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1. Gipusu (2000)
83 min | Drama
22-year old secretary Kazuko first bumps into Tamaki on the way back from work. Tamaki is crawling along the sidewalk on crutches at a snail's pace, and stumbles into the young audio-typist... See full summary »
Director: Akihiko Shiota | Stars: Hinako Saeki, Machiko Ono, Hiromi Kuronuma, Tôru Tezuka
Votes: 134
2. Mountain Woman (2022)
100 min | Fantasy
Late 18th century, Tohoku. An outcast girl, Rin lives in a village suffering from famine. She draws strength from Mt. Hayachine, where the spirits of humans ascend after passing.
Director: Takeshi Fukunaga | Stars: Masaaki Akahori, Ayame, Denden, Osamu Imai
Votes: 65
3. Sobakasu (2022)
104 min | Drama
Kasumi doesn't know what love is and she doesn't have any feeling of romance. Due to her sister's marriage, her mother arranged a formal marriage arrangement without her permission. At the meeting, she met a man who is just seeking friend.
Director: Shinya Tamada | Stars: Marika Itô, Takumi Kitamura, Atsuko Maeda, Tôko Miura
Votes: 189
4. Small, Slow But Steady (2022)
99 min | Drama, Sport
A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.
Director: Shô Miyake | Stars: Yukino Kishii, Masaki Miura, Shinichirô Matsuura, Himi Satô
Votes: 1,115
5. And Your Bird Can Sing (2018)
106 min | Drama
A love triangle that captures all the magic and melancholy of a summer, concentrating on the fleeting moments and encounters experienced by its three protagonists.
Director: Shô Miyake | Stars: Tasuku Emoto, Shizuka Ishibashi, Tomomitsu Adachi, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 778
6. Just Remembering (2021)
115 min | Romance
A former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again.
Director: Daigo Matsui | Stars: Sôsuke Ikematsu, Sairi Itô, Kalen Anzai, Toshiki Hirose
Votes: 587
7. Kamikaze Girls (2004)
102 min | Comedy
Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima | Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Sadao Abe
Votes: 8,091
8. 100 Yen Love (2014)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
A 32-year-old woman living with her parents meets a boxer and finally starts a life.
Director: Masaharu Take | Stars: Sakura Andô, Hirofumi Arai, Yôzaburô Itô, Miyoko Inagawa
Votes: 2,713
9. Hold Me Back (2020)
133 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love on the edge, which can't get any closer than 10cm: Mitsuko, 31, who is getting used to a solo life and has a counselor named "A" in her brain, falls in love with a young man.
Director: Akiko Ôku | Stars: Non, Kento Hayashi, Asami Usuda, Takuya Wakabayashi
Votes: 725
10. Blue Gate Crossing (2002)
85 min | Drama, Romance
An is-she-or-isn't-she gay comedy focused on a Taiwanese teen, the boy she might like, and the girl she may love.
Director: Chih-yen Yee | Stars: Gwei Lun-Mei, Chen Bo-lin, Yolin Liang, Joanna Chou
Votes: 4,376
11. Kita no kuni kara (1981–1982)
45 min | Drama
"From the North" with warmth loving strokes, describing the love of family, love of humanity. Because his wife was having an affair and divorce, Kuroita Goro, with a son and daughter from ... See full summary »
Stars: Kunie Tanaka, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Nakajima, Keiko Takeshita
Votes: 186
12. Petaru dansu (2013)
90 min | Drama
Four women, who have their own different sorrows, embark on a road trip. They look back at their past and restart their lives.
Director: Hiroshi Ishikawa | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Shioli Kutsuna, Sakura Andô, Kazue Fukiishi
Votes: 425
13. Brass Knuckle Boys (2008)
125 min | Comedy, Music
A record company office worker named Kanna Kurita discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Meriken Sakku / Brass Knuckle Boys through the internet and subsequently decides to represent them... See full summary »
Director: Kankurô Kudô | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Yûichi Kimura, Ryô Katsuji, Tomorô Taguchi
Votes: 543
14. Eureka (2000)
217 min | Drama
The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.
