Japanese movies for language practice
Started 30/05/19. These are not all the Japaense movies I watched, only the ones I actually bothered to watch till the end and used to practice the language and learn new words. The J movies I watched without the intent of improving my Japanese, or didn't watch till the end, are not in this list, basically.
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- DirectorHideo NakataStarsHitomi KurokiRio KannoMirei OguchiA mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.
- DirectorEiichirô HasumiStarsMasahiro HigashideMackenyuAoi MorikawaThe Hiyama brothers work for a racing team. Naozumi's reckless driving causes friction with his brother Atsuhiro. An amnesiac man named Endo suddenly believes he is Naozumi, leading to more friction.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsTeruyuki KagawaKyôko KoizumiYû KoyanagiAn ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsYûya YagiraAyu KitauraHiei KimuraIn a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
- DirectorAkira NagaiStarsNana KomatsuYô ÔizumiNana SeinoAkira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsMasato HagiwaraKoji YakushoTsuyoshi UjikiA frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsKimiko IkegamiMiki JinboKumiko ÔbaA schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.
- DirectorTetsuya NakashimaStarsTakako MatsuYoshino KimuraMasaki OkadaA psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
- DirectorYôjirô TakitaStarsMasahiro MotokiRyôko HirosueTsutomu YamazakiSoon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.
- DirectorAbbas KiarostamiBanafsheh ModaressiStarsRin TakanashiTadashi OkunoRyô KaseIn Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsLily FrankySakura AndôKirin KikiOn the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsNoritake KinashiTakeru SatohKanata HongôAn middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.
- DirectorHiguchinskyStarsEriko HatsuneFhi FanHinako SaekiThe inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
- DirectorShin'ichirô UedaStarsTakayuki HamatsuYuzuki AkiyamaHarumi ShuhamaThings go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.
- DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsMasato SakaiMitsuki TakahataShin'ichi TsutsumiNot only is Kamakura-based Masakazu Isshiki a mystery novelist, but he is also a good detective himself. His wife Akiko and he are acquainted with all manners of creatures and gods who are of, from or passing through the town. Dealing with and tackling his cases means he can use all the help he can get.
- DirectorHitoshi ÔneStarsTakeru SatohRyunosuke KamikiNana KomatsuMoritaka Mashiro, a junior high student, forgets his notebook in class. His classmate Akito Takagi, notes Mashiro's drawings in it and asks him to become a manga artist to his stories. Mashiro declines. Takagi incites Mashiro to meet with Miho Azuki, Mashiro's crush, and tells her the two plan to become mangakas (manga artists). In response, Azuki reveals her plans to be a seiyuu (voice actress). Mashiro proposes to her that they should both marry when Azuki becomes a voice actress for the anime adaptation of their manga. The two then start creating their manga, under the pen name Muto Ashirogi, in hopes of getting serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump.
- DirectorYûichi SatôStarsTao TsuchiyaKyôko YoshineTadanobu AsanoAn ugly but talented actress gains the power to copy the bodies of beautiful actresses temporarily. But how long can she maintain the facade?
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsKeiko KitagawaYûdai ChibaRyo NaritaAfter Asami's boyfriend lost his cellphone, she begins to receive unknown credit card payment notification, her social media information is leaked, and she is drawn into an unexpected turmoil. At the same time young women bodies appear in remote mountains and the investigation of serial murder case is about to start.
- DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsShôta SometaniEri FukatsuAi HashimotoThe humanity is suffering from murders all over the globe, called "Mincemeat murders". High school student, Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
- DirectorKazuya ShiraishiStarsJuri IhataSatsuki MaueMichiéA story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. They work at the same escort service while feeling lonely in their urban lives.
- DirectorYukihiko TsutsumiStarsHana SugisakiMackenyuTakumi KitamuraTwelve kids go into an abandoned hospital to give up on life. In the room where they meet, a boy is already lying dead, and no one knows who he is.
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsRin AsukaKaori YamaguchiShôma MachiiTokiko, a renowned ceramic artist, and her husband encounter Haruka, a teenage runaway, and take her into their home, where Tokiko teaches her about ceramics.
- DirectorIzuru NarushimaStarsRyôko FujinoMizuki ItagakiAnna IshiiA group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death; if he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
- DirectorIzuru NarushimaStarsRyôko FujinoMizuki ItagakiAnna IshiiA group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death; if he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsHidetoshi NishijimaYûko TakeuchiToru BabaTakakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred six years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is the only surviving family member from the case. Meanwhile, Takakura and his wife Yasuko recently moved into a new home. Their neighbor, Nishino, has a sick wife and a young teen daughter. One day, the daughter, Mio, tells him that the man is not her father and she doesn't know him at all.
