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1. Akiresu to kame (2008)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Kanako Higuchi, Makoto Araki, Kumiko Asô
Votes: 3,819
2. Kikujiro (1999)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Comedy
A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto, The Great Gidayû
Votes: 22,182 | Gross: $0.20M
3. When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead. (2018)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
A man posted questions to Yahoo Answers about his wife's eccentric behaviour, which became the basis for the story of the married couple.
Director: Toshio Lee | Stars: Nana Eikura, Ken Yasuda, Ryôhei Ohtani, Sumika Nono
Votes: 942
4. 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: 2,716
5. 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
6. A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007)
121 min | Drama
When eighth grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and honest Soyo becomes enthralled with his sophisticated world.
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita | Stars: Kaho, Masaki Okada, Elisa Yanagi, Shôko Fujimura
Votes: 1,508
7. One Million Yen Girl (2008)
121 min | Drama
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.
Director: Yuki Tanada | Stars: Yû Aoi, Mirai Moriyama, Pierre Taki, Terunosuke Takezai
Votes: 1,714
8. Café Funiculi Funicula (2018)
117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In a specific cafe and chair in Japan, one can travel back in time while drinking a cup of coffee. There are, however, 5 rules/restrictions. It opens for closure and changing one's future but not present.
Director: Ayuko Tsukahara | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Motoki Fukami, Haru, Kento Hayashi
Votes: 1,302
9. I Wish (2011)
PG | 128 min | Drama
Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Kôki Maeda, Oshiro Maeda, Ryôga Hayashi, Seinosuke Nagayoshi
Votes: 7,942 | Gross: $0.15M
10. Still Walking (2008)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Yui Natsukawa, You, Kazuya Takahashi
Votes: 18,637 | Gross: $0.16M
11. My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016)
111 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
On the way to his university in Kyoto, a 20 y.o. man falls in love with a woman on the train. He tells her. They start dating. She has a supernatural secret.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Sôta Fukushi, Nana Komatsu, Masahiro Higashide, Yuki Yamada
Votes: 5,266
12. Flying Colors (2015)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
Fact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Nanami Abe, Morio Agata, Atsushi Itô
Votes: 4,008
13. Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)
111 min | Drama
Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
Director: Jun'ichi Mori | Stars: Ai Hashimoto, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima
Votes: 3,475
14. Mix (2017)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tamiko used to be a very good ping pong player as a child, but she is now twenty-eight years old and left the sport behind. Her mother Hanako had taught her how to play imposing discipline ... See full summary »
Director: Jun'ichi Ishikawa | Stars: Yui Aragaki, Eita Nagayama, Ryôko Hirosue, Kôji Seto
Votes: 1,167
15. 0.5 mm (2014)
198 min | Drama
Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family of an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him.
Director: Momoko Andô | Stars: Sakura Andô, Miyoko Asada, Bengal, Akira Emoto
Votes: 915
16. Tremble All You Want (2017)
117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Yoshika is 24 years old and works in an office. She doesn't have a boyfriend in her life, but still romanticizes her former junior high school classmate.
Director: Akiko Ôku | Stars: Mayu Matsuoka, Kanji Furutachi, Anna Ishibashi, Hairi Katagiri
Votes: 1,138
17. Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)
120 min | Drama
Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
Director: Jun'ichi Mori | Stars: Ai Hashimoto, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima
Votes: 2,894
18. Wood Job! (2014)
116 min | Adventure, Comedy
After failing to get into university, a soft city boy randomly picks a job in forestry.
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Hideaki Itô, Masami Nagasawa, Shôta Sometani, Nana Seino
Votes: 3,792
19. Dead Ringers (2012– )
Mystery
Two women (both played by Nagasawa Masami), who look identical, search for the secret behind their births and, in the process, discover about forbidden medical technologies and the mystery of life.
Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Ken Aoki, Satomi Tezuka, Masatô Ibu
Votes: 411
20. Kiraware Matsuko no isshô (2006)
130 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
When Matsuko is murdered, her nephew, Sho, gets to progressively unveil the many details of her mysterious past, discovering she wasn't just a forgotten outcast and had led an intriguing yet bizarre life.
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima | Stars: Miki Nakatani, Eita Nagayama, Yûsuke Iseya, Mikako Ichikawa
Votes: 8,747
21. 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: 7,199
22. Love Letter (1995)
PG | 117 min | Drama, Romance
When exchanging letters two women discover new things about a man they knew.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Miho Nakayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Bunjaku Han, Katsuyuki Shinohara
Votes: 11,013
23. Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
Based on childhood days of Teruyo Nogami.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Mayumi Tanaka, Chieko Baishô, Mirai Shida
Votes: 1,518 | Gross: $0.01M
24. The Mourning Forest (2007)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A care-giver at a small retirement home takes one of her patients for a drive to the country, but the two wind up stranded in a forest where they embark on an exhausting and enlightening two-day journey.
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Shigeki Uda, Machiko Ono, Kanako Masuda, Yôichirô Saitô
Votes: 2,897
25. Hanezu (2011)
91 min | Drama
Woodwork artist Takumi moves to a small village Asuka.He then meets Kayoko,a woman who went to the same school as Takumi.Kayoko is fascinated with the color hanezu(crimson); lives with boyfriend Tetsuya.Soon,she falls in love with Takumi.
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Tôta Komizu, Hako Ohshima, Durian Sukegawa, Akaji Maro
Votes: 1,003
26. Amida-do dayori (2002)
127 min | Drama
An urban Japanese couple decide to move to the country.
Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Shoji Arano, Hisashi Igawa
Votes: 297
27. Hura gâru (2006)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.
Director: Sang-il Lee | Stars: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Yû Aoi, Shizuyo Yamasaki
Votes: 2,271
28. What a Wonderful Family! (2016)
108 min | Comedy
For her birthday, the grandma of a traditional Tokyo family asks her apathetic husband a gift: divorce. This shocks not only the incredulous husband, but the whole family, and they all will try to prevent the catastrophe at any cost.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 1,285
29. What a Wonderful Family (2017)
113 min | Comedy
In this sequel to the first It's A Wonderful Family, the characters who are still based on those in Tokyo Family (which itself was based on Tokyo Story), are a couple of years older with ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Shôzô Hayashiya
Votes: 782
30. Tokyo Family (2013)
146 min | Drama
In this update of Yasujiro Ozu's "Tokyo Story", a retired schoolteacher and his wife visit their three working children in modern-day Tokyo.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 2,237
31. 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: 1,296
32. Butterfly at the Ganges River (2007 TV Movie)
Drama
Teruko, a third year university student, comes across as a forthright and sunny girl but is in truth a rather timid person. She's also the sort who easily gets carried away and does things ... See full summary »
Director: Toshio Lee | Stars: Renji Ishibashi, Masami Nagasawa, Takashi Tsukamoto
Votes: 384
33. Ramen kuitee (2018)
102 min | Comedy, Family
High school student Marie ponders suicide due to gossip and rumours. At the same time, Akashi shutters his ramen shop's doors once his wife dies. Gastronomist Akahoshi has an accident in ... See full summary »
Director: Yûki Kumagai | Stars: Wakana Aoi, Matsumi Fuku, Renji Ishibashi, Jin Katagiri
Votes: 19
34. A Loving Husband (2016)
117 min | Drama, Family
After their twenty-something son moves out Yohei, a school teacher, and his wife Miyoko may begin a new phase in their lives. Yohei is taken aback, however, when he comes across divorce ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuhiko Yukawa | Stars: Yûki Amami, Hiroshi Abe, Saki Aibu, Sumiko Fuji
Votes: 290
35. Choki (2016)
96 min | Drama, Romance
Naoto is a middle-aged man who lost his wife to cancer five years ago. He's a hairstylist; his wife was a calligrapher who had a studio above his shop, and also taught calligraphy. She was ... See full summary »
Director: Jun'ichi Kanai | Stars: Riko Masuda, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Sô Hirosawa, Aya Enjôji
Votes: 77
36. 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: 727
37. Instant Swamp (2009)
120 min | Comedy
A quirky young woman who loves antiques embarks on risky adventures and business endeavors with her eccentric friends, trying to score a unique item that will finally be worth a huge profit... See full summary »
Director: Satoshi Miki | Stars: Kumiko Asô, Morio Kazama, Ryô Kase, Keiko Matsuzaka
Votes: 712
38. Tengoku no honya - koibi (2004)
111 min | Drama, Romance
KENTA (Tetsuji Tamayama), a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named YAMAKI (Yoshio Harada). He invites Kenta to... See full summary »
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara | Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Tetsuji Tamayama, Karina, Hirofumi Arai
Votes: 372
39. Megane (2007)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Taeko is a stressed career woman who leaves her life in the city for an island vacation. The vacation does not become what she expected as everyone on the island is strange.
