Japanese Hot Stuff!
Japanese "connected" films/series which we likey likey. List is still a work in progress, but what the hey......
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- CreatorDavid S. ShinStarsMackenyuMin TanakaMasanobu AndôAt the height of his career and powers, Japan's master fixer, who has guided politicians and business heads through some of Japan's biggest scandals, discovers that fixing his family is harder than fixing a country.Dark, at times creepy, brooding drama about political power plays. Very neatly done with strong leading role performances. Airing one episode at a time. We'll see how far it goes.
- StarsRen HanamiAndrew LeeKeisuke HoashiA dedicated journalist who doggedly pursues the truth about a government corruption scandal even as powerful enemies seek to neutralize her reporting.A great media tale.
- StarsHiroshi AbeCharaKankurô KudôM, has a girlfriend of five years named F. He loses contact with her. Then a woman reveals that his girlfriend has been missing since Halloween. His own quiet life begins to change as his search drags him into other people's problems.
- DirectorYoshihiro NakamuraStarsAtsushi ItôKiyohiko ShibukawaNoriko EguchiSeveral seemingly unrelated but surprisingly intertwined tales reveal how a Japanese band that independently invented punk rock in 1975 is, 37 years later, connected to a comet that is about to destroy the world.Unexpectedly satisfying. Give it a chance.
- DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsMinami HamabeRyunosuke KamikiSakura AndôPost war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.Love the fresh sparkly blue spikes! More than a monster movie.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHideaki AnnoHidetoshi NishijimaMiori TakimotoJiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.Wonderful.
- 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.Finding a new purpose, direction in life can lead to brand new horizons where least expected.
- DirectorDavid LeitchStarsBrad PittJoey KingAaron Taylor-JohnsonFive assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet train find out that their missions have something in common.Much crazy action. Good for weird humor.
- StarsKaoru KobayashiMansaku FuwaAsako KobayashiAn anthology of human relationship stories connected by the only open in the wee hours diner the characters frequent. Resolutions are often facilitated by the owner/chef.
- CreatorDave BoyleStarsKento KakuYôsuke EguchiTae KimuraThe Tawara family, the last shinobi clan. It had abandoned its roots after an incident in the past, but now the family must take on the greatest crisis in Japanese history, one that threatens to shake the nation to its core.Featuring Jazz. That's not as strange as it might sound as there's a long history of Japanese love of Jazz music. Really good story line and fine performances.
- StarsTakumi KitamuraJun ShisonKanata HongôA teenager dies while saving a young kid and is given a chance to be resurrected, provided he works for the Spirit World as an investigator of supernatural crimes with his newly-given powers.When death deals you a second chance why refuse the offer?
- StarsTakuya EguchiAtsumi TanezakiAlex OrganA spy on an undercover mission gets married and adopts a child as part of his cover. His wife and daughter have secrets of their own, and all three must strive to keep together.Animated dark humor of the finest kinds.
- CreatorJ.T. RogersStarsAnsel ElgortKen WatanabeRachel KellerA Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.How much trouble can a journalist get into in Japan? A hell of a lot.
- StarsTakehiro HiraKelly MacdonaldYôsuke KubozukaA detective from Tokyo scours London for his missing brother, who's been involved with the Yakuza and accused of murder.Not a Japanese creation but the conflicts originate in Japan hence... what the hell, it's a great drama.
- DirectorYoshihiro FukagawaStarsAoi MiyazakiTokuma NishiokaDendenThere is a degree of realism when a professional in the field writes about his vocation and such is the case here. Adopted from a novel written by a doctor and set in Nagano, doctor Kuriharai is overwhelmed by the number and variety of patients he has to see due to a shortage of physicians where he practices. He aspires to work somewhere more convenient, specialize and see more of his wife, but faces a dilemma many other doctors experience. What will happen to his patients should he move on?searching for book and film
- DirectorMizuho NishikuboMamoru OshiiStarsAtsuko TanakaIemasa KayumiAkio ÔtsukaA cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.Watch.