With Shinchosha Company (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. O Túmulo dos Pirilampos (1988)
M/12 | 89 min | Animation, Drama, War
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara
Votes: 219,815
2. Btooom! (2012– )
25 min | Animation, Action, Drama
You're stuck on survival island until you gather 7 gems, and the only way to get gems is by killing other people.
Stars: Tyler Galindo, Kanata Hongô, Brittney Karbowski, Suzuko Mimori
Votes: 2,951
3. Maboroshi no hikari (1995)
110 min | Drama
A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda | Stars: Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naitô, Tadanobu Asano, Gohki Kashiyama
Votes: 4,532
4. Hidamari no kanojo (2013)
128 min | Drama, Romance
A salesman named Kosuke Okuda happens to meet Mao Watarai,a friend from his middle school days. Back then, Mao was bullied, but now she is an attractive woman. Kosuke and Mao fall in love and decide to marry, but Mao has a secret.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Tetsuji Tamayama, Masaki Suda, Takumi Kitamura, Mitsuki Tanimura
Votes: 716
5. Hotaru no haka (2005 TV Movie)
148 min | Drama, War
An aunt's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II while caring for her niece and nephew.
Director: Tôya Satô | Stars: Yasunori Danta, Mayuko Fukuda, Mansaku Fuwa, Shota Horie
Votes: 408
6. Friends (1988)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
A family of six invades the life and apartment of a lonely man.
Director: Kjell-Åke Andersson | Stars: Dennis Christopher, Sven Wollter, Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Olin
Votes: 49
7. Hakase no aishita sûshiki (2006)
117 min | Drama, Family, Romance
This is the story between a single mother housekeeper and mathematics professor, who has a brain damage.
Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Akira Terao, Eri Fukatsu, Takanari Saito, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 693
8. Viyon no tsuma (2009)
114 min | Drama
This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 ... See full summary »
Director: Kichitaro Negishi | Stars: Takako Matsu, Tadanobu Asano, Shigeru Muroi, Masatô Ibu
Votes: 356
9. Kanikôsen (2009)
109 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
(Japanese with English subtitles) Aboard the Japanese crab ship 'Kanikosen' equipped with a cannery facility, workers are forced to labor under pitiful conditions at minimum wages. Sick of ... See full summary »
Director: SABU | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kengo Kôra, Hirofumi Arai
Votes: 178
10. Shaberedomo shaberedomo (2007)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
The movie revolves around Mitsuba, a teenage boy that studies traditional art of rakugo. Rakugo is a form of comical story telling, sometimes referred to as sit-down comedy. Even though ... See full summary »
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Taichi Kokubun, Karina, Kintarô Hara, Tomekichi Himuka
Votes: 95
11. Tama o nagero (1935)
30 min | Short, Drama
The film centres around junior high school students. They are members of the school's baseball team. They are very good. Izawa's father asks him to stop playing prior to an important game. ... See full summary »
Director: Tetsu Taguchi | Stars: Ichirô Izawa, Hideo Nakamura, Setsuko Hara, Konami Wakayama
12. Nicola video sokango: Hajimete meiku A to Z (2002 Video)
Documentary
Stars: Ayako Enomoto, Saya Shinohara, Misa Mochizuki, Yû Aoi
13. Yonda? Movie: The Story of a Panda and Books (2001 Video)
19 min | Animation, Short
Director: Shinya Nakajima | Star: Rie Miyazawa