5.5
Shikoku
IMDb: 5.5 1999 100 min
Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend, Sayuri, ...
6.8
The Witch of the West Is Dead
IMDb: 6.8 2008 115 min
Mai (Mayu Takahashi), a junior high school student, refuses to go to school. Her parents are living apart, so her distressed but sympathetic ...
6.4
Stranger
IMDb: 6.4 1991 90 min
After serving time for a case of bank fraud, Kiriko now lives a lone quiet life working as a taxi driver on night shifts. Soon her peace is ...
7.0
Black Belt
IMDb: 7.0 2007 95 min
Set in 1932, amid the rise of militarism after the establishment of the Manchukuo colony in Northeast China, the story centers on a trio of ...
7.5
A Tender Place
IMDb: 7.5 2001 201 min
The story of a person who is looking for her own daughter. She is married and has an affair with her husband’s business partner. Her family ...
6.1
The Enchantment
IMDb: 6.1 1989 109 min
A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. The match is threatened however when an ...
6.4
The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September
IMDb: 6.4 1982 104 min
Ryo once rode with a biker gang; ever since his friend Tetsuji died riding in September, he’s retired from biking, trying to forget the ...
6.7
Heart, Beating in the Dark
IMDb: 6.7 1982 75 min
A boy and girl struggle to understand their place in 1980s Japan, retiring to copulate and probe each other for answers. Release: Heart, Beating ...
6.9
Heart, Beating in the Dark – New Version
IMDb: 6.9 2005 104 min
This new version of Nagasaki’s Yami utsu shinzô (1982) is neither a remake nor a sequel. It is both those things, and at the same time it ...