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
71
40
7.0
/1660/
73
/50/
71
/49/
3.7
/1689/
70
/11/

The Chef of South Polar (2009)
When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence.
poster
68
39
6.9
/1023/
68
/33/
59
/29/
3.7
/1596/
74
/30/

Vibrator (2003)
Rei is a freelance writer embattled by personal demons. She hears voices in her head, and has sleeping problems, eating disorders and drinks excessively. On Valentine's Day, she meets truck driver Takatoshi. She joins him on a journey in his bumpy and shaky truck - which vibrates in tune with her uneasy soul.
poster
67
37
6.6
/967/
65
/34/
62
/29/
3.8
/31242/

Blue (2003)
An introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates. Set in a small seaside town in Japan.
poster
75
34
7.3
/1121/
79
/14/
69
/16/
3.6
/604/
84
/175/

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
poster
65
34
6.6
/835/
64
/9/
55
/14/
3.5
/627/
80
/5/
57
/47/

Princess Raccoon (2005)
Amechiyo (the banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised as human). This is an operetta which includes comedy, singing and dancing, and a love story.
poster
74
34
7.3
/1543/
71
/42/
67
/44/
3.7
/1138/
85
/5/

The Little House (2014)
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
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AMC+ Amazon Channel
72
29
7.5
/952/
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.
poster
69
28
7.1
/1277/
61
/25/
57
/21/
3.7
/1090/
86
/10/

Sway (2006)
A psychologically thrilling portrait of the severe dysfunction behind a family clinging to decorum and pride.
poster
58
27
5.8
/778/
64
/25/
51
/21/
59
/54/

Ashura (2005)
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.
poster
69
27
6.7
/585/
68
/10/
72
/20/
3.4
/269/
80
/5/
62
/8/

A Tale of Samurai Cooking (2013)
In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga Domain, who arranges for her to marry his son and heir, 24-year-old Yasunobu. But, Yasunobu is cold to his new wife, and he's more interested in swordplay than cookery.
poster
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
poster
61
25
5.9
/913/
66
/31/
59
/34/
3.2
/577/
59
/17/

Another Heaven (2000)
A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the murderer cut his skull open and cooked his brain in a stew. As they try to track down the killer, they discover that, quite literally, everybody is a suspect. Will they bring the terror to an end, or will they become part of it themselves?
poster
64
24
6.2
/500/
41
/5/
66
/14/
3.4
/426/
84
/29/

Gonin 2 (1996)
Five women snatch one billion yen in jewellery from the yakuza, while construction manager Toyama burns for revenge against the mobsters who raped and caused the death of his wife. Before long, the yakuza and Toyama arrive at the women's hideout.
poster
68
20
7.0
/878/
69
/20/
63
/17/
3.5
/346/
69
/16/

About Her Brother (2010)
Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending death marks the beginning of love and toleration.
poster
63
17
7.0
/381/
62
/14/
61
/13/
3.6
/708/
53
/14/

It's Only Talk (2006)
Based on an award winning novel, It's Only Talk is about the life of Yuko, a 35-year old woman. She is single and unemployed, and suffers from manic depression. The movie begins with Yuko moving to Kamata Town.
poster
65
17
6.9
/459/
57
/9/
66
/19/
3.5
/484/

Face (2000)
Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life.
poster
60
13
6.5
/385/
62
/7/
55
/13/
61
/12/

Heaven's Bookstore (2004)
Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named Yamaki. He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in before. It is a strange room that seems to have no connection to life. He descends a staircase to find many shelves of books.
poster
54
11
5.1
/177/
52
/13/
50
/16/
3.2
/390/

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Present (2005)
A bunch of happy students enjoying themselves at a Christmas party until a sadistic Santa Claus comes and interrupts the festivities. Spruce Green becomes blood red when the plot is different from the naughty children they please.
poster
55
11
5.4
/319/
50
/10/
52
/13/
3.2
/433/

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs (2005)
A married couple living in a house that seems to be inhabited by supernatural beings and beetles. The first of six movies in the Kazuo Umezz's Horror Theater.
poster
59
11
6.4
/845/
60
/12/
56
/10/
3.4
/391/
Popcorn
48
/3/

Toilet (2010)
A 30-something Gundam fan and engineer is forced to live with his recluse brother Maury and younger sister Lisa to take care of their Japanese grandmother after their mother's funeral.
poster
63
11
6.3
/530/
68
/11/
58
/11/
3.3
/301/

Collage of Our Lives (2003)
A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a photo exhibition in the United States. Having heard rumors that she has died, he follows his curiosity to New York City.
poster
60
9
7.1
/343/
55
/10/
55
/12/
59
/4/

Doing Time (2002)
A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.
poster
?
7.3
/67/
20
/1/

Love Letter (1998)
A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married to him under false pretenses.
poster
?
6
/3/

Kagerô 3 (1997)
The third series of action series depicting the success of a woman torpedo who was caught in two groups of conflicts at a small port town in the Seto Inland Sea.
poster
?
7.8
/36/

The Hunter and the Hunted (2004)
Jin (Yakusho), a young, widowed police detective who is thinking of leaving the force to better take care of his 8 year old daughter Misaki (Kanno), by chance arrests Neko (Emoto), an accomplished middle aged burglar who has just fixed Misaki's bicycle. After Neko has several weeks to see Jin in the interrogation room, he decides to confess to Jin and teach him how to become a capable detective and worthy adversary. By the time Neko serves his 10 year sentence, Jin is a highly regarded detective and they can they start their contest in earnest.
poster
?
20
/1/

Hissatsu shimatsunin (1997)
A former assassin is drawn into a conspiracy which leads him to return to his old ways, endangering his brother who suspects that something is afoot...
poster
?
6.4
/58/
90
/1/
45
/2/

Last Love, First Love (2003)
A Japanese salaryman in Shanghai falls in love with two women, one of whom is terminally ill.
poster
?
7.1
/48/
50
/1/
63
/3/

Bokunchi - My House (2003)
A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentric characters, where he lives.
poster
?
6.7
/78/
56
/3/
56
/7/

Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
A man is trying to flee from his past, and he ends up in an underworld filled with strange characters. He finds a job skewering meat in a dirty old room in a shabby old house filled with prostitutes, gangsters and a weird old tattoo master. He clearly doesn't fit in to this new world, and the inhabitants of it immediately despise him.
poster
?
6.5
/68/
80
/2/

Listen to My Heart (2009)
A radio DJ, Mai starts a new program called, "Love Letters from the Drawer" to assist people who need an extra push to send out their simple yet very important message for their loved ones. The show was inspired by her own experience after reading a letter from her father after he died. Through her radio show, various characters come to light as everyone awaits for a miracle to happen. A miracle which can occur only by them expressing their true feelings... The movie is full of emotions and music plays an important part of it. It has a great cast that represent the many faces of love. Parents, sons, lovers, and friends. The movie takes you to several locations within Japan, you can get a look at the beautiful coast and shrine, as well as the city sights
poster
65
?
6.7
/145/
60
/1/
70
/3/

Toad's Oil (2009)
The story of Takuro Yazawa, a day trader who claims he can earn hundreds of millions of yen in one day, and those around him as they attempt to cope with the death of his son and somehow find a way to benefit spiritually from the experience.


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