Scary Fairy Tales: Cinderella
1999 · 105 min · ★ 5.0 · Horror, Drama, TV Movie
This is a horror story for adults with a modern twist on Grimm's fairy tales, bringing out the brutality and bizarre nature of the story.
Directed by Akio Yoshida
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Scary Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess · 1999Scary Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess
★ 7.01999
MovieDramaHorror
Saeko Machida is a high school girl with a crush on a boy in her class named Yuichi Kimijima. Becoming obsessed with him, she tries to gain his attention and win his affections, but there's no such luck. One day, she meets a strange man at a flea-market who gives her a red liquid, telling her that if she splashes it on Yuichi, her wish will become true. She acquiring the liquid, certain that the liquid will cause Yuuichi to love her. Saeko finally gets the courage to confess her love to Yuichi, but he rejects her. Disappointed, she splashes the liquid on Yuichi, but that liquid actually causes him to shrink about three inches in height.
Scary Fairy Tales: The Ugly Duckling · 1999Scary Fairy Tales: The Ugly Duckling
1999
MovieHorrorDrama
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Scary Fairy Tales: Rapunzel · 1999Scary Fairy Tales: Rapunzel
1999
MovieHorrorDrama
This is a horror film for adults that takes as its subject matter fairy tales from the East and West, and brings to life their brutality, bizarre nature, and obscenity.
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1999
MovieHorrorDrama
Popular model Koyuki plays the role of the mermaid princess who cannot speak and has a limp, but drives men crazy with her beauty.
Scary Fairy Tales: Alice in Wonderland · 1999Scary Fairy Tales: Alice in Wonderland
★ 4.01999
MovieHorrorDrama
Arisugawa is a businessman who has been transferred to a local branch office. However, the people at the branch office are all peculiar...
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Girls College Terror · 2010Girls College Terror
★ 10.02010
MovieHorror
Tales of terror spreading throughout Jaanese high school girls...are real! While singing karaoke with friends, Ai found a strange silent girl in the room. The legendary female ghost of Ohatsutenjin would suck the energy of young males at night.
Daddy, the Newscaster · 1987Daddy, the Newscaster
★ 9.51987
Series
He didn’t even like children, yet without warning, the handsome, single newscaster finds himself playing the role of father to three impertinent daughters. His entire image of the roles of the sexes gets turned upside down as he makes the transition from a swinger into a caring parent.
Rooftop Apartment · 2011Rooftop Apartment
★ 8.02011
MovieDrama
Asako is determined to live her life with her own will after witnessing her best friend’s divorce and former manager’s death.
Always Smiling · 2003Always Smiling
★ 8.02003
SeriesDramaComedy
Yumi, a 23-year-old office worker, is fired from her job out of the blue. A few days later, coming from a friend's wedding and having no time to change out of her kimono, she is rushing to an interview for a job at a publishing company. Yumi stumbles into the room, looking for somewhere to change out of her kimono, and finds popular comic book writer Reijiro Sakurai is having an editorial meeting with some staff. He is planning to lock himself away at a hot spring for the next three months to concentrate on his next project. Sakurai comments that if Yumi were to join him he wouldn't mind being away for so long..., and so their adventure begins.
Mama Is an Idol · 1987Mama Is an Idol
★ 7.81987
SeriesComedyRomance
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Resident: Story of 5 Interns · 2012Resident: Story of 5 Interns
★ 7.72012
SeriesDrama
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Oyaji · 2000Oyaji
★ 7.52000
SeriesDramaComedy
At 55, Kan-ichi Kanzaki is the old-fashioned and overbearing father of the Kanzaki family: his wife Miyako, his son Tadashi, and his two daughters Sayuri and Suzu. Being an “oyaji,” a stubborn middle-aged man that cannot keep his opinion to himself, Kan-ichi is particularly bothered when he views what he believes to be a failure in the public’s morals. But unlike the occasional stranger, his kids have to live under his scrutiny every day, and there are plenty of family crises to draw his ire. Although he can be strict, his actions are driven by his love for his family, and one can’t help but be touched and amused by the loving efforts of such an “oyaji.”
Bad Boy and Good Girl · 2010Bad Boy and Good Girl
★ 7.42010
SeriesDrama
Shinagawa Daichi used to be a good student who has now become a delinquent, while class president Adachi Hana was a delinquent who is now trying to move on. Her secret is discovered by Shinagawa, but she involves herself trying to correct his ways.
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★ 7.02006
MovieHorror
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★ 7.02017
SeriesFamilyComedy
Shin'ichi Sakurai is married to Kanako and they have a daughter named Kaori. Both, Shinichi and Kanako received only a middle-school-level education. Even though they don't have much money, they are a happy family. At work, though, Shin'ichi experiences effects of only having a middle school education.
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The Loss of Humanity · 1994The Loss of Humanity
★ 6.51994
SeriesDramaFamily
Three tales raise unsettling questions about the central qualities of being human. In one, a father is torn between love for his son and the desire for revenge, while a second examines the twisted love of a teacher for his female colleague. The third story delves into the complex affections hidden within a bully.
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★ 6.22005
MovieHorror
Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not as they seem.
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★ 6.02021
MovieDrama
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Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 2 · 2004Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 2
★ 6.02004
MovieHorror
An anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, mainly by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama.
Intern · 2016Intern
★ 6.02016
MovieComedyFantasy
Haruka Kawakura (Yuko Araki) is in the 3rd grade at a university. She is about to be hit by a car, but she is saved by company CEO Masayuki Makino (Toru Kazama). Masayuki Makino wakes up in the intensive care unit at a hospital. There, a young man appears in front of Masayuki and introduces himself as the God of Death (Gaku Sano). The God of Death tells Masayuki that Haruka was supposed to die in an accident that day, but, since he saved her life, Masayuki’s fate has now changed. He will die soon. The God of Death tells him that the only way they can both survive is to change Haruka's future. If Haruka becomes a high achiever as an intern and joins the company, Masayuki and Haruka can both survive. Masayuki comes up with the idea of possessing the body of Haruka's friend Maki (Anri Okamoto) and helping Haruka become a successful intern.
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1 · 2003Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1
★ 5.62003
MovieHorror
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