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1. Never Not Love You (2018)
100 min | Drama, Romance
It tells the story of young lovers who tries to build a life together until career opportunities sends them to a different country where their relationship will be tested.
Director: Antoinette Jadaone | Stars: Nadine Lustre, Adrian Alandy, James Reid, Leo Roque
Votes: 575
2. Kids on the Slope (2018)
120 min | Drama
Two different students - a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent - form a friendship through their love for music.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Yuri Chinen, Dean Fujioka, Nana Komatsu, Erina Mano
Votes: 811
3. Laplace's Witch (2018)
115 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shô Sakurai, Suzu Hirose, Sôta Fukushi, Rei Dan
Votes: 733
4. Love and Goodbye and Hawaii (2017)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A woman slowly coming to the realization that a relationship with her ex-boyfriend may well and truly be dead and she faces the decision of whether to resurrect it or move on.
Director: Shingo Matsumura | Stars: Aya Ayano, Risa Kameda, Aoi Kato, Kentarô Tamura
Votes: 174
5. Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)
108 min | Drama
Newcomer Shizuka Ishibashi throws herself into the role of Mika, a nurse by day, a 'girlie bar' hostess by night, subject to feelings of anxiety and isolation, and unable to reach through a... See full summary »
Director: Yûya Ishii | Stars: Shizuka Ishibashi, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Ryûhei Matsuda, Paul Magsign
Votes: 816
6. After the Rain (2018)
TV-PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man.
Director: Akira Nagai | Stars: Nana Komatsu, Yô Ôizumi, Nana Seino, Hayato Isomura
Votes: 1,563
7. Asako I & II (2018)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Masahiro Higashide, Erika Karata, Sairi Itô, Kôji Nakamoto
Votes: 5,301 | Gross: $0.02M
8. Never Not Love You (2018)
100 min | Drama, Romance
It tells the story of young lovers who tries to build a life together until career opportunities sends them to a different country where their relationship will be tested.
Director: Antoinette Jadaone | Stars: Nadine Lustre, Adrian Alandy, James Reid, Leo Roque
Votes: 575
9. Inuyashiki (2018)
Not Rated | 127 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
An middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Noritake Kinashi, Takeru Satoh, Kanata Hongô, Fumi Nikaidô
Votes: 2,808
10. Black Film (2015)
82 min | Horror, Thriller
When aspiring actress Saori Nakazawa attends an audition for director Keiichi Tazawa's features she is invited to participate in a week-long activity that would also serve as a more ... See full summary »
Director: Tatsuya Hagishima | Stars: Kazuki Abe, Makoto Akatsuka, Yuri Akikawa, Ryô Amamiya
11. 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: 7,332
12. Klevani: Ai no Tunnel (2014)
85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A high school teacher and his student fall in love and persist against all odds. Not paying heed to convention, they spend time together and also go for a drive, which ends in tragedy. Not ... See full summary »
Director: Akiyoshi Imazeki | Stars: Itsuji Itao, Nanaka Kawamura, Tomoe Koyanagi, Honoka Miki
Votes: 11
13. Samenagara miru yume (2014)
106 min | Drama, Romance
Yuuji Kaieda (Yoshikuni Dochin) is a man searching for everlasting love in the film version of the play by the same name. He is a director who marries former cast member Aki (Rin Takanashi)... See full summary »
Director: Jinsei Tsuji | Stars: Yoshikuni Dôchin, Anna Ishibashi, Mitsuru Matsuoka, Ryôta Murai
14. The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai (2014)
115 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The famous novelist Kaoru Mitarai drives drunk and hits an old woman. Her son Ryuhei, who is an obscure novelist,threatens Kaoru to let him publish her manuscript under his name. Kaoru gets... See full summary »
Director: Kazuyuki Morosawa | Stars: Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Mitsuru Matsuoka, Yuri Aikawa, Kana Harada
15. Love Addiction (2010)
92 min | Drama
Four young, male and female co-workers in Tokyo become involved in personal relationships with each other.
Director: Nobuteru Uchida | Stars: Megumi Katô, Momoko Maeda, Hiroyuki Satô, Kôsuke Takaki
Votes: 30
16. Akaboshi (2012)
140 min | Drama
Director: Ryohei Yoshino | Stars: Allen, Kaori Fujii, Kinako Kobayashi, Kazuyuki Kujirai
17. Bread of Happiness (2012)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
Young married couple Rie and Sang move from Tokyo to Lake Toya in Hokkaido Prefecture to start a bakery restaurant named Mani. Sang bakes bread and Rie makes food. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, the customers leave in a happy state.
