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- StarsLizzie FreemanAleks LeShun HorieAfter being dumped by his girlfriend, a college student enlists a dating service to "rent" a girlfriend who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be both a fellow student and his neighbor.
- StarsMasaaki SakaiShirô KishibeMasako NatsumeAn adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a pilgrimage to the West undertaken by a monk and his divine guardians.
- DirectorAlex LanchesterStarsDavid AttenboroughDiego ArayaDawson DunningExplore ice worlds born of altitude. Found on every continent, these icy 'islands in the sky' pose a range of challenges for the animals who choose to live there.
- CreatorTatsuo YoshidaStarsKatsuji MoriPeter FernandezCorinne OrrTeenager Gô Mifune aspires to be the world's best race-car champion with the help of his friends, family and his father's high-tech race-car, the Mach 5.
- DirectorHiroyasu IshidaYô WatanabeStarsMutsumi TamuraAsami SetoAyumu MuraseFollows two childhood friends who drift into a mysterious sea with an entire housing complex.
- StarsKaiji TangS. Hiroshi WatanabeToshiyuki MorikawaFollow Jin Kazama and his fight to become one of the best fighters in the King of the Iron Fist tournament.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsShin'ichi ChibaKyôsuke MachidaYuriko AzumaA man with a special power attempts to help a cursed woman.
- DirectorDaisuke NishioStarsMasako NozawaHiromi TsuruNaoki TatsutaGoku and his friends must stop King Gurumes from destroying the city for blood rubies and gathering the seven Dragon Balls.
- DirectorDavid LeitchStarsBrad PittJoey KingAaron Taylor-JohnsonFive assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet train find out that their missions have something in common.
- DirectorHideki TakayamaStarsChristopher CourageRebel JoySonny WeilThe relative coexistence of the human world, demon world and beast world is soon to be disrupted by The Overfiend, an immensely powerful demon who'll be reborn after 3000 years to remake the world to his own liking.
- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraKoji HashimotoShûsuke KanekoStarsMasahiro MatsuokaRei KikukawaDon FryeGodzilla's fiftieth Anniversary project, in which Godzilla travels around the world to fight his old foes and his allies plus a new, mysterious monster named Monster X.
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoKotomi KyônoKayoko KishimotoBeat Takeshi, a prominent actor, meets a lookalike named Kitano, who is a struggling actor, but after the meeting, Kitano's dreams take a violent, surreal turn.
- DirectorRobert Allan AckermanStarsBrittany MurphyToshiyuki NishidaTammy BlanchardAn American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
- DirectorYukiko MishimaStarsKahoTasuku EmotoShôtarô MamiyaToko Suguri is married and they have a lovely daughter. She doesn't have any major problems in her life. One day, Toko Suguri meets her former lover, Akihiko Kurata, at a friend's wedding. They haven't seen each other in ten years. Toko Suguri indulges in a sexual relationship with Akihiko Kurata.
- DirectorIshirô HondaJun FukudaStarsAkira KuboJun TazakiYukiko KobayashiIn 1999, a race of she-aliens, the Kilaaks, brainwash Earth's monsters into attacking major cities, prompting a team of astronauts to stop the invaders while the monsters battle Ghidorah.
- CreatorSatoshi MizukamiStarsJunya EnokiKenjirô TsudaKent WilliamsThe world is in mortal peril. A high school boy has suddenly given a mission of finding the princess Samidare and protecting the planet from incredible "Biscuit Hammer".
- DirectorTetsuro KodamaStarsMasako NozawaAya HisakawaRyô HorikawaThe Red Ribbon Army from Goku's past has returned with two new androids to challenge him and his friends.
- DirectorShûichi HirokawaYoshiaki KawajiriStarsToshio FurukawaMami KoyamaChikao ÔtsukaA farmboy stumbles upon the Lens, an artifact which grants him fantastic powers and contains vital information that may allow the Galactic Fleet to defeat the evil Boskone Empire.
- DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungCharlie ChinStanley Sui-Fan FungMuscles, cop from Hong Kong, is in Japan chasing a bad HK cop. His cop partner gets taken by the ninja gang. Muscles gets his 5 old no-good friends from the orphanage to help find the bad cop. Lots of comedy and kung-fu fighting follows.
