Tasuku Emoto
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1986-12-16
Locus Natus: Tokyo, Japan
Et ut: 柄本佑
Inu-Oh
Born to an esteemed family, Inu-oh is afflicted with an ancient curse that has left him on the margins of society. When he meets the blind musician...
release : 2022.05.28popularis : 17.143
Spring Snow
Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit affair between two...
release : 2005.10.09popularis : 9.665
First Love
In the chaotic days of the 1960s, Misuzu, a lonely high school girl from a troubled family, finds sanctuary with her nihilistic brother, Ryo, and his...
release : 2006.06.10popularis : 3.379
Documentary "Shin Kamen Rider" ~Behind the Scenes of the Hero Action Challenge~
"Shin Kamen Rider" is the first live-action film directed by Hideaki Anno since "Shin Godzilla" seven years ago. In the 52-year history of the...
release : 2023.03.31popularis : 3.041
Worst by Chance
Hidenori is a Japanese-Korean man with no sense of belonging, destination or education. He drifts around and meanders through life until a death...
release : 2003.09.13popularis : 2.389
A Spoiling Rain
The story is about a film director, Kutani, who lives in the dying pink film industry, and an aspiring screenwriter, Iseki, and their loved one,...
release : 2023.11.10popularis : 16.087
Boy Meets Pusan
A youth drama in which a young man visiting Busan, South Korea falls in love with a Japanese woman. Debut film directed by Masaharu Take.
release : 2007.09.22popularis : 1.786
No Boys, No Cry
A couple of smugglers don't know what to do when one day their boss gives them a kidnapping job.
release : 2009.05.28popularis : 3.606
Unholy Women
Unholy Women (Kowai onna), is a composite of three unrelated half-hour horror movies. A compilation of 3 separate short horror films (Rattle Rattle,...
release : 2006.11.25popularis : 2.744
Sky Blue Story
Composed of four stories, each part of 10 minutes, namely: "Rainbow and Zebra", "The Goddess of Victory and the Snail", "The Ant and Love Letter",...
release : 2011.11.29popularis : 1.222
Tokyo Island
Men and one woman have drifted to an uninhabited island. The only woman will try to survive by taking advantage of her own sexual attractiveness.
release : 2010.08.28popularis : 3.27
Anime Supremacy!
Hitomi Saito has been climbing the ranks for years and is set to direct an anime series for the first time, while brilliant director Chiharu Oji is...
release : 2022.05.20popularis : 16.981
Cast Me If You Can
An actor, who always plays supporting roles and lives in the shadow of his famous playwright father, falls in love with an energetic aspiring actress...
release : 2010.10.23popularis : 2.379
I'm Flash!
Rui is the charismatic leader of a new religious group. Consequently, he starts to gain attention from the mass media. After becoming involved in a...
release : 2012.08.31popularis : 2.138
Yellow Elephant
Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One...
release : 2013.02.02popularis : 7.21
Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend
A lonely otaku is fired from his job. He is rescued in a ruined building by a strange girl in a sailor suit. When he wakes up, the girl becomes a...
release : 2013.06.15popularis : 11.451
Shin Kamen Rider
A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko...
release : 2023.03.17popularis : 26.904
最後の晩餐 〜刑事・遠野一行と七人の容疑者〜
On the first day of opening, a small Italian restaurant is set on fire, killing three customers, and the unidentified survivor, who was injured and...
release : 2011.05.14popularis : 1.137
Picture of Spring
When a bored cafe worker starts learning about erotic prints from a widowed shunga researcher, she gets drawn into a world free of inhibitions.
release : 2023.10.13popularis : 7.38
Beautiful New Bay Area Project
While inspecting a wharf, young Amano, president of an urban planning company, meets beautiful laborer Takako and falls in love at first sight....
release : 2013.03.20popularis : 1.029
Shin Kamen Rider × Crayon Shin-chan
SHOCKER has appeared at Futaba Kindergarten! The principal and teacher Matsuzaka are turned into Augs and attack the kindergarten bus! Cooperate with...
release : 2023.03.18popularis : 2.801
Check It Out, Yo!
