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Plot Summary:
This survival action series revolves around the "Future Diary," a cell phone diary that contains entries about future events. Arata Hoshino is a college student who could be the poster boy for "inertia." By chance, Arata gets his hands on a brand new type of smartphone made by the Chronos Corporation. The cell phone includes a diary application (Future Diary) that details ever-changing future events. At first, he takes advantage of the power of knowing what's going to happen in advance, but one day, the Future Diary displays the message, "Arata Hoshino dies." And thus begins a game of survival between seven people who possess the Future Diary.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking
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Acting for a Cause (2020)
Plot Summary:
Acting for a Cause is a live read series of classic plays and screenplays created, produced, directed and hosted by Brando Crawford featuring young Hollywood actors such as Academy Award Nominee Florence Pugh, Emmy Nominee Margaret Qualley, and 80 other young Hollywood stars. Each reading is organized to raise money for a specific charity. The readings garnered over 500,000 viewers between the first play read on March 27, 2020 and the last announced read on July 31, 2020. The reading series was a direct response to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic and launched Brando Crawford's career as a director and producer.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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The Knife and the Sword (2013)
Plot Summary:
French chef Ken travels back in time to Sengoku period. Due to traveling through the time slip, Ken has lost his memory, but still retains his knowledge on fine cuisine. Thanks to his excellence in cuisine, Ken eventually becomes the chef to powerful daimyo Nobunaga Oda.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Dr. Coto's Clinic (2003)
Plot Summary:
After making a serious mistake in his work in Tokyo, talented surgeon Goto Kensuke is invited to take charge of the only clinic on the small island of Yonaguni, Okinawa. It is difficult to get competent doctors to serve on this remote island, and the islanders are now used to traveling for hours via boat for proper medical care. Despite seeming weak and unreliable (he gets very seasick, and does not have a driving license), he wins over the skeptical islanders with his skill and dedication. Some children of the island make a flag for his clinic, but get his name wrong. Thereafter he is known by all as Koto.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Japan Sinks: People of Hope (2021)
Plot Summary:
In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and store it in the crack of the sea floor. Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama gathers young and talented bureaucrats and launches Japan Future Promotion Conference, which is to benefit the future of Japan. Keishi Amami of the Ministry of the Environment and Kōichi Tokiwa of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry are members of that conference.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 676
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, anime
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I'm Home (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ieji Hisashi, a salaryman who works for a securities company, has a fuzzy memory of the recent five years because of an accident at his job posting. His wife of five years, Megumi and their 4-year-old son seem to wear masks. He can neither tell their facial expressions nor their emotions. He also struggles about his love for them. On the other hand, Ieji feels an attachment to his ex-wife, whom he divorced five years ago, and their daughter. What sort of days did he have in those five years which are a blank to him? Ieji sets out on a journey to find his past self with a mysterious bunch of 10 keys that he has. He becomes aware that he was a cold, career-minded man before the accident, and the persona that is gradually revealed is beyond the imagination of his present kindhearted self.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Honey and Clover (2008)
Plot Summary:
The series depicts the relationships and lives of a group of five art school students. This is a live-action television drama based on the manga and anime series with the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, romantic, captivating
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The Japanese the Japanese Don't Know (2010)
Plot Summary:
Haruko lands a job in a local tutoring establishment and upon showing up for work on the first day, she discovers that she will not be teaching Japanese people, but teaching people Japanese. Her students are all foreigners who live in Japan for several reasons, and she is faced with their many questions on the Japanese Language that she'd never really thought of before.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Plot Summary:
Ryutaro Asada was the chief surgeon of Team Medical Dragon, a globally active emergency medical care team that worked in refugee camps. After his return to Japan, this amazingly talented surgeon starts work at a university hospital, where he uncovers one case of corruption after another and takes on a lot of powerful contenders in this heroic drama. The struggles between the hospital and the patients, the infighting among the hospital staff, and the patients who get involved in those struggles are all depicted in a realistic manner in a drama that has an overwhelming feeling of speed. Here’s a human drama depicting a thrilling battle between life and death, a totally new, outstanding form of entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, medical drama
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Dr. STORKS (2015)
Plot Summary:
The drama revolves around Kounotori Sakura, an Ob-Gyn doctor working at the Persona General Medical Centre who is also a gifted jazz pianist. His mother had died in childbirth and he was brought up in an orphanage, which is what fueled his ambition to be an ob-gyn. He hopes to be able to deliver every baby to this world, congratulating them on the gift of life given to their little bodies. (Source: TBS).
