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I live and work in Japan and recently married a Japanese woman (April 1, 2005). I enjoy Japanese movies on a regular basis, both in the theater and from the rental store. I decided to put together this database because I truly felt it was something that there was a need for, as there are no other sites that list Japanese movies by English subtitles as a major criteria. Most memorable quote concerning this site (from my wife who was trying to help and encourage me), "Why don't you check another site for the information?" ... Love you Sweetie.
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Hanai Sachiko No Kareina Shougai (2005)
When Sachiko Hanai, a bar hostess, inadvertantly gets herself involved in a plot to sell George Bush's cloned finger, she gets shot. But that is only the beginning of her adventure as she must now figure out just what is happening. Part black-comedy, part erotica, part action.
Gunki Hatameku Moto Ni (1972)
A war widow spends nearly three decades to find out the truth behind her husband's death. Finally she looks the survivors who served with him; their tale is a bitter, human one.
Kourei
A woman with psychic powers and her sound engineer husband are haunted by the ghost of a young kidnap victim who myseteriously dies in their "care".
Charisma (1999)
A disgraced veteran detective from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police retreats to the countryside to find himself face with a bizarre conundrum concerning a possibly toxic tree called 'charisma'. Caught in a struggle between those who wish to save it and those who wish to destroy it, he must look deep inside himself to find the answer to what he must do.
Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan (1959)
A classic tale of horror and woe as a man who allowed his wife to die a miserable death is haunted by her.
Borei Kaibyo Yashiki (1958)
A classic tale of horror and the supernatural as a man and his wife are terrorized by otherworldly beings after they move into a new house.
Wild Zero (1999)
A meteor lands in the countryside turning the entire population into zombies (definite homage to George Romero). A rock-star wannabe and extreme fan of the legendary band Guitar Wolf, happens upon a beautiful girl and falls in love. However, can his love save her from the zombies and an enraged (and flaming) club manager who is out to gun down Guitar Wolf?
Jigoku (2000)
Look into the heart of Japanese fear with this vision of Hell.
Samehada Otoko To Momojiri Onna (1998)
Toshiko on the run from her creepy uncle (and the even creepier, yet extrememly likeable, little assassin he sends after her) runs into Samehada, who is also on the run from the gang of yakuza he used to work with. Together they work to outsmart everyone in a bid for big money.
Uchiage Hanabi, Shita Kara Miru ka? Yoko Kara Miru Ka? (1993)
Three elementary school boys try to discover the best way to watch fireworks, and an "older" girl tries to elope with one of them.
Kakushi Ken Oni no Tsume (2004)
The continuing struggle of samurai Munezo Katagiri in his journey to change 19th century Japan.
Hadashi No Picnic (1992)
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Umizaru (2005)
The story of men training to become members of the Coast Guard's elite team of salvage and rescue divers. 50 days of intense and gruelling training under a veteran diver with his own past.
Kairo (2001)
All over Tokyo people are connected to a strange website that asks them if they would like to see a ghost. Strange suicides and dead bodies of friends lead the protagonists to seek out the source of this eerie site.
Tange Sazen - Hyakumanryou No Tsubo (2004)
A master swordsman with only one arm and one eye travels the land righting wrongs. In the same vein as Zatoichi. A popular pop samurai icon since the 30s.
Casshern (2004)
The world is divided into two warring states, which have polluted and destroyed the delicate balance of the world. Dr. Azuma wishes to help rebuild the world via his bio-experiments, only to have them go wrong creating a race of superhuman monsters who wish to wreak havoc on their once former cruel masters. To make matters worse, Dr. Azuma's wife and son, Takuya are killed. Can his experiments bring them back to life?
Jam Films 2 (2004)
Four short films directed by four different directors ranging in genre from drama to surrealist and more.
Jam Films (2002)
Showcasing the talents of several major directors, this is a collection of seven short films, ranging in genre from dark action to light-hearted comedy and sci-fi.
Hard Luck Hero
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Mayonaka Made (2002)
When Moriyama, a jazz player learns that his jazz master idol is coming to see him perform, he is completely psyched. Unfortunately, he runs into trouble and must go on the lamb to save himself.
Takanorijinnai
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Kagen No Tsuki (2005)
19-year old Mitsuki has lost her memory and is trapped in a mansion. Now it's up to her friends to figure out what is happening and how to 'save' her.
Nurse No Shigoto The Movie (2002)
When the nurse station is beseiged by a former patient with a automatic rifle, all hell breaks loose.
