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7.5
/74883/
75
/2719/
74
/1414/
4.2
/355044/
97
/216/
78
/270/
91
/42/
cc age 15+

Drive My Car (2021)
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
76
7.6
/53690/
77
/2844/
79
/1899/
3.9
/275747/
71
/14/
72
/22/
8.0
/179675/
cc age 9+

When Marnie Was There (2014)
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
poster
The Roku Channel
74
7.5
/308444/
77
/10761/
74
/4782/
3.8
/191418/
69
/67/
79
/6483/
62
/23/
cc age 10+

Contact (1997)
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
poster
Netflix
74
61
6.4
/2808/
67
/316/
69
/79/
3.4
/5310/
100
/6/
82
/10/
cc age 16+

Golden Kamuy (2024)
On the Hokkaido frontier, a war veteran and Ainu girl race against misfits and military renegades to find treasure mapped out on tattooed outlaws.
poster
77
58
7.4
/1619/
76
/201/
77
/120/
3.6
/3772/
83
/16/
8.1
/159435/

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take On Me (2018)
Yuuta and Rikka are in their third year of high school. One day in Spring, Touka declares that she will take Rikka to Italy with her, as her job has stabilized there and thinks they should migrate together as a family. Touka is also worried about Rikka not being competent enough to advance to universities in Japan. The gangs from the club suggested Yuuta, who doesn't want to be separated, to elope with Rikka!! A runaway drama throughout Japan begins.
poster
Criterion Channel
80
55
7.4
/2106/
66
/36/
72
/55/
3.9
/4352/
100
/6/
90
/11/

Boy (1969)
A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles.
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FlixHouse
65
50
6.8
/2138/
66
/73/
68
/62/
3.5
/2773/
57
/152/

The Bullet Train (1975)
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
49
6.9
/1381/
72
/98/
70
/60/
3.9
/13576/

Moonlit Winter (2019)
The arrival of an intimate letter prompts a young woman to bring her mother on vacation to a small Japanese town, where someone special resides.
poster
72
49
6.8
/892/
67
/52/
70
/34/
3.6
/2410/
83
/6/

Dance with Me (2019)
Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever. She heads back to the hypnotist for relief, but he is nowhere to be found. So Shizuka sets off on a journey around Japan to find him and break the spell.
poster
76
49
7.6
/1891/
74
/45/
72
/65/
3.6
/830/
89
/593/

Antarctica (1983)
Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.
poster
58
44
5.9
/1601/
58
/124/
57
/63/
3.1
/22775/
5.4
/2153/

Yuki's Sun (1972)
TV pilot based on an original manga by Tetsuya Chiba, about a 10-year old girl named Yuki. An orphan who's being adopted by a family.
poster
75
42
7.0
/475/
70
/9/
70
/5/
3.3
/1751/
94
/271/
81
/90/

Love Lies (2024)
A widowed gynecologist develops an online romance with a con artist who's posing as a French petroleum engineer.
poster
68
42
7.3
/1436/
67
/27/
69
/36/
3.7
/1333/
62
/27/

The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
poster
67
37
6.8
/1350/
70
/48/
75
/45/
3.3
/716/
59
/27/

Dogwood Tree (2010)
A young girl tries to maintain a long-distance relationship with an aspiring fisherman.
poster
66
34
6.9
/850/
58
/22/
58
/27/
3.5
/778/
75
/18/
6.6
/2470/

The Dagger of Kamui (1985)
A young boy named Jiro finds his mother and sister murdered in his home. Falsely accused of the crime, he flees from his village and meets a priest named Tenkai, who has him kill a rogue ninja named Tarouza. After fulfilling that task, Jiro undergoes training to become a master assassin. Many years later, Jiro finds out that he was an orphan and his real father was Tarouza, who had worked for Tenkai until he aborted his mission when he fell in love with an Ainu woman. The young ninja discovers that the Shogunate was to retrieve the lost treasure of Captain Kidd and use it to once again isolate Japan from the rest of the world. Using the clues that Tarouza had kept secret, Jiro - along with the female ninja Oyuki and a slave named Sam - travels to Russia and America to search for the treasure in hopes of using it to extract revenge from Tenkai.
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66
22
6.6
/521/
65
/19/
65
/20/
3.4
/915/

