JAPAN Movies

Cut 2011 Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance his films, has been executed by his own yakuza gang for failing to repay his debts Described as

Katte ni shiyagare Eiyu keikaku 1996 Two men get involved with a brother and sister that want to drive a local gang out of their neighborhood

High Low The Worst X 2022 The film is set 3 years after the events of High and Low The Worst which follows the rivalry between Oya Highs street fighters and delinquents of Housen Academy

Electric Dragon 80 000 V 2001 A young boy gets jolted with electricity as hes climbing a tall cable pylon As he gets older, he experiences intense fits of violence in which bolts of electricity burt from his fists Elsewhere in Tokyo, there is an elec

Blue Tiger 1994 Gena witnesses the murder of her son by a Japanees hit man He accidentally shoots the boy during a hit on a rival gang of bus operators Gena then dedicates her life to revenge, and seeks out the gunman But are the other mystical influ

The Sensualist 1991 The libertine Yonosuke has spent his entire life seeking pleasurable company in the arms of women and sometimes men In the year 1682, when he is a middle aged and reasonably settled merchant, his friend the tailor Juzo comes to hi

Living 2022 In 1950s London, a humorless civil servant decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis

The Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel 2023 Septian Calendar Year 1205 Lavi was born in North Ambria, the poorest region in the northwestern Zemuria She enlists in the Northern Jaegers, the largest in the continent, to protect her hometown and dis

Oyukiumi no Kaina 2023 In a world that is enveloped in snow and has canopies reaching to the sky, two people from different communities make an encounter that changes history

Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Battle of Kimluck 2020 A sorcerer who was once the top student of the famous Tower of Fang, now spends his time chasing around his hopeless clients as a moneylender, at least until his client comes up with a plan to make mone

Bofuri I Dont Want to Get Hurt, So Ill Max Out My Defense 2020 After receiving an invitation from her friend Risa Shiromine, Kaede Honjou begins playing the VRMMO game New World Online as the character Maple Lacking knowledge of the game, she allocat

Call Me Chihiro 2023 Chihiro works at a small beachside bento shop, Nokonoko Bento, and becomes a popular figure in the city

Tora sans Sunrise and Sunset 1976 Why these films are not widely available is beyond logic This is the first Tora San film Ive seen, and it did not feel like this was the 17th film in a series of 48 The plot, character development, and story were com

Tora sans Forbidden Love 1984 Tora san spends several days at the home of a hard working salary man, who abruptly disappears When the mans wife asks Tora san to help find him, he falls in love with her, and secretly hopes the husband will not be foun

Tora san, Welcome Back 2019 The 50th film in Tora san series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series The adult Mitsuo, Tora sans nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once promised to marry The familiar faces of Kurumaya Ca

Tora san, His Tender Love 1970 In an effort to get him to settle down, Toras family attempts to arrange a marriage for him Unfortunately, Toras goodwill backfires once again, and he leaves for a remote hot springs resort where he becomes a handyman a

Tora sans Runaway 1970 Tora San, an eccentric and resourceful tramp, is always cheerful Although he is an orphan, he decides to go back home after a long absence He thus sees again his sister Sakura Suwa, who has bloomed into a pretty young lady Afte

Tora sans Promise 1981 Tora san returns to his familys home to attend an elementary school class reunion After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex classmates, he resumes his travels In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18 year

Tora sans Lovesick 1974 After Torajiros latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako last seen in Tora sans Dear Old Home, now a widow

Tora sans Love in Osaka 1981 When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora san falls in love with a local geisha He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her His plans are foiled when the geisha info

Tora sans Love Call 1971 I appreciated some ways in which this felt a little different than some of the ones that came before the nearly 2 hour runtime, for one It had some funny scenes, legendary Japanese actor Takeshi Shimura was a welcome presence

Tora sans Heart of Gold 1976 When Tora sans infatuation with his nephews school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again When he returns, he falls in love with the teachers mother, who has a terminal illness

Tora sans Grand Scheme 1970 After winning big at the races, Torajiro wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a

Tora sans Forget Me Not 1973 Tora visits his family after a year After a misunderstanding he gets upset and leaves to end up in the countryside On the way he meets Lily and they feel a connection Sometime later Tora meets Lily again and she spends so