- StarsJames MayYujiro TaniyamaPaolo DamianoJames May embarks on a remarkable journey across Japan, from its icy north to its balmy south. He'll see the sights, meet the locals, and eat the noodles in a bid to truly understand the Land of the Rising Sun.
- DirectorJun'ichi SatôTomotaka ShibayamaStarsMirai ShidaNatsuki HanaeJohnny Yong BoschMiyo Sasaki is in love with her classmate Kento Hinode and tries repeatedly to get Kento's attention by transforming into a cat, but at some point, the boundary between herself and the cat becomes ambiguous.
- StarsKikunosuke ToyaRyan Colt LevyTomori KusunokiFollowing a betrayal, a young man left for dead is reborn as a powerful devil-human hybrid after merging with his pet devil and is soon enlisted into an organization dedicated to hunting devils.
- StarsKishô TaniyamaTomori KusunokiErin YvetteWhen evil forces threaten to resurrect Anthrasax, the God of Destruction, the Kingdom of Meta-llicana calls on a volatile dark wizard for help.
- StarsKevin McCloudKevin McCloud returns to a unique Japanese-Welsh fusion home in the Wye Valley.
- DirectorLloyd RichardsStarsShizuko HoshiMakoJesse DizonA Japanese American immigrant family struggling with hardships in the Pacific Northwest faces an unjust government order that will strip them of their liberties and livelihood because of their race.
- StarsNolan NorthRobbie DaymondAli HillisIn the distant future, human beings have been forced to leave earth and migrate to another galaxy. An advanced team of spacecraft arrives at a planet that is to be terraformed. Each member of the team is output by a biological 3D printer.
- StarsTakehiro HiraKelly MacdonaldYôsuke KubozukaA detective from Tokyo scours London for his missing brother, who's been involved with the Yakuza and accused of murder.
- CreatorAneko YusagiStarsKaito IshikawaAsami SetoRina HidakaA gamer is magically summoned into a parallel universe, where he is chosen as one of four heroes destined to save the world from its prophesied doom.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTadanobu AsanoNao ÔmoriShin'ya TsukamotoAs sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.
- 2019– 58mTV-MA9.0 (15K)TV EpisodeDirectorSteve BoyumStarsKarl UrbanJack QuaidAntony StarrThe Boys take to the high seas to safeguard their prisoner. Homelander plays house, then pushes Ryan over the edge. Starlight is forced to make an impossible choice. Stormfront reveals her true character.
- DirectorLiz FriedlanderStarsKarl UrbanJack QuaidAntony StarrButcher is back with the Boys, but tensions flare with Hughie. Homelander spends quality time with his new "family." Starlight and Stormfront bond at a press junket and the Boys hunt down a super terrorist with a startling identity.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsCharles BronsonToshirô MifuneAlain DelonIn 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword meant as a gift for the U.S. President, prompting a manhunt to retrieve it.
- DirectorFrederick E.O. ToyeStarsKarl UrbanJack QuaidAntony StarrOn a very special episode of The Boys... an hour of guts, gutterballs, airplane hijackings, madness, ghosts, and one very intriguing Female. Oh, and lots of heart -- both in the sentimental sense, and in the gory literal sense.
- DirectorOsamu DezakiStarsTetsurô SagawaGorô NayaToshiko FujitaAfter killing the son of a powerful oil tycoon, an infamous hit-man is targeted by American governmental forces and superhuman killers.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsHideki SasakiMasashi AmenomoriKeiko YokozawaA cellist in a small orchestra receives help from animals to help him practice his music.
- DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsTatsuya FujiKazuko YoshiyukiTakahiro TamuraA married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well. After a while, his ghost comes to haunt them while the local gossip grows stronger.
