The Great Passage (2013)

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★ 8.5 553 ratings

石井裕也 actor: 松田龙平 / 宫崎葵 …

other title: 编舟记 / 舟を編む …

2013 film by Yuya Ishii

Tokyo Tower (2007)

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★ 8.4 173 ratings

松冈锭司 actor: 小田切让 / 树木希林 …

other title: 东京塔 / 東京タワー～オカンとボクと、時々、オトン～ …

2007 film by Joji Matsuoka

Like Asura (2003)

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★ 7.9 108 ratings

森田芳光 actor: 大竹忍 / 黑木瞳 …

other title: 宛如阿修罗 / 阿修羅のごとく …

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

Hibana (Sparks) (2016)

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★ 9.3 444 ratings

广木隆一 / 白石和弥 … actor: 林遣都 / 波冈一喜 …

名不见经传的漫才艺人德永太步，在热海的烟花大会上偶遇前辈漫才艺人神谷才藏。德永答应为对方著书立传，由此得以拜入神谷的门下。神谷的搞笑天赋固然令人折服，此外他极具感染力的人情味更是将德永深深吸引。面对这名诚挚的弟子，神谷终于敞开心怀，倾囊相授…… 由漫才师又吉直树小说《火花》改编 。

Midnight Diner Season 2 (2011)

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★ 8.9 378 ratings

松冈锭司 / 山下敦弘 … actor: Kaoru Kobayashi / Narumi Yasuda …

The midnight diner's master serves up food and sympathy to more motley customers, ranging from yakuza to pachinko parlor workers to strippers.

Midnight Diner Season 1 (2009)

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★ 9.0 647 ratings

Jōji Matsuoka / Nobuhiro Yamashita … actor: Kaoru Kobayashi / 须藤理彩 …

Each night a midnight diner serves up just four dishes, but customers aren't really there for the food: They've come for advice and a sympathetic ear.