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Mikako Ichikawa, Ryô Kase, Ken Mitsuishi
Votes: 1,889
40. 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: 765
41. Mio on the Shore (2019)
96 min | Drama
20-year-old Mio has lost her parents early and runs a traditional Japanese inn in Nagano with her grandmother. As her grandmother gets sick and hospitalized, Mio is forced to leave the inn ... See full summary »
Director: Ryûtarô Nakagawa | Stars: Honoka Matsumoto, Daichi Watanabe, Eri Tokunaga, Kaito Yoshimura
Votes: 285
42. Dear Doctor (2009)
127 min | Drama
A young medical intern student is dismayed when he is assigned to work in a remote countryside village.
Director: Miwa Nishikawa | Stars: Tsurube Shôfukutei, Eita Nagayama, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruka Igawa
Votes: 746
43. Food Luck (2020)
104 min | Drama
Yoshito Sato grew up with his mother Yasue after his father passed away. His mother ran a yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurant that his father had left behind. Yoshito enjoyed eating his ... See full summary »
Director: Jimon Terakado | Stars: Chizuru Azuma, Hakuryû, Ken Ishiguro, Miwako Kakei
Votes: 154
44. 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
45. Amatsubu no Chiisana Rekishi (2012)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, Romance
This is a story of a young woman and her coming of age in Japan. In the winter before her college graduation, Michiru received a letter from a girl. Apparently, they are sisters who shared ... See full summary »
Directors: Ryûtarô Nakagawa, Yoichi Emoto | Stars: Rei Amaya, Takashi Fujimura, Ryutaro Hirai, Tomonori Hirayama
Votes: 35
46. My Little Sweet Pea (2013)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Since her father died, Mugiko lives with her older brother, Norio. Her mother Ayako left home when she was little and never come back. But one day,she suddenly appears. What will happen to this estranged family?
Director: Keisuke Yoshida | Stars: Maki Horikita, Ryûhei Matsuda, Kimiko Yo, Yumi Asô
Votes: 237
47. Georama Boy, Panorama Girl (2020)
105 min | Drama
Haruko meets Kenichi, who has just dropped out of high school, when she finds him collapsed on a bridge after he was beaten up. She's instantly smitten and thinks he's her destiny, but he ... See full summary »
Director: Natsuki Seta | Stars: Sora Hirata, Misato Morita, Riko Narumi, Jin Suzuki
Votes: 64
48. Mato mo janai no wa kimi mo issho (2021)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Yasuomi Ohno, a math teacher at a prep school, is single and has no girlfriend. He has trouble communicating with girls, so he begs his student, Kasumi Akimoto, who always says he is "not normal," to tell him how he can become normal.