- DirectorSusumu KudôStarsChris AyresMarcy BannorLuci ChristianIn a futuristic society, a 15-year-old prostitute named Rune Balot is rescued after being nearly killed. She is subconsciously given the choice to continue living due to an emergency ordinance to preserve life called Mardock Scramble 09. Turned into a cyborg, Balot is then given the choice of assisting the investigations against the man who tried to terminate her. He is part of the powerful October corporation that is stealthily conducting illegal activities.
- DirectorTakeshi FurusawaStarsTaishi NakagawaYûna TairaMahiro TakasugiA young man, failing at life, is offered a new start as a 10 years younger high-school student.
- DirectorHiroshi OkuyamaStarsYûra SatôRiki ÔkumaHinako SaekiWhen Yura's family moves from Tokyo to the countryside, he enters a Christian school, a religion he knows nothing about. Yura struggles to understand the school structure and student behavior when a miniature Jesus enters his life.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsFumi NikaidôTakehiro HiraHideaki ItôA popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
- 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.
- DirectorTakayuki GotanNaoyoshi KusakaErika OkamotoStarsMiku ItouYume MiyamotoChika AnzaiWhat would you do if you could stop time? Moritani for one is using her unusual ability to stop time for three minutes a day to observe the people around her. One day, she chooses to "observe" class idol Murakami's panties-only to find herself in a very compromising situation when her classmate turns out to be immune to her power.
- DirectorAkiko ÔkuStarsMayu MatsuokaKanji FurutachiAnna IshibashiYoshika is 24 years old and works in an office. She doesn't have a boyfriend in her life, but still romanticizes her former junior high school classmate.
- DirectorMika NinagawaStarsErika SawajiriNao ÔmoriShinobu TerajimaTop star Lilico undergoes multiple cosmetic surgeries to her entire body. As her surgeries show side effect.
- DirectorYûichi OnumaStarsAoi MorikawaMugi KadowakiMaaya KondôAt an all female high school, a senior of the radio club becomes fascinated with the club's newest member. As graduation nears and the summer heat rises, so does the sexual tension between the girls.
- DirectorSaiji YakumoStarsFumika ShimizuMarie IitoyoRiria BabaMembers of a High School literature club discover there is more to the club members than their weekly meetings would lead them to believe.
- DirectorLisa TakebaStarsKanna HashimotoYûta KosekiToshiki SetoA group of high school students are forced into a game where they are hypnotized to commit suicide on an unknown command. Where no one is safe from a sudden death, how can they avoid their fates?
- DirectorIssei ShibataStarsNanami AbeHonoraDaichi KanekoIt tells the story of Kurumi Ebisuzawa, Yuki Takeya, Yuri Wakasa, and Miki Naoki attending the same high school in Japan, but they also know one another because they reside in the school's dormitory and having a school club. The schoolgirls are having fun until a zombie outbreak occurs, infecting the school population. The four girls must now learn to survive in this new land if they want to stay alive.
- DirectorTakayuki HiraoStarsMirai KataokaTakuma NegishiAmi TaniguchiThe friends Kaori, Erika and Aki are on a vacation to celebrate their upcoming graduation, when suddenly an infestation of mysterious walking fish forces them to reevaluate everything they care about in order to stay alive.
- DirectorToshiya FujitaStarsKumiko AkiyoshiRyûzô HayashiYumiko FujitaAkio's sister, Neri has separated from her boyfriend. They lived in Kamakura. She moves in with her brother. Her ex-boyfriend's sister, Eiko comes to see Neri. She wonders if the separation occurred due to her because the three of them used to live together. Eiko's brother has disappeared in the meantime.
- DirectorHideo TanakaStarsYui AsakaMasatô IbuKeizô KanieNeo-nazi takes over a school, turns it into training camp with attempt to coup d'etat. Sukeban Deka should stop him, but it seems to impossible if she's alone.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKô ShibasakiShin'ichi TsutsumiKazue FukiishiPeople mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, foretelling their deaths.
- DirectorKei KataokaStarsAya UetoShichinosuke NakamuraRyunosuke KamikiYou know it is the modern times when the boy running wild in a cyber sex chat room is ten years old, the woman he brings along is seventeen-years old, the original woman running it is twenty-five and you never know whether the person on the other side is who he or she purports to be. You can be anyone on the Internet.
- DirectorMasayuki OchiaiStarsHitomi AraiShôno HayamaKai InowakiAyano, Yuri, Miyu and Mei are high school female students victims of paranormal incidents that may be linked to a gas accident occurred to first-year students in class number 4, years ago.
- DirectorTakahiro MikiStarsMinami HamabeTakumi KitamuraEiji AkasoThe love affairs of four schoolkids: a romantic, a pragmatist, an airhead and a lothario.
