Hana &amp; Alice (2004)

Drama
1994
Movie

Through the Olive Trees

7.4
1994

When the actor in a scene for his film Life And Nothing More… has to quit, a film director casts another man for the part. However, complications arise since the man and the woman who was cast for the scene know each other.

7.3

Romance
1998
Movie

April Story

7.3
1998

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.

Genre : Romance

6.9

Mystery
2016
Movie

Rage

6.9
2016

A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears. People suspect that the stranger might be the murderer.

Genre : Mystery

6.2

Science Fiction
2013
Movie

Real

6.2
2013

Neurosurgeon Koichi uses an experimental technique to enter the brain of his beloved Atsumi, who is in a coma after attempting suicide. In his quest, Koichi drifts steadily further into the sweltering marshes of the spirit. It is soon no longer clear what is real and what is not.

Genre : Science Fiction

7.5

Drama
1996
Movie

Swallowtail Butterfly

7.5
1996

The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.

Drama
1985
Movie

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

7.4
1985

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.

7.3

Drama
2009
Movie

A Brand New Life

7.3
2009

Young Jin-hee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jin-hee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip.

7.6

Drama
2006
Movie

Rainbow Song

7.6
2006

Tomoya Kishida is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato. This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their university film club, to saying their last goodbyes. Though in love with each other, neither had the courage to confess their feelings before it was too late.

6.6

Drama
1998
Movie

Hilary and Jackie

6.6
1998

The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.

6.3

Drama
2012
Movie

The Wings of the Kirin

6.3
2012

A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes from Fukushima and tells detectives that he is absolutely not a criminal. Meanwhile, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga's (Hiroshi Abe) investigates and uncovers a point of contact between the dead body and Yashima. A hidden fact of the victim is revealed which even his children did not know about...

6.7

Drama
1996
Movie

Picnic

6.7
1996

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.

6.4

Drama
2006
Movie

Honey and Clover

6.4
2006

Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.

Drama
2001
Movie

All About Lily Chou-Chou

7.4
2001

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.

Action
2006
Movie

Tekkonkinkreet

7.4
2006

Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.

Genre : Action

6.6

Animation
2020
Movie

LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special

6.6
2020

As her friends prep for a Life Day holiday celebration, Rey journeys with BB-8 on a quest to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force at a mysterious Jedi Temple. There, she embarks on a cross-timeline adventure through beloved moments in Star Wars history, coming into contact with iconic heroes and villains from all eras of the saga. But will she make it back in time for the Life Day feast?

Genre : Animation

7.8

Drama
2008
Movie

Departures

7.8
2008

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.

7.5

Comedy
1975
Movie

Love and Death

7.5
1975

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

Genre : Comedy