Director: Kôji Maeda | Stars: Ryo Narita, Kaya Kiyohara, Tsukika Akasaki, Ryûzaburô Hattori
Votes: 452
49. Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020)
70 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A cafe owner discovers that the TV in his cafe suddenly shows images from the future, but only two minutes into the future.
Director: Junta Yamaguchi | Stars: Kazunari Tosa, Riko Fujitani, Gôta Ishida, Masashi Suwa
Votes: 8,094
50. Around the Table (2021)
104 min | Drama
Haruko is a single mother. She has an unusual living arrangement. She lives with her son Riku, her friend Aiko and Aiko's boyfriend Sorao. One day, Yuko stays at Haruko's house to attend an... See full summary »
Director: Sôshi Masumoto | Stars: Miwako Ichikawa, Haruka Kubo, Naomi Nishida, Shûgo Oshinari
Votes: 93
51. It's a Summer Film! (2020)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A schoolgirl, underwhelmed by the rom-com being made by the Film Club, sets out with her friends to make a samurai film to compete with it. First step: convince a mysterious stranger to play the lead.
Director: Sôshi Masumoto | Stars: Marika Itô, Daichi Kaneko, Yumi Kawai, Kilala Inori
Votes: 1,218
52. Last Letter (I) (2020)
120 min | Romance
It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's ... See full summary »
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Hideaki Anno, Masaharu Fukuyama, Suzu Hirose, Ryunosuke Kamiki
Votes: 1,315
53. Taste of Emptiness (2016)
125 min
A high school girl named Satoko develops an eating disorder.
Director: Marina Tsukada | Star: Haruna Hori
Votes: 45
54. Zô no senaka (2007)
124 min | Drama
A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any ... See full summary »
Director: Satoshi Isaka | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Miki Imai, Masatô Ibu, Haruka Igawa
Votes: 51
55. Hanging Garden (2005)
114 min | Drama
A family struggling to live together even with the outrageous behaviors from each family members.
Director: Toshiaki Toyoda | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Anne Suzuki, Itsuji Itao, Masahiro Hirota
Votes: 944
56. A Story of Yonosuke (2012)
160 min | Drama
Were people's lives changed by having known Yonosuke?
Director: Shûichi Okita | Stars: Ayumi Ito, Kengo Kôra, Gô Ayano, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 2,312
57. Mori, the Artist's Habitat (2018)
99 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Vegetation thrives in painter Morikazu's garden, which is home to creatures that serve as models for his paintings, including numerous bugs and cats. A sweet and heartwarming day begins for... See full summary »
Director: Shûichi Okita | Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Munetaka Aoki, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Yoichi Hayashi
Votes: 479
58. 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: 16,909 | Gross: $0.46M
59. We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)
124 min | Drama, Romance
A love story spanning 5 years between a man and a woman. A 22-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman both miss the last train at Meidaimae Station in Tokyo and meet there. Their relationship develops romantically.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Masaki Suda, Kasumi Arimura, Kaya Kiyohara, Kanata Hosoda
Votes: 3,542
60. Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV (2019)
114 min | Drama
Akio wishes he had a better relationship with his reserved father Akira. One day Akira suddenly quits his job and retires without giving out any explanation to the family. Thinking it could... See full summary »
Directors: Teruo Noguchi, Kiyoshi Yamamoto | Stars: Yui Imaizumi, Minako Kotobuki, Kô Maehara, Yoshino Nanjô
Votes: 522
61. Hit Me Anyone One More Time! (2019)
127 min | Comedy, Drama
Keisuke Kuroda (Kiichi Nakai) wakes up in a hospital bed and he is unable to remember who he is. He sneaks out of the hospital and happens to see the news on TV.
