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Tokyo!
(도쿄!)
Three short films that glance at the imaginative aspects of Tokyo life.
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- France, Japan, Korea • 2008
- Director Michel Gondry
- Cast Ayako Fujitani, Ryo Kase, Ayumi Ito, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Nao Omori, Denden
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy
Marry Me!
(マリーミー！)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2020
- Creator
- Cast Rinka Kumada, Reiya Masaki, Sato Harumi, Toshiki Seto
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Lupin III: The First
(ルパン三世 THE FIRST)
A master thief and his underworld companions race against time to uncover the secrets of a dark diary.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2019
- Director Takashi Yamazaki
- Cast Kanichi Kurita, Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Sawashiro, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Koichi Yamadera, Kotaro Yoshida
- Genre Action, Adventure, Animation
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Chaos
(カオス)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2000
- Director Hideo Nakata
- Cast Masato Hagiwara, Miki Nakatani, Ken Mitsuishi, Jun Kunimura, Yûna Natsuo, Taro Suwa
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Great Yokai War
(妖怪大戦争)
A young boy with a troubled home life stumbles into the middle of a great spirit war.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2005
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Kaho Minami, Riko Narumi, Shirô Sano, Miyuki Miyabe
- Genre Action, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, AsianCrush
It's Me It's Me
(俺俺)
Hitoshi spirals into an identity crisis when a simple prank causes multiple versions of himself to show up around town.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2013
- Director Satoshi Miki
- Cast Kazuya Kamenashi, Yuki Uchida, Ryo Kase, Midoriko Kimura, Ryo Iwamatsu, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
WOODY ALLEN STRIKES BACK!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United States • 1966
- Director Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi
- Cast Tatsuya Mihashi, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tadao Nakamaru, Susumu Kurobe, Woody Allen
- Genre Action, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
(吸血鬼ハンターD ブラッドラスト)
A half-human, half-vampire bounty hunter must battle malicious forces to rescue a young woman.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United States • 2000
- Director Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- Cast Hideyuki Tanaka, Ichirō Nagai, Kouichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Yūsaku Yara, Megumi Hayashibara
- Genre Action, Animation, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on No streaming locations found.
37 Seconds
(37セカンズ)
A manga artist suffering from cerebral palsy embarks on a journey of sexual and personal self-discovery.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2019
- Director Hikari
- Cast Mei Kayama, Misuzu Kanno, Shunsuke Daitoh, Makiko Watanabe, Yoshihiko Kumashino, Minori Hagiwara
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Yellow Handkerchief
(幸福の黄色いハンカチ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1977
- Director Yoji Yamada
- Cast Ken Takakura, Chieko Baisho, Kaori Momoi, Tetsuya Takeda, Hachiro Tako, Hisao Dazai
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Do You Trust this Computer?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United States • 2018
- Director Chris Paine
- Cast Elon Musk, Raymond Kurzweil, Jonathan Nolan, James Barrat, David Ferrucci
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Vampire Hunter D
(吸血鬼ハンターD
)
A young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1985
- Director Toyoo Ashida
- Cast Kaneto Shiozawa, Michie Tomizawa, Seizō Katō, Ichirō Nagai, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Kan Tokumaru
- Genre Animation, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Asako I & II
(寝ても覚めても)
Asako meets her boyfriend's perfect double two years after his abrupt disappearance.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, France • 2018
- Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Cast Erika Karata, Masahiro Higashide, Rio Yamashita, Sairi Ito, Koji Seto, Daichi Watanabe
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, AsianCrush, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Cineverse, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Negotiator
(交渉人)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2003
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Hiroshi Mikami, Mayu Tsuruta, Shiro Sano, Kenichi Endo, Masatō Ibu
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Trickster
(Trickster -江戸川乱歩「少年探偵団」より-)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Creator
- Cast Ryota Osaka, Gackt Camui, Daiki Yamashita, Ibuki Kido, Azusa Tadokoro
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Lu Over the Wall
(夜明け告げるルーのうた)
A lonely middle schooler befriends a mermaid whose singing causes humans to compulsively dance.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2017
- Director Masaaki Yuasa
- Cast Shota Shimoda, Soma Saito, Minako Kotobuki, Kanon Tani, Akira Emoto, Shizuka Itoh
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Hoopla
Ramen Shop
(家族のレシピ)
Masato leaves his hometown in Japan to embark on a culinary journey to Singapore to find the truth about his past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Singapore, Japan, France • 2018
- Director Eric Khoo
- Cast Takumi Saitoh, Seiko Matsuda, Jeanette Aw, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Mark Lee, Tetsuya Bessho
- Genre Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Kingdom
(キングダム)
