Isao Hashizume

Destiny: Kamakura Monogatari

Destiny: Kamakura Monogatari

Destiny: Kamakura Monogatari

IMDb: 6.3
2017
129min

Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a cheerful publishing assistant who moves into town after marrying Masakazu, a popular mystery writer. Akiko is surprised by the unusual town but enjoys the new curiosities surrounding her. However, just as she was beginning to settle in, a trifling incident sweeps her spirit to the underworld too soon. Convinced that destiny has something else in store for his wife, Masakazu journeys into the underworld to bring back Akiko’s spirit.

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Chihôshi wo kau Onna: Sakka Sugimoto Ryûji no Suiri

Chihôshi wo kau Onna: Sakka Sugimoto Ryûji no Suiri

Chihôshi wo kau Onna: Sakka Sugimoto Ryûji no Suiri

IMDb: 5.8
2016
108min

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light…

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Haha to kuraseba

Haha to kuraseba

Haha to kuraseba

IMDb: 7.3
2015
130min

Nobuko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son appears in front of her again. Since that time, Koji (Kazunari Ninomiya) appears in front of her and they reminiscence about pleasant times. These happy, but bizarre moments seem eternal.

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Sen’ya ichiya monogatari

Sen’ya ichiya monogatari

Sen’ya ichiya monogatari

IMDb: 6.4
1969
128min

Beautifully constructed, 1001 Nights stays true to the lush and mysterious backdrop of the well known and age old story. Tezuka remolds the story into an escapist fantasy where a 60s-era working man is transported back to an era of entirely fictitious Arabian details. Seemingly at odds with itself, 1001 Nights consistently unfolds in a way that combines Playboy graphics, Arabian rug design and traditional Japanese scroll paintings. Sound like a strange mix? You bet and along the way we experience some of the great cultural juxtapositions that makes Tezuka the unpredictable style it is. Source: MAL

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The Third Murder

The Third Murder

The Third Murder

IMDb: 6.7
2017
124min

Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending Misumi in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened.

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What a Wonderful Family!

What a Wonderful Family!

What a Wonderful Family!

IMDb: 7.0
2016
108min

A husband (Isao Hashizume) and wife (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) 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.

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The Little House

The Little House

The Little House

IMDb: 7.3
2014
136min

Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.

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I Wish

I Wish

I Wish

IMDb: 7.4
2011
127min

Two young brothers at opposite ends of Kyushu devise a magical plan to reunite their separated parents in Hirokazu Koreeda’s benign and superbly acted picture of family life.

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