Inuyashiki 2018 ( 7.7)

A middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.

The Third Murder 2017 ( 6.635)

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

Yo-Yo Girl Cop 2006 ( 5.625)

Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold.

N/A N/A ( 7.071)

First his boss shocks him with a confession of love, then his roommate. Maybe one of them is Soichi's Mr. Right after all.

The Blue Skies at Your Feet 2022 ( 6.8)

Miyu and Shuya are high school students. They have dated for 2 years. Miyu and Shuya have a promise that no matter what, they will watch a movie together on the first day of each new month. When Miyu and Shuya are on their way to the movie theater, Shuya suddenly cancels their date. Shuya seems like he is hiding something and he acts nervous. Later, Miyu goes to the place where she is supposed to meet Shuya, but she witnesses Shuya getting into a car accident. She panics, but when she wakes up she finds herself on the morning of the accident. Miyu keeps waking up on the day when Shuya got into an accident.

N/A N/A ( 7.5)

Kawauchi Miyabi was once a promising neurosurgeon, but an accident caused damage to Miyabi's brain. She is unable to remember the past 2 years of her life and she will forget everything that happened today when she wakes up the next day. She has all but given up on becoming a doctor and works as an assistant nurse. One day, Neurosurgeon Sanpei Tomoharu appears in front of her. He is known as an eccentric person. Sanpei Tomoharu guides Kawauchi Miyabi at his own pace, regardless of her will. This actually helps Kawauchi Miyabi as a doctor and a patient. The mystery hidden in her missing memories is gradually revealed, which contains a secret.

N/A N/A ( 6.5)

This is a medical manga set in a child psychiatry clinic, where the heroine, Shiho Tono, a trainee doctor, meets children with various mental illnesses, including the director Takashi Sayama, and tries to find solutions. There are very few stories that can be completed in one episode, and the style is often of dividing a theme into multiple stories and solving the problem from various angles, rather than solving the problem completely.

N/A N/A ( 7.4)

High school student Hiiragi Seiichi is bullied by his classmates for being a "loser." One day, his entire school is suddenly transported to a video game-like world of swords and sorcery. When he accidentally eats "the Fruit of Evolution," his life as a successful "winner" begins.

N/A N/A

Keiichi is due to marry his girlfriend in 48 days when she returns from her business trip to China. However, before that happens, Keiichi ends up sharing his apartment with 3 other women and tries to hide this from Kano who happens to return home earlier than expected.

N/A N/A ( 8.5)

Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.

Sin and Evil 2024 ( 7.3)

One day, a boy's body is found again under the same bridge. The case is eerily similar to Masaki's case from 22 years ago. Haru has a connection with the deceased boy. Akira meets Haru while investigating the boy's death. By meeting each other again, the three men face the case from 22 years ago that they buried deep within their minds.

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle 2016 ( 7.029)

A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

Re:Play-Girls 2011 ( 6)

N/A N/A ( 8.75)

42-year-old Utsumi Takayuki works for Second Division of Hinode Advertising's Planning and Sales Department. He was transferred from the General Affairs Department one year ago, but he keeps delivering the worst sales performance. Utsumi is not eloquent, poor at dealing with things and is a pushover too. He always gets reprimanded by his boss Dozono Shoko. His only pleasure is skipping work, going to the public bath in the day on a weekday and gulping a beer down his dry throat after that. Utsumi cannot resist the temptation when he sees a public bath during working hours despite his sense of guilt. On this day too, he calls his company with the excuse that he has urgent business and walks through the door of a public bath in high spirits. When he pays the fee, takes off his suit and enters the bath, the best moment awaits him.

N/A N/A ( 7.8)

Haruko lands a job in a local tutoring establishment and upon showing up for work on the first day, she discovers that she will not be teaching Japanese people, but teaching people Japanese. Her students are all foreigners who live in Japan for several reasons, and she is faced with their many questions on the Japanese Language that she'd never really thought of before.

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes 2007 ( 10)

The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational approach that captures the creative and logistical challenges of filming a deeply interconnected narrative across four continents. Directed by Carlos Armella and Pedro González-Rubio, the documentary reveals Iñárritu’s commitment to authenticity and cultural sensitivity, from collaborating with local actors and communities to meticulously recreating environments. Through behind-the-scenes footage and the director’s reflective commentary, it delves into themes of human connection, the boundaries we hold within ourselves, and the visceral nature of communication, offering profound insights into the philosophy behind the acclaimed film.

N/A N/A ( 5.5)

Tamako, a human, arrives at Ramen Akaneko, run solely by cats, for a part-time job interview. Her honesty about being a dog person gets her hired, and she becomes the caretaker of the cats at the restaurant. A story of both cat and human relationships, told through the interactions with both feline staff and customers. Enjoy your extra-large serving of heartwarming and endearing moments at Ramen Akaneko.

Like the Northern Ray 2021

Azusa Makabe is a magazine editor who lives in Sapporo, a snowy city located in northern Japan. She has an alcoholic father who gave up on himself because of failure in his career. Keeping a distance from her father and striving to live a different life, she tries hard not to rely on anyone despite. Is she simply self-disciplined, or is she afraid of something?

Tokyo Uber Blues 2021

Director Taku Aoyagi, who has lost his job in his hometown of Yamanashi, goes to Tokyo without knowing right or left and starts delivering goods on his bicycle. What gradually came to light under the state of emergency was the real problem of modern Japan that was revealed by the corona wreck. The people he met in the city where the director himself ran around as a bicycle deliveryman. What does it mean to work? What does it mean to live a new life? A documentary film that "delivers" from a realistic experience and perspective is born.

Benighted but Not Begun 1994

Fragments of scenes from the lives of men and women who are tormented and bullied appear in this film. Using the film camera as a medium, the film attempts to objectify the never-ending time of their lives, but in fact the actions that unfold here are staged in order to generate a physical voice, and at times it seems that it is the landscape itself that witnesses their actions.

The Night When Water Comes Down 1992

A female artist who presents a work called "pubic hair diary" in which she collects pubic hair. The "author," who has a special interest in hair himself, attempts to have a relationship with her and plans to exchange film letters in 8mm. What is the end result of this wildly experimental film that uses the unique language of experimental film and conceptual art, such as attaching beards and hair to the film?

Light of Shadow 1993

A woman keeps goldfish in her kitchen. One day, the woman meets a strange man who hides his cheeks behind a white cloth. The film is set in motion the moment the wind stops and the shadows disappear. It is the story of a child born without wanting to be born, who has no place to stay.