Short Smap Films -- SSF (2001)
Seven short 'films' that were originally aired on the SMAP X SMAP TV show, collected into one volume.
Himitsu (2000)
When a mother and 17-year old daughter are in a bus accident, the mother is killed but the daughter survives only to wake up with the consciouness of her mother. Now father and daughter must forge a new relationship. But what kind can/could it be?
Platonic Sex (2002)
The movie based on the book by the same name, and further based on the fictionalized book detailing the life of former AV (porn) actress Ai Iijima. Troubled teenager Aoi is saved from committing suicide by accidental mail sent to her cell phone, however, it leads to a relationship with Toshi, a young man who is trying to keep the memory of his dead younger sister from fading into the bland, gray concrete of Tokyo.
Hi Wa Mata Noboru (2002)
Japan, 1973. The dramatization of the real life events that lead to the creation of the VHS techonolgy. Dying to give consumers a machine that will rival Sony and its wondrous Betamax machine, the men of the Japan Victor Company are faced with the daunting challenge of making something truly incredible in a short amount of time, only to be smacked with failure after failure.
Ashita Ga Aru Sa: The Movie
When a down and out businessman has the chance to take a ride in an amateur-built rocket to the edge of space, he decides to go for it despite all odds.
Blister (2000)
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Survival Style 5
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Party 7 (2001)
Wild film about seven characters at the Hotel New Mexico, located somewhere out in the boonies. Most of the action takes place in two hotel rooms, one in which two characters are watching the rest via a mirrored wall.
Vibrator (2003)
One late night, a woman hitches a ride with a trucker she only just met in a convenience store. Their journey becomes not only a spacial one, but a personal and changing one as they open themselves up to each other.
hush!
When a woman with a rather checkered past and estranged father decides to have a baby, she turns to two gay men who are in the midst of trying to define their relationship.
Maboroshi No Hikari (2003)
A recently widowed woman must face the reality of her husband's death.
Kikujiro No Natsu
When a young boy sets out to find the mother who left him to live with his grandmother years ago, he ends up embarking on a journey with an aging tough guy who would rather be playing the ponys. A comedy of the heart.
Tokyo Marigold (2001)
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Hana-bi (1998)
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Azumi (2003)
A samurai out for revenge takes in several small, orphaned children and turns them into killers. Among them is Azumi, a swordswoman of extraordinary skill. Sent on a mission of revenge she encounters opponents who will push her to the very limit. Based on a manga by the same name.
Returner (2002)
In the year 2082, the Dagra have all but destroyed the human population on Earth in a war that was started 80 years ago. Now humanity's last chance is a 15 year old bundle of energy named Milly who time travels to the past.
Totsunyuuse Yo! Asama Sansou Jiken
Based on the events of an actual hostage situation at a small Mt. Asama (Karuizawa) resort in the early 70s. The story of a police official who must make the decision whether to risk the lives of his men and the hostage in the resort by storming armed, radical indivisuals of the Japanese Red Army on the run. Police action/drama.
DOWN TO HELL
A 45-minute precursor to VERSUS. A zombie, the deep woods and friends trying to escape.
IDEN & TITY
In the early days of the indies rock scene in Japan (the 80s), a group pushes itself to become famous. Unfortunately not all the members are as dedicated. One man's journey to understand himself, his girlfriend, and rock music as a vision to be adhered to.
Neko No Ongaeshi
Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli sequel.
TOYD: TOY DOLOID SYSTEM
When a new cell phone remote-controlled robot hits the market, young kids snap it up. However several unexplainable murders mar the early success. One career cop must face some hard truths about his daughter and their life together since the death of his wife several years ago. A horror/thriller for teens without tons of gore. Spooky. Telling. A deep look into Japanese society on some levels.
Shall We Dance? (1996)
A successful, yet unhappy accountant takes up ballroom dancing to get rid of his blues and restore the balance in his life. What he finds is passion that will set the dancing world on fire.
Hebi Ichigo (2003)
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Cosmic Rescue
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Zatoichi (2003)
Based on a famous historic character (a blind masseuse) who traveled the countryside of Edo Era Japan righting wrongs with his ungodly swordsman skills. An updated version featuring Kitano as the masseuse who wanders into a town run by yakuza gangs who have the local populace in a stranglehold. Violent, bloody; definitely for the samurai flick crowd, but no love for the chambara genre required to enjoy.
Dragon Head
A terrible natural disaster (a volcano erupts -- Mt. Fuji?) befalls the greater metropolitan area of Tokyo, leaving the survivors to fend for themselves in a very unfriendly environment of their peers as well as nature. Based on a comic of the same name.
