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Plot Summary:
In Kyoto, Mayuko (Haruka Ayase) stands at a crossroad in her life. She's thinking about marriage with her boyfriend Kyoichi (Hiroyuki Hirayama). By an accidental opportunity, Mayuko stays at Honnouji Hotel. There, she meets historical figure Nobunaga Oda (Shinichi Tsutsumi) who is attempting to unify Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: art house
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Kidnapping Granny K (2007)
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Mrs. KWON has spent lifetime building a small home-made soup business into an empire with her bare hands. Now a retiring millionaire, she’s distributed most of her wealth among her children and is enjoying her life as an independent, tech-savvy granny. A band of less-than-professional criminals kidnaps her in a hope to make an easy fortune but their naïve plan goes all wrong, when the family of their difficult hostage is reluctant to pay the modest ransom of 50,000 dollars. Infuriated by this, Mrs. KWON takes the matter into her own hands and leads the pack in making the biggest kidnap case in history. Will she and her kidnappers be able to get their hands on the 50 million dollar ransom?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
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Genkai in a Black Company (2009)
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: experimental, art house, independent film
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Legendary samurai Jubei Yagyu must face off against a necromancer and his army of the undead in order to rescue Ohiro the young ninja girl from the clutches of Inshun Hozoin, the evil man slated to become lord of darkness on the eve of Armageddon. No living man is a match for Jubei's sword, but what skill can this mythic swordsman employ to defeat an army of the undead?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
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41-year-old Shizuo Daikoku (Shinichi Tsutsumi) suddenly quits his job at a company to become a mangaka. His family and friends become involved in his new pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 127 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 288
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Taiwan, China, South Korea
Duration: 104 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: artsy, independent film
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Romantic Warriors (2003)
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 173
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Rai, a frustrated student and part-time labourer, is wandering home after setting up a museum exhibition on the classic novel "The Tale of Genji". There is a blinding flash of light and he finds himself mysteriously time-slipped into the Heian period, the setting for the famous novel. Armed with a pamphlet on the history of the period and a bottle of headache tablets he passes as an onmyoji (magical protector of the capital) and is hired by the emperor’s wife Nyogo Kokiden. Fearless and coldly analytical she plots to have her son take over the Emperor’s position. Rai is expected to help. This light-hearted historical fantasy is a treat for lovers of sumptuous kimono.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min
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Kekko Kamen: The MGF Strikes Back (2004)
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration:
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In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, exciting, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, sexy, surreal, underground film, black comedy
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 462
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick, dark comedy
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 911
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, entertaining, futuristic
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 123
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Country: Japan
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A simple funeral turns a man's world upside down.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 297
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
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A light hearted comedy following a group of friends in a science-fiction club, who spend their summer holidays fooling around at their club house, have a mission to go back into time, using a time machine that appeared out of nowhere, in order to save their summer days from unbearable heat by retrieving the remote control for their air conditioner. But wouldn’t changing the past have an effect on the future? Be prepared for a wild ride regarding time travel with a bunch of whacky characters and theories thrown into the mix.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
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