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Lightning (1952)
- Director
- NARUSE Mikio
- Cast
- TAKAMINE Hideko, MURATA Chieko, MIURA Mitsuko
A screen adaptation by TANAKA Sumie of a HAYASHI Fumiko novel. Frustrated by growing tensions at home – such as her elder sister Mitsuko's being approached by her deceased husband's mistress to provide child support for the child he secretly fathered...
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Wife Be Like a Rose (1935)
- Director
- NARUSE Mikio
- Cast
- CHIBA Sachiko, MARUYAMA Sadao, HANABUSA Yuriko
A film adaptation of the play Futari tsuma ("Two Wives"), written by NAKANO Minoru. When Kimiko pays her estranged father a visit ahead of her upcoming marriage, she ends up discovering the truth behind the remittances being sent to her mother every ...
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The Ghost Story of Yotsuya (1959)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Nobuo
- Cast
- AMACHI Shigeru, WAKASUGI Katsuko, EMI Shuntaro
Based on a kabuki play by TSURUYA Nanboku. After he is witnessed carrying out a murder, samurai Iemon falls prey to the manipulations of Naosuke. He later drives his wife Oiwa to suicide, incurring the wrath of her vengeful ghost. Nakagawa's bold tra...
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Jigoku (1960)
- Director
- NAKAGAWA Nobuo
- Cast
- AMACHI Shigeru, NUMATA Yoichi, NAKAMURA Torahiko
A bold concoction of a work, Nakagawa's Jigoku looks beyond Eastern values to incorporate Western classics such as Goethe's Faust and Dante's Divine Comedy among its tapestry of influences. When his friend Tamura commits a hit-and-run, it sets in mot...
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A Hen in the Wind (1948)
- Director
- OZU Yasujiro
- Cast
- SANO Shuji, TANAKA Kinuyo, MURATA Chieko
Ozu's second film made upon his return from military service, following 1947's Record of a Tenement Gentleman (Nagaya shinshiroku). Reduced to poverty during the hardship of the immediate post-war years, a woman is forced to prostitute herself to aff...
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Dragnet Girl (1933)
- Director
- OZU Yasujiro
- Cast
- OKA Joji, TANAKA Kinuyo, MIZUKUBO Sumiko
When small-time gangster Joji falls for Kazuko, Joji's mistress Tokiko decides to scare her rival away, only to end up falling for her innocent charms herself. Inspired by Kazuko's example to turn over a new leaf, Tokiko convinces Joji to do the same...
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Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
- Director
- GOSHO Heinosuke
- Cast
- UEHARA Ken, TANAKA Kinuyo, AKUTAGAWA Hiroshi
An adaptation of a short story by SHIINA Rinzo. When a middle-aged couple living in the lower-class outskirts of Tokyo find an abandoned child, it ends up sparking a conflict that engulfs the young boarders living above them. The film takes its name ...
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The Yellow Crow (1957)
- Director
- GOSHO Heinosuke
- Cast
- AWASHIMA Chikage, ITO Yunosuke, TANAKA Kinuyo
Hoping to bring pointed significance to the use of color for what was to be his first color film, Gosho turned to the world of child psychology. The film tells the story of Kiyoshi, a young boy emotionally estranged from his parents after his father'...
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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
- Director
- MIZOGUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- HANAYANAGI Shotaro, MORI Kakuko, TAKADA Kokichi
An unparalleled masterwork from Mizoguchi's pre-war period. Kikunosuke, the adopted son of a famous kabuki performer, conceitedly believes he has little left to learn – until Otoku, the wet nurse of his infant brother, devotedly helps him to change h...
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A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
- Director
- MIZOGUCHI Kenji
- Cast
- HASEGAWA Kazuo, KAGAWA Kyoko, MINAMIDA Yoko
Mizoguchi's quintessential tale of tragic love, based on a classic play by Edo-period dramatist CHIKAMATSU Monzaemon. In seventeenth-century Kyoto, Mohei, the apprentice of a wealthy scroll maker, forges a receipt to help his master's young wife, Osa...
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Don't Look Up (1996)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- YANAGI Yurei, SHIRASHIMA Yasuyo, ISHIBASHI Kei
First collaboration between director Nakata Hideo and screenplay writer Takahashi Hiroshi, who went on to ignite the J-horror boom with Ring. Produced as part of the third season in WOWOW's J･Movie･Wars. Murai (Yanagi Yurei) is directing his first f...
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Helpless (1996)
- Director
- AOYAMA Shinji
- Cast
- ASANO Tadanobu, MITSUISHI Ken, TSUJI Kaori
Aoyama Shinji's feature film directorial debut. Coming-of-age drama produced as part of the third season in WOWOW's J・Movie・Wars and shot in Kitakyushu, the director's hometown. In 1989, Kenji (Asano Tadanobu) is an aimless high school student idlin...
