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Plot Summary:
A father, a mother, an elder son, a daughter and a younger son. A family of five. For all appearances, a perfectly normal, happy family. But none them related.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
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Tokyo Park (2011)
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Miura Haruma takes on the role of Koji, a college student aiming to become a professional photographer. One day, he receives an unusual request to shadow the client's girlfriend and take pictures of her; this assignment leads to subtle changes in his relationships with the women around him. Nana Eikura plays the ex-girlfriend of Koji's childhood friend, while Manami Konishi plays Koji's sister after one of his parents remarries, and Haruka Igawa plays the woman that Koji is photographing.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
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Reunion (2012)
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The Movie depicts 10 days after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. At a morgue house in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, the workers treat the dead with dignity as they hand over the bodies to their families. Retired funeral worker (Toshiyuki Nishida), finds himself volunteering at the morgue house.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: crying
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Furin, hentai, monmon chômon (2019)
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Minoru is dead. However, he was conscious for some reason and could not hide his confusion and surprise. His body doesn't move and he has no senses, but only his ears can be heard. The voice of his son and his wife, who lived together, made him wonder if he was going to night and died in a pitiful way. Even though it was a night out, his liquor-loving boy had removed his squirrel. Her son's daughter-in-law, Maya, came to Minoru, who couldn't yell at him and was amazed. She thought she was a well-made bride and wasted on her son. It also has a sexual meaning. Eventually, I heard the voice of an unknown man, different from her son. Maya called the man "Mr. Matsuda" and began to roar beside his body, uttering a hailless voice. Minoru's desire to see opened her one eye a little. But by that time things were done.
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Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: bizarre
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Mistress (2019)
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Shibasaki Kaori is a doctor. Her patient that she was having an affair with dies. Kaori is suspicious of the patient's son Kido Takashi about the death. Noguchi Tomomi is a single mother. She is excited in experiencing love for the first time in 7 years. Harada Saeko is in conflict with her husband Harada Satoshi about having a child. Mizushima Juri insists on having freewheeling romance. She feels excitement with meeting a woman. These four women's lives connect and an unexpected story begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense
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Love Life (2022)
Plot Summary:
Taeko and her husband, Jiro, are living a peaceful existence with her young son Keita, when a tragic accident brings the boy's long-lost father, Park, back into her life. To cope with the pain and guilt, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: beautiful
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Drive My Car (2021)
Plot Summary:
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 Vanja 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.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: inspirational, art house, independent film, slow cinema, poetic, relaxing, road movie, beautiful, bilingual
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The Bite (1966)
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Koichi is a gigolo who is paid by a madame to seduce and have sex with various women while she and her clients secretly watch. He doesn't like what he's doing, but he needs the money to take care of his seriously ill mother. One day he's given the assignment to seduce a pretty waitress and they wind up falling in love. Koichi tells his madame that is going to quit, but she has other plans for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min
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She and He (1963)
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As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life shrinks in scope and intimacy. She finds new interests, new love, and a greater sense of her place in the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
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Fly, Dakota, Fly! (2013)
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A British military transport plane makes an emergency landing on Sado Island. The residents on the island take care of the crew members until the plane can take off once again despite knowing that Britishers are their enemies.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
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Petal Dance (2013)
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Four women, who have their own different sorrows, embark on a road trip. They look back at their past and restart their lives... Jinko (Aoi Miyazaki) and Motoko (Sakura Ando) have been friends since their university days. One day, they hear a rumor about their former classmate and friend Miki (Kazue Fukiishi). The rumor is that Miki ran into the sea, but got out safely. Jinko and Motoko decide to visit Miki to see if she is OK. In addition, Haraki (Shiori Kutsuna), who Jinko met at the library where she works, joins their trip as a driver. Their one night and two days road trip begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, uplifting
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Whistleblower (2019)
Plot Summary:
A seemingly lazy salaryman is tasked with managing a company secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
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Prison Break (2017)
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One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass window and breaks out of jail. This crime even reaches the ears of Urata Susumu, the chief warden of Kosuge Prison in Tokyo. Urata had been in charge of those sentenced to life in the prison until last year. Although Sakuma is a dangerous person who had also broken out of jail in Aomori, he submits to Urata who is the only person who had treated him kindly in the past. However, three months after escaping from jail, Sakuma shows up at Urata’s house. He has come to complain about the inhumane Akita prison officers. But he is locked up again after Urata notifies the police during an unguarded moment. A year later, Sakuma is sent to Abashiri Prison and Urata is also ordered to transfer as the prison’s chief warden.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
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Iwane: Sword of Serenity (2019)
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Iwane Sakazaki returns to his homeland and gets caught in the middle of an incident that results in the tragic death of two of his best friends from childhood. He decides to leave his domain, parting with his fiancée Nao, and becomes a vagrant masterless samurai with nothing more to lose. Iwane drifts to Edo, filleting eels during the day and working as a bodyguard at night for Imazuya, a reputable money exchanger. He gradually wins the trust of the people around him because of his mellow nature, the chivalrous way he treats everyone with courtesy, and his skills of swords. One day, he learns that Imazuya is being targeted in a conspiracy to sabotage a new monetary system implemented by the government, and Iwane decides to protect the people who have given him support.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
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Woman Who Eats (2018)
Plot Summary:
Story follows the daily lives of 8 women with different backgrounds, including Atsuko Mochitsuki (Kyoko Koizumi), through what they eat and whom they date. --asianwiki.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min
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Girl (2012)