Over the Fence (2016)
A recently divorced and traumatized man moves to Hakodate, Hokkaido and attends a vocational college to learn carpentry along with several other students who are in the same boat as he. When a couple of the guys go to a hostess club the man meets an unconventional girl who likes him and a relationship is born.
poster
71
22
6.7
/724/
75
/25/
75
/24/
3.3
/482/

We Were There: First Love (2012)
We Were There follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano & Nanami Takahashi. During their high school days, Motoharu Yano was the most popular boy in school, but can't get over the death of his girlfriend from a car crash. Nanami Takahashi falls in love with Motoharu Yano and must deal with his inability to let go of the past.
poster
64
16
6.7
/708/
60
/15/
63
/20/
3.4
/620/
62
/2/

The Light Shines Only There (2014)
A man has thrown away love and a woman has given up on love. The two souls meet in a brief summer in the northern city of Hakodate.
poster
68
16
6.8
/639/
73
/14/
62
/22/
3.4
/229/

Manhunt (1976)
A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
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52
12
5.2
/433/
47
/15/
49
/17/
3.1
/372/

The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008)
When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished from the earth in The X from Outer Space -- returns to ravage the Japanese countryside and threaten the world leaders. Military strikes prove futile against the beast, but a reporter learns that one rural community possesses a strange ritual that might influence the creature. Minoru Kawasaki directs this campy satire.
poster
62
11
7.0
/327/
45
/5/
61
/12/
3.6
/320/

Station (1981)
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
poster
51
7
6.7
/171/
50
/6/
60
/12/
33
/4/

Man Walking on Snow (2002)
A young-at-heart widower leads an independent life in a quiet fishing town in northern Japan. He eases his loneliness by walking in the snow and studying the growth of fish at a breeding center.
poster
?
7.1
/10/
20
/1/

Shiro the White (1999)
December 1989, director Katsuyuki Hirano took on the journey of biking across Hokkaido under extreme weather. This is the documentary about that journey.
poster
?
8.3
/37/
63
/3/
60
/1/

Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1 (1992)
There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He has his son and daughter in tow and works hard for them. The folk in the area try to help. A couple of years pass and the older son moves back to Tokyo, attends school and works part-time. The daughter commutes to the city to attend school. She wants to become a nurse. To become a registered nurse she needs to study a further three years. This takes money.
poster
?
7.8
/12/
15
/2/

Snowsurf (2015)
Join award winning Australian photographer Shane Peel as he journeys to the mountains, beaches and silver birch forests of Japan's northern most island, Hokkaido to follow a unique pod of breakaway snowboarders and surfers.
poster
?
7.1
/55/
90
/1/
81
/4/

Echo of Silence (2008)
In a small town of Hokkaido, Yunni, Fusako Kurokawa (Saki Takaoka), lives a quiet life with her father. Life here is very simple, but it is good enough and she is happy enough. Days go on as usual. with some coincidence, she meets this man one day, Wataru Kadokura (Atsuro Watabe) a man who cannot speak. A very peaceful "time" now becomes part of her daily life as this strong emotion suddenly takes place in her simple quiet life.
poster
?
10
/1/

Underwater Murder (1958)
The film marked Yōko Mihara's debut as the star of Shintoho's series of ama films, a role she took over from Michiko Maeda.
poster
59
?
5.5
/175/
66
/3/
58
/4/

