To watch - Japanese Films

Ann - Updated 09/01/25

Drama
Kamikaze Girls - Tetsuya Nakashima
In a rural Japanese town, Momoko, a girl obsessed with 18th-century French culture, experiences the ups and downs of life with Ichigo, a free-spirited biker.
Notes
link to watch - https://www.bilibili.tv/en/video/4788000984799744
Perfect Days - Wim Wenders
Hirayama feels content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, reads books and takes photos. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
Helter Skelter - Mika Ninagawa
LiLiCo, a successful model and television personality, seems to have it all until a long-buried secret threatens her career. She descends into a world of nightmares as she desperately tries to retain her perfect image.
Notes
link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaS-5ZktIDc
Synopsis
Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.
Dear Sister - TV Mini Series
A Japanese drama about two contrasting sisters, the responsible Hazuki and the carefree Misaki, who are reunited after years apart when Misaki returns home with a secret
Synopsis
Growing up, sisters Misaki and Hazuki couldn't have been more different. Misaki's charming personality and popularity stood in sharp contrast to the older, more responsible yet timid Hazuki. After high school, the two lose touch once Misaki leaves their home, only to be reunited many years later, when Misaki returns, harboring a secret.
Cinderella Closet - Wakana Yanai
A rural girl studying in Tokyo struggles to fit in with fashionable classmates until crossing paths with an enigmatic style icon

Horror
House - Nobuhiko Obayashi
A young girl plans to visit her ailing aunt at her remote country home and asks six of her classmates to tag along. Upon reaching there, the girls come face-to-face with their worst nightmares.
Notes
link- https://archive.org/details/house.-1977.1080p.-blu-ray.x-264.-aac-yts.-mx
Goth - Gen Takahashi
Itsuki and Yoru share a passion for the dark and death, making them the perfect choice to track down a serial killer who is roaming the streets.
Notes
link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-W1rZfVJPg

Mystery
Monster - Hirokazu Kore-eda
When a young boy displays increasingly worrying behavior at school and home, his mother decides to discuss it with his teachers. It soon becomes apparent that one of his teachers is the source of all the problems. But as the mystery unfolds.
Notes
link - https://www.bilibili.tv/en/video/4793364792741888

Music
Oresama - Marumo
The film revolves around the protagonist of the story, Japanese rock musician Miyavi, portraying himself and his adventures when he goes back 20 years in time
Notes
link - https://youtu.be/NcBvKQfVKNM?si=w-wGQR1yS9x5BPBi

Romance
Make Up with Mud - 2024
Yuzuhara Miku, a self-conscious temporary employee at a department store, wears minimal makeup to please her elite lawyer boyfriend, Haruhisa, who prefers her "modest" look. When she meets Takakura Eve, a man passionate about makeup, he applies red lipstick on her, sparking excitement. However, Haruhisa reacts violently, revealing his emotionally abusive side.
Notes
link - https://kisskh.co/Drama/Make-up-with-mud-Kao-ni-Doro-wo-Nuru?id=10247
Synopsis
Yuzuhara Miku is a temporary employee who works for a reception desk at a department store. She has low self-confidence and worries about what others think of her, but she is clueless when it comes to makeup. Her elite lawyer boyfriend, Haruhisa, however, constantly tells her he prefers seeing her that way, so she wears minimal makeup because he favours her “modest” look.