Movies
4,785 Results
-
Cat Sharehouse (2022)
- Director
- AYABE Shinya
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Yuki, HOSODA Kanata, NGAI Mijika
They are moody but sometimes they want to be pampered. They act aloof, but seem to be missing something. If someone is feeling down, they want to be there for them. This describes cats, but it describes many humans as well. Cats, good-looking guys ...
-
Deep River (1995)
- Director
- KUMAI Kei
- Cast
- AKIYOSHI Kumiko, OKUDA Eiji, MIFUNE Toshiro
Master director Kumai Kei adapts Endo Shusaku's literary masterpiece for the screen. The film sheds light on the source of the anguish shouldered by Japanese people and their mentality while at the same time exploring the idealism which lurks deep wi...
-
Madadayo (1993)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Akira
- Cast
- MURAMATSU Tatsuo, KAGAWA Kyoko, IGAWA Hisashi
The 30th film by Kurosawa Akira also marks the 50th anniversary of his filmmaking career. The film stars Matsumura Tatsuo as Professor Uchida Hyakken, Kagawa Kyoko as his wife, and George Tokoro as one of his pupils. It was presented as a special scr...
-
Shikibu monogatari (1990)
- Director
- KUMAI Kei
- Cast
- OKUDA Eiji, HARADA Mieko, KAGAWA Kyoko
Akimoto Matsuyo's 'Kasabuta Shikibuko', which was inspired by the nationally known legend of Izumi Shikibu, serves as the basis for master director Kumai Kei's very first film adaptation. The film beautifully celebrates the depths of human sorrow and...
-
The Lower Depth (1957)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Akira
- Cast
- MIFUNE Toshiro, YAMADA Isuzu, KAGAWA Kyoko
Maxim Gorky's play of the same name is the basis for this solid drama in which the story has been transplanted to an Edo tenement house. It is written, directed, and produced by Kurosawa Akira. Dwelling in a tenement house at the end of the Edo peri...
-
A Cat And Two Women (1956)
- Director
- TOYODA Shiro
- Cast
- MORISHIGE Hisaya, KAGAWA Kyoko, YAMADA Isuzu
The essence of Tanizaki Junichiro's literature is expressed in this poetic masterpiece. It depicts a man with an unusual love for his cat, as well as the desires and jealousies of women. Shozo is an undependable man who runs a small hardware store i...
-
Extinct Animals (VACATION) (2021)
- Director
- SOEJIMA Masaki
- Cast
- KAKIMORI Manami, GOMI Michiko, SHO Daichi
Psychiatrist-cum-director Soejima Masaki helms this unique music film intercutting two incidents dealing with an extinct bird. Parallel stories unfold about a graduate student studying the extinct bird and a music recording session. Mai (Kakimori Ma...
-
Back to That Day (2021)
- Director
- MAEDA Seira
- Cast
- MATSUI Rena, KAKEI Miwako, SHUHAMA Harumi
Ensemble piece about an awkward but forthright woman. Cutting-edge Maeda Seira helms her first commercial feature after earning critical acclaim with her short film Itsuka kagayaita kanojo ha. Manami (Matsui Reina) runs the unsuccessful 50% Theater ...
-
Haruhara-san's Recorder (2021)
- Director
- SUGITA Kyoshi
- Cast
- ARAKI Chika, NIIBE Minako, KANEKO Takenori
Listen to Light director Sugita Kyoshi adapts the title poem "Haruhara-san's Recorder" from Higashi Naoko's first collection. The film won three awards in the 32nd Marseille International Film Festival's International Competition including the first-...
-
Aiutusutsu (2018)
- Director
- HANA Kosei
- Cast
- HOSOKAWA Gaku, n a g o h o
Hana Kosei's feature film debut draws on personal experience to explore the nature of love and sex. Jun (Hosokawa Gaku) works in sales for a recruiting company and has been dating college student Yui (nagoho) for seven months. They have a harmonious...
-
Grave of Love (2020)
- Director
- NARUSE Kiyoto
- Cast
- OGURA Yuna, ABERA Hidenobu, KANO Yura
Director Naruse Kiyoto, whose attracted attention with Night of the Dead Geisha at the Yubari Fantastic Film Festival, makes his commercial film debut. Yuta (Abera Hidenobu), a monk with a passion for photography, captures in his viewfinder "that gi...
-
jigoku-no-hanazono ～Office Royale～ (2021)
- Director
- SEKI Kazuaki
- Cast
- NAGANO Mei, HIROSE Alice
Seki Kazuaki, who directs music videos for popular artists, helms this wild comedy with Bakarhythm penning the original script about office ladies feuding throughout Japan. Naoko (Nagano Mei) wants nothing more than to enjoy her life as an OL, or of...
-
THE WOMAN OF S.R.I. (2021)
- Director
- KANESAKI Ryosuke
- Cast
- SAWAGUCHI Yasuko, SASAKI Kuranosuke, NAITO Takashi
First feature film for the popular "Kasoken no Onna" TV drama series, which has aired for over two decades starting in 1999. Screenplay by Sakurai Takeharu, one of the main writers for the TV series and also a writer for the "Detective Conan" feature...
-
HEART BEATS (2021)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Hiroto
- Cast
- UKISHO Hidaka, SHIRAISHI Sei
Feature film adaptation of Konno Risa's popular comic that has sold over 2.5 million copies in total. This teen romance gives a fresh take on universally relatable everyday experiences like unrequited high school love. Arima Hayato (Ukisho Hidaka) t...
-
A Girl on the Shore (2021)
- Director
- UEDA Atsushi
- Cast
- ISHIKAWA Ruka, AOKI Yuzu, MAEDA Ohshiro
Live-action adaptation of the same-named comic released in 2009 by popular manga artist Asano Inio. This tale about adolescence depicts the shock of love and sexuality as experienced by a 14-year-old boy and girl and also captures the stultifying atm...
-
Black Clow 0 (2021)
- Director
- KOMINAMI Toshiya
- Cast
- SAKIYAMA Tsubasa, UEDA Keisuke, TOKUYAMA Hidenori
Prequel in the "Black Crow" series about an agency that resolves underworld troubles, set in Shinjuku's red-light Kabukicho district. The story focuses on the protagonist's hidden past. Rookie police officer Kanzaki (Sakiyama Tsubasa) gets posted to...
-
Black Crow 3 (2021)
- Director
- KOMINAMI Toshiya
- Cast
- SAKIYAMA Tsubasa, UEDA Keisuke, WATANABE Shu
Third film in the series about the feuding "Black Crow" agency that resolves underworld troubles, set in Shinjuku's red-light Kabukicho district. Direction and screenplay handled by Kominami Toshiya, the TV drama veteran who reprises his roles from t...
-
The Land Beyond the Starry Sky (2021)
- Director
- KONAKA Kazuya
- Cast
- SUZUKA Oji, AKITA Shiori, SATO Yusuke
Konaka Kazuya remakes the same-named SF teen ensemble drama that he helmed 35 years ago in 1986. Nostalgic depiction of a high school romance that takes place in parallel worlds. For two months, high schooler Akio (Suzuka Oji) has reoccurring dream...
-
HOMUNCULUS (2021)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- AYANO Go, NARITA Ryo, KISHII Yukino
Cult-status manga artist Yamamoto Hideo's same-named manga hits the silver screen a decade after its serialized began. International director Shimizu Takashi handles this psychological mystery with daring yet sensitive portrayals of mental states. S...
-
What Did You Eat Yesterday? Movie (2021)
- Director
- NAKAE Kazuhito
- Cast
- NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi, UCHINO Seiyo
Feature film adaptation of the popular TV drama based on Yoshinaga Fumi's bestselling manga. Reunites the cast and crew from the TV drama, including director Nakae Kazuhito and scriptwriter Adachi Naoko. Lawyer Kakei Shiro (Nakajima Hidetoshi) and h...
-
RIKA - Love Obsessed Psycho (2021)
- Director
- MATSUKI Tsukuru
- Cast
- TAKAOKA Saki, ICHIHARA Hayato, UCHIDA Rio
Feature film based on the "Rika" psycho-thriller novels, which have been adapted twice as TV dramas. Depicts the terror of a self-proclaimed 28-year-old Pure Love Monster. A dead body is found in a suitcase in the mountains. The victim is identified...
-
Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is War (2021)
- Director
- KAWAI Hayato
- Cast
- HIRANO Sho, HASHIMOTO Kanna
Final film in the live-action series adapting the unique world in the "Love Is War" manga. Kawai Hayato continues as director from the previous film. Shuchiin Academy students Shirogane Miyuki (Hirano Sho) and Shinomiya Kaguya (Hashimoto Kanna) have...
-
What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? (2021)
- Director
- MAEDA Tetsu
- Cast
- AMAMI Yuki, MATSUSHIGE Yutaka, KUSABUE Mitsuko
Film adaptation of Kakiya Miu's novel about the struggles of a homemaker dogged by financial disaster. A Banana? At This Time of Night? director Maeda Tetsu brings his unique perspective and rhythmical style to the film. Atsuko (Amami Yuki) has rais...
-
Ring Wandering (2021)
- Director
- KANEKO Masakazu
- Cast
- KASAMATSU Show, ABE Junko, YASUDA Ken
In Downtown Tokyo, a young man Sosuke aspires to be a manga artist. His current work is about a battle between a hunter and a Japanese wolf. He canʼt draw the extinct wolf well, neither develop the story. One winterʼs day, Sosuke finds burnt animal...
-
Lovely Little Ai (2021)
- Director
- ONO Candice Mana
- Cast
- SAKANOUE Akane, KUROZUMI Hisao, MATSUMURA Ryo
Ai Shimizu, a sixteen-year-old girl, grows up without knowing freedom because her workaholic and toxic father, Tetsuo, constrained her too much. One day, Ai-chan, who has no friends and doesn't even know how to dress up, happens to meet Seiko. Despit...
