日本
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
女が階段を上る時 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Bangumi +2
other title:
女人步上楼梯时
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女が階段を上る時
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Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
Transferring (2012)
転校生 Douban
金井纯一
actor:
森川葵
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増田璃子
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other title:
转校生
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転校生
When a transfer student is introduced and tells her new classmates she’s not looking for any friends, the ostracized Yoko immediately pursues a friendship with her. Transferring humorously and sympathetically depicts the warm burgeoning friendship between two lonely girls, and explores the social issues of ostracism and universal truths of human relationships. (CHO Young-jung)
What's Going on with My Sister (2014)
最近、妹のようすがちょっとおかしいんだが。 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Bangumi +2
other title:
最近，妹妹的样子有点怪
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最近、妹のようすがちょっとおかしいんだが。
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Mitsuki and Yuya become stepsister and stepbrother because of their parents' marriage. Mitsuki can't get along with her new family and Yuya doesn't know how to approach his new stepsister. One day, Mitsuki becomes possessed by the spirit of Hiyori. Hiyori likes Yuya and believes Yuya can help her get to heaven. Hiyori places a leather chastity belt upon on Mitsuki and a plan takes place to help send Hiyori to heaven.
Night's Tightrope (2016)
少女 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
other title:
少女
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Shôjo
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Yuki is a 2nd year high school student. She volunteers at a paediatrics ward for her summer vacation, because she wants to witness the moment a person dies. She got that thought after feeling envious of a transfer student's story of seeing a friend's dead body. Yuki has friend named Atsuko. She was bullied in the past and has anxiety issues. She volunteers at a nursing home for her summer vacation, hoping that she will gain courage if she sees the moment a person dies.
The Magnificent Nine (2016)
殿、利息でござる！ WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Yoshihiro Nakamura
actor:
Sadao Abe
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瑛太
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other title:
殿下，给点利息
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殿、利息でござる！
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Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents, but if they're caught they will lose their lives.
Tetsuo: The Ironman (1989)
鉄男 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Skybridge Eggplant.place +3
other title:
鐵男：金屬獸
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鉄男
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A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
細雪 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
other title:
세설
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細雪
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This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.
Love Letter (1995)
Love Letter WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Bangumi +2
other title:
Letters of Love
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When I Close My Eyes
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日本神户某个飘雪的冬日，渡边博子（中山美穗）在前未婚夫藤井树的两周年祭日上又一次悲痛到不能自已。正因为无法抑制住对已逝恋人的思念，渡边博子在其中学同学录里发现“藤井树” 在小樽市读书时的地址时，依循着寄发了一封本以为是发往天国的情书。
不想不久渡边博子竟然收到署名为“藤井树（酒井美纪）”的回信，经过进一步了解，她知晓此藤井树是一个同她年纪相仿的女孩，且还是男友藤井树（柏原崇）少年时代的同班同学。为了多了解一些昔日恋人在中学时代的情况，渡边博子开始与女性藤井树书信往来。而藤井树在不断的回忆中，渐渐发现少年时代与她同名同姓的那个藤井树曾对自己藏了一腔柔情。