In ancient China, a young boy dreams of becoming the greatest general of the Qin Kingdom.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2019
- Director Shinsuke Sato
- Cast Kento Yamazaki, Ryo Yoshizawa, Masami Nagasawa, Kanna Hashimoto, Kanata Hongo
- Genre Action, Drama, History, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Fandango At Home
Zebraman
(ゼブラーマン)
A schoolteacher escapes his mundane everyday life by dressing up as an obscure TV superhero.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2004
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Show Aikawa, Kyoka Suzuki, Atsuro Watabe, Yui Ichikawa, Kôen Kondô, Ren Osugi
- Genre Action, Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Midnight Pulp, Hoopla
Big Man Japan
(大日本人)
A middle-aged slacker uses electricity to transform into Big Man Japan, a mediocre superhero who defends Japan from giant monsters.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2007
- Director Hitoshi Matsumoto
- Cast Hitoshi Matsumoto, UA, Itsuji Itao, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Daisuke Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Miyasako
- Genre Action, Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sky High
(スカイハイ 劇場版)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2003
- Director Ryûhei Kitamura
- Cast Yumiko Shaku, Takao Osawa, Shosuke Tanihara, Naho Toda, Hiromasa Taguchi, Aya Okamoto
- Genre Action, Horror, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Spiral
(うずまき)
A small town spirals into paranoia and violence following a series of mysterious deaths.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2000
- Director Higuchinsky
- Cast Eriko Hatsune, Fhi Fan, Hinako Saeki, Shin Eun-kyung, Keiko Takahashi, Ren Osugi
- Genre Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, AsianCrush, Midnight Pulp, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Retrocrush, Cineverse
Bitter Honey
(蜜のあわれ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director Gakuryu Ishii
- Cast Fumi Nikaido, Ren Osugi, Yoko Maki, Kengo Kora, Hanae Kan, Masatoshi Nagase
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Yakuza Apocalypse
(極道大戦争)
A man enters the ruthless underground world of the Yakuza, only to discover that his boss hides a deadly secret.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, France • 2015
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Hayato Ichihara, Riko Narumi, Lily Franky, Reiko Takashima, Sho Aoyagi, Yayan Ruhian
- Genre Action, Horror
- Available on Hi-YAH, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
High Score
(HIGH SCORE)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2011
- Creator
- Cast Eri Kitamura, Katsuyuki Konishi, Takahiro Sakurai
- Genre Animation, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
(カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉)
The crew of the spaceship Bebop must stop a terrorist from destroying the human population of Mars.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United States • 2001
- Director Shinichiro Watanabe
- Cast Kouichi Yamadera, Unsho Ishizuka, Aoi Tada, Ai Kobayashi, Megumi Hayashibara
- Genre Action, Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Man from Mo'Wax
Charting the life and career of DJ icon, music producer, and global trip hop mogul James Lavelle.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Japan, United States • 2018
- Director Matthew Jones
- Cast Joshua Homme, Ian Brown, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Shadow, Badly Drawn Boy
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Pompo the Cinephile
(映画大好きポンポさん)
An energetic B-movie producer encourages her assistant to direct his first film.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2021
- Director Takayuki Hirao
- Cast Konomi Kohara, Hiroya Shimizu, Rinka Otani, Ai Kakuma, Akio Otsuka, Ryuichi Kijima
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Fast & Furious 6
(ワイルド・スピード EURO MISSION)
Dominic and Brian reassemble their team to take down a gang of mercenaries.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, Spain, United Kingdom • 2013
- Director Justin Lin
- Cast Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson
- Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
You Only Live Twice
James Bond travels to Japan to investigate the disappearance of American and Russian spacecraft.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, Japan • 1967
- Director Lewis Gilbert
- Cast Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsurō Tamba, Teru Shimada, Karin Dor
- Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Pluto TV
Unknown Pleasures
(任逍遥)
Three disaffected teenagers living in Datong represent a startling, new generation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Japan, Korea • 2002
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Wei Wei Zhao, Qiong Wu, Zhao Tao, Qing Feng, Wang Hongwei, Ru Bai
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
(我が人生最悪の時)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, Taiwan • 1994
- Director Kaizo Hayashi
- Cast Masatoshi Nagase, Shiro Sano, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Yang Haitin, Te-chien Hou, Akaji Maro
- Genre Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Secret Life of Pets
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Japan • 2016
- Director Chris Renaud
- Cast Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Ellie Kemper, Albert Brooks
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Unlawful Entry
When a married couple's house is burglarized, they find themselves subject to stalking by a mentally unstable cop.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, United States • 1992
- Director Jonathan Kaplan
- Cast Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe, Roger E. Mosley, Ken Lerner, Deborah Offner
- Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Broken English