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"Girls" follows four beautiful women and depicts the troubles found in their love lives and work place. Yukiko Takigawa (Karina) works at a big advertising firm and has a good looking boyfriend. Seiko Takeda is married and has no children. She works at a large real estate company. Yoko Kosaka is a single woman working at a historic stationary company. Takako Hirai is a single mother who works for a car manufacturer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
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The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming (2008)
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Remake of a hit film from 1990, "The Cherry Orchard" which Nakahara himself directed, based on a popular comic book from Akimi Yoshida. The story takes place at a prestigious girls high school where everyone is oppressed with rules. One girl who just transferred to this school finds a long lost script of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" which was banned from school 11 years ago. Breaking strict school rules and boundaries, she and her friends decide to perform the play. With sentiment, love and passion, the girls cherish the moment of their life before taking the next step towards adulthood.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
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Daughters (2020)
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Two women are flat-mates and friends in Tokyo. One is an event manager and the other works in the world of fashion marketing. The result shows that one is pregnant one day. The woman decides to give birth out of wedlock. It is a major decision, which is the harbinger of not just a change in their lives, but also their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
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No Love Juice: Rustling in Bed (1999)
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“When 28-year-old Tomomi is dumped by her boyfriend she seeks solace in the arms of 20-year-old student, Takao. A relationship develops through which Takao comes of age sexually and Tomomi discovers a side to love she has previously not known.”.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: erotic, pink cinema, sexploitation film
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Sister Mary (1980)
Plot Summary:
Nunsploitation from Japan. Part of the Shûdôjo series.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: pink cinema, sexploitation film
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The Dream of Garuda (1994)
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A convicted rapist, Ikuo is released from prison and goes in pursuit of the woman he raped, Mieko. So obsessed is he with revenge he sees her in every woman he meets. After carrying out vicious attacks on a prostitute and a young girl he finally comes face to face with her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: pink cinema, sexploitation film
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Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon (1981)
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A teacher, Sakiko Kurata (Yuki Kazamatsuri), receives a phone call regarding one of her former students. Young Sueko (Ayako Ôta) is accused of being a prostitute and has requested Sakiko’s help. This minx seduces random strangers for sex, but does not ask for payment. Sakiko has moved to another town and barely remembers Sueko, but there’s something about her that awakens painful memories of her own secretive past. What is that strange paint thinner smell on Sueko? Who is the man in the nylon ski mask that violently assaulted Sakiko many years ago? In her search for answers, Sakiko discovers that her past may have inadvertently destroyed another family’s future.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexploitation film, pink cinema
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Abe Sada: The Last Seven Days (2011)
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In May 1936, the “Abe specific incident.” shook the entire country of Japan. It is said that Abe had a live-in maid (Yuma Asami), the owner of the restaurant’s employer Ishida (Nobuyuki Matsuda) was killed, that the cut is more localized. With respect to neither confirm nor deny the crime, frustrated by the testimony of the specific criminal Urakawa Abe (Shun Sugata). And the relentless questioning of Urakawa, we are told the circumstances leading to death and cut from the bodies of penis. Result of fierce passion between men and women debauched erratic, and saw two people … and the constant questioning after the incident, and the constant “last seven days” to depict that Katsuaki the in the here and now Abe no specific story that you have to watch it!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: erotic, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, pink cinema, sexploitation film
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A Story of Yonosuke (2012)
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The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, tense, captivating, independent film, crying
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Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)
Plot Summary:
A terminally ill single mother is determined to reconcile her splintered family.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sincere, captivating, melancholic, disturbing, inspirational, comedy drama, crying, detective
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Female Teacher : Twice Raped (1983)
Plot Summary:
Science Teacher at high school science, Kojima Miho is a popular among male students this worked bad for her.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: pink cinema, sexploitation film
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Moon and Thunder (2017)
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When Yasuko (Eriko Hatsune) was a child, her mother left their home. She grew up not knowing what an ordinary family is. Satoshi's (Kengo Kora) mother was the girlfriend of Yasuko's late father. One day, Satoshi appears in front of Yasuko. Since that moment, Yasuko's monotonous life begins to change.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, melancholic
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Perfect Revolution (2017)
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Kuma is an author, a sex obsessive and a wheelchair user. Beautiful and volatile Ryoko is unlike anybody he’s ever met before. She barrages into one of his lectures, demanding to know why he only talks of sex, not love, before declaring her own affection. It’s the first of many inappropriate acts by Ryoko and the start of a relationship that is by turns sweet, strange and toxic. Ryoko hopes that she and Kuma’s love can change the world. What she fails to realise is that sometimes it’s the small gestures, not the grand ones, that feel most revolutionary.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, thought provoking, touching, melancholic, suspenseful
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Dead Run (2005)
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Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken away to Tokyo by her relatives, Shuji becomes increasingly isolated at school and drifts into criminal activity.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
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Seiai scandal: Kokeshi to hanayome (2016)
Plot Summary:
Homma, a shy and hard-working car mechanic, said goodbye to Mao (Maya Sawamura), a delivery health girl who has forgiven her heart for three years. This is because he started dating with an office lady named Yurie (Meguri) who he met at a matchmaking party and got engaged. Mao was a little jealous when he realized that he secretly loved Honma, but wished for the relationship between adults and the happiness of Honma. On the way home one day, Homma found a dirty kokeshi doll, cleaned it with a handkerchief moistened with water, and placed it on the flowerbed. That night, a strange young woman (Yui Kawagoe) visited the room. She forcibly went up to the room and said that she was a kokeshi doll.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: erotic, captivating, disturbing
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Suzaku (1997)
Plot Summary:
Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the family.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slow cinema, independent film, aesthetic