Sinopsis: Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. For Masashi’s photography school graduation project, he replicates a funny family moment from his childhood as adults. The photo is…
Category: Japan
The Letters (2006) • Movie
Sinopsis: Focuses on two brothers who lost their parents when they were younger. The older brother works exhaustingly hard to earn enough money to send his younger brother to college. One day the older brother breaks into …
Cafe Funiculi Funicula (2018) • Movie
Sinopsis: Kazu Tokita works at the cafe “Funiculi Funicula,” which is run by her relative Nagare Tokita. A mysterious rumor about the cafe has been spread that if a customer takes a specific seat at the cafe, that cus…
Birthday Card (2016) • Movie
Sinopsis: Noriko lost her mother, Yoshie when she was only 10-years-old. Yoshie knew she would not be able to live long enough to see her children grow up and wrote birthday cards to her children in the future. Agonizing o…
Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru (2022–) • TVSeries
Sinopsis: High schooler Wakana Gojou cares about one thing: making Hina dolls. With nobody to share his obsession, he has trouble finding friends or even holding conversation. But after the school’s most popular girl, Marin Kitagawa, reveals a secret of her own, he discovers a new purpose for his sewing skills. Together, they’ll make her cosplay dreams come true.
Are You Ready? Hey You Girl! (2018) • Movie
Sinopsis: Furuya Towa is a handsome guy who has always had girl admirers, but has never had a girlfriend and remains a virgin. He resolves that he will get a girlfriend, and casually picks the cool and beautiful freshman M…
Moonlight Shadow (2021) • Movie
Sinopsis: Satsuki’s lover Hitoshi dies suddenly. She is unable to get over his death and is mired in deep sadness. Satsuki keeps thinking about the moon shadow phenomenon, which she heard about in the past. The moon shadow…
Danchigai (2015–) • TVSeries
Sinopsis: Danchigai presents the daily life of Haruki Nakano and his sisters, Mutsuki, Yayoi, Uzuki and Satsuki, who all share an apartment.
Rinko-san Wants to Try (2021) • TVSeries
Sinopsis: Amaki Rinko is 27-years-old and single. She works as a wedding planner and has been promoted to chief of wedding planners. She is recognized for her excellent work at her job and also as a person with a good hear…
Himeanoru (2016) • Movie
Sinopsis: Okada Susumu is an ordinary man who works cleaning a building. Susumu’s colleague asks Susumu to be a cupid of love between himself and cafe worker Yuka. When Susumu goes to the cafe where Yuka works at, he mee…
On the Street (2021) • Movie
Sinopsis: Arakawa Aoi works at a secondhand clothing store in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. He lives a simple life. In his free time, he likes to browse used bookstores or go to bars by himself. Things become more complicated when…
Narratage (2017) • Movie
Sinopsis: University student Izumi is contacted by her drama club advisor in high school, Hayama, who wants her to participate in the graduation performance for a younger club member. Izumi received the support of Hayama w…
Radiation House (2019) • TVSeries
Sinopsis: Igarashi Iori is a talented radiographer who believes the “truth” is definitely captured in CT and MRI images. He and radiologist Amakasu An work at a hospital’s radiology department where they determine th…
Shinbun Kisha (2022) • TVSeries
Sinopsis: Matsuda Anna is a dedicated journalist who doggedly pursues the truth about a government corruption scandal even as powerful enemies seek to neutralize her reporting. (Source: Netflix) Edit Translation…
Good Morning Call (2016) • TVSeries
Sinopsis: Yoshikawa Nao stays behind to live by herself when her parents leave to inherit her grandpa’s farm in the country. On the day she moves into her new apartment, she discovers that it was rented also to Uehara Hisa…
Assassination Classroom (2015) • Movie
Sinopsis: A mysterious creature destroys 70% of the moon. The creature then warns that if he is not destroyed by March of next year, Earth will be next. The creature also demands that he becomes the homeroom teacher for 3r…
Jigoku-no-Hanazono: Office Royale (2021) • Movie
Sinopsis: Tanaka Naoko is a 26-year-old OL; office lady. Her job is typical, but her workplace has fierce fights among different cliques. Other OLs are absorbed in the daily clique fighting. One day, due to an OL at the co…
Our Meal for Tomorrow (2017) • Movie
Sinopsis: A 7-year love story between Hayama Ryota and Uemura Koharu from their first date to eventual marriage. Ryota and Koharu are high school students. Ryota is indifferent to people and says very little. Koharu is not…
March Comes in Like a Lion 2 (2017) • Movie
Sinopsis: Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by himself in Tokyo, because his parents and younger sister died in a traffic accident…
March Comes in Like a Lion (2017) • Movie
Sinopsis: Kiriyama Rei is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by himself in Tokyo, because his parents and younger sister died in a…
Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together (2018) • Movie
Sinopsis: Nami is a 40-year-old housewife. She meets her high school friend Serika for the first time in many years, but Serika now has terminal cancer. Serika tells Nami that she wants to meet her old friends from the “Su…
Asakusa Kid (2021) • Movie
Sinopsis: In 1965, Takeshi Kitano drops out of a university and enters the Asakusa France Za, which is a performance theater. He becomes an apprentice to Senzaburo Fukami, who is a legendary entertainer. Senzaburo Fukami d…
Piece of Cake (2015) • Movie
Sinopsis: After leaving an abusive relationship, Shino decides to quit her job and move away to a new area. She gets a part-time job at a local shop and discovers the manager is also her new neighbor, Kyoshiro. Shino finds…
Trumpet of the Cliff (2016) • Movie
Sinopsis: Aoi studies photography at a school in Tokyo. She undergoes a heart transplant operation and goes to the island of Okinawa to recover. Her uncle lives on the island. There, she holds a camera and walks along the …
Tokyo Revengers (2021) • Movie
Sinopsis: Takemichi Hanagaki lives as a 26-year-old freeter. His life is basically miserable. One day, he learns from the news that Hinata Tachibana and her younger brother Naoto Tachibana were murdered by the Tokyo Manji …
Drive My Car (2021) • Movie
Sinopsis: Fukaku Yusuke is a stage actor and director. He is married to Oto, who works as a playwright. They have a happy marriage, but Oto suddenly disappears and leaves behind a secret. Two years later, Yusuke takes the…
Aristocrats (2021) • Movie
Sinopsis: Hanako Haibara was born and raised in the city of Tokyo. After she gets dumped by her boyfriend, while in her late 20’s, she goes on blind dates to find a man to marry. Miki Tokioka was born in a province. She st…