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Abe Atsushi, Kou Shibasaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki
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"Dororo" is a thriller Manga in which Dororo, a young orphan thief, falls into the company of Hyakkimaru, a powerful demon-hunting Rounin. Before Hyakkimaru's birth his father, a greedy feudal lord, made a pact with 48 demon gods (or majins) and let ...
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Masatô Ibu, Akira Emoto, Rena Tanaka, Yuji Miyake
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Motoki Katsuhide’s “Drugstore Girl” is a light, cute, and often pathetic comedic story of a beautiful young pharmacology student who turns a group of middle-aged men into raving, lecherous gits whilst starting a new life in a new town. Obayashi...
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Izam , Naohito Fujiki, Ryo Ishibashi, Ryudo Uzaki, Yukie Nakama
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A 'kidnapper' holds a girl hostage until a ransom demand is paid from her father. In reality, the kidnapper is actually an advertiser, who has been beaten to a 3 billion deal and so takes his Rival's daughter hostage. The girl later turns out to be m...
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Seven young men who are desperate for quick money arrive at a desolate seaside bar, called Dog Days, to audition as "hosts." This is the highly popular occupation of entertaining female patrons with smooth talk and a soothing smile while offering the...
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Anne Suzuki, Kayoko Kishimoto, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Keiko Matsuzaka , Takeshi Kitano, Toru Emori
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Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project....
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Taro Yamamoto
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Set in a rural village in southern japan in the late 1950s, the film tells the story of "gabai“ (or "super“) Granny and her grandson Akihiro, who ends up living with her for eight years. Granny is full of power and an expert at Yamamoto Taro, Suz...
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Akemi Yamaguchi, Ayano Shiraishi, Tsutomu Tatsumi, Yoshiko Shinohara
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Based on an autobiography by Akiyuki Nosaka, the film, set during the bombing of Japan in --of all times-- World War II, centers on Seita, a loving, headstrong Navy soldier's son and his innocent little sister, Setsuko. Their fatal struggle for survi...
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Fujiwara Norika, Hideyuki Kasahara, Rena Tanaka, Sorimachi Takashi
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While peeping up girls' skirts at a local shopping mall, Onizuka meets a girl who agrees to go out on a date with him. Onizuka's attempt to sleep with her fails when her current "boyfriend", her teacher, shows up at the love hotel they are in and ask...
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2008
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Abe Tsuyoshi, Inoue Mao, Matsuda Shota, Matsumoto Jun, Nishihara Aki, Shun Oguri
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begins as Domyoji holds an extravagant press conference to announce his wedding to Makino the following spring. The press is playing her up like a modern-day Cinderella and everything seems to be going well. Later, the families offer congratulations ...
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Hakase, Koji Yajima, Mami, Misuzu Yajima, Ritsuko Ogawara, Taichi Ogawara
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Early spring in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Taichi, a young boy who tends to be a dreamer, has just arrived from the big city to live with his mother’s new boyfriend, a veterinarian, and his daughter. One day after school, Taichi discovers the cub of...
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Haruka Kudô, Hiroshi Kamiya, Mikako Takahashi, Tomokazu Sugita, YûJi Ueda
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Yuuta Takemoto is a poor college student who lives in a dilapidated apartment building with his two friends, Shinobu Morita and Takumi Mayama.
This live action movie adaptation chronicles the students' story as they struggle through life and love....
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Eri Tokunaga, Etsushi Toyokawa, Shizuyo Yamazaki, Shoko Ikezu , Yasuko Matsuyuki, Yû Aoi
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The sleepy mining town of Joban is slowly heading for the hills, so town leader Yoshimoto decides to start a Hawaiian Centre amongst the coal mines to attract tourists. As a further gimmick, local girls will give hula performances.
He hires dance te...
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Asaka Seto, Kohji Yamamoto, Ryo Kase
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A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent....
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Beat Kiyoshi, Great Gidayu, Kayoko Kishimoto, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Yuuko Daike
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Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro hardly seems the ideal companion for little Masao who is determined to travel long distances to see the mother he has never met. Their excursion to the cycle races is the first of a series of adventures ...
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Keisuke Koide, Kouichi Iwaki, Mika Hada, Nana Katase, Riko Narumi, Shinichirô Ishikawa
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Directed by Hagishima Tatsuya, Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai (a.k.a. Calling You) is based on the same-titled light novel series by popular writer Otsuichi. Like Otsuichi's Waiting in the Dark, which was also recently adapted for the big screen, Kimi ni Shi...
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Aragaki Yui, Miura Haruma
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Last fall, over 3 million people were brought to tears by the movie Koizora. The original story of Koizora, by the author Mika, was popularized on the cell phone novel site, Mahou no Land, and since then has been turned into a novel, a movie, and now...
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Daichi Mao , Horikita Maki, Ichikawa Yui , Takenaka Naoto, Yamashita Tomohisa
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Kurosagi is a film based on the 2006 popular TV series Kurosagi.Kurosagi is about a young man named Kurosaki who had his family destroyed by swindlers (con artists). When Kurosaki grows up, he becomes a swindler named Kurosagi, so that he can avenge ...
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Magic Boy Japanese Movie...
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Gackt , Hideto Takarai, KôJi Chihara, Lee-Hom Wang, Susumu Terajima, Taro Yamamoto, Zeny Kwok
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In the year 2014, Japan has collapsed economically and thus its people emigrated in large numbers and settled in other parts of the world. In a corner in Asia, there is a little street called Mallepa, a big melting pot where Asians such as Hongkonger...
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Masami Nagasawa, Satoshi Tsumabuki
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Orphan Yota (Satoshi Tsumabuki, WATERBOYS) is a hard-working 21-year-old who dreams of opening up his own restaurant. He has a little step-sister, Kaoru (Masami Nagasawa, CRYING OUT LOVE, IN THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD), who lives on an island off Okinaw...