Tomboy Yui (Mao Inoue) brings her 3 male friends along with her to see a live performance of local Okinawan rap group, “Workaholic”. Upon...
release : 2006.04.22popularis : 1.865
Tada's Do-It-All House
In Mahoro, the fictional suburb of Tokyo, Tada works as a general problem solver for hire. One day, former classmate Gyoten appears unannounced. Both...
release : 2011.04.23popularis : 7.43
A Crowd of Three
A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility. Kenta & Jun now works as...
release : 2010.06.12popularis : 2.755
Flying Rabbits
Yukari always wanted to become a flight attendant and has just been hired by Japan Airlines. However, due to an unexpected mistake, she has also been...
release : 2008.09.13popularis : 1.501
Re/Member
Six high schoolers stuck in a murderous time loop must find the scattered remains of an unknown victim to break the curse and finally see another day.
release : 2022.10.14popularis : 8.155
Dead Run
Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken away to Tokyo by her relatives, Shuji becomes...
release : 2005.12.17popularis : 2.94
Piece of Cake
Shino Umemiya readily dates guys interested in her, because she believes that's better than being alone. She breaks up with her violent boyfriend...
release : 2015.09.05popularis : 3.743
The Lightning Tree
Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning...
release : 2010.10.22popularis : 2.854
Moonlight Mask
The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who...
release : 2011.03.26popularis : 2.925
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Kyoko (Sakura Ando) works as an insurance agent. Due to a series of unfortunate events, she brings shame to her family and has to leave her hometown....
release : 2013.08.24popularis : 1.92
A Bolt from the Blue
Haruo has a dream to become the best magician, but, so far, he is only a marginal magician. Haruo also doesn't have parents. He then goes back 40...
release : 2014.05.24popularis : 4.777
A Boy's Summer in 1945
Commencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A Boy's Summer in 1945" (literally "A Beautiful Summer in...
release : 2002.12.14popularis : 2.929
The Graduates
The experiences and relationships of five senior students at a rural high school, during the last year leading to graduation.
release : 2007.03.31popularis : 0.55
Freesia: Bullet Over Tears
In the near future of a Japan, the ancient 'Act of Vengeance' is revived and professional executioners are permitted to kill criminals by the...
release : 2007.02.01popularis : 3.885
The Last Game: Waseda vs. Keio
1943, two baseball teams play a last match before fighting in WW2.
release : 2008.08.23popularis : 0.723
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
In the inner chambers of the Shugun's castle, 3,000 men attempt to vie for the affection of the female shogun. Based on the 4th-6th volumes in the...
release : 2012.12.22popularis : 5.327
H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories
In the bleak, disturbing and suspenseful universe of H.P. Lovecraft, endless horrors await. From ravaging cannibals to ancient rituals come to life,...
release : 2007.08.28popularis : 1.097
A Samurai Movie Rhapsody: Filming the Ultimate Swordfight
This is a “Movie in a Movie” like no other ever before. Kyoei, a historical film studio in Kyoto (Modeled on Toei), is asked by NHK to...
release : 2019.03.23popularis : 2.412
We Were There: First Love
We Were There follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano & Nanami Takahashi. During their high school days, Motoharu Yano was the most popular...
release : 2012.03.17popularis : 5.581
We Were There: True Love
During the 2nd year of high school in the winter season, Yano transferred from Kushiro to Tokyo due to a family matter. Yano and Nanami promised to...
release : 2012.04.21popularis : 4.48
Women Play Twice
Segment 1 - actress Saki Aibu plays a woman who doesn't do anything. Segment 2 - actress Asami Mizukawa plays an unlucky woman who messes up a man....
release : 2010.03.01popularis : 1.277
Korosuna
Kotani Zenzaemon, a ronin who has a side job making brushes in a tenement house in the back alley, is watching Omine, who lives with him, from...
release : 2022.01.28popularis : 2.234
Chameleon
Keiko who leads a lonely life as a fortune teller on the streets meets Goro, a leader of the con-artists. One day, Goro witnesses a group of men...
release : 2008.07.05popularis : 2.044
Blood Bead
Shuji Tokita (Eiji Okuda) is a film director and a professor at a university. He goes through a difficult time trying to film his new movie. He...
release : 2015.08.28popularis : 1.531
Tear Jar
A magazine editor loses his wife to cancer and he keeps her ashes in a jar. When he begins dating her sister, he becomes overwhelmed with guilt.
release : 2008.02.21popularis : 3.47
CRANK
MARU runs around Tokyo.MARU hears from his fellow messenger HIDE that he might be leaving Tokyo.
release : 2023.02.11popularis : 2.579
Gonin Saga
Seiji is a third generation "Gosei kai" gang member. He works to build up the group's strength. Meanwhile, a journalist investigates a case that...
release : 2015.09.26popularis : 3.356
No Place to Go
Michiko used to work as a live-in part-timer at an izakaya, but suddenly lost her job and her house at the same time due to COVID-19 pandemic. There...
release : 2022.10.08popularis : 2.51
We'll Keep Walking, That's All
A young woman named Miyuki returns to her hometown, camera in hand, after a difficult breakup. As she walks and takes photographs, she meets a...
release : 2009.11.15popularis : 2.632
Osoi Shiawase
Part of the Shûhei Fujisawa New Drama Series.
release : 2015.11.23popularis : 1.563
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Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater,...
release : 2004.07.10popularis : 5.976
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
Born into a wealthy family, 17-year-old Masato (Emoto Tasuku) has never been deprived of material comforts, but his distant relationship with his...
release : 2007.06.20popularis : 2.538
Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.
release : 2005.04.02popularis : 2.156
Night Time Picnic
Takako's high school has a unique tradition. Every year, the school's 1000 students walk 80 kilometers in 24 hours. As this is her final year of high...
release : 2006.09.30popularis : 1.36
A Story of Yonosuke
The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki....
release : 2013.02.23popularis : 8.15
Two Homelands
In the Pearl Harbor era, a second-generation Japanese-American grapples with his identity amid the turmoil of World War II. Born in Los Angeles and...
release : 2019.03.23popularis : 2.459
We Can't Change the World, But We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia
A young Japanese man named Kota Tanaka (Osamu Mukai) works to raise money and then build an elementary school in Cambodia.
release : 2011.09.23popularis : 1.645
64: Part 2
1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami,...
release : 2016.06.01popularis : 2.464
A Lush Life
The story involves an aloof thief, a young man who turns to God after his father’s suicide, a manipulative marriage councilor, a man who...
release : 2009.06.13popularis : 0.925
Reminiscence
A detective in Toyama is forced to confront his painful past when he takes on a murder case involving his two estranged childhood friends.
release : 2017.05.06popularis : 2.13
Air Doll
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with...
release : 2009.09.26popularis : 8.868
Aoi Hitomi to Nuage
Erika Ichinose, a clinical psychologist, is recruited by the National Police Agency in an attempt to stay one step ahead of a bomb terrorist.
release : 2007.11.25popularis : 0.953
Dynamite Graffiti
When Suei was little, his mother had an affair with a young man who lived next door. Suei's mother and the young man killed themselves by using...
release : 2018.03.02popularis : 1.906
The Wife of Gegege
A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult before he finds success, but at least they're together.
release : 2010.11.20popularis : 1.804
The Island of Cats
Daikichi is a 70-year-old man and lives on a small island. Since his wife died, he has lived with his cat Tama. Daikichi was born and raised on the...
release : 2019.02.22popularis : 2.119
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga...
release : 2013.12.14popularis : 3.225
And Your Bird Can Sing
With a contagious sense of abandon, three young adults' lives become intimately entangled over the course of a long summer in Hakodate, Hokkaido.
release : 2018.09.01popularis : 5.356
Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Iwane Sakazaki returns to his homeland and gets caught in the middle of an incident that results in the tragic death of two of his best friends from...
release : 2019.05.17popularis : 2.033
Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw
A Japanese teenager bicycles aimlessly through the countryside after killing his mother.
release : 2004.10.31popularis : 2.729
The Great War of Archimedes
It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship,...
release : 2019.07.26popularis : 5.902
It Feels So Good
When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan,...
release : 2019.08.23popularis : 34.013
Preparing For the Picnic
A collection of shorts spun off from the movie "Night Time Picnic" that take place on the day before the movie's events. On the last day of high...
release : 2006.09.15popularis : 0.661
Blue, Painful, Fragile
Two outsider college students set up a secret society circle, "Moai," which aims to change the world. But one day, one of them disappears.
release : 2020.08.28popularis : 2.213
Red
A married woman with a lovely daughter lives a carefree life, until she meets her ex-lover at a friend’s wedding. They haven’t seen each...
release : 2020.02.21popularis : 20.007
Godot of the Emotos
The acting family, the Emotos, are the subject of this documentary following Emoto Akira and his sons.
release : 2019.04.20popularis : 2.596
Child by Children
Haruna is a lively tomboy in the 5th year at elementary school. One day, while playing with Hiroyuki, a boy whom she has known for a long time, they...
release : 2008.09.27popularis : 1.216
Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me?
Sawako works as a manga writer. Her husband of five years, Toshio is also a manga writer. On a summer day, Sawako begins to write her new manga. The...
release : 2021.09.10popularis : 3.377
Gumi. Chocolate. Pine.
Kenzo and his high school friends live in anguish, believing that there is something that sets them apart from everybody else.
release : 2007.12.22popularis : 0.999
The Midnight Maiden War
I is a university, who came to Tokyo from his hometown. I lives alone and doesn't have friends or a girlfriend. I's university life is boring and he...
release : 2022.01.21popularis : 1.579
I Never Shot Anyone
Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces, a dull novelist and a legendary killer. Susumu...
release : 2020.07.03popularis : 2.495
Riverside Mukolitta
A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, he finds himself surrounded by small happiness.
release : 2021.11.03popularis : 4.981