Released Date:
2000-11-29
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan, France
Runtime:
217 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.9 (2636 Reviews)
Director:
Shinji AoyamaGenres:
DramaThe traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.
Released Date:
2002-03-16
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
92 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (563 Reviews)
Director:
Akihiko ShiotaGenres:
DramaReleased Date:
2002-03-16
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
92 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (565 Reviews)
Director:
Akihiko ShiotaGenres:
DramaReleased Date:
2008-04-04
Languages:
Japanese, English
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
113 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (2696 Reviews)
Director:
Kentarè OhtaniAi Yazawa (comic)
Taeko Asano (screenplay)
Kentarè Ohtani (screenplay)
A chance encounter between two girls of the same name, "Nana," triggers a series of events and relationships.
Released Date:
2006-01-07
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (3314 Reviews)
Director:
Keiichi SugiyamaUmanosuke Iida (original story)
Nana Shiina (screenplay)
Naoko Kakimoto (screenplay)
John Burgmeier (adaptation)
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden sanctuary. The machine, which has preserved a beautiful girl named Tula from the past, is activated. Tula has a "mission" that had been entrusted to her by the past ...
Released Date:
2008-08-02
Languages:
Japanese, Thai, English
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
138 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (168 Reviews)
Director:
Junji SakamotoSogil Yan (based upon the novel)
A Middle-aged Japanese ex-pat journalist investigates child organ trafficking in Thailand and he uncovers a sinister network.
Released Date:
2012-04-28
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
108 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (227 Reviews)
Director:
Masato HaradaGenres:
DramaYasushi Inoue (based on the autobiography by)
Masato Harada (screenplay)
Released Date:
2012-09-15
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
141 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (198 Reviews)
Director:
Yèjirè TakitaGenres:
DramaTow Ubukata (based on the novel by)
Yèjirè Takita (screenplay)
Masato Kato
A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan.
Released Date:
2012-07-21
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
117 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
8.2 (13559 Reviews)
Director:
Mamoru HosodaMamoru Hosoda (story)
Mamoru Hosoda (screenplay)
Satoko Okudera (screenplay)
College student Hana falls in love with another student who turns out to be a werewolf, who dies in an accident after their second child. Hana moves to the rural countryside where her husband grew up to raise her two werewolf children.
Released Date:
2013-04-13
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
134 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (886 Reviews)
Director:
Yèya IshiiGenres:
DramaShiwon Miura (based on the novel by)
Kensaku Watanabe (screenplay)
Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, 'The Great Passage.' In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But the team is overwhelmed with problems. Will 'The Great Passage' ever be completed?
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