- DirectorMasahiro ShinodaStarsHiromi GôShima IwashitaShohei HinoThe tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences are very important. Gonza competes with Bannojo for the honor to perform the tea ceremony to celebrate the birth of an heir to the lord of their clan. To see the sacred tea scrolls Gonza promises to marry the daughter of the family which possesses them, even though he is unofficially engaged to another. When studying the scrolls with Osai, the mother of the house, Bannajo sneaks into the house and steals their obis and runs through the town proclaiming the two as adulterers.
- CreatorHiroyuki TakeiStarsYôko HikasaTara SandsMasahiko TanakaShaman King follows the adventures of a 13-year-old shaman and his teammate a samurai warrior spirit, who traverse the world fighting evil spirits and misguided shamans on their journey to be the next Shaman King.
- DirectorJay WertzStarsCameron MitchellLeo FongVic Silayan1945: the Philippines. Several members of a platoon of American soldiers not only kill a Japanese general, but also rape and murder the man's wife. The couple's son, Kimon, witnesses these ghastly events and vows revenge. Thirty-three years later the platoon get back together in Manila for a reunion. The adult Kimon also shows up to pick off the platoon members who are responsible for butchering his parents.
- DirectorSiu-Tung ChingStarsNorman ChuDamian LauFlora Chong-LeenThe best sword master from China vs the best sword master from Japan. Who will win?
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiFumio WatanabeYukie KagawaAfter spending a year in solitary confinement, Matsu escapes from prison with six more convicts, followed by the guards led by the vengeful warden who wants her dead at all costs.
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiMikio NaritaReisen RiMatsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.
- DirectorYûgo SerikawaStarsMasao KomatsuBanjô GingaHôsei KomatsuJapanese animated adaptation of Marvel's "The Monster of Frankenstein" comic book series.
- DirectorToyoo AshidaStarsKaneto ShiozawaMichie TomizawaSeizô KatôWhen Doris Lang is chosen as the next bride for the vampire Count Magnus Lee, she will hire a mysterious vampire hunter known only as D in an attempt to escape her ill-gotten fate.
- DirectorRobert HoustonKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaKayo MatsuoMinoru ÔkiWhen the wife of the Shogun's Decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death.
- Featuring sit-down interviews with experts and historians, follows the story of the Japanese American soldiers of WWII who fought for the ideals of American democracy.
- DirectorEiichi YamamotoStarsAiko NagayamaChinatsu NakayamaMasaya TakahashiAfter being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiRie YokoyamaYayoi WatanabeAfter being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
- DirectorToyoo AshidaStarsAkira KamiyaYuriko YamamotoKenji UtsumiIn a post-nuclear hellscape, a master of the deadly martial art "Hokuto Shinken" allies with two kids and an expert in "Nanto Suicho-Ken" to battle the tyrants who kidnapped his lover.
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsMeiko KajiToshio KurosawaMasaaki DaimonA strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
- CreatorKeigo MakiStarsSaori ÔnishiShuichiro UmedaNatsu YoritaShikimori seems like the perfect girlfriend. But she has a cool dark side that comes out under the right circumstances. And her boyfriend Izumi loves to be around when that happens.
- StarsAi KayanoSayaka ÔharaAki Toyosaki"I can see it. The way I can win..." "This time I will beat him. So come at me again... accept! 'Bloom, gambler of souls!'" In New Kyoto, a city governed by the "King," one's worth is determined by his or her strength in the Build Divide trading card game. Rumors swirl about New Kyoto and its King. "If you defeat the King in Build Divide, any wish will be fulfilled." And in order to challenge the King, one must participate in the TCG battle known as Rebuild, and the "Key" must be completed. Everyone has a wish they long to have fulfilled. Teruto Kurabe, a boy who vows to take down the King, and Sakura Banka, the mysterious girl who guides him, throw themselves into the Rebuild battle. With New Kyoto as the stage, the curtain rises and the battle begins for Teruto and his friends!
- StarsTakuya EguchiAtsumi TanezakiAlex OrganA spy on an undercover mission gets married and adopts a child as part of his cover. His wife and daughter have secrets of their own, and all three must strive to keep together.
- StarsVincent TongSabrina PitreJason SimpsonDai is the only human living on the island and his dream is to grow up to be a hero.