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: medical drama, tense, sincere, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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99.9: Criminal Lawyer (2016)
Plot Summary:
Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance of being discovered. Japan’s 99.9% criminal case conviction rate leads the world, attesting to a “highly reliable” judicial system. In other words, once a crime suspect is indicted, prosecutor arguments tend to be accepted hook, line and sinker. In the face of those 99.9% odds, there’s no money in being a defense lawyer specializing in criminal cases, but for Miyama, that’s where the interest and kernels of truth lie. From unexpected places, the mold-breaking Miyama stakes his reputation on a prayer of a chance as he clashes with hotshot lawyers who’ll go to any lengths to win in this gloriously fun, legal mystery.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Clouds Over the Hill (2009)
Plot Summary:
Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes at 90 minutes each. The first series, with 5 episodes, was broadcast in 2009, while series two and three, each with 4 episodes, were broadcast in late 2010 and 2011. While most episodes were shot in Japan, one of the episodes in series two was shot in Latvia. The TV series is based on the novel Saka no ue no kumo by Ryōtarō Shiba and adopted by Hisashi Nozawa. The theme song of the drama series is titled "Stand Alone". It was composed by Joe Hisaishi, written by Kundo Koyama and performed by British soprano singer Sarah Brightman.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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BG: Personal Bodyguard (2018)
Plot Summary:
Akira Shimazaki (Takuya Kimura) lives with his middle school student son. He used to work as a bodyguard, but, due to an incident, he now works as a security guard at a construction site. The private security company where he works establishes a new bodyguard division. Hiding his past as a bodyguard, Akira Shimazaki begins work as a novice bodyguard.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Otomen (2009)
Plot Summary:
Otomen is a Japanese romantic comedy manga by manga artist Aya Kanno, which began in Bessatsu Hana to Yume in late 2006 and concluded on November 26, 2012. The series has been adapted into a live action TV drama. The series has been one of the best-selling shōjo properties in America, since being licensed by Viz Media. The series is also licensed in France by Delcourt and in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama
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Love and Glory (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kazutoyo lived during the end of the Sengoku period (1546-1605). He was the first feudal lord of the fief of Tosa on the island of Shikoku. He served Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Chiyo (1557-1617) was his wife, and was known in history for her dedication and devotion to her husband (like Matsu was to Toshiie in Toshiie to Matsu). She is the daughter of a samurai who served the feudal lord Asai.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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A consultant who has a superhuman sense of smell and assists in solving cases by smelling the scents left behind at crime scenes. He usually lives with a nasal plug, but once he removes it, and takes one sniff with his keen sense of smell, he will know the person’s age, gender, what he or she ate and even lifestyle. Besides investigating cases, he is researching whether people’s emotions have scent too. He has a daughter with Katayama Megumi.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Takanashi Shoko is a former lawyer. She was disbarred from the law profession due to an incident. Later, she persuades a university professor, who is accredited as a lawyer, to open a law firm. Takanashi Shoko hires a lawyer and assistants to work at the law firm. The team goes after legal victory. They go up against a large firm in a civil suit. While working on the suit, the team experiences difficult situations.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Prisoner (2008)
Plot Summary:
Story of a Japanese man falsely imprisoned in Thailand who attempts to escape from jail.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Blue Skin (2010)
Plot Summary:
Summer is almost over and Germán invites his friends for a few days of fun, sun and sex on his luxurious yacht. The dream vacation quickly turns into a night when the group of friends go for a swim and forget to attach the ladder to the side of the boat.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Little Giants (2017)
Plot Summary:
Shinichiro Kosaka is a detective of the major cases unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and on the path to become captain of the unit when he makes a mistake during an investigation. Kosaka was subsequently demoted to precinct duty, where he finds his new colleagues taking on small cases tirelessly with a sense of justice untinged by workplace politics and internal disputes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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CSI: Crime Scene Talks (2011)
Plot Summary:
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, fingerprint and voice data collections, profiling... His team collects scientific evidence and pieces together fragments of information in order to help build evidences. However, Itomura often does not care about the scientific approach and instead pays a great deal of attention to the things that the victims always carried with them or treasured. And he focuses on these things because they usually carry the victim’s dying wishes, understanding that last message not only helps solve the cases but also brings closure to the depressed family of victims.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Ichikei's Crow (2021)