Director: Kôki Mitani | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Dean Fujioka, Yuriko Ishida, Masao Kusakari
Votes: 619
62. In Those Days (2021)
117 min | Drama
They thought it would last forever, being like junior high schoolers on eternal summer break. Having failed to get into graduate school, with no girlfriend, no money, and no prospects of ... See full summary »
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi | Stars: Yuki Katayama, Kenta Kiguchi, Kentarô Kokado, Tôri Matsuzaka
Votes: 101
63. Dream of Illumination (2017)
91 min | Drama
Noboru Ueda who runs a real-estate agency out in the country is doing quite well. He is a sales shark. He lives with his daughter Nana. They have continuously moved to accommodate the ... See full summary »
Director: Thunder Sawada | Stars: Ellen, Saki Gotô, Riku Hagiwara, Akira Hamada
64. Little Nights, Little Love (2019)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Sato is 27 years old, lives in the northern prefecture of Sendai and is single. He is searching for the spark and explosion that will change his life and give him love and romance.
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi | Stars: Haruma Miura, Mikako Tabe, Yûma Yamoto, Erika Mori
Votes: 456
65. A Garden of Camellias (2021)
128 min | Family
After many happy years of happily living with her husband Kinuko has been widowed recently. Her granddaughter and she live in the house and receive visitors now, but Kinuko is happiest ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshihiko Ueda | Stars: Chang Chen, Shim Eun-kyung, Sumiko Fuji, Kôji Shimizu
Votes: 25
66. The Tale of Iya (2013)
169 min | Drama
As a tunnel construction project threatens the natural order of one of Japan's last untouched regions, an old man and his granddaughter Haruna's humble lifestyle begins to influence the outlook of a man from Tokyo.
Director: Tetsuichirô Tsuta | Stars: Rina Takeda, Shima Ônishi, Min Tanaka, Hitoshi Murakami
Votes: 373
67. Under the Open Sky (2020)
126 min | Crime, Drama
A lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.
Director: Miwa Nishikawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Seiji Rokkaku, Yukiya Kitamura, Hakuryû
Votes: 1,825
68. I Give My First Love to You (2009)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Takuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves so that she can easily move on. What he didn't know is that he is under-estimating her.
Director: Takehiko Shinjô | Stars: Mao Inoue, Masaki Okada, Natsuki Harada, Keiko Horiuchi
Votes: 2,846
69. The 8-Year Engagement (2017)
119 min | Drama, Romance
Hisashi and Mai are set to have their wedding ceremony in three months. Unfortunately, Mai falls ill and lapses into a coma.
Director: Takahisa Zeze | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Tao Tsuchiya, Tetta Sugimoto, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Votes: 1,103
70. A Girl and Three Sweethearts (2016)
TV-13 | 54 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sakurai Misaki is suddenly dismissed and has difficulty finding a new job. She meets Shibasaki Chiaki, her first love in high school. He invites her to live and work with him and his two brothers at the restaurant that they run together.
Stars: Mirei Kiritani, Kento Yamazaki, Shôhei Miura, Shûhei Nomura
Votes: 948
71. One Week Friends (2017)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Yuki Hase befriended a lonely girl classmate when he notices that she's always alone. Upon knowing the girl, he found out a serious matter about her that can either make him put a space between them, or make them closer to each other.
Director: Shôsuke Murakami | Stars: Haruna Kawaguchi, Kento Yamazaki, Seika Furuhata, Sairi Itô
Votes: 1,523
72. Too Young to Die! Wakakushite shinu (2016)
125 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Supernatural comedy about an unlucky high school student who dies in a bus crash during a school trip only to be press-ganged into a demonic rock band in Hell. Daisuke (Ryunosuke Kamiki) ... See full summary »
Director: Kankurô Kudô | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Aoi Morikawa, Kenta Kiritani
Votes: 730
73. Air Doll (2009)
Unrated | 125 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Bae Doona, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao, Joe Odagiri
Votes: 8,139
74. Sweet Bean (2015)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
Burdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world. Could she be holding the secret to his success?
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno
Votes: 12,735 | Gross: $0.12M
75. Departures (2008)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama
Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Votes: 55,007 | Gross: $1.50M
76. Life in Overtime (2018)
125 min | Comedy
Sosuke Tashiro is on an elite career course at a major bank until he is transferred - or rather relegated - to a subsidiary company, where he reaches retirement age.
