Movies: Japan

  • 2016
    Under the Cherry Tree

    Under the Cherry Tree (2016)

    Under the Cherry Tree

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    Feature documentary debut of 29 year old director Kei Tanaka. In the Japanese town of Kawasaki, elderly residents who have lived hard lives are now facing their own death at a public housing complex called “Danchi“. The young director explores and de...

    Under the Cherry Tree
  • 1969
    Gamera 4: Truth

    Gamera 4: Truth (1969)

    Gamera 4: Truth

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    In this independently-produced sequel to "Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)", the monstrous Gyaos horde transforms into the hyper-powerful Albino Gyaos and kills Gamera, then setting its sights on the beleaguered Inspector Osako (Yukijiro Hotaru). How...

    Gamera 4: Truth
  • 2011
    The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

    The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011)

    The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

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    On 11 March 2011, an earthquake caused a tsunami to hit the Tōhoku (Northeast) region of Japan. In this film, survivors of the tsunami rebuild as cherry blossom season begins. The film is a stunning visual haiku about the ephemeral nature of life–and...

    The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
  • 1968
    Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman (1968)

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman

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    Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is the textbook example of a bad idea - especially when the collateral damage starts to tick him off....

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman
  • 2008
    Love Master II: Roaming in Hokkaido

    Love Master II: Roaming in Hokkaido (2008)

    Love Master II: Roaming in Hokkaido

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    Seeking the "woman of his dreams", Kikunosuke visits Hokkaido and meets Masumi, the only daughter of the Zippi Ranch that raises great racing horses, Okamura, her grandfather, and Yamada, a stable hand who is secretly in love with Masumi. Zippi Ranch...

    Love Master II: Roaming in Hokkaido
  • 1983
    The Adventures of Ultraman

    The Adventures of Ultraman (1983)

    The Adventures of Ultraman

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    A feature-length film produced by Tsuburaya Productions specifically for the English-language market. Composed of edited footage from several episodes, the storyline was rewritten for this adaptation with a new script and score....

    The Adventures of Ultraman
  • 2014
    Fukushima

    Fukushima (2014)

    Fukushima

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    On March 11 2011, after a magnitude 9 earthquake, a giant tsunami destroyed most of the north eastern japanese coast, killing almost 20,000 people....

    Fukushima
  • 2016
    Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan

    Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan (2016)

    Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan

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    The story of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, known as the Tokyo Trial, which, just after the Second World War, was established in Japan as a special jurisdiction in 1946 (it was closed in 1948) to judge the war crimes of the Jap...

    Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan
  • 2010
    Revenge of the Zebra Miniskirt Police

    Revenge of the Zebra Miniskirt Police (2010)

    Revenge of the Zebra Miniskirt Police

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    In the year 2024, the Governer of Tokyo puts a group of young girls through torturous training, and the three that remain - dubbed the Zebra Mini-Skirt Police - are charged with the task of protecting his life…...

    Revenge of the Zebra Miniskirt Police
  • 2011
    Zomvideo

    Zomvideo (2011)

    Zomvideo

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    Aiko and Hashimoto discovere a VHS videotape called "A Guide to Surviving Zombies From". This is a video with a set of instructions that will help them cope with the invasion of the undead living in Japan....

    Zomvideo
  • 2019
    milet 1st live

    milet 1st live "eye" (2019)

    milet 1st live "eye"

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    Concert film featuring milet's 1st live "eye" on November 11, 2019 at LIQUIDROOM...

    milet 1st live
  • 1998
    Born In Summer

    Born In Summer (1998)

    Born In Summer

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    A filmmaker plays with diary-docu and fiction as his camera joins his ventures into a phone dating club. Bored to death, hormones running, and desperately wanting to talk to someone his own age (preferably a girl), he walks into a local phone dating ...

    Born In Summer
  • 2010
    Fugu - A Taste to Die For

    Fugu - A Taste to Die For (2010)

    Fugu - A Taste to Die For

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    It's the most dangerous delicacy in the world. Despite incidents of poisoning year after year, the popularity of this exotic dish in Japan remains unbroken. The Japanese blowfish fugu contains one of the deadliest poisons known to man, 1250 times mor...

    Fugu - A Taste to Die For
  • 2015
    Kokeshi

    Kokeshi (2015)

    Kokeshi

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    "A woman (we never learn her name) was born with a disorder that renders her unable to feel pain. People tell her she is lucky, but she disagrees; from the time she is a child, she spends all her time attempting to make up for the loss of this sensat...

    Kokeshi
  • 2006
    Peanuts

    Peanuts (2006)

    Peanuts

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    A hero called the legendary third baseman in the former prestigious grass baseball team "Peanuts", will start to rebuild the peanuts that have now turned into weak teams from the outset. Peanuts are going to fight against the team of strong teams, ta...

    Peanuts
  • 2006
    Akihabara Geeks

    Akihabara Geeks (2006)

    Akihabara Geeks

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    Akihabara is a neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan known as "Electric Town" for its rows of one-meter wide discount computer and electronics stores. In more recent years, Akihabara has evolved into a full-blown Mecca for computer enthusiasts, anime and mang...

    Akihabara Geeks
  • 2018
    Shino Can't Say Her Name

    Shino Can't Say Her Name (2018)

    Shino Can't Say Her Name

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    Ooshima Shino is a 1st-grade high school student. She has difficulties pronouncing words that start with vowels in front of people. Because of her speech impediment, she does not get along with others. Shino meets Kayo who likes music, but she is ton...

    Shino Can't Say Her Name
  • 2017
    The Sleepless Girl

    The Sleepless Girl (2017)

    The Sleepless Girl

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    Chinese filmmaker François Chang studies in Paris. One day, he saw on YouTube a video of a Japanese girl involved in a paranormal event. He decided to look for her in Japan and to record everything. The film is entirely shot by iPhone and Go-pro....

    The Sleepless Girl
  • 2005
    Annyeong, Sayonara

    Annyeong, Sayonara (2005)

    Annyeong, Sayonara

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    This joint Korean-Japanese production follows a Korean woman, Lee Ha-jong, as she searches for her father's remains. He - like tens of thousands of other Koreans - was forced into the Japanese military, and subsequently killed during WW2. She is join...

    Annyeong, Sayonara
  • 2024
    Places We Knew

    Places We Knew (2024)

    Places We Knew

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    A young Japanese American visiting his childhood home in Japan must choose between an idyllic vacation or staying to grieve with his estranged family....

    Places We Knew