Jigoku Koshien
Insanity ensues at a lower-end high school when the principal and vice-principal dream of Koushien (the Japanese high school equivalent of the World Series). They recruit every ruffian and sucker who will play for them, for their very first game is a team sent straight from Hell. This movie was not allowed at the Tokyo International Movie Festival, to which the writer, director and producer of the movie (all the same gentleman) cries foul throughout the movie. Sight gags and slapstick humor abound.
Cha No Aji (2003)
A look at an otherwise normal family, until you realize that the father is a hypno-therapist who likes to practice on family members, mother is a former manga artist looking to get back in the game, the son is a torrent of hormones, grandpa is on permenant mental vacation, and the daughter (the protagonist) has a giant, pestering alter-ego.
Sayonara Kuro (2003)
The true story of a dog named Kuro who lived in a school in Nagano since the 60s.
Hotel Hibiscus
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Home Sweet Home
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Taiga No Itteki
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GTO
Based on the popular TV show (which in turn is based on a popular manga) of a young biker gang member and ex high school tough turned high school teacher in a pinch to find a job.
Kakuto
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You Ni Mo Myouna Monogatari (movie version)
Caught in a sudden downpour at a train station, a group of unrelated people are treated to stories by an enigmatic man. Hosted by Tamori, this Twilight Zone-like movie features four short stories in one. Horror, fantasy, love, and other themes all mesh to create a suspenseful thriller. Based on the popular TV show from the 90s of the same title.
Shikijutsu
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Akarui Mirai
Two friends, Arita and Nimura, waste their lives away in a deadend job until one of them kills their boss and is sent to prison. Slowly the line between reality and fantasy blur for the remaining friend.
Mibu Gishi Den
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Yomigaeri
A 30-something returns to his rural hometown when an epidemic of long-missing and deceased loved ones start returning to their homes as if nothing has happened. At first the town is in panic, but soon welcome their loved ones back without question. Apparently each person may call back (yomigaru) one loved one. Having lost a brother many years ago, the protagonist wonders why he hasn't called him back yet. This is not a zombie movie, instead it's a real tear-jerker.
Geroppa! (Special Edition)
A crime boss being sent to prison tells his small band of yakuza thugs and lower bosses to quit and make real lives for themselves. In a last ditch effort to keep everything together, his old crew tries to kidnap James Brown so the famed artist will perform for their former employer. Humorous.
Cult
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Water Boys
The fictionalized story of a real high school club of boys who get into syncronized swimming and catapult to fame.
Dead End Run
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Parasite Dolls (movie version) (2004)
The year is 2034, and AI androids called Boomers are commonplace in the city of MegaTokyo. A movie version of a side story to the OVA series, AD Police (which itself is a side story to the BubbleGum Crisis series), which focuses on a secret branch of the AD Police. Expands upon the series universe as a whole, giving it a much more fleshed out feel in a Blade Runner-esque world. Several short stories combined into one. Helmed by famous names in anime. Cyberpunk themes.
Tink Tink Tink
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moon child
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Mizu No Onna
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Gomen
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tokyo.sora
The story of four different women living in modern Tokyo.
laundry
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Onmyouji 2
Return to the old capital of Heian with a new adventure of magic and friendship. A curse set upon the country of Yamato (the name of old Japan) by a wizard of Izumo sets Abe No Seimei and his companions in motion. It is a race against time as they realize that gods are involved.
Onmyouji
A demon's curse had the ancient capital of Heian (old Kyoto) in the grips of fear that it may be destroyed. Abe No Seimei (a Ying-Yang master) is called upon to dispell and reveal the forces of evil.
Dead Leaves
Two people wake up in an open field with no memory of how they got there. One has a tv for a head, the other is a sexy woman with a black patch around her eye. They immediately go on a crime spree and end up in maximum security prison on what's left of the moon. Insanity ensues.
Toraibayu
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Sunday Drive (1998)
A pair of friendly coworkers at a rental video store accidentally become wanted murders. Borrowing a station wagon, they flee with no destination in mind.
Tetsuo II (1992)
Tetsuo, who is transforming his body into a weapon, seeks out the men who have kidnapped his son (in order to experiment on him). Black and white. Note: There is also a super remix version that has been released.
Tetsuo (1998)
After accidentally running over a metal fetishist with his car, a man find that his body is slowly being taken over by metal. Unable to stop the bizarre transformation he is undergoing, he begins to seek out what is driving it. Considered a cyberpunk cult film by director Shinya Tsukamoto. Black and white.