Director: Shinji Aoyama | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Masaru Miyazaki, Yôichirô Saitô
Votes: 4,343 | Gross: $0.05M
15. Aoi kuruma (2004)
90 min | Drama
DJ Richio wears sunglasses to hide a scar around his eyes. He is also haunted by nightmares of a childhood accident that led to his scar. Richio also dates Akemi. Meanwhile, Richio notices ... See full summary »
Director: Hiroshi Okuhara | Stars: Arata Iura, Aoi Miyazaki, Kumiko Asô, Tomorô Taguchi
Votes: 186
16. Horikawa nakatachiuri (2009)
124 min | Drama
With everybody's life being dominated by capitalistic tyranny, Kyoto seems to be driven into oblivion by a mysterious media mogul. Only full-blood-slacker Shinsuke seems to miss everything.... See full summary »
Director: Gô Shibata | Stars: Kôji Hata, Naozô Hotta, Kilala Inori, Motako Ishii
Votes: 23
17. Kokkuri (1997)
87 min | Drama, Horror
Schoolgirls on the verge of adulthood know that boys can be feckless and girls treacherous. Three friends gather around a Ouija board to call forth the spirit of Kokkuri. Masami has a ... See full summary »
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Ayumi Yamatsu, Hiroko Shimada, Moe Ishikawa, Rika Furukawa
Votes: 145
18. The Sacrament (2017)
90 min | Comedy
Iwakiri is now a third year university student who belongs to a film studies group but has yet to shoot even one film. He hears from an older student about a ghost which appears once every four years at the welcome party for new students.
Director: Isora Iwakiri | Stars: Marika Matsumoto, Mio Minami, Sara Ogawa, Shun Yamamoto
Votes: 37
19. Haru (1996)
118 min | Drama, Romance
A young Tokyo businessman joins an online movie forum and develops a special bond with one of its members through back and forth e-mails.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Eri Fukatsu, Seiyô Uchino, Sei Hiraizumi, Noriko Kojima
Votes: 575
20. April Story (1998)
67 min | Drama, Romance
In spring, a young girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Takako Matsu, Seiichi Tanabe, Kazuhiko Kato, Kaori Fujii
Votes: 4,086
21. Maborosi (1995)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naitô, Tadanobu Asano, Gohki Kashiyama
Votes: 7,330
22. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
Votes: 86,465 | Gross: $3.31M
23. Our Little Sister (2015)
PG | 127 min | Drama, Family
Three sisters who live in their grandmother's home invite their thirteen-year-old half sister, whom they have just met, to join them.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose
Votes: 16,897 | Gross: $0.46M
24. Summer Blooms (2017)
93 min | Drama, Romance
A teacher and student reunite after moving on from their respective school years, and start a relationship.
Director: Ryûtarô Nakagawa | Stars: Fumiko Aoyagi, Aki Asakura, Ryunosuke Azuma, Juri Fukushima
Votes: 199
25. The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018)
Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, History
After the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, a troupe of women's sumo wrestler arrive in the area near Tokyo. The group of female sumo wrestlers include Tomoyo and Tamae. Meanwhile, Tetsu and ... See full summary »
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Shun Sugata, Masahiro Higashide, Masatoshi Nagase, Arata Iura
Votes: 133
26. Like Nothing Happened (2003)
98 min | Drama
Some youths interact at a bar , a horse race and a bowling alley. A girl who has been visiting from out of town ,on her train ride back,reads aloud a list of vocabulary definitions from a dictionary.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Votes: 77
27. Happy Hour (2015)
Not Rated | 317 min | Drama
A slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Rira Kawamura
Votes: 2,947
28. Your Friend (2008)
125 min | Drama
While researching a story on a school for problem children, Nakahara meets Emi, a college volunteer with a compelling tale of her own. After overcoming her initial reluctance to open up to ... See full summary »
Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Anna Ishibashi, Ayu Kitaura, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Seiji Fukushi
Votes: 104
29. Girls' Encounter (2017)
101 min | Drama
Mayuri gets constantly bullied that her only "friend" is a silk worm she named Tsumugi. A new transfer girl whose name is also Tsumugi came along and befriended her. Curiously, she also has threads come off her skin, much like a silk worm.
