Search results for "Misako Watanabe"
Bare Essence of Life

Bare Essence of Life

Bare Essence of Life
IMDb: 5.9
120

Youjin is a quirky young man living in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Yojin has a difficult time sitting still and can’t focus on extended conversations. His life revolves around farming his…

Genre: Drama
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
IMDb: 7.4
142

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku – Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton…

Genre: Drama
Hungry Soul, Part II

Hungry Soul, Part II

Hungry Soul, Part II
IMDb: 6.9
97

A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow….

Genre: Drama, Romance
A Slope in the Sun

A Slope in the Sun

A Slope in the Sun
IMDb: 7.2
209

The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her…

Genre: Romance
Lullaby to Kill

Lullaby to Kill

Lullaby to Kill
IMDb: 6.8
144

Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
With Beauty and Sorrow

With Beauty and Sorrow

With Beauty and Sorrow
IMDb: 6.8
106

When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager–and then wrote a bestselling novel about it–reappears in her life, her pupil–and lesbian lover–hatches a plot to destroy…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Rambling Guitarist

The Rambling Guitarist

The Rambling Guitarist
IMDb: 6.4
78

Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of a sinister gunman,…

Genre: Crime, Western
The Antique

The Antique

The Antique
IMDb: 5
121

Shioriko Shinokawa (Haru Kuroki) runs an old book store in Kamakura. She is exceptionally passionate and knowledgeable about books, but shy when not talking about books. She works with a…

Genre: Mystery
Temptation

Temptation

Temptation
IMDb: 6.7
91

Shokichi, a shop owner and middle-aged widower, could never forget your first love. The second floor of the shop is an art gallery where his avant-garde daughter and other young…

Genre: Comedy
Youth of the Beast

Youth of the Beast

Youth of the Beast
IMDb: 7.4
92

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo’s underworld explodes with violence.

Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Kwaidan
IMDb: 8
183

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning “ghost story,” this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The Inheritance

The Inheritance

The Inheritance
IMDb: 7.3
108

On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown to his family and colleagues. A…

Genre: Drama