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Currently featuring the official details of more than 7,000 Japanese films in both English and Japanese.

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GHOST KILLER

GHOST KILLER (2024)

Director
SONOMURA Kensuke
Cast
TAKAISHI Akari, KUROBA Mario, MIMOTO Masanori

An action movie directed by Sonomura Kensuke, the action director of the "Baby Assassins" series, with a script written by Sakamoto Yugo, director of the same series, and starring Takaishi Akari. Fumika (Takaishi), a university student, is on her wa...

Release Date
Apr, 11th, 2025
Blue Boy Trial

Blue Boy Trial (2025)

Director
IIZUKA Kasho
Cast
NAKAGAWA Miyu, NISHIKIDO Ryo

This is a story inspired by true events. In the 1960s, as Japan flourished amid rapid economic growth and the excitement of the Tokyo Olympics, a controversy broke out. While a wave of internationalization swept over the nation's urban areas, the g...

Release Date
Nov, 14th, 2025
WIND BREAKER

WIND BREAKER (2025)

Director
HAGIWARA Kentaro
Cast
MIZUKAMI Koshi, KIDO Taisei, YAGI Rikako

Haruka Sakura is a loner with a tough look and a talent for fighting. He comes to Furin High School to take over its feared gang of delinquents — but finds the students have become protectors of the town, known as the "Wind Breaker". Though confused,...

Release Date
Dec, 5th, 2025
YA BOY KONGMING! THE MOVIE

YA BOY KONGMING! THE MOVIE (2025)

Director
SHIBUE Shuhei
Cast
MUKAI Osamu, KAMISHIRAISHI Moka

The legendary strategist of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Kongming, was mysteriously reborn in modern-day Shibuya. Mesmerized by the singing voice of amateur singer Eiko Tsukimi, Kongming decided to team up with Eiko to aim for "universal peace" through ...

Release Date
Apr, 25th, 2025
UNDER THE BIG ONION

UNDER THE BIG ONION (2025)

Director
KUSANO Shogo
Cast

Inspired by a song by Bakufu Slump, this film is a heartfelt love story that transcends eras—from Heisei to Reiwa—connecting strangers through handwritten words. An emotional journey that will move you to tears....

Release Date
Feb, 7th, 2025
Lust in the Rain

Lust in the Rain (2024)

Director
KATAYAMA Shinzo
Cast
NARITA Ryo, NAKAMURA Eriko, MORITA Go

Love story directed and written by Katayama Shinzo, known for Siblings of the Cape and Missing. Based on the same-named short story by manga artist Tsuge Yoshiharu. Yoshio (Narita Ryo) is a struggling manga artist who lives in impoverished Kitamachi...

Release Date
Nov, 29th, 2024
JINSEI

JINSEI (2025)

Director
SUZUKI Ryuya
Cast
ACE COOL, TANAKA Taketo, UNO Shohei

The story centers on a boy who is bullied and lives quietly in a housing complex in Sendai. One day, a chance encounter with a transfer student leads him to follow in his father's footsteps and dream of becoming an idol. Against the backdrop of cont...

Release Date
May, 16th, 2025
100 Meters

100 Meters (2025)

Director
IWAISAWA Kenji
Cast

The boy Togashi was a natural-born fast runner. He always won the first place in 100- meter dash in the nation. He even thought that everything would be fine if he could run 100 meters faster than anyone else. Because that was how he got everything l...

Release Date
Sep, 19th, 2025

JFDB Classics

The Wandering Princess

The Wandering Princess (1960)

Director
TANAKA Kinuyo
Cast
KYO Machiko, FUNAKOSHI Eiji, RYU Yomei

This tearful masterpiece about the harshness and depth of love known only to women is dedicated to women everywhere from an all-female creative team, namely the author Aishin Kakura Hiro, screenplay writer Wada Natto, and director Tanaka Kinuyo. Que...

Release Date
Jan, 27th, 1960
Odd Obsession

Odd Obsession (1959)

Director
ICHIKAWA Kon
Cast
KYO Machiko, KANO Junko, NAKADAI Tatsuya

Mr. Kenmochi, in his early sixties, is enjoying an obviously happy life in his Kyoto home. A man of artistic temperament, he is not merely an art-critic and an antiquarian, but also a connoisseur of beautiful things and a dilettante. He complains of...

Release Date
Jun, 23rd, 1959
The Sexploiters

The Sexploiters (1968)

Director
WATANABE Yusuke
Cast
ATSUMI Kiyoshi, NISHIMURA Ko, OSAKA Shiro

Four man, Seki, Yamaguchi, Tsuyuki, and Sakura, are all out for a fast dollar and can think of no better way than putting on a strip-show using the charms and talents of glamorous Mary Harlow. Deciding to take her on one-night stands around the small...

Release Date
May, 15th, 1968
Tokyo Olympiad

Tokyo Olympiad (1965)

Director
ICHIKAWA Kon
Cast

Release Date
Mar, 20th, 1965