Director: Yûka Eda | Stars: Mitsuki Akiba, Moeka Hoshi, Emina Kondô, Yûya Matsuura
Votes: 120
30. Tôkyô kyôdai (1995)
92 min | Drama
Living in an old Tokyo district, Kenichi works at a second-hand bookshop to support his sister, Yoko, a high school student. When Yoko graduates, she starts work at a photo shop. By the ... See full summary »
Director: Jun Ichikawa | Stars: Yuriko Hirooka, Urara Awata, Rie Minemura, Naoto Ogata
Votes: 36
31. Ashita no watashi no tsukurikata (2007)
97 min | Drama
Juri secretly admires Kanako, who is popular in their class. Juri is like this even at home, where she acts the part of an ideal daughter for her parents because she wants them to stop ... See full summary »
Director: Jun Ichikawa | Stars: Riko Narumi, Atsuko Maeda, Mariko Ishihara, Yoshizumi Ishihara
Votes: 324
32. The Taste of Tea (2004)
143 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A spell of time of a rural family's slightly surreal life.
Director: Katsuhito Ishii | Stars: Maya Banno, Takahiro Satô, Tadanobu Asano, Satomi Tezuka
Votes: 7,196
33. Flic (2005)
154 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kazuo Murata is a detective who has lost his wife and eventually the meaning of his existence.
Director: Masahiro Kobayashi | Stars: Teruyuki Kagawa, Seiichi Tanabe, Nene Ôtsuka, Ryûzô Tanaka
Votes: 73
34. The Whispering Star (2015)
100 min | Sci-Fi
A feminine android delivers packages to the scattered humans in the galaxy. With years to spare the android and us have time to contemplate what it is to be human.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Kenji Endo, Yûto Ikeda, Megumi Kagurazaka, Kôko Mori
Votes: 1,286
35. My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005)
107 min | Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once infected, come down with the disease, which ... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Aoyama | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Aoi Miyazaki, Mariko Okada, Masaya Nakahara
Votes: 627
36. Bashing (2005)
82 min | Drama
Yuko volunteered to be an aid worker in Iraq and was taken hostage there. When freed she returned to Japan, but after being home six months she is still the ongoing object of harassment ... See full summary »
Director: Masahiro Kobayashi | Stars: Fusako Urabe, Nene Ôtsuka, Takayuki Katô, Kikujirô Honda
Votes: 515
37. Mondays: See You 'This' Week! (2022)
82 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Akemi Yoshikawa discovers that her whole office is stuck in a time loop, repeating the same stressful work week over and over. Together with her colleagues she has to find out how to break the loop.
Director: Ryo Takebayashi | Stars: Ryô Ikeda, Wan Marui, Yûgo Mikawa, Koki Osamura
Votes: 463
38. River (2023)
86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
On a calm winter's day, a mountain inn becomes trapped in a time loop.
Director: Junta Yamaguchi | Stars: Riko Fujitani, Manami Honjô, Gôta Ishida, Yoshimasa Kondô
Votes: 901
39. The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Three complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Kaori Momoi, Tetsuya Takeda
Votes: 1,297
40. The Zen Diary (2022)
111 min | Drama
Writer Tsutomu lives alone at a mountain cabin in Nagano. He collects fruits and mushrooms from the mountain. He also raises vegetables in a field. Everyday, he cooks his meals with these ... See full summary »
Director: Yûji Nakae | Stars: Kenji Sawada, Fumi Dan, Takako Matsu, Naomi Nishida
Votes: 143
41. BL Metamorphosis (2022)
118 min | Romance
Urara Sayama is a 17-year-old high school student, who doesn't have any friends or a boyfriend. Her only enjoyment is reading boy's love manga, which she keeps it as a secret. She also ... See full summary »
Director: Shunsuke Kariyama | Stars: Mana Ashida, Kotone Furukawa, Tomoko Ikuta, Taeko Ito
Votes: 201
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