Akaji Maro

Akaji Maro

Akaji Maro (麿 赤児 Maro Akaji, born February 23, 1943) is a Japanese actor, Butoka, and theater director. He was born in Sakurai, Nara and is the founder of Dairakudakan. One of his sons is the film director Tatsushi Ōmori; another is the actor Nao Ōmori.

  • Title: Akaji Maro
  • Popularity: 4.688
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1943-02-23
  • Place of Birth: Kanazawa, Prefettura di Ishikawa, Giappone
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  • Also Known As: 麿赤児, 麿赤兒, 磨赤儿
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Akaji Maro Movies

  • 1998
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    The Haunted Lantern

    The Haunted Lantern

    7 1998 HD

    Wife in former life plagues husband as ghost in the present

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  • 1999
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    Kikujiro

    Kikujiro

    7.498 1999 HD

    Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two...

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  • 2022
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    Doomsday Detective

    Doomsday Detective

    7 2022 HD

    Shinjiro, who runs a humble detective agency using a coffee shop in a certain town as his office, gets into trouble at a dark gambling den and is...

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  • 1998
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    Pornostar

    Pornostar

    6.452 1998 HD

    A young man decides one day to start killing yakuza. After he kills his first two he gets roped into helping a wannabe gangster and his bumbling...

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  • 2001
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    Suicide Club

    Suicide Club

    6.522 2001 HD

    When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country....

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  • 1999
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    Gemini

    Gemini

    6.6 1999 HD

    When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

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  • 1996
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    The Trap

    The Trap

    6.8 1996 HD

    When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I want you to look for me," Hama is drawn into a...

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  • 1997
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    Postman Blues

    Postman Blues

    7.3 1997 HD

    Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old...

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  • 2000
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    The City of Lost Souls

    The City of Lost Souls

    6.2 2000 HD

    Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported from Japan. Desperate to escape, he hides in...

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  • 2008
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    Be a Man!! Samurai School

    Be a Man!! Samurai School

    4.7 2008 HD

    Momotaro and Hidemaro are 1st-years at Otokojuku, a private boys school where true men are made. Momotaro, proficient in academics and martial arts...

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  • 2000
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    Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War

    Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War

    1 2000 HD

    The life and death of the men who are bound by violence.

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  • 1996
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    Known As! Pissken

    Known As! Pissken

    1 1996 HD

    The thug is now back in Shaba as a legendary hitman!

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  • 2002
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    Shangri-La

    Shangri-La

    7.4 2002 HD

    Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his...

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  • 1989
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    幸福な市民~勤勉とは? ライオンのように生きたいと願った男の悲喜劇

    幸福な市民~勤勉とは? ライオンのように生きたいと願った男の悲喜劇

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1997
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    Lie Lie Lie

    Lie Lie Lie

    1 1997 HD

    Hatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day, Aikawa, a high school classmate he hasn’t seen...

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  • 2011
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    Yakuza Weapon

    Yakuza Weapon

    4.353 2011 HD

    After four years overseas, Shozo returns to Japan to avenge his yakuza boss who was assassinated by his own treacherous top man, Kurawaki. The...

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  • 2009
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    Dark Harbour

    Dark Harbour

    5.1 2009 HD

    Manzo is a fisherman in a small seaside community who lives and works alone, but longs for a relationship and maybe a wife. When a sign is posted...

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  • 2023
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    Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

    Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

    1 2023 HD

    An exploration of the spirit world as portrayed in the height of the J-horror era of the late ‘90s.

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  • 1995
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    Boxer Joe

    Boxer Joe

    1 1995 HD

    A docudrama about the boxer Jôichirô Tatsuyoshi. The documentary part follows Tatsuyohi for 18 months, from his comeback from an eye...

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  • 1992
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    The Room

    The Room

    6.1 1992 HD

    A quiet killer is looking for a room. The real state agent, shy and expressionless, guides him through Tokyo, towards the ruins the decadent economy...

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  • 1995
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    A Last Note

    A Last Note

    7 1995 HD

    A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring...

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  • 2022
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    Ox-Head Village

    Ox-Head Village

    5.6 2022 HD

    Having launched a social media prank about a haunted building, three girls suddenly vanish. Rumours circulate that they were victims of The Ox-Head...

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  • 1969
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    Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

    Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

    4.6 1969 HD

    In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect.

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  • 1980
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    Zigeunerweisen

    Zigeunerweisen

    6.6 1980 HD

    A surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in...