Plot Summary:
Michio Iruma is a former lawyer. He now works as a judge in the first criminal court (commonly known as "Ichikei") of the Tokyo District Court. He is an unusual judge. To avoid issuing wrong judgements, Michio Iruma seeks out the truth in cases by performing on-site inspections by himself. Due to this, lawyers and prosecutors are afraid of him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Miracles (2018)
Plot Summary:
A comical and heartwarming drama about a university lecturer on animal behavior who just loves all living creatures. Once he starts thinking about them, he becomes too absorbed to care about anything else! People think he is quite odd and eccentric! But gradually his attitude, free from restrictions of rigid common sense and social norms, changes the way of thinking of those around him. They can recall a time when they, too, were engrossed in something they loved.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, clever, captivating, disturbing
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Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku: Kinetograph (2012)
Plot Summary:
A girl named Haru Asagi works as a maid for the Miyanomori family, which is headed by one of Japan's most powerful magnates. However, the family head suddenly announces that he is retiring, so one of his six sons must assume control of the family.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing, josei
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Jyouou (2005)
Plot Summary:
Fujisaki Aya is a young college student whose family is 150 million yen in debt after her father's corporation went bankrupt. To earn the money, she enters the Hostess Grand Prix.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler (2011)
Plot Summary:
3 years after the ultimate life-or-death game with Teiai Group, Kaiji was entrapped by Teiai and again back in the underground, forced to do hard labour. One day, Kaiji wins a bet to get out of the underground with 1 million yen, and promises the other workers that he will save them. But to do so, he only has 14 days and needs 200 million yen! Kaiji meets his former rival Tonegawa and learns that there is a chance to turn the tables in the game. It was a monster casino machine that will make 1 billion yen if you win.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Bloody Monday (2008)
Plot Summary:
Bloody Monday is a Japanese manga series written by Ryumon Ryo and illustrated by Megumi Koji. The series had been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine by Kodansha from April 2007 to May 2009, with individual chapters collected into eleven tankōbon volume as of May 15, 2009, and a total of 96 chapters altogether. The manga has also been adapted into a drama series, which aired on October 11, 2008, starring Haruma Miura. The second season of the manga began in Weekly Shōnen Magazine number 46 released on October 14, 2009, and the second season of the drama adaption began airing on January 23, 2010. Kodansha's USA division will release the first volume in June 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 576
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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Friend Game (2017)
Plot Summary:
High school student Katagiri Yuichi cares about friendship more than money because of his mother’s teachings. One day, Yuichi and his close friends, Shiho, Tenji, Makoto and Yutori, are suddenly forced to participate in a mysterious game of wits that involves a lot of money. It is supposed to be a simple game. However, friendships are unexpectedly tested under extreme conditions which triggers paranoia. The trick to clearing the game is to trust in friends. But will Yuichi and his friends choose money over friendship?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological thriller, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, anime, entertaining
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Liar Game: Reborn (2012)
Plot Summary:
To exact revenge, the Liar Game office is revived. The target is only one person: Shin'ichi Akiyama. Because of new heroine Shinomiya, Shin'ichi, who kept refusing to take part in the game, finds himself in the game. Along with Akiyama, there's 19 other players competing for the prize of two billion yen. Omega, who revived the game, plays the game at the Liar Game office with Alice. Alice sets up the game, chooses the players, and sets the traps.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Zero: The Bravest Money Game (2018)
Plot Summary:
The winner of a secret survival game stands to win a large sum of money. However, one player does not seem to be in the game for the money.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
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Liar Game (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Liar Game is a Japanese manga series originally written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. The manga was first serialized in 2005 in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Young Jump, published by Shueisha. It was adapted into a TV series, which started airing on April 14, 2007 on Fuji TV, achieving a 11.4 viewership rating in Japan's Kantō region. A sequel, Liar Game 2, ran from 2009 to 2010. It was also adapted into two live action films: Liar Game: The Final Stage in 2010, and Liar Game: Reborn in 2012. The manga has also been translated into Chinese and into Dutch. In Italy the series is licensed by J-Pop and in France it is licensed by TONKAM.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 36 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, disturbing, tense, intellectual, captivating, philosophical, dorama, manga