Director: Yukiko Mishima | Stars: Tomoyo Harada, Yô Ôizumi, Kanna Moriya, Yûta Hiraoka
Votes: 764
18. Kyôko to Shûichi no baai (2013)
134 min | Drama
Kyoko is married with a young son and works as an insurance agent. Due to a series of unfortunate events, she brings shame to her family and has to leave her hometown. Shuichi has been in ... See full summary »
Director: Eiji Okuda | Stars: Sakura Andô, Tasuku Emoto, Mitsuru Hirata, Takumi Kazune
Votes: 59
19. Suffering of Ninko (2016)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
This erotic fantasy set in Japan's Edo period introduces a sexually irresistible Buddhist monk struggling to stay virtuous as he begins to have strange carnal dreams.
Director: Norihiro Niwatsukino | Stars: Masato Tsujioka, Chris Katô, Hitoshi Murakami, Yuichiro Iwasa
Votes: 253
20. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.
Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Spike Spencer
Votes: 85,385
21. Little DJ: Chiisana koi no monogatari (2007)
128 min | Drama, Romance
Taro is a 12 year old boy who loves baseball and radio, where his favorite program is 'Music Express'. His illness keeps him in a hospital but one day he gets the opportunity to take over ... See full summary »
Director: Koto Nagata | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mayuko Fukuda, Yoshio Harada, Ryôko Hirosue
Votes: 167
22. Asako I & II (2018)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Masahiro Higashide, Erika Karata, Sairi Itô, Kôji Nakamoto
Votes: 5,301 | Gross: $0.02M
23. Is this a Zombie? (2011–2012)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Ayumu has no pulse and very little luck. Instead of dying (again), Ayumu became the world's first magical girl zombie.
Stars: Cherami Leigh, Austin Tindle, Jad Saxton, Junji Majima
Votes: 1,948
24. Welcome to the N.H.K. (2006)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
This surreal dramedy follows Satou Tatsuhiro as he attempts to escape the evil machinations of the NHK.
Stars: Yutaka Koizumi, Yui Makino, Michael C. Pizzuto, Monica Rial
Votes: 7,950
25. Grave of the Fireflies (2005 TV Movie)
148 min | Drama, War
An aunt's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II while caring for her niece and nephew.
Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Yasunori Danta, Mayuko Fukuda, Mansaku Fuwa, Shota Horie
Votes: 534
26. Tombstone of the Fireflies (2008)
100 min | Drama, War
Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City.
Director: Tarô Hyûgaji | Stars: Reo Yoshitake, Rina Hatakeyama, Keiko Matsuzaka, Seiko Matsuda
Votes: 380
27. Love Me, Love Me Not (I) (2020)
124 min | Drama, Romance
The love affairs of four schoolkids: a romantic, a pragmatist, an airhead and a lothario.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Minami Hamabe, Takumi Kitamura, Eiji Akaso, Yûki Furukawa
Votes: 512
28. Ashi Girl (2017)
38 min | Comedy, History
Yui Hayakawa (Yuina Kuroshima) is a 16-year-old high school student. The one area that she has talent is that she can run fast. One day, Yui Hayakawa travels through time and finds herself ... See full summary »
Stars: Yuina Kuroshima, Kentaro, Yûya Matsushita, Rie Tomosaka
Votes: 64
29. Akira
102 min | Action, Drama, Mystery | Announced
The leader of a biker gang tries to save his kidnapped friend from a powerful supernatural experiment.
Director: Taika Waititi
30. Nude (I) (2010)
103 min | Biography, Drama
Young and attractive, northern Japanese girl from Niigata Prefecture makes the move south to the bright lights of the Japanese capital of Tokyo upon graduating from high school. Hiromi ... See full summary »
Director: Yûichi Onuma | Stars: Naoko Watanabe, Ken Mitsuishi, Aimi Satsukawa, Tsuyoshi Gotô
Votes: 298
31. Kamui Gaiden (2009)
Unrated | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The adventurous story of a fugitive ninja.
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Koyuki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kôichi Satô
Votes: 1,115
32. Kankin kôjô: Kyonyû jokô-tachi no bôhatsu (2007 Video)
76 min | Action, Thriller
Natsumi is forced to work in a steel factory in order to pay off a debt, a factory "Notorious" for the employment of women with a "Dark Past" as slave labors.
Director: Mikio Hirota | Stars: Hiroshi Fujita, Hiroshi Hatakeyama, Michiri Himemiya, Akari Hoshino
Votes: 85
33. A Hole in My Panty (2011)
Comedy, Romance
Three aimless kids at a seaside high school have just one goal this summer break: to shed the virgin tag. One day, they rescue a pretty girl named Narumi by chance. Immediately smitten, ... See full summary »
Director: Toshiyuki Morioka | Stars: Renya Kishida, Saku Mihama, Aki Morita, Kazuhiro Nakahara
Votes: 98
34. Samurai: The Last Warrior (2004 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 67 min | Documentary, History
International Samurai expert, Dr. Stephen Turnbull, provides historical insights into these legendary warriors in this documentary program described as "powerful and intriguing" by the Los Angeles Times.
Director: Charlie Shepard | Stars: Barry Robbins, Stephen Turnbull
Votes: 49
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