Movies: Mainichi Shimbun

  • 2024
    Dear Family

    Dear Family (2024)

    Dear Family

    82024HD

    Nobumasa Tsuboi (Yo Oizumi) runs a small factory in a small town. He has a daughter Yoshimi Tsuboi (Riko Fukumoto) who suffers from a congenital heart disease. A doctor tells Nobumasa Tsuboi that his daughter will only live for about 10 more years. N...

    Dear Family
  • 2023
    maboroshi

    maboroshi (2023)

    maboroshi

    7.22023HD

    A factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving teenage Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality....

    maboroshi
  • 2021
    Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

    Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021)

    Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

    6.62021HD

    Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration....

    Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
  • 2013
    A Story of Yonosuke

    A Story of Yonosuke (2013)

    A Story of Yonosuke

    7.02013HD

    The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commut...

    A Story of Yonosuke
  • 2022
    A Hundred Flowers

    A Hundred Flowers (2022)

    A Hundred Flowers

    72022HD

    Diagnosed with dementia, Yuriko's mind quickly begins to fade. Yet, for her son Izumi, memories of the mother feel as vivid as when he lived them. One in particular, when he believed she had disappeared, haunts him terribly....

    A Hundred Flowers
  • 2016
    Golden Orchestra

    Golden Orchestra (2016)

    Golden Orchestra

    7.62016HD

    When Chizuru joins as a teacher at Umega High School, she hears an amateur orchestra perform. Reminiscing her old days of playing the violin, she decides to enroll in one....

    Golden Orchestra
  • 2022
    The Fish Tale

    The Fish Tale (2022)

    The Fish Tale

    7.52022HD

    A young child is obsessed with learning about and drawing fish. The child seems a little odd, but if you are understanding and supportive you will be cheering in the end....

    The Fish Tale
  • 2019
    Whistleblower

    Whistleblower (2019)

    Whistleblower

    8.12019HD

    A seemingly lazy salaryman is tasked with managing a company secret....

    Whistleblower
  • 2017
    Sekigahara

    Sekigahara (2017)

    Sekigahara

    72017HD

    The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of th...

    Sekigahara
  • 2016
    64: Part 1

    64: Part 1 (2016)

    64: Part 1

    7.72016HD

    1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Aff...

    64: Part 1
  • 2020
    Last Letter

    Last Letter (2020)

    Last Letter

    7.02020HD

    It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to s...

    Last Letter
  • 2014
    Cape Nostalgia

    Cape Nostalgia (2014)

    Cape Nostalgia

    6.32014HD

    Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow....

    Cape Nostalgia
  • 2003
    Like Asura

    Like Asura (2003)

    Like Asura

    6.52003HD

    The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate....

    Like Asura
  • 2017
    Reminiscence

    Reminiscence (2017)

    Reminiscence

    6.72017HD

    A detective in Toyama is forced to confront his painful past when he takes on a murder case involving his two estranged childhood friends....

    Reminiscence
  • 2017
    Let's Go, Jets!

    Let's Go, Jets! (2017)

    Let's Go, Jets!

    7.32017HD

    Female students, including Hikari Tomonaga, from a high school cheerdance club follow strict instructions from their teacher Kaoruko Saotome. They compete at the USA Cheerdance Championship....

    Let's Go, Jets!
  • 2012
    Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

    Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2012)

    Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

    7.22012HD

    A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan. Based on the life of Santetsu Yasui (December 27, 1639-November 1, 1715), appointed as the first offici...

    Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
  • 2002
    Copycat Killer

    Copycat Killer (2002)

    Copycat Killer

    7.22002HD

    The story of a criminal who abducts and kills women, and those who try to catch him. Nakai is cast as a cold-blooded, intelligent and evil guy who uses the media to announce and show his murders live to the public....

    Copycat Killer
  • 2018
    Falling Camellia

    Falling Camellia (2018)

    Falling Camellia

    8.22018HD

    During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct of his leader. Years after, his dying wife wish was for him to go back to his clan....

    Falling Camellia
  • 2023
    Analog

    Analog (2023)

    Analog

    6.32023HD

    Satoru Mizushima is a designer, who prefers traditional things like handmade items and handwritten works. One day, he happens to meet a mysterious woman, Miyuki Miharu, at the cafe named Piano. She seems to have similar values to him and he is attrac...

    Analog
  • 2025
    The Boy and the Dog

    The Boy and the Dog (2025)

    The Boy and the Dog

    7.12025HD

    6 months after the earthquake disaster in Sendai City, Nakagaki Kazumasa is a young man who has lost his job. He encounters a dog named Tamon on its dog tag, who lost its owner in the earthquake disaster. Kazumasa decides to take Tamon in, and the do...

    The Boy and the Dog