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Netflix
77
7.5
/115901/
77
/4739/
74
/2423/
3.6
/66754/
97
/31/
84
/1345/
67
/13/

Ip Man 2 (2010)
Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong. Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the troubled youth of Hong Kong. His growing reputation soon brings challenges from powerful enemies, including pre-eminent Hung Gar master, Hung Quan.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
76
7.8
/6687/
74
/111/
75
/143/
4.0
/14760/
100
/27/
89
/57/
91
/4/

I Was Born, But... (1932)
Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood.
poster
MUBI
70
7.1
/6022/
68
/224/
67
/197/
3.8
/35612/
77
/48/
73
/6/
69
/20/

Asako I & II (2018)
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
68
7.6
/4246/
75
/78/
75
/98/
4.0
/11086/
93
/15/
88
/31/

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
poster
83
65
7.6
/3298/
75
/99/
74
/86/
4.2
/13592/
100
/15/
90
/9/
87
/4/

Happy Hour (2015)
Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask one of life's biggest questions: "Am I who I want to be?"
poster
76
62
6.6
/3182/
70
/334/
76
/187/
3.2
/2541/
100
/5/
82
/7/

Inuyashiki (2018)
A middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.
poster
74
51
7.2
/3348/
73
/171/
73
/141/
3.7
/4704/
82
/5/

Survival Family (2017)
A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.
poster
55
38
6.0
/2256/
60
/65/
57
/49/
3.0
/2700/
41
/21/

Hider in the House (1989)
A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
poster
75
37
7.6
/1308/
72
/23/
67
/28/
3.6
/571/
90
/32/

A Stranger of Mine (2005)
In one long Friday evening, Takeshi Miyata, a straight-arrow businessman, will encounter a number of people (some only fleetingly) who have intertwining fates.
poster
71
34
7.1
/1274/
64
/28/
68
/24/
3.8
/2621/
75
/8/

The Family Game (1983)
A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success; but the younger son is a rebellious goof-off for whom a tutor must be hired. The tutor, played by the prototypical bad boy actor Matsuda Yusaku, proceeds to blow the entire family apart.
poster
60
34
6.0
/706/
61
/40/
53
/32/
3.2
/1112/
67
/519/

Executive Koala (2006)
Minoru Kawasaki directs this comedic psychological thriller that follows a large koala as he looks for help from several of his closest friends, which include a giant rabbit and frog. A hardworking executive at a pickle company, Mr. Tamura stands out from other employees because he's a koala bear who stands six feet tall. When his human girlfriend is found murdered, the blackout-prone Tamura goes on the run and tries to solve the mystery.
poster
64
31
6.7
/821/
68
/27/
61
/27/
3.1
/1875/

The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (2020)
Kyoichi, a man with an indecisive personality, constantly cheats. That is, until his wife sends a P. I to investigate his affairs. But what will happen when the man she sent wants to fulfill his own desires?
poster
68
30
6.8
/1071/
71
/42/
68
/30/
3.4
/926/

Girl in the Sunny Place (2013)
A new salesman named Kosuke Okuda happens to meet Mao Watarai, a friend from his middle school days. Back then, Mao was called stupid and bullied, but now she is an attractive woman. Kosuke and Mao fall in love and decide to marry, but Mao has a secret.
poster
76
26
7.3
/534/
60
/11/
68
/18/
4.0
/2228/
100
/1/

Silence Has No Wings (1966)
Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life's turning points.
poster
73
15
6.8
/487/
81
/14/
76
/14/
3.5
/320/

What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018)
At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.
poster
Kanopy
59
12
7.1
/189/
65
/7/
35
/2/
3.4
/1138/

Salaryman (2021)
Tokyo work culture's most compelling and complex protagonist; the Salaryman. A nameless, voiceless, over-worked and under-valued cog in the labour pool, expected to compromise home and social lives. Late nights and intense drinking sessions leave many of them passed out in the city streets. This slick, incisive documentary raises questions around the ethics of our global working practices in a capitalist society.
poster
68
12
6.7
/381/
71
/8/
50
/14/
3.4
/327/
85
/7/