- CreatorMiki YoshikawaStarsLindsay SheppardJacob EisemanNicholas Andrew LouieTwo children who got swapped at birth grow up to become engaged to each other. It's an arrangement neither of them like, at first.
- DirectorKimio YabukiStarsKeiko TakeshitaTarô ShigakiAsao KoikeA prince falls in love with a princess cursed to change into a swan by day, but their love is threatened by the sorcerer who keeps her imprisoned.
- DirectorRintarôStarsMasako NozawaMasako IkedaYôko AsagamiThe adventures of a brave young boy who travels from planet to planet in a determined quest to avenge his mother's death.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaGô KatôYûko HamaOgami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
- DirectorMasahiro ShinodaStarsShima IwashitaYoshio HaradaTomoko NaraokaA blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed while she tours the country, even though the modern world imposes changes on people's behavior.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsYasuo YamadaEiko MasuyamaKiyoshi KobayashiA dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid cop struggle to free a princess from an evil count, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to.
- DirectorClara KuperbergJulia KuperbergStarsJoseph McBrideNancy Wang YuenTamlyn TomitaA history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
- DirectorHeather LenzStarsYayoi KusamaArtist Yayoi Kusama and experts discuss her life and work, from her modest beginnings in Japan to becoming an internationally renowned artist.
- DirectorSôshi MasumotoStarsMarika ItôDaichi KanekoYumi KawaiA schoolgirl, underwhelmed by the rom-com being made by the Film Club, sets out with her friends to make a samurai film to compete with it. First step: convince a mysterious stranger to play the lead.
- DirectorTetsuo YajimaStarsSarah NatochennyKimlinh TranEdward BoscoThe story of Koko, a young boy raised by Pokémon, and the creation of a new bond between humans and Pokémon.
- DirectorKate TsangStarsMiya CechRhea PerlmanLeonardo NamA teenage delinquent teams up with a surly children's party magician to navigate her dysfunctional family and inner demons.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneIsuzu YamadaKyôko KagawaIn a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMasayuki MoriKyôko KagawaA vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsKen OgataMasayuki ShionoyaHiroshi MikamiA fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
- DirectorMamoru HosodaStarsKaho NakamuraRyo NaritaShôta SometaniSuzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.
- DirectorYasushi KawamuraKei'ichi SatoStarsDaisuke OnoMao IchimichiTomohiro KakuAfter being brutally murdered in a subway station, a teen boy awakens to find himself resurrected by a strange computer named Gantz, and forced to fight a large force of invading aliens in Osaka.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsShûichirô MoriyamaTokiko KatôBunshi Katsura VIIn 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.
- StarsRen HanamiAndrew LeeKeisuke HoashiA dedicated journalist who doggedly pursues the truth about a government corruption scandal even as powerful enemies seek to neutralize her reporting.
- DirectorHiro MuraiStarsDonald GloverBrian Tyree HenryLaKeith StanfieldThe crew searches for Paper Boi's stolen phone after a concert in Budapest.
- DirectorHiro MuraiStarsDonald GloverBrian Tyree HenryLaKeith StanfieldAn office worker's world is turned upside down when he learns his past ancestors were slave owners.
- DirectorHiro MuraiStarsDonald GloverBrian Tyree HenryLaKeith StanfieldThe crew attends an exclusive party in London, where things aren't what they seem to be.
- DirectorHiro MuraiStarsDonald GloverBrian Tyree HenryLaKeith StanfieldThe crew is in Amsterdam for a Paper Boi concert, which ends up being cancelled due to an age old local tradition. Van and Darius go on an adventure which takes them to a bizarre funeral.
- DirectorHiro MuraiStarsDonald GloverBrian Tyree HenryLaKeith StanfieldA young kid winds up in foster care and discovers the horrors of living with a lesbian farmers market couple.
- CreatorMitsuo IsoStarsAdam McArthurRay ChaseColleen O'ShaughnesseyIn 2045, two children born on the moon and three kids from Earth try to survive after an accident on their space station leaves them stranded.
- DirectorTomoka NagaokaStarsMinami TakayamaWakana YamazakiMegumi HayashibaraAfter being recovered from a pirate ship sunk in the nineteenth century off the coast of Singapore.