Nora’s lack of luck with men changes when she meets a quirky Frenchman who opens her eyes to a lot more than love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Japan, United States • 2007
- Director Zoe R. Cassavetes
- Cast Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo, Tim Guinee, Gena Rowlands, Melvil Poupaud, Justin Theroux
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Hoopla, Plex Channel
Sweet Bean
(あん)
Sentaro's bakery takes off when he hires a kind 76-year-old woman who specializes in making dorayaki pancakes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Naomi Kawase
- Cast Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno, Etsuko Ichihara, Miyoko Asada
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
(クイール)
The life of Quill, a labrador guide dog for the blind.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2004
- Director Yoichi Sai
- Cast Kaoru Kobayashi, Kippei Shiina, Kazu Matsuda, Yukika Sakuratani, Keiko Toda, Teruyuki Kagawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Happiness of the Katakuris
(カタクリ家の幸福)
A family are forced to bury their secrets after opening their guest house in the mountains.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2002
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida, Kiyoshiro Imawano, Tetsurō Tamba
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Horror
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tokyo Pop
A young American singer moves to Tokyo in search of success.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Japan • 1988
- Director Fran Rubel Kuzui
- Cast Carrie Hamilton, Diamond Yukai, Daisuke Oyama, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Sugita, Satoshi Kanai
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Mateo
White american bolero musician, Mateo, recounts his life's struggles and travels to Cuba to make his next record.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, Cuba, United States • 2014
- Director Aaron I. Naar
- Cast Matthew Stoneman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Hoopla
Train Man
(電車男)
A True Love Story
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2005
- Director Masanori Murakami
- Cast Takayuki Yamada, Miki Nakatani, Ryoko Kuninaka, Eita Nagayama, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Tae Kimura
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
As the Gods Will
(神さまの言うとおり)
Oh my God, please return my tedious everyday.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2014
- Director Takashi Miike
- Cast Sota Fukushi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hirona Yamazaki, Mio Yuki, Jingi Irie, Shota Sometani
- Genre Thriller, Horror, Comedy
- Available on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Fandango At Home
Illuminata
A playwright struggles to stage his latest play as his theatre company falls apart.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain, United States, Japan • 1998
- Director John Turturro
- Cast John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Susan Sarandon, Rufus Sewell, Beverly D'Angelo, Ben Gazzara
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandango At Home
プロジェクトV
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2021
- Creator
- Cast ミカエル
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
(ドラゴンボール超 ブロリー
)
An epic encounter between three Saiyans of the "Dragon Ball" universe.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2018
- Director Tatsuya Nagamine
- Cast Masako Nozawa, Aya Hisakawa, Ryou Horikawa, Toshio Furukawa, Takeshi Kusao, Ryusei Nakao
- Genre Action, Science Fiction, Animation
- Available on Hulu, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
(人狼 JIN-ROH)
Trouble follows after officer Kazuki befriends the sister of a young girl he failed to stop from detonating a bomb.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1999
- Director Hiroyuki Okiura
- Cast Yoshikatsu Fujiki, Sumi Mutou, Hiroyuki Kinosha, Eri Sendai, Kenji Nakagawa, Kohsei Hirota
- Genre Animation, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Crunchyroll, Tubi TV
Noriko's Dinner Table
(紀子の食卓)
A lonely Japanese teenager runs away to Tokyo to join an Internet cult with a strange leader.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2006
- Director Sion Sono
- Cast Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ken Mitsuishi, Shirô Namiki, Sanae Miyata
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Ping Pong
(ピンポン)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2002
- Director Fumihiko Sori
- Cast Yosuke Kubozuka, Arata Iura, Sam Lee, Shidô Nakamura, Koji Ohkura, Suzuki Matsuo
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
My Boys
(アタシんちの男子)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2009
- Creator
- Cast Maki Horikita, Jun Kaname, Yoshinori Okada, Osamu Mukai, Yusuke Yamamoto, Kōji Seto
- Genre Comedy, Family, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Memphis Belle
The story of brave young men who rode on the wings of victory.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Japan, United States • 1990
- Director Michael Caton-Jones
- Cast Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, Sean Astin
- Genre Action, Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Wet Woman in the Wind
(風に濡れた女)
A former playwright now living a quiet life is caught in a mysterious woman's web of sexual desires.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2016
- Director Akihiko Shiota
- Cast Yuki Mamiya, Tasuku Nagaoka, Takahiro Katô, Michiko Suzuki, Ryushin Tei
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Princess Blade
(修羅雪姫)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2001
- Director Shinsuke Sato
- Cast Yumiko Shaku, Hideaki Ito, Kyūsaku Shimada, Shirô Sano, Yôichi Numata, Yoko Maki
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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