Yokai Hunter - Hiruko (1990)
After discovering that a now abandoned school has been built on the gates of Hell, an archeologist sets out to stop Hiruko, a demon, from releasing more demons into the world via beheadings.
Tokyo Fist (1995)
A man takes up boxing for revenge after he discovers his fiancee has taken up with a childhood friend of his (who is semipro boxer). A black and white film by Shinya Tsukamoto.
Bullet Ballet (1998)
When a man watches his fiancee commit suicide by shooting herself in the head, he begins a relentless search to obtain a gun as well that leads him into a violent world of criminals and revenge. Shot in black and white. Stars Tsukamoto himself, and his brother Koji. Gritty.
Soseji (1999)
Director Shinya Tsukamoto brings to life a variation of an Edogawa Rampo tale of a rich doctor whose life is ripped from him by a violent and unknown visitor. Set during the Meiji Era.
Rokugatsu No Hebi (2002)
A woman working a phone counselling center is being stalked by a former caller who says he is trying to repay her for the good deed she did in saving his life. Though his method is questionable... blackmail. Directed by cult director Shinya Tsukamoto. Shot in black and white. Surreal.
Koroshiya Ichi
A young killer named Ichi is sought out by other killers. Based on a manga by the same title.
Turn
A young woman is hospitalized in a coma after a car accident. She awakens in a world where she is totally alone. She begins a journey to find out what has happened to the rest of the city, when suddenly... the phone rings.
Versus
A criminal escapes incarceration, only to wind up in the woods around Mt. Fuji with a pack of angry mafia types on his heels, a girl in tow, and an overwhelming feeling that something odd is going on. To top it off, the dead are coming back to life. Directed by cult-horror-violence film director Ryuhei Kitamura.
Distance (2001)
The surviving family members of a cult-driven mass-suicide gather at the forest lake where their family members died. Forced to spend the night in the cabin once used by the cult, each person faces what has happened and how their life has changed as a result.
Kazehana
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Shoujo
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Ping Pong (2003)
High school ping pong geniuses face off in a battle to see who will claim the prefectural champion title. Wacky characters and seemless CG (of the ping pong action) work to create comedic and action scenes. Based on a popular manga by Taiyo Matsumoto of the same title.
Dolls
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Wonderful Life
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Tasogare Seibei
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Amidado Dayori
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Eureka
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Satorare
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Stereo Future
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Akakage (2001)
The tale of three ninja sent by a daimyo to spy upon a neighboring fiefdom now being run by the widow of a former rival, who supposedly has a powerful secret weapon. What they actually discover is a plot to ensure safety and peace in the area, and a betrayal that threatens to kill them all. Hip, modern tale of ninja and samurai. Love of chambara not a pre-requisite.
Samurai Fiction (1998)
The tale of a sword stolen by a rogue samurai who is supposed to deliver it to the Shogun. Hip, modern samurai tale. Love of chambara action movies not a pre-requisite.
Tokyo Merry Gold
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Bokuto Kikan
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Brother
Ousted yakuza boss goes to L.A. where he meets his half-brother and sets up shop against everyone else in town. Bullet casings and corpses liter the streets as an ensuing war breaks out. A no-holds barred action flick directed and written by 'Beat' Takeshi himself.
Chaos
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Juvenile
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Picnic
When three pyschologically disturbed people leave their hospital, it becomes a journey of incredible misdirection. (Incidentally, this movie allowed Asano and Chara to meet and eventually marry.)
Gohatto (1999)
The story of a young samurai warrior of extraordinary skill and "beauty" is the mark of several samurai who wish to posess him, as well as destroy him. A look at homosexuality in Japan, set in Kyoto during the Bakumatsu Period, which turns into a murder mystery.
Swing Girls (2004)
Girl meets jazz.
Another Heaven (2000)
Several horrific murders and the disappearance of a university student trigger the investigation by a hard-boiled cop and his young partner, who believes there may be a supernatural connection.
Koukaku Kidoutai (1995)
The year is 2029. Much of the world has cybernetic implants. Japan's Section 9 (a cybercrimes division), takes on whom they assume is a hacker named The Puppet Master, who is hacking the 'ghosts' of ordinary citizens as well as political leaders in an attempt to control them. What they discover instead has heavy ramifications for the entire world, and especially Major Kusanagi of Section 9. Heavy cyberpunk, police, and girls & guns action by famed mangaka Shirow Masamune.