Tokyo! (2008) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb

TOKYO!

director: Bong Joon Ho / Leos Carax … actor: Ayako Fujitani / Ryo Kase …

other title: Tóquio! / Tokio! …

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.

Penguin Highway (2018) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData

ペンギン・ハイウェイ

director: Hiroyasu Ishida actor: Kana Kita / Rie Kugimiya …

other title: Penguin Highway: O Mistério dos Pinguins / Le mystère des pingouins …

A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.

Kou Kou Kyoushi (2003) [TV] TMDB

高校教师

actor: Naohito Fujiki / Aya Ueto …

other title: 高校教师

Hina, a student at Nikko High School, goes out one evening with her classmate Beniko. They get split up and Hina ends up in a strange meeting with a man named Ikumi in a game arcade. The next day, Ikumi turns up as the new teacher at her school. Ikumi doesn't seem to recognize Hina but the wheels of fate are slowly moving to reunite them in what is a passionate story of forbidden love.

Tekkonkinkreet (2006) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban

鉄コン筋クリート

director: Michael Arias actor: Kazunari Ninomiya / Yūsuke Iseya …

other title: Tekkonkinkreet - Soli contro tutti / Tekkon Kinkreet …

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.

Tiger and Dragon (2005) [TV] IMDb TMDB

タイガー＆ドラゴン

6.4 (5 ratings) actor: Tomoya Nagase / Junichi Okada …

other title: タイガー＆ドラゴン / Tiger & Dragon

A young yakuza thug apprentices with an indebted comic "rakugo" performer, whose not-so-fashionable son runs a clothes shop in the Harajuku backstreets.

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData

るろうに剣心

director: Keishi Otomo actor: Takeru Satoh / Emi Takei …

other title: Rurouni Kenshin / Kenshin - O Samurai Errante - Origens …

In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.

Tokyo Ghoul (2017) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb

東京喰種 トーキョーグール

director: Kentaro Hagiwara actor: Masataka Kubota / Yoshiko Sengen …

other title: Tokyo ghoul - Il film / Tokyo Ghoul - The Movie …

A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.

铁人28号 真人版 (2005) [Movie] NeoDB Douban

鉄人28号

director: 冨樫森 actor: 池松壮亮 / 蒼井優 …

other title: 鉄人28号 / 铁人28号

自第二次世界大战落败以来，心有不甘的日本军方开始秘密进行新式武器的研发。在政府的支持下，科学家金田正一郎（阿部寛 饰）制造出威猛无比的铁人28号。出于和平的考虑，正一郎最终选择将28号封禁在一个无人小岛之上。转眼十年过去，正一郎已经离开这个世界，只留下儿子正太郎（池松壮亮 饰）和妻子阳子（薬師丸ひろ子 饰）相依为命。某天，一个巨大的机器人降临东京，并对城市进行大肆破坏。人类的命运危在旦夕，童年时曾目睹过28号的正太郎相信，只有这个被父亲封存起来的机器人才能拯救地球……
本片根据漫画家横山光辉的同名原著改编，并荣获2006年《电影旬报》最佳女配角奖（薬師丸ひろ子）、2006年横滨电影节最佳摄影和最佳女配角奖（同上）。

One Million Yen Girl (2008) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData

百万円と苦虫女

director: Yuki Tanada actor: Yu Aoi / Ryusei Saito …

other title: 百万円と苦虫女

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.

Honey and Clover (2006) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb

ハチミツとクローバー

director: Masahiro Takata actor: Sho Sakurai / Yu Aoi …

other title: Honey & Clover / ハチミツとクローバー …

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.

What a Wonderful Family! (2016) [Movie]

家族はつらいよ

director: Yoji Yamada actor: Isao Hashizume / Kazuko Yoshiyuki …

other title: 家族はつらいよ / What a wonderful family! …

A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.

Wife of a Spy (2020) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban

スパイの妻

director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Yu Aoi / Issey Takahashi …

other title: La moglie della spia / スパイの妻 …

It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.

Redline (2010) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban

レッドライン

director: Takeshi Koike actor: Takuya Kimura / Yu Aoi …

other title: 红线 / 超时空甩尾(台) …

The most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe is held only once every five years. And that's tonight. The competitors are lined up at the starting block. In his vehicle, JP, the most daredevil driver on the circuit, is ready for the green light. Female driver Sonoshee, with whom he is secretly in love, is also on the starting line. She will stop at nothing to get on to that podium. In this race, not only is anything possible, but also anything is allowed. In fact, their adversaries have modified their vehicles to equip them with highly destructive weapons; with such participants, it is hardly surprising that Redline is forbidden by the authorities, who will try anything to halt the proceedings.

The Case of Hana & Alice (2015) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban

花とアリス殺人事件

director: Shunji Iwai actor: Yu Aoi / Anne Suzuki …

other title: Hana e Alice - Il caso di omicidio / O Caso de Ana e Alice …

After transferring to Ishinomori Middle School, Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa overhears her classmates discussing a strange rumor. The previous occupant of her seat, a nondescript "Judas," is missing and presumed murdered. Amidst dealing with her mother's undesired meddling in her affairs and warding off her classmates' bullying, the troubled Alice starts to investigate the mystery surrounding Judas' disappearance. The trail of clues leads her to the house of her next-door neighbor, the quirky and reclusive Hana Arai.

Journey to the Shore (2015) [Movie] TMDB IMDb

岸辺の旅

director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Eri Fukatsu / Tadanobu Asano …

other title: Kishibe no tabi / 岸辺の旅 …

Mizuki’s husband Yusuke went missing for 3 years. He suddenly comes back home one day and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel. While travelling together, Misuki sees, touches and feels what Yusuke did for those 3 years.

Penance (2012) [TV] TMDB

贖罪

director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa actor: Kyoko Koizumi / Yu Aoi …

other title: 贖罪 / Sühne …

The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with all claim not to remember the identity of the killer. In her anger, she puts a curse on them.

All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData Douban

リリイ・シュシュのすべて

8.1 (13 ratings) director: Shunji Iwai actor: Hayato Ichihara / Shugo Oshinari …

other title: Todo sobre Lily / リリイ・シュシュのすべて …

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.

Killing (2018) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban

斬、

director: Shinya Tsukamoto actor: Sosuke Ikematsu / Yu Aoi …

other title: 斬、 / Zan - Killing …

In Edo period Japan, a lone ronin spends time in a village helping the farmers tend to their land. To keep his sword skills sharp, he spars daily with a farmer's son. Meanwhile, the nation is in the midst of major unrest with civil war on the horizon. One day, a group of outlaw ronin enters the village.

Hana & Alice (2004) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB NeoDB Douban

花とアリス

8.1 (7 ratings) director: Shunji Iwai actor: Anne Suzuki / Yu Aoi …

other title: Ana e Alice / Hana et Alice …

Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers (2005) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban

亀は意外と速く泳ぐ

director: Satoshi Miki actor: Juri Ueno / Yu Aoi …

other title: Les Tortues nagent plus vite qu'on ne le croit / 亀は意外と速く泳ぐ

Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement in her life, she decides to give them a call.