Dawn of the Felines (2017)
A story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo They work at the same escort service while feeling lonely in their urban lives
Five Star Stories (1989)
The Joker five star system is under Emperor Amaterasu Mecha pilot Ladios must save his co pilot, Fatima class female android Lachesis, from one of many warlords, who oppose Amaterasu
The Fable (2019)
Trained as a ruthless assassin since childhood, a mob hitman is ordered to become a normal law abiding citizen
Detective Mitarais Casebook: The Clockwork Current (2016)
A brilliant neurologist investigates a case surrounding six bodies that have washed up on an island known for its proximity to distinct sea currents
The Stare (2016)
A woman who works at a television station happens across a murder outside her home Before dying the man relates that he was being watched prompting the woman to look further into the matter She finds out soon enough that she likely
The Cat Returns (2002)
After helping a cat, a seventeen year old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life
Rainbow Days (2018)
Rainbow Days centers on a group of four male high school students who are close friends Natsuki, Tomoya, Keiichi, and Tsuyoshi The four boys have no club activities, and they hurry through their studies so they can spend their days
Foreboding (2017)
Miyuki is seeing apparitions at home and worrying her friend Etsuko It is time for Miyuki to see a shrink Etsukos husband is Tatsuo and comes across something no one would believe, a doctor apparently not of this earth Etsuko mus
Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life
Love and Lies (2017)
This live action film is set in a modern Japan where the government combats a low birthrate by matching men and women dependent on an analysis of their DNA With two men and a girl as the main focus the story revolves around a love t
ReLIFE (2017)
A young man, failing at life, is offered a new start as a 10 years younger high school student
Summer Days with Coo (2007)
Koichi Uehara is a fourth grade student living in Higashikurume City, a suburb of Tokyo One day he picks up what he thinks to be a fossil of an ancient creature but turns out to be a baby kappa a mythical Japanese water creature t
The Rendezvous (1972)
This sad Japanese romantic melodrama tells the brief love story of a very alert young man and an extremely beautiful woman who meet, fall in love and part during a train ride
The Limit of Sleeping Beauty (2017)
Aki Oria Yuki Sakurai came to Tokyo ten years ago to become an actress She is now 29 years old and works as a magicians assistant She has no passion for her work or goals to live for She pretends to be hypnotized on stage This
Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance w
Children of the Sea (2019)
A young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved
Chiwawa (2019)
In Tokyo, Chiwawa is a popular girl One day, her dead body is found in Tokyo Bay Her body are in pieces Chiwawas friends gather to remember her, but they realize they do not know anything about her like her real name or her backg
37 Seconds (2019)
Yuma is a young Japanese woman who suffers from cerebral palsy Torn between her obligations towards her family and her dream to become a manga artist, she struggles to lead a self determined life
Kenen (2018)
Kazunari, a quiet and well behaved young man, works at a printing company On the other hand, his older brother, Takushi, is a short tempered, typical troublemaker who was just released from jail Yuria, a hard working lady at a loca
First Love (2019)
A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo
Everest: The Summit of the Gods (2016)
A Japanese journalist decides to climb Mount Everest
My Man (2014)
After losing everything in a tsunami, 10 year old Hana is taken in by 26 year old distant relative Jungo Kusarino They live as father and daughter but share a profound sense of loss Jungo works as a cook for the coast guard, leavin
Moonlight Express (1999)
A Japanese woman named Hitomi who lost her fiance in a car crash meets a Chinese man named Karbo who looks exactly like him who himself is on the run from the police after being framed
Kamome Diner (2006)
Where are we welcome On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls For a month she has no customers Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and inv
Detroit Metal City (2008)
A nerd who dreams of becoming a sappy pop star ends up leading a death metal group
Shamo (2007)
After serving time for the murder of his parents, a fighter with a taste for violence enters the world of kickboxing
Tampopo (1985)
A truck driver stops at a small family run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food
The Funeral (1984)
At the beginning of the film the father in law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack The remainder of the film is episodic, moving from one incident to another over the course of the three day funeral, which is held
Shaolin Girl (2008)
A Shaolin trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfathers defunct martial arts school
Hatsukoi (2006)
Writer Misuzu Nakahara confesses her involvement in the 300 Million Yen Affair In the chaotic days of the 1960s, Misuzu, a lonely high school girl from a troubled family, finds a sanctuary with her nihilistic brother Ryo and his fri
K20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
Set in a fictional Japanese city in 1949, a master criminal hones in on his latest victim
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999)
Ten year old Sakura Avalon, Cardcaptor of the elusive, magical Clow Cards, unexpectedly wins a trip to Hong Kong where strange dreams lead her to an imprisoned sorceress with close connections to the creator of the cards
Call for Dreams (2018)
In a rain swept Tokyo, Eko complicates her life by publishing a Call For Dreams ad in a newspaper As strangers leave descriptions of dreams on her answering machine, a parallel police investigation of a murder in Tel Aviv unfolds
Kagemusha (1980)
A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lords double When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place
Still the Water (2014)
On a subtropical island, a teenage couple deal with the interwoven cycle of life, death and love
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
An Okinawan prophecy appears to foretell Earths destruction at the hands of Godzilla, only for the true Godzilla to reveal his doppelganger as a mechanical alien weapon
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart
The Hunt (2020)
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing They dont know where they are, or how they got there They dont know theyve been chosen for a very specific purpose The Hunt
Jibaku Shounen Hanakokun (2020 )
At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the schools Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako san Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls bathroom in the old school building, Hanako san grants any wish when summoned
Girl Model (2011)
A documentary on the modeling industrys supply chain between Siberia, Japan, and the U S , told through the experiences of the scouts, agencies, and a 13 year old model
The Mysterians (1957)
Shortly after a giant robot destroys a village, aliens from outer space arrive offering friendship Will the people of Earth tie these two events together
Only Yesterday (1991)
A twenty seven year old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo
Ocean Waves (1993)
As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down
Seven Nights in Japan (1976)
The fictional British royal Prince George travels to Japan and falls in love with a local female tour guide named Sumi He considers breaking the rules and staying with her there, but a Japanese gangster wants him dead
Tokyo Project (2017)
On a business trip to Tokyo, a man explores the city with a mysterious woman he keeps running into