JAPAN Movies

Sanctuary 2023 A man who is driven to the edge of a cliff and believes that money, a woman, and fame are all buried in the ring, And goes up to a sumo rikishi

The Golden Bat 1966 When the Earth is threatened by an evil alien, a group of UN scientists travel to the lost city of Atlantis where they unearth a superhuman mummy named The Golden Bat who is prophesied to help the humans survive this terrible attack

My Love Story with Yamada kun at Lv999 2023 Akane Kinoshita is a female university student who just got dumped by her boyfriend after he cheated on her with a woman he met in an online game Akane is left with just her game character in the online game Forest of Savior FOS

Yuri Is My Job 2023 Hime gives off the image as a sweet, helpful princess but on the inside only cares about herself Against her will, Hime gets manipulated into working as a waitress at a place thats part cafe, part theater, where all the waitress

Skip and Loafer 2023 Excellent student Iwakura Mitsumi has always dreamed about leaving her small town, going to a prestigious university, and making positive change in the world But shes so focused on reaching her goals that shes not prepared for

The Legendary Hero Is Dead 2023 Sion Bladen sealed away the Demon King and his army at Hells Gate Now with the Demon King ready to rise again, Sion jumps back into battle to face his sworn enemy Unfortunately, he ends up getting killed in a pig trap dug by fa

Opus Colors 2023 NA

My Home Hero 2023 Tetsuo, an ordinary salaryman, discovers his daughter, Reika, has been physically abused by her boyfriend Tetsuo uncovers hes scheme to extort money from Reikas wealthy grandparents amp finds out that he is a member of a crime sy

Goddess Cafe Terrace 2023 When Hayatos grandmother passed, he planned to sell her rundown cafe on the shore not realizing that it was also home to five young women but even their best intentions might not be enough to make it work

Mashle Magic and Muscles 2023 Into a world of magicians is born Mash, a young boy who lacks magic but is the strongest person around His existence and destiny will change his world

The Ancient Magus Bride 2017 Chise Hatori is 15 She, for some reason, sees otherworldly creatures and acts as a magnet for them Because of that, her life is ruined and even her closest relatives, as the only thing she can rely on, are disappearing one after another Chise, being absolutely alone, eve

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear 2020 Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear revolves around a 15 year old Yuna One day, upon returning home, she is hyped for a new update for her favorite worlds first VRMMO, World Fantasy Online Ever since the game service began one year ago, she quit going to school and just passed time doing ab

Jijo wo shiranai tenkosei ga guigui kuru 2023 One lonely, gloomy fifth grade girl is the target of her classmates relentless bullying and teasing, that is, until a new kid arrives on the scene Friendly Takada is as clueless as he is well meaning, but somehow he possesses th

Hells Paradise Jigokuraku 2023 In the Edo period of Japan, a select group of convicts awaiting execution are offered the chance to be pardoned and freed the Shogunate of Japan if they go to investigate an island recently discovered southwest of the Ryukyu Kingdom the convicts are accompanied by elit

Hirogaru Sky Precure 2023 A major incident has occurred in the peaceful Sky Land The young Princess Eru has been kidnapped by the monsters of Underground Empire A brave young girl, Sora, follows the princess through a mysterious hole TV Cars Are

Drops of God 2023 A woman discovers the worlds greatest wine collection thats left by her estranged father and competes against a Japanese man to claim her inheritance

The Super Mario Bros Movie 2023 The story of The Super Mario Bros on their journey through the Mushroom Kingdom

The Fire Hunter 2023 When a Fire Hunter dies in her presence, Touko must make a treacherous journey to the capital for redemption, and just may change the destiny of the destitute world

The Lion Sleeps Tonight 2017 Jean, a veteran actor trapped by his past, is installed in secret in an abandoned mansion in the South of France where Juliette, the great love of his life, used to lived long time ago A group of children discover the same house, the perfect location to shoot a horror mo

Hokusai 2020 There are several iconic paintings in Japan depicting scenes of nature and the times Several of these have become famous world wide Several of these are the works of Hokusai However, the artist was not always famous or in demand In fact, he was struggling He has the urge to throw in the

Haw 2022 Tamio Akanishi works at a public office in Yokohama He is going through one of the worst periods of his life, because his fiancee broke up with him One day, his boss tells him to take care of a big dog with white hair, which was

Cut 2011 Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance his films, has been executed by his own yakuza gang for failing to repay his debts Described as a love poem to Japanese films of the past, as wel

Katte ni shiyagare Eiyu keikaku 1996 Two men get involved with a brother and sister that want to drive a local gang out of their neighborhood

High Low The Worst X 2022 The film is set 3 years after the events of High and Low The Worst which follows the rivalry between Oya Highs street fighters and delinquents of Housen Academy