- CreatorJ.T. RogersStarsAnsel ElgortKen WatanabeRachel KellerA Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.
- StarsToshinari FukamachiWakana MaruokaNazeeh TarshaAfter achieving his ambitions as ruler, a legendary demon lord seeks new challenges. Reborn in modern times as an ordinary human, his great power appears godlike compared to the weak people around him.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsKippei ShînaShinnosuke MitsushimaKyoko HinamiA small group of student filmmakers and a shy young girl with strict parents are simultaneously manipulated, seduced and abused by an older man. They follow his bidding, even when murder is involved.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsBeckyBengalMasayuki DeaiA young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.
- DirectorHideaki AnnoShinji HiguchiStarsHiroki HasegawaYutaka TakenouchiSatomi IshiharaJapan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.
- DirectorAtsuko HirayanagiStarsShinobu TerajimaSoseki YamatoyaMiyu YagyuA lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class, where she discovers her alter-ego, Lucy.
- DirectorDavid ZellnerStarsRinko KikuchiNobuyuki KatsubeKanako HigashiA jaded Japanese woman discovers a hidden copy of Fargo (1996) on VHS, believing it to be a treasure map indicating the location of a large case of money.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHideaki AnnoHidetoshi NishijimaMiori TakimotoJiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsAndrew GarfieldAdam DriverLiam NeesonIn the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
- DirectorYoshiaki KawajiriStarsKôichi YamaderaEmi ShinoharaTakeshi AonoA vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers - led by a ghost from his past - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.
- DirectorYoshiyuki KishiStarsMasaki SudaYang Ik-joonDendenThe year is 2021 and years of mismanagement have left Japan a broken society riddled with poverty and underemployment. Kenji is visibly disabled and has an inferiority complex. Shinji is released from prison and has time in his hands. They both coincidentally sign up at a club for boxing and soon become friends.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsShinchô KokonteiMakoto NonomuraYuriko IshidaA community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
- DirectorTaichi IshidateStarsRisa TanedaKenichiro OhashiMinori ChiharaSet one year later after the events of the anime series with an all new original story.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsKazunari NinomiyaKanata HongôKen'ichi MatsuyamaAfter trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
- DirectorYoshiyuki KishiStarsMasaki SudaYang Ik-joonAkari KinoshitaIn the sequel to the first part, which was released simultaneously to this film, Shinji and Kenji join a boxing club. The former is just released from a prison for young offenders. The latter has a speech disability and suffers both physically and psychologically as a result. They meet and form a bond as Japanese society of 2021 breaks down around them due to the sins of capitalism and shortsightedness.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuya FujiwaraAki MaedaTarô YamamotoIn the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKoji YakushoTakayuki YamadaYûsuke IseyaA group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
- CreatorSatoshi TajiriJun'ichi MasudaKen SugimoriStarsVeronica TaylorRachael LillisEric StuartCovering the continuing adventures of series protagonist Ash Ketchum and Pikachu, and his best friend Brock, the two meet a new coordinator named Dawn, who travels with them through Sinnoh and enters Pokemon Contests.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsBryan CranstonKoyu RankinEdward NortonSet in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.
- DirectorChao-Bin SuStarsChang ChenYôsuke EguchiKarena Kar-Yan LamIn Taipei, the crippled scientist Hashimoto uses his invention of "Menger Sponge" to capture the energy of the spirit of a child in an old building. He invites the specialist in reading lips, Detective Tung, to join his research team that is studying the phenomenon to understand the movements of the lips of the ghost. Hashimoto is trying to disclose why the energy of the ghost does not dissipate, and Tung discovers the identity and the dramatic story of the boy. He was sick with tumors and was killed by his own mother and buried nearby a nuclear plant. Hashimoto deduces that the rage of the boy for his mother associated to the location where the body was buried were the reason to keep the energy. When the government decides to shutdown the research, Hashimoto becomes insane and takes the spirit with him.
- DirectorHironobu SakaguchiMotonori SakakibaraStarsAlec BaldwinSteve BuscemiMing-Na WenA scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms.