Shimizu Hiroshi

Shimizu Hiroshi was a Japanese film director active during the Taisho and Showa periods in Japan. He was born in Nishiwataru, Yama-ka, Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan. Due to his parents' strained relationship, he was raised by his grandfather at his mother's family home upstream of the Tenryu River. His father…

Hagetaka

7.5

A business drama set in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the bubble economy had collapsed and Japanese businesses with conventional management cultures were exposed to corporate buyouts by foreign investors. Masahiko…

Himawari: Miyazaki Legend 2

7.5

"Himawari" is a comedy that focuses on the main character, Akiko, who works in the same company as her father, Kenichi No.1 and wants to become a manga artist. Akiko's love interest is Kenichi No.2. (Source: NHK, UMK…

Ima Koko ni Aru Kiki to Boku no Kokando ni Tsuite

7.5

Makoto Kanzaki is a university PR man swept up by a series of scandals for which he must create the perfect spin, only to find himself totally painted into a corner. A dark, satirical comedy about modern society’s…

Kohiya No Hitobito

7.5

Shitamachi, Tokyo. Along a shopping street, there is a retro-looking cafe, "Coffee-ya". Soda Kosuke is the owner of the said cafe, and the coffee that he brews lovingly, warms the heart of the drinker. However, Kosuke…

Teruteru Kazoku

7.6

The story is about the Iwata family living in Ikeda, Osaka City, between the 1950s and 1960s. The story is told through the eyes of the youngest daughter, Fuyuko (16). The family runs a bakery. The mother, Teruko,…

Gunjo Ryoiki

7.6

Kim Jun Hee, a member of the immensely popular five-membered band, Indigo AREA, has suffered setbacks and deep wounds, and now her boyfriend, the vocalist, suddenly announces that he is leaving the band. The story…

Kiriko's Crime Diary

7.6

Hitotsubashi Kiriko is sinking into a pit of sorrow when her one and only best friend, with whom she lived for three years, dies of illness. Living on a pension and working part-time is not easy, and the thought of…

Setsuen Chase

7.6

One day, a university student is suddenly accused of a murder he didn't commit and is now on the run from police. With few clues to go on, he goes to a ski resort with his friend, in search of a mysterious female snowboarder…

Kaidan Botan Doro: Beauty & Fear

7.7

The ghost of Otsuyu, a beautiful lady who died pining for love, visits her beloved Hagiwara Shinzaburo every night. The personalities and desires of Otsuyu's father Iijima Heizaemon the loyal Kurokawa Kosuke who serves…

Akinai Seiden: Kin to Gin

8.0

During the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune in Edo. Sachi, who grew up in Tsutomura, loses her father and brother to illness and goes to work for the Isuzuya kimono shop in Tenma, Osaka. At night, the shopkeeper Jihei teaches…