Electric Dragon 80 000 V 2001 A young boy gets jolted with electricity as hes climbing a tall cable pylon As he gets older, he experiences intense fits of violence in which bolts of electricity burt from his fists Elsewhere in Tokyo, there is an electronics wizard who also happens to be a vigilante

Blue Tiger 1994 Gena witnesses the murder of her son by a Japanees hit man He accidentally shoots the boy during a hit on a rival gang of bus operators Gena then dedicates her life to revenge, and seeks out the gunman But are the other mystical influences involved

The Sensualist 1991 The libertine Yonosuke has spent his entire life seeking pleasurable company in the arms of women and sometimes men In the year 1682, when he is a middle aged and reasonably settled merchant, his friend the tailor Juzo comes to him with a request Juzo had drunkenly entered into a

Living 2022 In 1950s London, a humorless civil servant decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis

The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel 2023 Septian Calendar Year 1205 Lavi was born in North Ambria, the poorest region in the northwestern Zemuria She enlists in the Northern Jaegers, the largest in the continent, to protect her hometown and distinguish herself from her

Oyukiumi no Kaina 2023 In a world that is enveloped in snow and has canopies reaching to the sky, two people from different communities make an encounter that changes history

Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Battle of Kimluck 2020 A sorcerer who was once the top student of the famous Tower of Fang, now spends his time chasing around his hopeless clients as a moneylender, at least until his client comes up with a plan to make money marriage fraud

Bofuri I Dont Want to Get Hurt, So Ill Max Out My Defense 2020 After receiving an invitation from her friend Risa Shiromine, Kaede Honjou begins playing the VRMMO game New World Online as the character Maple Lacking knowledge of the game, she allocates all her status points to defense As a result, h

Call Me Chihiro 2023 Chihiro works at a small beachside bento shop, Nokonoko Bento, and becomes a popular figure in the city

Tora sans Sunrise and Sunset 1976 Why these films are not widely available is beyond logic This is the first Tora San film Ive seen, and it did not feel like this was the 17th film in a series of 48 The plot, character development, and story were complete on their own The film centers on Tora San, a

Tora sans Forbidden Love 1984 Tora san spends several days at the home of a hard working salary man, who abruptly disappears When the mans wife asks Tora san to help find him, he falls in love with her, and secretly hopes the husband will not be found

Tora san, Welcome Back 2019 The 50th film in Tora san series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series The adult Mitsuo, Tora sans nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once promised to marry The familiar faces of Kurumaya Cafe, which Tora sans family ran in Shibamata, also

Tora san, His Tender Love 1970 In an effort to get him to settle down, Toras family attempts to arrange a marriage for him Unfortunately, Toras goodwill backfires once again, and he leaves for a remote hot springs resort where he becomes a handyman and falls for the lovely general manager, Oshizu

Tora sans Runaway 1970 Tora San, an eccentric and resourceful tramp, is always cheerful Although he is an orphan, he decides to go back home after a long absence He thus sees again his sister Sakura Suwa, who has bloomed into a pretty young lady After a while, Tora San agrees to go with her to an in

Tora sans Promise 1981 Tora san returns to his familys home to attend an elementary school class reunion After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex classmates, he resumes his travels In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18 year old girl who becomes enamored of Tora san and fol

Tora sans Lovesick 1974 After Torajiros latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako last seen in Tora sans Dear Old Home, now a widow

Tora sans Love in Osaka 1981 When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora san falls in love with a local geisha He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora san that she is engaged

Tora sans Love Call 1971 I appreciated some ways in which this felt a little different than some of the ones that came before the nearly 2 hour runtime, for one It had some funny scenes, legendary Japanese actor Takeshi Shimura was a welcome presence, and any scene between Tora and Sakura was pretty

Tora sans Heart of Gold 1976 When Tora sans infatuation with his nephews school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again When he returns, he falls in love with the teachers mother, who has a terminal illness

Tora sans Grand Scheme 1970 After winning big at the races, Torajiro wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya

Tora sans Forget Me Not 1973 Tora visits his family after a year After a misunderstanding he gets upset and leaves to end up in the countryside On the way he meets Lily and they feel a connection Sometime later Tora meets Lily again and she spends some time together

Tora sans Dream Come True 1972 An above average Tora san movie Im really enjoying the escalating slapstick in each films opening credits, and the cold open was bizarre but fun too I also liked Tora having a direct romantic rival this time around, and even more so, hes not entirely charismatic or coo

Tora sans Dear Old Home 1972 While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels

Tora Sans Cherished Mother 1969 A slight step down from the first, and I did notice that this is heavier on the drama, rather than balancing comedy and drama in a similarly effective manner to the first That being said, there is still quite a lot to like, with an overall pleasant atmosphere, good le