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Hiroshi Tachi, Hitomi Kuroki, Ryôko Hirosue, Asami Usuda
Votes: 172
77. Hana's Miso Soup (2015)
118 min | Drama
Chie, who is a recent college graduate, becomes engaged to a man. Her life, however, takes an unexpected turn when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The ensuing treatment should render... See full summary »
Director: Tomoaki Akune | Stars: Ryôko Hirosue, Ken'ichi Takitô, Yo Hitoto, Mahiru Konno
Votes: 275
78. The Furthest End Awaits (2014)
118 min | Drama
Misaki returns to the hometown of her father, after he is reported to be dead. There she opens a coffee shop on the isolated beach. A relationship with her neighbour Eriko and her children evolves.
Director: Hsiu-Chiung Chiang | Stars: Hiromi Nagasaku, Nozomi Sasaki, Hiyori Sakurada, Asami Usuda
Votes: 301
79. There Is No Lid on the Sea (2015)
83 min | Drama
After leaving her career as a stage designer, Mari (Akiko Kikuchi) returns to her hometown to open an ice flakes store with Hajime-chan (Azusa Mine) who has a large burn scar on her face.
Director: Keisuke Toyoshima | Stars: Akiko Kikuchi, Azusa Mine, Yukichi Kobayashi, Orime Amagi
Votes: 137
80. Gou Gou, the Cat (2008)
116 min | Drama
Asako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat, CaVa, which kept her company for over 15 years, as her assistant Naomi watches on with ... See full summary »
Director: Isshin Inudô | Stars: Kyôko Koizumi, Juri Ueno, Ryô Kase, Denden
Votes: 253
81. A Cherry Boy's Love (2018)
117 min | Romance
Family restaurant employee Norio Yamakawa is a 45-year-old virgin. He has a hard time adjusting to society and he keeps himself in his own world. He is a big fan of AV actress Rio Onda. She appears in front of him.
Director: Tomoyuki Furumaya | Stars: Tokio Emoto, Takuya Kusakawa, Gôki Maeda, Daisuke Miyagawa
82. Butterfly Sleep (2017)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A writer of romance novels falls in love with a much younger guy. Their romance is doomed, though, because she has Alzheimer.
Director: Jae-eun Jeong | Stars: Anna Ishibashi, Kim Jae-Wook, Masanobu Katsumura, Hidekazu Mashima
Votes: 128
83. Summer in Closed Eyes (2018)
98 min | Drama, Romance
Nhat Ha comes to Higashikawa to find her father and accidentally meets Akira. They gradually form an unlikely bond through the language of 35mm film photography. Unfortunately, she does not know that Akira is hiding her a secret.
Director: Cao Thuy Nhi | Stars: Phuong Anh Dao, Takafumi Akutsu, Cong Ninh Nguyen, Noriko Takimoto
Votes: 231
84. Miss Sherlock (2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic literary characters, the series follows Dr. Wato-san Tachibana and Sara Shelly "Sherlock" Futaba, an eccentric police consultant who uses deduction to solve strange cases in modern-day Japan.
Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Shihori Kanjiya, Ken'ichi Takitô, Tomoya Nakamura
Votes: 1,261
85. A Long Goodbye (2019)
127 min | Drama, Family
Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.
Director: Ryôta Nakano | Stars: Yû Aoi, Elen, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Mansaku Fuwa
Votes: 543
86. Bento Harassment (2019)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Wishing to open up another line of communication with her rebellious teenage daughter, in the name of light-hearted revenge, single mother Kaori begins creating embarrassingly sweet messages in her child's lunchbox meals. Will it work?
Director: Renpei Tsukamoto | Stars: Ryôko Shinohara, Kyôko Yoshine, Rena Matsui, Kanta Satô
Votes: 437
87. Survival Family (2016)
117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After a sudden worldwide power cut, a Tokyo family are caught up in the chaos as millions traverse the country in search of electricity.