Thirty Lies or So (2004)
Takarada, a member of a group of swindlers which has reunited to pull off a big caper involving down comforters, shoddy encyclopedias, and a panda suit. However, the actual scam they’re about to run takes a back seat to the trust issues between the group.
poster
?
7.2
/23/
20
/1/
45
/1/

Return Of Happiness (2000)
N/A
poster
46
?
5.5
/367/
26
/3/
58
/14/

Terminal (2015)
The masterpiece of Shino Sakuragi, who won the 149th Naoki Prize for "HOTEL ROYAL" in 2013, is now a motion picture. A lawyer burdened with an inexpiable sin, and an accused woman who seals her past and keeps it a secret. In Kushiro, Hokkaido, the pair who chose a faraway town as the terminal station of their lives encounters and develops a moving drama by starting new lives. Koichi Sato enters new territory his performance, while Tsubasa Honda plays a serious character which creates a new image for herself. Machiko Ono, Shidou Nakamura, Shigeru Izumiya and other talented cast members join in the film.
poster
63
?
5.9
/141/
62
/8/
64
/7/
3.4
/217/

Restaurant from the Sky (2019)
Wataru, his woman Kotoe and daughter Shiori are ranchers and dairy farmers in Hokkaido in northern Japan. He is following in his father's footsteps. A visiting chef cooks an unforgettable meal with his ingredients, which prompts the family to open their own restaurant and reproduce the magic.
poster
64
?
7.2
/201/
67
/8/
54
/5/

Sketches of Kaitan City (2010)
The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go up a mountain to see the first sunrise of the year. Meanwhile, Haruo has inherited his family's gas business, but things aren't going well in his new endeavor and he becomes increasingly frustrated.
poster
?
6.6
/17/
10
/1/

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido (1967)
N/A
poster
?
6.7
/28/
10
/1/

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 (1965)
A gripping tale of friendship set against the backdrop of Hokkaido. Shinichi sets out to earn a few honest dollars with which to bail a friend out of jail.
poster
?
7.2
/25/
10
/1/

A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm (1967)
Convict son revenges innocent father's death.
poster
63
?
6.3
/476/
63
/11/
61
/9/
3.3
/211/

Twisted Justice (2016)
Starting in 1970s Hokkaido, the film charts the moral descent of Detective Moroboshi over three decades, the young cop quickly gets a bit too cozy with the other side of the law when his senior colleague Murai teaches him the ropes and ruts of the police business. Soon, he swaggers and rants through the streets of Sapporo a lean, mean, sex‐crazy bully, indistinguishable from a yakuza.
poster
65
?
5.5
/209/
63
/11/
77
/28/

Colors of Wind (2018)
Yuri leaves Ryo with mysterious words. Ryo goes to Hokkaido knowing that his doppelganger magician is missing. Ryo realizes Yuri was also the magician’s lover and he learns magic. The story that crosses over two identities, illusion and magic.
poster
?
6.4
/25/
45
/2/
55
/2/

High and Low (2007)
At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and that the ransom demanded is near the amount Gondo has raised for a critical business deal. Gondo is prepared to pay the ransom - that is, until he learns that the kidnappers have mistakenly abducted not Gondo's son, but the child of Gondo's chauffeur. Now Gondo must decide whether the other man's child is equally worth saving.
poster
?
5.9
/71/
70
/1/
20
/1/

A Drop of the Grapevine (2014)
Two brothers work at a small winery in Hokkaido in northern Japan. The older brother is picky and strives for the highest quality to make the best wine possible.
poster
?

Jagata (2016)
Somewhere in the middle of Hokkaido, lives a man with an inexplicable bond to a potato. Unwilling to be found yet at the same time yearning to reach out, the enigmatic story of his proximity to a root plant is told through the few unaddressed letters he decides to send out. The film captures moments from Daniel Jacoby’s journey through the Northernmost island of Japan in search of this secluded man. Images of unrelated landscapes, situations and objects that the artist encounters in the way acquire an otherworldly aura when presented in the context of the potato-man.


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