Boys on the Run (2010)
A socially awkward salesman for a toy-capsule company tries to change his nerdy ways when a slick rival moves in on the beautiful co-worker he loves.
poster
72
?
6.9
/607/
74
/15/
80
/6/
3.4
/230/

Whistleblower (2019)
A seemingly lazy salaryman is tasked with managing a company secret.
poster
?
7.1
/45/
60
/1/

Tsubakiyama's Send Back (2006)
When middle-aged salary man Tsubakiyama suddenly dies, he leaves his family high and dry. But suddenly he's given another chance: a few days in which to return to Earth and straighten things out. The thing is, he's come back in the form of a strikingly beautiful young woman.
poster
?
5.9
/85/
10
/1/
50
/6/

We Are Not Alone (1993)
Businessmen competing for international building contracts in this globe-trotting comedy-adventure.
poster
?
5.8
/8/
20
/1/

Maniacal Night (2001)
It is the day of the Handover in Hong Kong and a Japanese ex-pat just wants to have some fun before midnight. He gets more than he bargained for.
poster
?
6.7
/40/
65
/5/
62
/4/

Household X (2010)
The story takes place in a new residential area in the outskirts of Tokyo. A family photograph adorns the living room of the Hashimoto family. It is a heartwarming shot of the three family members from when they first moved here, finally having bought their own home that they had wanted for so long. Wife Michiko hangs the laundry everyday. Husband Ken-ichi leaves for work without a word. Son Hiroaki has a part-time job, returns home early and disappears into his room. The Hashimoto Family no longer eats meal together at the dining table or spends time together in the living room. Michiko yearns for a different relationship with her family and is gradually overcome by loneliness. While feeling pressured from the trifling matters that occur within the residential community, Michiko tries to fill the emptiness that she hides in her heart.
poster
GuideDoc
79
?
7.6
/220/
75
/11/
88
/6/

Delicate Balance (2016)
A Japanese salaryman in Tokyo, a sub-Saharan community trying to cross the borders into Europe, a family evicted from their own home in Spain. Three stories intertwined on three different continents. This film is a reflection on the path that the human race is taking, on its habits and its relationship with the world. It is a proposal for change, from the particular to the general. We will take this journey with the words of José Mujica, former President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
poster
?
7.0
/81/
42
/4/
73
/3/

Free and Easy (1988)
Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along with his wife Eri, Densuke befriends an elderly man named Ichinosuke Suzuki. Ichinosuke is a lonely and old man who learns to enjoy life again through his friendship with Densuke. Meanwhile, Densuke is completely unaware that Ichinosuke is the boss of his construction company. The two men become friends through their shared passion for fishing.
poster
56
?
6.1
/42/
44
/7/
50
/5/
3.4
/265/

Angel in September (1994)
One day, Hitomi observes her classmate Eriko stealing lipstick in a drugstore and follows her home. The two young women get to know and love each other. While the withdrawn Hitomi believes herself and Eriko to be reincarnations of angel warriors who once fought demon armies, her emancipated and apathetic friend wanders through life between sex contacts with older men and fear of falling into a boring bourgeois existence. The different futures of the two soon lead to tensions.
poster
?

The Morning Set, Milk and Spring (2013)
Middle-aged salaryman Ichiro Sasaki (Mitsuru Hirata) hears of the death of his childhood friend Okabe (Takeshi Itoh). Okabe left a message for Ichiro right before his death. From the message, Ichiro learns the truth of a sad cast from the past and that Okabe liked Ichiro's first love Sachi (Aoi Kirishima). When they were young, Okabe got everything he wanted, but Ichiro could not do anything about what he wanted. After Ichiro meets a young woman named Haru (Kanako Mizumoto), his passion for the younger days begins to revive.


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