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Fumiyo Kohinata, Eri Fukatsu, Yuki Izumisawa, Wakana Aoi
Votes: 3,014
88. The First Supper (2019)
127 min | Drama, Family
Under the helm of rookie director Tokiwa Shiro,a family reunites following the funeral, last rites and cremation for a meal. The widow has determined that she will cook the food for the ... See full summary »
Director: Shiro Tokiwa | Stars: Shôta Sometani, Erika Toda, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Yuki Saitô
Votes: 104
89. Our Departures (2018)
120 min | Drama, Family
Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working ... See full summary »
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Jun Kunimura, Munetaka Aoki, Itsuji Itao
Votes: 254
90. Gou-Gou datte Neko de aru (2014– )
Comedy
Stars: Rie Miyazawa, Haru Kuroki, Keishi Nagatsuka, Yukino Kishii
Votes: 20
91. Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)
125 min | Drama
A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.
Director: Ryôta Nakano | Stars: Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Aoi Itô, Yukiko Shinohara
Votes: 2,471
92. Pieta in the Toilet (2015)
120 min | Drama
Hiroshi is an art school graduate who abandoned his dream as an artist to work as a window cleaner. When he realizes he has only three months left in his life, he meets a high school ... See full summary »
Director: Daishi Matsunaga | Stars: Yôjirô Noda, Hana Sugisaki, Lily Franky, Kanji Furutachi
Votes: 302
93. Kiki's Delivery Service (2014)
108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Fuka Koshiba, Ryohei Hirota, Machiko Ono, Hiroshi Yamamoto
Votes: 1,026
94. Drive My Car (2021)
Unrated | 179 min | Drama
A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada
Votes: 65,925
95. A Farewell to Jinu (2015)
121 min | Comedy
A former bank clerk moves to a remote village after he develops an allergy to money. As he tries to live without using currency, the bizarre people of the village begin to draw him out of his shell.
Director: Suzuki Matsuo | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Sadao Abe, Takako Matsu, Fumi Nikaidô
Votes: 95
96. Her Granddaughter (2014)
119 min | Drama
In the wake of her grandmother's death, Tsugumi Dozono, who used to work at a large electronics company in Tokyo, decides to move from to the home her grandmother left behind, in the ... See full summary »
Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Sakura Andô, Erika Asakura, Nana Eikura, Mari Hamada
Votes: 258
97. We Couldn't Become Adults (2021)
TV-MA | 124 min | Drama, Romance
Prodded by a friend request, a forty-something recalls his past relationships from the 90s onward, looking for his vanished hopes and dreams.
Director: Yoshihiro Mori | Stars: Takehiro Hira, Rich Ting, Masahiro Higashide, Anne Yatco
Votes: 1,040
98. Homestay (2022)
TV-14 | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A soul, homestays in the body of a deceased high school student. While reincarnated, it must find the student's death cause. Limited to 100 days, a glimmer of light and large darkness intersect in the truth.
Director: Natsuki Seta | Stars: Kento Nagao, Rikako Yagi, Anna Yamada
Votes: 271
99. Moonlight Shadow (2021)
93 min | Drama
Satsuki's lover Hitoshi dies suddenly. She is unable to get over his death and is mired in deep sadness. Satsuki keeps thinking about the Moonlight Shadow phenomenon, which she heard about ... See full summary »
Director: Edmund Yeo | Stars: Nana Komatsu, Hio Miyazawa, Asami Usuda, Himi Satô
Votes: 190
100. Itomichi (2021)
116 min | Drama
A shy country girl chooses a part-time job at a "maid cafe" where she serves customers while dressed up as a maid.
Director: Satoko Yokohama | Stars: Ren Komai, Daimaô Kosaka, Mei Kurokawa, Ayumu Nakajima
Votes: 543
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