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Shijuukara (2022)

Watanuki Shinobu is a manga artist for the past 20 years. Despite being married and having a son, Shinobu lives her life unsatisfactorily. When Shinobu was about to give up her dreams and work, her past works became popular on ebooks and she decides to create a new work and recruit an assistant. A 22 year old young man named Tachibana Chiaki applied to be an assistant and Shinobu gradually finds her life moving forward again after a long time.

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Hold Me Back
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Hold Me Back(2020)

6.5
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133Minutes

Hold Me Back tells the story of a middle-aged man named Maku who has an imaginary friend named Huli. Maku is a talented cook and spends his days working at a hotel in Tokyo. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when he meets a young woman named Hanachi, who brings joy and adventure into his life. Together, they embark on a journey of self-discovery and love, facing obstacles along the way. This heartwarming film explores themes of age, imagination, and the power of human connections.

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Monster
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Monster(2013)

3.8
114Minutes

A woman has an ugly face. She has been called 'monster' since childhood. A case occurs in her town that leads to her being ejected and a relocation to Tokyo. She obtains plastic surgery and begins working as a prostitute. She makes some dough and extends the plastic surgery to her entire body. She changes her name and begins a new life. The perfect body leads her to think about men and her hometown.

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Tremble All You Want
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Tremble All You Want(2017)

6.7
117Minutes

Tremble All You Want follows the story of a woman named Yoshika, who is in her 30s and has never been in a relationship. She spends her time daydreaming and obsessing over a classmate from her high school days. When she finally gets the chance to be with him, she must confront her own insecurities and fears, leading to a journey of self-discovery and her first experience with love.

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Fantastic Girls
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Fantastic Girls(2015)

3.5
119Minutes

In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi, becomes a huge fan of Ayuko's manga and they become close friends. Due to an incident though, they drift apart. 30 years later, Ayuko is now a manga artist and comes back to Okayama to give a lecture at her former high school. There, Ayuko meets Takemi who is now a teacher.

Wedding High
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Wedding High(2022)

6.3
117Minutes

What's the biggest event for a couple? A wedding! The goofy but earnest Akito Ishikawa and the always cheerful Haruka Nitta are about to tie the knot. Thanks to the help of their wedding planner Nakagoshi, they've finally made it to the day of the wedding.

Tokyo Serendipity
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Tokyo Serendipity(2007)

6
113Minutes

Yui, a college student, moves in to her first own apartment, where she begins her new independent life in a big city. Soon after, the upstairs neighbor Takashi sparks her interest.

Tokyo Nameless Girl's Story
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Tokyo Nameless Girl's Story(2012)

4.4
97Minutes

University student Nozomi tries to get a job. Back in her hometown, she was lazy, but now Nozomi is used to the quicker pace of Tokyo. Nozomi is also experiencing problems with her boyfriend Kameyama, who seems to be travelling at a different speed in life and work. Meanwhile, Saeko works very hard in the advertising field and she is faithful to her boyfriend Tomoya. Yet, on their first year anniversary, Saeko hear's woman's voice on Tomoya's cellphone. Based on the anthology manga of the same name.

She Taught Me Serendipity
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She Taught Me Serendipity(2024)

6.1
127Minutes

The romance between a lonely college student and who seems to be the girl of his dreams is burdened by the sudden arrival of cruel fate.

Cosplay Detective
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Cosplay Detective(2009)

80Minutes
Marriage Hunting Beauty
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Marriage Hunting Beauty(2018)

5.6
89Minutes

Takako (Mei Kurokawa) is a beautiful woman in her 30's and she works as a designer. Takako has only had relationships with married men. She decides to change herself with the help of her manga artist friend Keiko (Asami Usuda). Takako signs up at a matchmaking site. Soon. Takako meets two men and she takes an interest in the two men. Meanwhile, Takako has an argument with her friend Keiko. (Asianwiki)

Houkago Lost
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Houkago Lost(2014)

4.2
104Minutes

Little Trip: Chairperson Ayako and Yuki, who sometimes skips school, become close. They run away. Rakugaki Uwagaki: Satomi used to be a member of art club, but she stopped drawing. Due to a cultural festival, she decides to draw again. Baion: Kuroi likes recording the sounds of daily life. One day, she meets Rika. Rika begins to enjoy recording the sounds of daily life with Kuroi.

My Sweet Grappa Remedies
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My Sweet Grappa Remedies(2019)

6.4
108Minutes

Yasuko Matsuyuki heads the cast of this drama about a 40-something woman who is happy with her single life but nevertheless starts dating a man who is 24 years her junior.

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Nagisa no koibito tachi
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Nagisa no koibito tachi(2016)

58Minutes
Igai to shinanai
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Igai to shinanai(1999)

42Minutes

Tsukiko is an elementary school teacher bitter about her students, parents, colleagues, and her best friend who enjoys a shotgun marriage. Tsukiko has only one path left to take.

Tadaima, Jacqueline
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Tadaima, Jacqueline(2013)

39Minutes

When Satoru (Shota Sometani) was 5-years-old, he became an orphan due to a bus accident. A ventriloquist doll was at the scene of the accident. Satoru suffered deep psychological trauma from the fatal accident. 13 years later, Satoru hears from Emi (Shuri), who grew up with Satoru at the orphanage, that a King of Comedy Festival will be held, but Sumiko (Michiyo Nakahara), the manager of the orphanage, is ill. Emi asks Satoru to perform as a ventriloquist at the festival. Satoru doesn't like the idea, but the ventriloquist doll from the fatal accident, is happy to perform with Satoru again.

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Akiko Ohku

Akiko Ōku (大九 明子, Ōku Akiko, born October 8, 1968), also romanised as Akiko Ohku, is a Japanese film director. Ōku was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa. In high school, she joined a rakugo group. While studying Politics and Economics at Meiji University, she was part of a student theatre troupe. After graduating, Ōku briefly had an office job at a subsidiary of the Ministry of Labour. She then entered a comedy acting school for one year and performed as stand-up comedian, and afterwards, at age 27, she entered Eigabi School, a film school where director Kiyoshi Kurosawa taught, among others. While still at film school, Ōku won a screenwriting contest with a script that would become her theatrical feature film debut as director, 意外と死なない (Igaito shinanai, literally "don't die unexpectedly"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Akiko Ōku, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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