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
- Director
- MITANI Koki
- Cast
- KARASAWA Toshiaki, SUZUKI Kyoka, NISHIMURA Masahiko
Mitani Koki's feature film directorial debut. The all-star cast delivers a poignant comedy about the on-set commotion during a live radio drama broadcast, based on the same-named play from the theatrical troupe Tokyo Sunshine Boys. Writer-cum-homema...
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Tokyo Heaven (1990)
- Director
- SOMAI Shinji
- Cast
- MAKISE Riho, NAKAI Kiichi, SHOFUKUTEI Tsurube
This fantasy starring newcomer Makise Rino brings a new twist to the "pop star as heroine" genre. Directed by Somai Shinji, who was recognized for his definitive take on idol films. Campaign girl Yu (Makise Riho) dies in a traffic accident. Upon arr...
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DISTANCE (2001)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- ARATA, ISEYA Yusuke, TERAJIMA Susumu
Maboroshi and Wonderful Life director Kore-eda Hirokazu helms this drama about relatives of people who committed mass murder. Documentary maestro Yamazaki Yutaka shot the film almost entirely handheld and captured the protagonists' shifting emotions ...
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After Life (1998)
- Director
- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- Cast
- ARATA, ODA Erika, TERAJIMA Susumu
Second film by Kore-eda Hirokazu, whose numerous honors for Maborosi included the Golden Osella Award at the Venice International Film Festival. Fantasy drama about the seven days between a person's death and arrival in the afterlife. Twenty-two dea...
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Play! (2024)
- Director
- FURUMAYA Tomoyuki
- Cast
- OKUDAIRA Daiken, SUZUKA Oji
Japan's first theatrical release about e-sports was inspired by the real-life experiences of a boy in Tokushima Prefecture. Directed by Furumaya Tomoyuki of The Homeless Student. Shota's (Okudaira Daiken) interest is piqued by a poster at school rec...
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Lumberjack the Monster (2023)
- Director
- MIIKE Takashi
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, Nanao, YOSHIOKA Riho
Suspense film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Kurai Mayusuke, directed by Miike Takashi. The film depicts an epic confrontation between a deranged lawyer and a serial killer. A bizarre murder occurs in which the victim's brain is removed...
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Motherhood (2022)
- Director
- HIROKI Ryuichi
- Cast
- TODA Erika, NAGANO Mei
Hiroki Ryuichi adapts the same-named novel by Confession author Minato Kanae. The truth behind a mystery is laid bare through the eyes of a mother unable to love her daughter and the daughter who desires maternal affection. A high school girl is fou...
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PARALLEL (2021)
- Director
- TANAKA Daiki
- Cast
- NARAHA Momona, YOSHIMURA Sojiro
A unique splatter love story that won the Grand Prix at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2021. This is the first feature film by director Tanaka Daiki, who attracted attention with his short film Filament, which he made as his grad...
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MENTAI PIRIRI ~PANSY FLOWER~ (2023)
- Director
- EGUCHI Kan
- Cast
- HAKATA Hanamaru, TOMITA Yasuko
This is the second theatrical film outing for the TV drama series ‘Mentai Piriiri', which won the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Award for two consecutive years. As per the previous film, Eguchi Kan (The Fable) directs. At Fukunoya, a gro...
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The Slit-Mouthed Woman Rises (2023)
- Director
- NAKAMOTO Yu
- Cast
- KIDO Taisei, KUROSAKI Reina, YASHIKI Hiroko
Action horror film based on the urban legend of The Slit-Mouthed Woman. Directed, written and edited by Nakamoto Yu of Ichimonji Ken Prologue: Kung Fu Boy Vs Murder Karate Man fame, which won the Audience Award at the 2018 PFF Awards. High school st...
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Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2 (2023)
- Director
- KAWAKE Shunsaku
- Cast
- TOYOKAWA Etsushi, KATAOKA Ainosuke, KANNO Miho
Two films starring Toyokawa Etsushi adapt Ikenami Shotaro's series that rivals his "Onihei Hankacho" and "Kenkyaku Shobai" in popularity. Produced to commemorate the centennial of the great historical novelist's birth. Fujieda Baian (Toyokawa) is a ...
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FPS (2024)
- Director
- NAGAE Jiro
- Cast
- MICHIMOTO Narumi, IZUMI Tomochica, YONEZAWA Narumi
Experimental horror flick inspired by the first-person shooter games known as "FPS." Kisaragi Station director Nagae Jiro wields creepy tricks to immerse the audience in dread like never experienced before. The protagonist accidentally opens the doo...
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Cloud (2024)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Kiyoshi
- Cast
- SUDA Masaki
Ryosuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda) works at a small factory and makes money on the side as a reseller operating under the pseudonym "Ratel." He deals in medical devices, handbags, figurines... Anything he can flip to make a profit. Buy low, sell high – tha...