- DirectorShiori KazamaStarsMasaki SudaTôko MiuraAoi MorikawaAt the age of 5, girl's mother dies in a car accident. Ever since then, the girl closes herself within. In high school, she borrows a famous Film from a boy, a graduate of the movie study club. The film was a favorite of her mother. When the girl tells him that she wants to die, he answers, I had thought of killing. He has the same kind of despair that she has. He suggests that they make a film together. They decide to ride a bike and travel far for location. But they entered to the polluted by radioactivity.
- DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsShin'ya TsukamotoTakahiro MuraseTakahiro KandakaA man wakes up to find himself locked in a cramped concrete maze of corridors, in which he can barely move. He doesn't remember why he is there or how he got there. He has a terrible stomach injury and is slowly bleeding to death.
- DirectorMarina TsukadaStarsHaruna HoriA high school girl named Satoko develops an eating disorder.
- 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.
- DirectorEisuke NaitôStarsAki MiyataKaori KobayashiTakara HiromuThe film follows a group of five high school girls led by a psychopath who decide to make their teacher have a miscarriage after hearing the news of her pregnancy.
- DirectorMari AsatoStarsKen'ichi AbeKengo KôraYûgo MikawaNaoto was ignored by other people. During his school days, Chihiro was the first person who called his name. Naoto dreams of seeing her again and tries to find her. Finally, after 11 years, he locates her, but she is a totally different person now. Naoto becomes obsessed with her. Naoto sneaks into her house and stays under her bed.
- DirectorShinji SômaiStarsYuki SaitôTakaaki EnokiKiminori SeraA young girl gets adopted by a family that holds her like a slave and is later "freed" by a young man working for the family's company. 10 years later, she gets involved in the murder of one of her step-sisters.
- DirectorNoboru IguchiStarsShiori AkitaHonoraMarie IitoyoA college student steals the panties of a girl he likes and gets caught, which sets off a chain of events that sends his life and the lives of others around him out of control.
- DirectorYôichi HigashiStarsMaiko KawakamiMinori TeradaChikako Hon'amiBored with their marriage, a middle-aged husband and wife each take on a lover half their age.
- DirectorShunsuke ShinadaStarsMiyu AndôMitsuhiro FujiwaraYuriko HirookaA sentient period goes around harassing women at their time of the month.
- DirectorMari AsatoStarsAoi MorikawaAyami NakajôKôdai AsakaA student at a conservative all-girls school tries to unravel the connection between a series of deaths and what appears to be a cursed photograph.
- DirectorNaoya AsanumaYûya NakaizumiShin'ichirô UedaStarsGuamaHiroe IgetaRuka IshikawaShy and self conscious Miwa attends university, goes home, studies and converses with her turtle. Saori in contrast is an entitled daughter of a rich and somewhat idolized family. Koyuzu is in the family business conducting shady business out of their offices. The agency gets even on behalf of customers. The three become entangled in life and are set against one another, which in their cases is not a simple matter.
- DirectorYûichi OnumaStarsMinami HamabeNana AsakawaAika HirotaSchoolgirls who play mahjong square off and compete and are among a million players worldwide. They participate in a tournament. One of the schoolgirls, named Saki, observes her friend playing and decides to join the mahjong club. Ironically, she hated the game prior to this and it was only her friends' influence that brought her around.
- DirectorHiroto TakahashiStarsHidaka UkishoSei ShiraishiMizuki ItagakiWhen Tsukasa was a middle school student, she had a crush on transfer student Hayato and confessed her feelings to him. Now, Tsukasa and Hayato are classmates in high school but Tsukasa still has feelings for him.
- DirectorHayato KanôStarsKasumi YamayaTarô SurugaMiku YoshidaSana Haitani is a member of an idol group. She's following the dreams of her now deceased older sister who always wanted to become a top idol. Unfortunately, Sana's idol group is disbanded. She is then kidnapped.
- DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsAyako WakaoKyôko KishidaEiji FunakoshiA childless housewife falls in love with a beautiful model.
- DirectorSatoru NakajimaStarsYûko TakeuchiErika AsakuraEiichirô FunakoshiMiharu Aizawa (Yuko Takeuchi) receives an order to work for Cherry's Airlines from major airline. Cherry's Airlines is a low cost, budget carrier. The concept for Cherry's Airlines is to provide little to no service, all for the lowest cost to the passenger. Miharu struggles with her new job, because she is trained to provide excellant service from her previous company. Miharu begins to feel gloomy from struggling with her amateur colleagues and against the low cost policy of her company. Nevertheless, Miharu works hard for Cherry's Airlines first flight.