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A Town and a Tall Chimney · 2019A Town and a Tall Chimney
★ 8.02019
MovieHistoryDrama
Japan in 1910, industrialization is unstoppable and devastating entire areas in the name of progress. In X, a farming village in Ibaraki Prefecture, the environment is so polluted that the plants in the fields die and the air, which is laden with toxic smoke, can no longer be breathed. But Saburo, the grandson of the village elder, can no longer put up with this and forms the resistance of the villagers. In Junpei, the idealistic employee of Hitachi, he finds an unexpected ally, and together they fight for a way to save the village.
All Night Long R · 2002All Night Long R
★ 6.12002
MovieHorror
The story of a disturbed individual named Yuuki who captures two Japanese girls.
Concrete-Encased High School Girl Murder Case: Broken Seventeen-Year-Olds · 1995Concrete-Encased High School Girl Murder Case: Broken Seventeen-Year-Olds
★ 5.21995
MovieCrimeHorror
Based on the infamous "Concrete-encased high school girl murder case" that took place from November 1988 to January 1989 in Japan. Junko Furuta, a female 17 year old high school student, was kidnapped and confined in a house by four other male high school students (all juvenile) in the Ayase district of Adachi-ku, Tokyo, where she was repeatedly raped, sexually humiliated and tortured in an extremely brutish manner for 41 days before she finally died after a particularly severe beating. The boys hid her body in a drum and filled it with concrete, but the body was nonetheless discovered a few months later.
All Night Long · 1992All Night Long
★ 5.11992
MovieHorrorCrime
Three teenagers witness the brutal murder of a high school girl by an insane salaryman. The teenagers find themselves united by this event and become friends. Later the teenagers hold a party to take their mind off things. Their party is crashed by a local gang of thugs and one teenager finds his newly found girlfriend being raped. The teenagers deal with the thugs by using extreme violence.
All Night Long 2 · 1995All Night Long 2
★ 4.81995
MovieDramaHorror
In downtown Japan, a lonely computer nerd tries to maintain a peaceful existance while being stalked by a gang of deviant homosexuals who want to use him for their brutal S&M activities.
Kirei? The Terror of Beauty · 2004Kirei? The Terror of Beauty
★ 4.72004
MovieHorror
A mentally unstable young woman named Yoshie implores a gifted plastic surgeon (Yukiko Okamoto) to make her beautiful in this disturbing Japanese psychodrama directed by Katsuya Matsumura. Although the operation is successful, Yoshie becomes even more preoccupied with beauty -- and soon draws the doctor into a horrifying world of emotional agony and masochism. The film's supporting cast includes Asuka Kurosawa, Kota Kusano and Miki Asakura.
All Night Long 3: The Final Chapter · 1996All Night Long 3: The Final Chapter
★ 4.51996
MovieHorror
A bellboy stalks a woman who frequents the hotel where he works.
All Night Long: Initial O · 2003All Night Long: Initial O
★ 3.52003
MovieHorror
When a young woman witnesses a suicide she is so overwhelmed with sexual excitement that she masturbates, unaware that she is being observed by a strange man. Later he invites her home where she is wined and dined. Soon she wakes up to find herself locked in a cage. Of course their twisted and sadomasochistic relationship will end in a sadistically explicit bloodbath.
All Night Long: Anyone Would Have Done · 2009All Night Long: Anyone Would Have Done
★ 2.42009
MovieThrillerHorror
A knife-wielding sexual deviant targets two beautiful sisters.He begins frantic night of abuse and humiliation with the older one after she getting back home.The innocent older sister doesn't know that he had broken into their apartment and had confined the younger one.
Dark Love: Rape · 2008Dark Love: Rape
★ 2.02008
MovieHorror
A young woman moves into an apartment that is rigged with hidden cameras.A voyeur watches her every move and begins a strange relationship with her.
God Wait! Because Flowers Will Bloom · 2024God Wait! Because Flowers Will Bloom
2024
MovieDrama
Morikami Shoka, an 11-year-old girl who has been in and out of hospitals since she was young due to childhood cancer, is encouraged by her doctor Wakisaka to return to school in the first semester of the sixth grade. However, when she arrives at school full of hope, she finds a disorganized class and a timid homeroom teacher who has lost confidence. Shoka, who believes in miracles, decides to make the people around her smile. Her presence brings change to the hearts of many people.
SEIJO, DANCING FELLOWS; A GRADUATION CHAPTER · 1982SEIJO, DANCING FELLOWS; A GRADUATION CHAPTER
1982
Movie
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof · 1958Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
★ 7.61958
MovieDrama
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
12 Angry Men · 195712 Angry Men
★ 8.61957
MovieDrama
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · 1966Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
★ 7.71966
MovieDrama
A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.
Meet Joe Black · 1998Meet Joe Black
★ 7.41998
MovieFantasyDrama
Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan?
Amadeus · 1984Amadeus
★ 8.01984
MovieDramaHistory
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
An Inspector Calls · 1954An Inspector Calls
★ 7.21954
MovieCrimeDrama
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?
Tokyo Story · 1953Tokyo Story
★ 8.21953
MovieDrama
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
Heaven Can Wait · 1943Heaven Can Wait
★ 6.91943
MovieComedyRomance
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.
The Entertainer · 1960The Entertainer
★ 6.21960
MovieDrama
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
The Women · 2008The Women
★ 5.22008
MovieDramaComedy
The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.
Reiko Takashima
Tomoka Kurotani
Seiichi Tanabe
Akira Emoto
Takehiro Murata
Karen Miyazaki
Yoichi Nukumizu
Erika Mabuchi
Takahiro Fujimoto
Minori Terada
Norihito Kaneko
