Japan Film Festival 2019
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1. The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)
76 min | Horror
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Shigeru Amachi, Noriko Kitazawa, Katsuko Wakasugi, Shuntarô Emi
Votes: 1,819
2. Peony Lantern (1968)
89 min | Horror
On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu. Not knowing she's a ghost, he becomes infatuated by her.
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Kôjirô Hongô, Miyoko Akaza, Mayumi Ogawa, Kô Nishimura
Votes: 212
3. Kwaidan (1964)
Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
Director: Masaki Kobayashi | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama
Votes: 20,002
4. Black Cat Mansion (1958)
69 min | Drama, Horror
The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of those murdered by the samurai is trying to kill her.
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Toshio Hosokawa, Midori Chikuma, Yuriko Ejima, Fujie Satsuki
Votes: 499
5. And Your Bird Can Sing (2018)
106 min | Drama
A love triangle that captures all the magic and melancholy of a summer, concentrating on the fleeting moments and encounters experienced by its three protagonists.
Director: Shô Miyake | Stars: Tasuku Emoto, Shizuka Ishibashi, Tomomitsu Adachi, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 779
6. Blue Hour (2019)
92 min | Drama
Thirty-year-old professional woman Sunada is a commercial agency director in Tokyo Japan. However, despite what others may think, she is unhappy with her job, career trajectory or the ... See full summary »
Director: Yuko Hakota | Stars: Denden, Shim Eun-kyung, Kaho, Daisuke Kuroda
Votes: 275
7. Tonde Saitama (2019)
106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In a world where people are discriminated based on their birthplace, a resident of the much-reviled Saitama Prefecture embarks on a revolutionary campaign to improve things for his home.
Director: Hideki Takeuchi | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Gackt, Yûsuke Iseya, Brother Tom
Votes: 849
8. What Is Love? (2018)
123 min | Drama, Romance
Twenty-eight-year-old office lady Teruko is head over heels with Mamoru. The sting of love is so strong that she has all but ignored her friends, home and work. Her family and friends are ... See full summary »
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi | Stars: Yukino Kishii, Ryo Narita, Mai Fukagawa, Ryûya Wakaba
Votes: 624
9. My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler (2018)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Pro wrestling champion Hiroshi makes his debut as the gentle dad to nine-year-old Shota, whose understanding of goodies versus baddies is challenged when he discovers his father is actually the despicable heel wrestler Cockroach Mask.
Director: Kyôhei Fujimura | Stars: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yoshino Kimura, Kokoro Terada, Yasushi Fuchikami
Votes: 256
10. Ride Your Wave (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A surfer and firefighter meet and fall in love.
Director: Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Ryôta Katayose, Rina Kawaei, Honoka Matsumoto, Kentarô Itô
Votes: 4,149
11. Tower of the Sun (2018)
112 min | Documentary
Taro OKAMOTO became world-famous by designing the "Tower of the Sun" at the Expo '70 in Osaka. The ideas and problems that came with its creation, however, are intertwined with the ... See full summary »
Director: Kôsai Sekine | Star: Taro Okamoto
Votes: 22
12. The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)
100 min | Music, Comedy
In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit and who was entrusted with the mission to turn an album by Haruo Chikada into a musical film.
Director: Macoto Tezuka | Stars: Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyôko Togawa, Issay
Votes: 626
13. Born Bone Born (2018)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
It is the anniversary of the death of the wife and mother of an Okinawan family and the Shinjos have congregated back on the island. It is time to honour the dead by practicing the ritual ... See full summary »
Director: Gori | Stars: Ayame Misaki, Eiji Okuda, Michitaka Tsutsui
Votes: 65
14. Kakegurui (2019)
TV-MA | 119 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Hyakaou Academy is an institute where the academic ranking is based on the pupils' gambling winnings. Yumeko is new to the academy. Her pretty enchantress looks are only surpassed by her voracious appetite to gamble it all and win it all.
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Minami Hamabe, Mahiro Takasugi, Aoi Morikawa, Yurika Nakamura
Votes: 692
15. Kingdom (2019)
R | 134 min | Action, History, War
In ancient China, a young boy dreams of becoming the greatest general of the Qin Kingdom.
Director: Shinsuke Sato | Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Ryô Yoshizawa, Masami Nagasawa, Kanna Hashimoto
Votes: 4,106
16. Little Love Song (2019)
123 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A popular high school band is scouted by a Tokyo-based record company. The band is involved in a car accident, however, shattering many hopes. The band receives a demo tape from a girl who lives on the navy base. They are reinvigorated.
Director: Kôjirô Hashimoto | Stars: Katrina Bourdo, Leigh Carmichael, Tomiko Claire, Kazuhiko Kanayama
Votes: 189
17. Rent a Friend (2018)
78 min | Drama, Romance
A Japanese office girl past her prime has hopes and dreams for a career, but an unexpected twist to her job storyline brings self doubt, hurt and complex emotional turmoil; as only a young person can dream and understand.
Director: Mayu Akiyama | Stars: Sumire Ashina, Atsushi Hashimoto, Tomoko Nozaki, Eri Tokunaga
Votes: 70
18. Samurai Shifters (2019)
120 min | Comedy, History
The noble Katagiri Harunosuke is both a warrior and a scholar. He is a samurai in the employment of his lord or Daimyo and also a bookworm. His newest and somewhat surprising task is to ... See full summary »
Director: Isshin Inudô | Stars: Gaku Hamada, Gen Hoshino, Yutaka Matsushige, Masahiko Nishimura
Votes: 292
19. Dance with Me (2019)
103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is treated by a hypnotist and left under the spell. Thereafter she cannot but sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever.... See full summary »
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Ayaka Miyoshi, Yû Yashiro, Chay, Takahiro Miura
Votes: 845
20. A Banana? At This Time of Night? (2018)
120 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A man is immobile and incapacitated, but has professional and nonprofessional volunteers serve and help him. Though, he takes full advantage of the situation and uses and abuses the volunteer crew.
Director: Tetsu Maeda | Stars: Chie Ayado, Kotone Furukawa, Masato Hagiwara, Mieko Harada
Votes: 313
21. My Father, the Bride (2019)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Tokachan is a lady in Tokyo who travels back to her hometown on the anniversary of her mother's death. She is surprised when she is introduced to a man as the latest addition to the family.
Director: Momoko Fukuda | Stars: Honoka Matsumoto, Shô Kasamatsu, Serena Motola, Yûgo Mikawa
Votes: 41
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