Tora sans Dream Come True 1972 An above average Tora san movie Im really enjoying the escalating slapstick in each films opening credits, and the cold open was bizarre but fun too I also liked Tora having a direct romantic rival this time around, and

Tora sans Dear Old Home 1972 While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels

Tora Sans Cherished Mother 1969 A slight step down from the first, and I did notice that this is heavier on the drama, rather than balancing comedy and drama in a similarly effective manner to the first That being said, there is still quite a lot to

Tora san Goes Religious 1983 When his travels bring him to Western Japan, Tora san decides to pay his respects to the late Hyoichiro Suwa, his sisters father in law He gets drunk with the priest at the temple, falling in love with the priests daughte

Tora sans Song of Love 1983 This series really seems to excel whenever a singer or music is focused on, especially as the Madonna Toras brief time with Harumi is one of the sweetest romances in the series in a while inverted commas because in typical

Tora sans Salad Day Memorial 1988 In his travels through Japan, Tora san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is afraid of committing to a relationship

Tora sans Rise and Fall 1975 Traveling through Hokkaido with a disgruntled salaryman seeking a lost love Eiji Funakoshi, Tora san runs into Lily, who has gotten divorced since they last saw each other in Tora sans Forget Me Not 1973 and is working as

Tora san, the Matchmaker 1979 Lovable Tora san returns in episode 24 with his adorable family and friends for a whole new adventure with a new gentle lady friend and whole new exciting mishaps

Tora san Goes North 1987 Tora san, the naive and romantic peddler, returns once more to his home in Hokkaido where, as usual, he falls in love with a lovely young lady The girl this time is Rinko Ueno, who has come home in an attempt to repair her re

Tora san Confesses 1991 When Izumi cant stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home She sends a letter to Mitsuo and Mitsuo goes looking for her But Izumi unexpectedly meets Tora san

Buddy Daddies 2023 Assassins Kazuki Kurusu and Rei Suwa meet Miri, a girl looking for her father on Christmas Day Kazuki, Rei, and Miri unexpectedly end up living together

Tora sans Shattered Romance 1971 Couldnt the title Shattered Romance apply to every Tora San movie Jokes aside, this is the one Ive liked the most since the first instalment Felt less afraid to dip into comedy, and it balanced it well with some occas

Tora sans Lullaby 1974 After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again During his travels, Torajiro meets a father who shares a drink with him In the

Tora sans Island Encounter 1985 Tora sans familys neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora san 1984, runs away from her husband, who is only interested in work Tora san follows her to Shikinejima, and attempts to bring her bac

Tora san, the Expert 1982 I liked both the guy he befriended, and the young girl he was trying to set him up with There were also some really funny moments Tora repenting for what he usually does to the priest, the President still getting excited to

Tora san Takes a Vacation 1990 Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumis sad, bar hostess mother for another woman, so together they decide to confront him in Oita Meanwhile, Izumis mother befriends Tora san and together they tra

Tora san Plays Daddy 1987 A playboy gambler friend of Tora sans dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata Searching for the boys mother, Tora san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate fami

Tora San Makes Excuses 1992 NA

Tora San Goes French 1973 Tora San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu Later, he encounters an old school chum and begins to have feeling for his artist sister

Hearts and Flowers for Tora san 1982 During his travels, Tora san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto Though Tora san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist At his home, Tora san makes a good impres

Underdog Part Two 2020 Suenaga finds his life on the verge of collapsing as violence consumes those around him However, he finds a worthy opponent in Omura, an up and coming wunderkind who is trying to escape his violent past The mens fight for redem

Tora sans Tropical Fever 1980 Tora receives a letter from Lily, telling him that she is terminally ill He flies to see her in a Okinawa hospital, and the two get a chance to rekindle their old fling

Tora sans Dream of Spring 1979 Tora sans opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata

Tora san, the Intellectual 1975 Tora san returns to his familys shop in Shibamata, Tokyo to find himself accused of being the father of a 17 year old girl It turns out that Tora san had only given help to the girls mother after her husband had left h