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  • 2022
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    Tonbi

    Tonbi

    7.3 2022 HD

    Yasuo (Hiroshi Abe) grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira (later played by Takumi Kitamura). Yasuo's life seemed...

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  • 2000
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    Utsushimi

    Utsushimi

    4.9 2000 HD

    This faux-documentary follows a butoh master, a fashion designer, and a filmmaker racing against time to create art and help a young girl in love.

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  • 1967
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    Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands

    Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands

    5.2 1967 HD

    A wealthy real estate investor is forced to watch the rape of his girlfriend and then is sent a film showing the fact. He hires a hitman, Sho, and...

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  • 2011
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    Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume

    Tenshi tsukinuke rokuchoume

    1 2011 HD

    Noboru (Taku Manabe) finds himself in a very difficult situation. The factory he’s been working at has gone bankrupt. He heads to the...

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  • 1993
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    All Under the Moon

    All Under the Moon

    5.8 1993 HD

    A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.

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  • 1968
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    The Pistol That Sprouted Hair

    The Pistol That Sprouted Hair

    1 1968 HD

    Shirō raids the office of the organization that attacked his lover, wreaking havoc and escaping with a stolen handgun. In retaliation, the...

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  • 2012
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    Crazy Camel

    Crazy Camel

    1 2012 HD

    ‘Many people have a preconception about butoh — that it is performed by dancers whose bodies are painted white. So when we debuted our...

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  • 2000
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    Making of Gemini

    Making of Gemini

    1 2000 HD

    A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Shin'ya Tsukamoto's film "Gemini".

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  • 1984
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    Mitsugetsu

    Mitsugetsu

    6.5 1984 HD

    Tetsuaki's struggling to write a novel while his mother fades; Mitsuko's engagement has been forced upon her unwillingly; the two individuals run...

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  • 2021
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    Dreams on Fire

    Dreams on Fire

    10 2021 HD

    Fleeing to Tokyo with the hopes that she can fulfil her dream of becoming a dancer, Yume is met with the harsh reality that success isn’t...

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  • 2019
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    Katsu Fūtarō! !

    Katsu Fūtarō! !

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2003
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    Ginji - The Slasher

    Ginji - The Slasher

    7 2003 HD

    In prison for 50 years after massacring his corrupt workmates with a samurai sword in 1945, Ginji Sonesaki (Riki Takeuchi) is given the nickname of...

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  • 2003
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    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    7.971 2003 HD

    An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

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  • 2004
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    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    7.876 2004 HD

    The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She...

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  • 2005
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    Into a Dream

    Into a Dream

    6 2005 HD

    Low-profile theater troop actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey back to his hometown, marked by his quest to find the one responsible of...

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  • 1997
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    An Angel with Many Scars

    An Angel with Many Scars

    1 1997 HD

    An odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts to him, decide to go to northern Japan in search of...

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  • 1994
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    The Most Terrible Time in My Life

    The Most Terrible Time in My Life

    7.1 1994 HD

    Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing...

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  • 1989
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    Circus Boys

    Circus Boys

    5 1989 HD

    Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside...

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  • 2002
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    Toy Reanimator

    Toy Reanimator

    5.6 2002 HD

    Set in a toy store specialized in antique toys, a boy works in the toy store and is obsessed with tin toys. There's one particular tin toy he loves...

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  • 2007
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    Awakening

    Awakening

    5 2007 HD

    After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy marriage seem to suddenly vanish as she finds out that...

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  • 1987
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    Shinran: Path to Purity

    Shinran: Path to Purity

    5 1987 HD

    In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex...

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  • 1996
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    Dangan Runner

    Dangan Runner

    6.8 1996 HD

    A would-be bank robber forgets his mask on his first big heist, and then botches an attempt to shoplift a replacement mask from a nearby convenience...

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  • 1995
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    The Stairway to the Distant Past

    The Stairway to the Distant Past

    7 1995 HD

    Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a...

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  • 2023
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    We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams

    We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams

    7.7 2023 HD

    A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke (Kuranosuke Sasaki). The treasure is Hideyoshi...

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  • 2003
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    9 Souls

    9 Souls

    6.5 2003 HD

    After discovering a hole in their crowded cell, nine prisoners escape their confinement to track down the key of the universe, which a fellow...

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  • 2003
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    Akame 48 Waterfalls

    Akame 48 Waterfalls

    6.4 2003 HD

    A man is trying to flee from his past, and he ends up in an underworld filled with strange characters. He finds a job skewering meat in a dirty old...

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  • 2014
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    Disconcerto

    Disconcerto

    6.5 2014 HD

    Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. His assistant is his former high school...

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  • 1994
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    This Is Shinogi

    This Is Shinogi

    1 1994 HD

    An office worker who happens to end up helping a yakuza

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  • 2002
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    Jam Films

    Jam Films

    6.6 2002 HD

    Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.

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  • 1998
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    Hanako of the Toilet

    Hanako of the Toilet

    5.5 1998 HD

    When a young girl discovers that her new middle school is the same one her sister mysteriously disappeared from eleven years before. She and her new...

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  • 2013
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    TAP: Perfect Education

    TAP: Perfect Education

    1 2013 HD

    In Okinawa, a down-and-out middle-aged yakuza underling named Shidara kidnaps and confines a high school girl named Yui, the daughter of a fellow...

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  • 1997
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    Born to Be Baby

    Born to Be Baby

    1 1997 HD

    A detective, a mysterious beauty Ekin and other characters appear in the film. It creates a mysterious visual world that takes us one step further...

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  • 2000
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    Monday

    Monday

    6.9 2000 HD

    A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what...

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  • 2005
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    The Whispering of the Gods

    The Whispering of the Gods

    5.1 2005 HD

    Rou has returned to the monastery he was raised in. As he listens to the whispering of the Gods through his germanium radio, Rou defies God in every...

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  • 2009
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    Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly

    Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly

    1 2009 HD

    Nursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a physicist, an actor, a bar mom, and a chef. Maki has...

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  • 1995
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    Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

    Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe

    1 1995 HD

    The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume...

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  • 2007
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    Piledriver

    Piledriver

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2000
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    Persona

    Persona

    5.8 2000 HD

    Into the bully-infested home room class struts a fearless, ceramic-masked student. Squarely confronting a gang of ruffians, it is soon discovered...

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  • 2012
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    SPEC: Heaven

    SPEC: Heaven

    7.208 2012 HD

    Saya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a distinguished background. They work on cases by...

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  • 2011
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    Tada's Do-It-All House

    Tada's Do-It-All House

    6.4 2011 HD

    In Mahoro, the fictional suburb of Tokyo, Tada works as a general problem solver for hire. One day, former classmate Gyoten appears unannounced. Both...

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  • 2016
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    En moi

    En moi

    2 2016 HD

    A movie director goes to the Paris Opera to shoot his new film. Lacking inspiration, he looks for ways out of his solitude and fear of failure. With...

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  • 1971
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    Evil Spirits in the Darkness

    Evil Spirits in the Darkness

    5.5 1971 HD

    The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.

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  • 2008
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    The Naked Summer

    The Naked Summer

    1 2008 HD

    The Naked Summer is a film that documents young artists' effort and growth while training and preparing for a performance of Butou that is praised...

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  • 1999
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    Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha

    Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha

    1 1999 HD

    Remake of Chusei Sone's 1983 comedy about a yakuza family trying their luck in show business.

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  • 2012
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    Hanezu

    Hanezu

    6 2012 HD

    Woodwork artist Takumi moves to the small village Asuka in Nara Prefecture. He remodels old homes and lives a peaceful existence with nature. Takumi...

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  • 1997
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    Moonlight Serenade

    Moonlight Serenade

    5.4 1997 HD

    After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.

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  • 1999
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    The Night the Angel Turned Away

    The Night the Angel Turned Away

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Dropout

    The Dropout

    6 1982 HD

    Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced...

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  • 1998
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    The Outer Way

    The Outer Way

    6 1998 HD

    The cop Himuro is picked as scapegoat by his superiors because of their own involvement in sokaiya gangster practices.

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  • 2004
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    Wild Flowers

    Wild Flowers

    1 2004 HD

    Real pro wrestlers Mizuho Ishikawa, Cutie Suzuki and Emi Tojyo star alongside newcomer Miki Suzuki as the women tag teams, and they are managed...

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  • 2017
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    Neko Ninja

    Neko Ninja

    3 2017 HD

    Kagerota is a young ninja who embarks on his first mission: stealing the goldfish from a wealthy samurai. He succeeds, but then a mysterious fat cat...

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  • 2006
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    GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night

    GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night

    7.6 2006 HD

    In the aftermath events of GARO: Chapter of the Black Wolf, Saejima Kouga sets out to the northern district upon reassignment. While hunting down...

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  • 2015
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    A Light in the Distance

    A Light in the Distance

    1 2015 HD

    Mado wakes up in the morning finding all the people disappeared. Hearing a strong typhoon might strike, everyone has escaped the disaster. She checks...

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  • 2012
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    The Pod of Good Fortune

    The Pod of Good Fortune

    8 2012 HD

    Ryosaku, a struggling actor, endures daily abuse from his wicked wife. One day, the janitor of his apartment gives him a 'The Pod of Good Fortune'....

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  • 2019
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    Fly me to the Saitama

    Fly me to the Saitama

    6.7 2019 HD

    People from Saitama Prefecture are persecuted and, because of this, they hide the fact that they are from there. In Tokyo, Momomi Hakuhodo is a male...

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  • 1990
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    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

    8 1990 HD

    "Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the participation of the major Butoh...

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  • 2019
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    Hell Girl

    Hell Girl

    6.354 2019 HD

    Tormented and bullied people can access a special website, run by a Hell Girl who will enable them to take revenge on their torturers. The price for...

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  • 2017
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    Sekigahara

    Sekigahara

    6.915 2017 HD

    The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated...

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  • 2019
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    Birdsong

    Birdsong

    6 2019 HD

    Tokyo. Asuka, a young cleaning lady working the night shift, is ready to pay a high price to achieve her dream of becoming a music star. She manages...

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  • 2019
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    Ghost Master

    Ghost Master

    5.2 2019 HD

    Akira Kurosawa is a nerdy movie buff who works on low budget romantic comedies while dreaming of becoming a horror master. After being abused by his...

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  • 1991
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    Yumeji

    Yumeji

    6.5 1991 HD

    Following the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an encounter with a beautiful widow with a dark past.

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  • 2015
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    The Emperor in August

    The Emperor in August

    6.3 2015 HD

    In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and...

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  • 1997
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    Guard Dog

    Guard Dog

    1 1997 HD

    A tough and violent battle ensues between Hikaru Gotokuji, who's been assigned as the bodyguard for a popular young entertainer, and the ex-mercenary...

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  • 1994
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    The Nearest Place to the Sky

    The Nearest Place to the Sky

    1 1994 HD

    Kitagawa, a top salesman with an impressive record, is hiding a dark secret—he borrowed the 9 million yen of his record from loan sharks. One...

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  • 2013
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    Why Don't You Play in Hell?

    Why Don't You Play in Hell?

    7.4 2013 HD

    In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.

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  • 1968
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    The Notorious Concubines

    The Notorious Concubines

    3.5 1968 HD

    Dark, cynical Japanese epic brought to U.S. in a dubbed version by shlockmeister Harry Novak. Still, this gory, sexy epic is made with style and...

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  • 1981
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    Kagero-za

    Kagero-za

    6.66 1981 HD

    A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.

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  • 2011
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    Sukiyaki

    Sukiyaki

    8 2011 HD

    Kenta Kurihara (Tasuku Nagaoka) is sent to prison for battery. In his cell he is referred to as the "newcomer." Meanwhile, Kenta is bummed out with...

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  • 1989
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    Knockout

    Knockout

    6.5 1989 HD

    A Japanese boxer stages a dramatic and dangerous comeback after suffering brain damage in the ring.

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  • 2014
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    Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III

    Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III

    5 2014 HD

    Goemon Ishikawa steals a golden statue from Yukari Kukai with female thief Neko no Me Ogin, but Private Detective Shinkuro Akechi chases after Goemon...

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  • 1994
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    Uneasy Encounters

    Uneasy Encounters

    1 1994 HD

    A five-part comedy and horror anthology

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  • 1977
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    The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

    The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

    7.3 1977 HD

    Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her...

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  • 1998
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    Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1

    Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles: Legend of Yagyu Part 1

    3.4 1998 HD

    Yuko Moriyama stars in this ninja period piece as one of seven women determined to exact revenge on the evil lord Akinari Katou and “The 7...

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  • 1996
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    That's Cunning! Shijo Saidai no Sakusen?

    That's Cunning! Shijo Saidai no Sakusen?

    6.7 1996 HD

    Comedy about a group of chemistry students who organize a cheating scam during their final exams. Amuro Namie, the top pop music sensation, plays one...

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  • 2002
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    KT

    KT

    5.5 2002 HD

    This movie is a political/espionage thriller, based on a real kidnapping incident of Korean politician, Kim Dae-Jung.

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  • 2007
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    Pacchigi! Love & Peace

    Pacchigi! Love & Peace

    7 2007 HD

    In 1974, during the height of the recession, a Japanese Korean family relocates to Tokyo to raise money and seek better treatment for their ill son.

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  • 2004
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    The Motive

    The Motive

    6.4 2004 HD

    Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation...

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  • 2006
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    Damejin

    Damejin

    1 2006 HD

    An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives doing nothing. They actually don't want to work. When...

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  • 1998
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    Unlucky Monkey

    Unlucky Monkey

    6.5 1998 HD

    A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur...

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  • 2010
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    Postcard

    Postcard

    5 2010 HD

    Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the...

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  • 1990
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    Ready to Shoot

    Ready to Shoot

    1 1990 HD

    A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho. He quickly becomes aware that her life is in...

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  • 2002
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    Drive

    Drive

    6.5 2002 HD

    Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber...

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  • 2003
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    Samurai Resurrection

    Samurai Resurrection

    5 2003 HD

    Shiro Amasuka, dead leader of the Shimbara Revolt is resurrected from hell with the desire of overthrowing the shogunate for killing his companions....

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  • 2008
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    Shaolin Girl

    Shaolin Girl

    4.8 2008 HD

    A Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial arts school.

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  • 2009
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    Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

    Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

    8 2009 HD

    Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new zoo keeper, young Yoshida (Yasuhi Nakamura), who has...

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  • 2015
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    Kakekomi

    Kakekomi

    6.154 2015 HD

    Kakekomi tells the stories of Edo women in the 1800s that escape abusive husbands and lovers by taking refuge in Tokeiji, a monastery in Kamakura.

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  • 2016
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    The Projects

    The Projects

    6.3 2016 HD

    Whether it's someone mixing burnables and recyclables or noise from a neighbor's domestic spat, there's always something occupying the residents of a...

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  • 2000
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    Swing Man

    Swing Man

    1 2000 HD

    A man is assaulted by someone with a bat and attempts to figure out why.

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  • 2010
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    Kazura

    Kazura

    6.5 2010 HD

    Bald Moriyama wants a new image and buys a wig. It works: suddenly he has a career and a girlfriend. But life is hard when you have to keep a secret....

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  • 1997
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    Cat's Eye

    Cat's Eye

    3.5 1997 HD

    Three cat burgling sisters have to go up against the police and a Chinese crime syndicate in order to rescue their kidnapped father.

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  • 1991
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    Check

    Check

    1 1991 HD

    Set in Osaka's Shinsekai, the film depicts the lives of Ayumu Tobita (Hidekazu Akai), who makes a living as a shogi gambler (shinken-shi), and Ryuzo...

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  • 2002
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    Madness in Bloom

    Madness in Bloom

    6 2002 HD

    Yamaguchi, Ichikawa and Kosuge dress in white military-style uniforms to "clean" the streets of Shibuya from bad elements. After rightist gang boss,...

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  • 2011
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    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    8 2011 HD

    An assassin is shot and almost killed by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot...

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  • 2018
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    Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project

    Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project

    7 2018 HD

    Six Stories based on Six Songs.

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  • 2021
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    Under the Turquoise Sky

    Under the Turquoise Sky

    1 2021 HD

    Takeshi grew up spoiled in an affluent family. One day his businessman grandfather Saburo sends him to the grasslands of Mongolia where he is to...

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  • 2015
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    Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition

    Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition

    6.3 2015 HD

    Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the series. In this work, we collaborate with five popular manga artists such as Go Nagai, Junji Ito, Eiichiro...

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  • 1999
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    Will to Live

    Will to Live

    6.3 1999 HD

    It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home...

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  • 2019
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    SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3

    SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3

    10 2019 HD

    The third movie in Léona Hirota's 'Candy Boys' series.

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  • 1968
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    Crazy Love

    Crazy Love

    3 1968 HD

    Correlated with Susan Sontag's theorization of kitsch as well as employing the queer lingo of "camp," this film's relentless equal opportunity...

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  • 2021
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    Lupin's Daughter: The Movie

    Lupin's Daughter: The Movie

    6.8 2021 HD

    Am I really the daughter of a thieves family? Hana Mikumo, daughter of the "L family", a family of thieves, unexpectedly falls in love with Kazuma...

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  • 2023
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    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    7 2023 HD

    Wakaba saves her classmate Koki who was being bullied. From then on, people who are involved with Wakaba are killed one after another. When the...

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  • 2025
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    Kaiju Guy!

    Kaiju Guy!

    1 2025 HD

    Yamada, a good-for-nothing local civil servant who just loves monster movies, is suddenly given a huge mission to liven up the city! What...

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  • 2024
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    Or Utopia

    Or Utopia

    1 2024 HD

    Japan, 2024. The Earth is dominated by a mysteriously giant creature (That Thing) and the group of 12 survivors has formed an uneasy community out of...

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  • 1984
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    Sexual Beast Sacrifice

    Sexual Beast Sacrifice

    2 1984 HD

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  • 2012
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    Crazy Camel

    Crazy Camel

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2015
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    Keisei Saimin no Otoko

    Keisei Saimin no Otoko

    1 2015 HD

    A 3-part series of biographical dramas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of NHK.

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  • 2000
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    The Password is Courage

    The Password is Courage

    1 2000 HD

    The story takes place in a small rural village surrounded by beautiful nature. However, it is about to be destroyed by a waste disposal plant....

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  • 2019
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    Daughter of Lupin

    Daughter of Lupin

    7.231 2019 HD

    Hana comes from a family that has been thieves for generations. Hana refuses to become a thief and she wants to live a normal life. She currently...

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  • 2023
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    Hayabusa Fire Brigade

    Hayabusa Fire Brigade

    7.5 2023 HD

    Mima Taro is a writer who has hit a slump. Tired of city life, he moves into the house he inherited from his father in the mountainous Hayabusa. When...

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  • 2020
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    Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita

    Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita

    1 2020 HD

    Yamashita Tomo is just an average junior high school girl...but her father is a "NEET" (Not in Employment, Education or Training) and her mother is...

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  • 2014
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    Osoroshi

    Osoroshi

    6 2014 HD

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  • 2005
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    GARO

    GARO

    7.9 2005 HD

    The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity....

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  • 2016
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    Kamogawa Shokudo

    Kamogawa Shokudo

    6 2016 HD

    Customers relying on a single line advertisement “Search for food with memories”, finally arrive at Kamogawa Shokudo, which has no...

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  • 2011
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    CSI: Crime Scene Talks

    CSI: Crime Scene Talks

    7.1 2011 HD

    Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team....

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  • 2022
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    Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama

    Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama

    8 2022 HD

    Hoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during his lifetime, some of which are included in textbooks...

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  • 1993
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    Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian

    Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian

    6 1993 HD

    The fourteenth entry in the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series.

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  • 2018
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    Way Too Kawaii!

    Way Too Kawaii!

    7 2018 HD

    A newly transferred employee discovers the hard work and passion of the professionals that fuels the ‘kawaii’ fashion magazine and its...

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  • 2018
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    dele

    dele

    7.7 2018 HD

    Freelance programmer Sakagami is paralyzed in the lower half of his body and confined to a wheelchair. He sets up a company called dele.LIFE in...

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  • 2013
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    Tada's Do-It-All House

    Tada's Do-It-All House

    7.6 2013 HD

    In the fictional town of Mahoro on the outskirts of Tokyo is Tada Benriken, a small business which does odd jobs. Its owner is the solemn and...

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  • 2004
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    稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

    稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

    9 2004 HD

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  • 2019
    imgS1 E50

    Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

    Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

    6 2019 HD

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  • 2022
    imgS1 E20

    Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama

    Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama

    8 2022 HD

    Hoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during his lifetime, some of which are included in textbooks...

    img
  • 2016
    imgS3 E9

    Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

    Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

    7.3 2016 HD

    The heroine Balsa is a skilled bodyguard and a masterful spear-wielder. One day she rescues Prince Chagum who has fallen into a river. The prince is...

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  • 2005
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    Affectionate Time

    Affectionate Time

    8 2005 HD

    This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido. Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at...

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  • 2011
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    Goldfish Club

    Goldfish Club

    1 2011 HD

    Irie plays Hiiragi Haru, a third-year high school student with no real interest in women or higher education, instead choosing to live his life idly....

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  • 2019
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    The Naked Director

    The Naked Director

    7.3 2019 HD

    Follows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. Adapted from a biography of the man, this series...

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  • 2015
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    永久就職試験

    永久就職試験

    1 2015 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Files of the Young Kindaichi

    The Files of the Young Kindaichi

    8.2 1995 HD

    A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.

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