6.2
Tokyo Park
IMDb: 6.2 2011 119 min
Miura Haruma takes on the role of Koji, a college student aiming to become a professional photographer. One day, he receives an unusual request ...
6.4
Helpless
IMDb: 6.4 1996 80 min
Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him, enraged Yasuo is on his way to find the boss. But before ...
7.8
The Written Face
IMDb: 7.8 1999 89 min
In Japanese theater women’s roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman’s role, the Onnagata, does not imitate ...
6.9
Sad Vacation
IMDb: 6.9 2007 110 min
Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides ...
6.3
BeRLiN
IMDb: 6.3 1995 107 min
When a woman whose job is to professionally date men disappears suddenly a TV crew who wanted to film a documentary about women like her begin ...
6.0
Backwater
IMDb: 6.0 2013 102 min
Based on a novel by Shinya Tanaka, this film is set in a quiet riverside town, where 17-year-old Tooma lives with his father and his ...
7.8
Eureka
IMDb: 7.8 2000 218 min
The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking take a road trip together. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose. Release: Eureka ...
6.2
Wild Life
IMDb: 6.2 1996 102 min
An ex-boxer working for a game parlor owner gets caught up in a complex blackmail operation he doesn’t understand. Before long he’s ...
6.3
Crickets
IMDb: 6.3 2006 102 min
Kaoru, a wealthy woman whose youth is fading, abandons the hustle and bustle of the city to live a peaceful life in a house on the coast. There ...
6.2
The Lakeside Murder Case
IMDb: 6.2 2004 118 min
Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school’s ...
6.2
A Weapon in My Heart
IMDb: 6.2 1996 92 min
A detective and his partner track down a call girl with information about a drug cartel. After taking her into custody, they are attacked by ...
5.5
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
IMDb: 5.5 2001 64 min
Kenji Nakagami, one of the most notable Japanese writers of the post-war, died in 1992. His work reveals a strong connection to his homeland, ...
6.6
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
IMDb: 6.6 2002 71 min
Mike Yokohama is a private investigator who comes across a job where he must retrieve a girl from a get away. Release: Mike Yokohama A Forest ...
5.2
Embalming
IMDb: 5.2 1999 96 min
Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide, before the funeral. While performing the ...
6.3
An Obsession
IMDb: 6.3 1997 109 min
An Obsession is Aoyama’s remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa’s Stray Dog (“Nora inu,” 1949). The basic plot situation ...
6.2
Desert Moon
IMDb: 6.2 2001 131 min
The film’s main theme is the conflict between work and family commitments in modern Japan. It focuses on a successful internet entrepreneur ...
6.5
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
IMDb: 6.5 2005 107 min
A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once ...
6.5
Two Punks
IMDb: 6.5 1996 91 min
Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence–a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life ...