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  • Ep 12 SUB

    Yamibaito Kazoku (2024) (2024)

    Yamibaito Kazoku (2024)
    Genre:
    Drama
    Country:
    Japanese

    N/A

    Episodes: 12

    Duration: 40 min.

    Airs On: Saturday

  • Ep 1 SUB

    The Forbidden Play (2023) (2023)

    The Forbidden Play (2023)
    Genre:
    Horror, Novel, Suspense
    Country:
    Japanese

    The story of a family that moves into a home situated next to a graveyard. The film starts innocently with a playful exchange between a parent and child about lizards' tails growing back. However, the child's curiosity leads him to chant a strange spell in the yard, which sets off a dangerous chain of events.

    Hiroko Kurasawa, a video director and former colleague of the family's father, Naoto Ihara, visits their home and witnesses the strange occurrences. As Hiroko tries to uncover the mystery behind the family's troubles, she too becomes a victim of the malevolent forces at play.

    Adapted from the novel "Kinjirareta Asobi" (禁じられた遊び) by Shimizu Karuma (清水カルマ).

    Duration: 1 hr. 50 min.

    Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Leave in Summer (2022) (2022)

    Leave in Summer (2022)
    Genre:
    Romance
    Country:
    Japanese
    A man washing up in a seaside town at the end of the season and seeking to stay so that he can reconnect with his recently deceased wife. There he is guided by a young woman.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    No Call No Life (2021) (2021)

    No Call No Life (2021)
    Genre:
    Investigation, Mystery, Novel, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese

    In the summer of the third year of high school, guided by an answering machine message from the past left on a mobile phone, Sakura Umi meets and falls in love with Harukawa Masahiro, the most problematic child in school. The two quickly shorten the distance, but when the truth of the timeless answering machine is revealed, the shocking past of Umi emerges.

    Adapted from the novel with the same name by Yukako Kabei.

  • Ep 10 SUB

    Kimi to Sekai ga Owaru Hi ni: Season 1 (2021) (2021)

    Kimi to Sekai ga Owaru Hi ni: Season 1 (2021)
    Genre:
    Action, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Survival, Zombie
    Country:
    Japanese
    Mamiya Hibiki is a sincere young man with a bright personality. He works as a car mechanic and lives with his girlfriend Ogasawara Kurumi. They have dated since they were high school students. Hibiki makes a plan to propose to Kurumi. On the day he will propose to his girlfriend, he slides off a tunnel and becomes trapped. 4 days later, he is able to escape, but he faces a different world. There are no people outside, the traffic system is destroyed, and there are bloodstains on the streets. What happened to the world? Hibiki tries to find Kurumi.
  • Ep 6 SUB

    Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai (2020) (2020)

    Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai (2020)
    Genre:
    Fantasy, Horror, Investigation, Manga, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
    Country:
    Japanese
    The first episode will be based on the manga's "Fugō Mura" story, where Rohan is dragged into an incident inside a millionaire's mansion. The second episode will be based on the "Kushagara" short story by Ballad Kitaguni in the novel spinoffs, where Rohan receives a strange request from fellow manga creator Jugo Shishi. The third episode is titled "D.N.A.," and is also based on a story from the manga where Rohan is investigating his editor's memory loss through hypnosis.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Dancing Mary (2019)

    Dancing Mary
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
    Country:
    Japanese
    Timid civil servant, Kenji, takes charge of demolishing a dance hall located in a big shopping mall. No one wants to take the work because the ghost of Mary, a former dancer in the dance hall, interrupts whenever attempts are made to tear the building down. Kenji tries to find an exorcist to lift the curse, and after several attempts, finally meets Yukiko, who can see ghosts. Kenji and Yukiko then embark on a difficult journey to find Mary’s lover, Johnny.
  • Ep 12 RAW

    Zetsumeshi Road (2020) (2020)

    Zetsumeshi Road (2020)
    Genre:
    Food
    Country:
    Japanese
    Suda Tamio is an ordinary salaryman. He experiences various stress throughout his daily life. His only pleasure is to set out on trips to find "Zetsumeshi." Zetsumeshi refers to endangered meals, that may no longer exist in the future. While his wife Kanae and child go attend concerts by their favourite idol groups, he leaves home on Friday after work and returns home Saturday night.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Stare (2020) (2020)

    Stare (2020)
    Genre:
    Horror, Mystery
    Country:
    Japanese
    Dead bodies with eyeballs ruptured are continuously found. Their direct causes of death are heart attacks and they acted like they were possessed right before their deaths. Mizuki is a university student. Her friend dies in front of her. Meanwhile, Haruo’s younger brother dies. Mizuki and Haruo begin to investigate together. They learn that Eiko holds a key to the mystery. Soon, Eiko's eyeballs rupture and she dies by a heart attack. Before she dies, she mentions the word "Shirai-san.”
  • Ep 1 SUB

    The First Supper (2019) (2019)

    The First Supper (2019)
    Genre:
    Family, Food
    Country:
    Japanese
    Rintaro works as a cameraman. He goes back to his hometown for his father's funeral. While preparing for his father's funeral, Rintaro's mother Akiko cancels the bento meal order that they were to serve at the funeral. Akiko tells Rintaro and her daughter Miyako that she will prepare the food herself. Rintaro and Miyako did not like the idea, but they can't do anything about it. When it's time to eat at the funeral, Rintaro, Miyako and other relatives are embarrassed at the table, because there isn't anything there. Akiko then tells them that cooking by herself at her husband's funeral was on his will. The first meal is then served, which is fried eggs. Rintaro realizes the fried eggs tastes just like what his father made for them.
  • Ep 3 SUB

    Ototo no Otto (2018) (2018)

    Ototo no Otto (2018)
    Genre:
    BL, Comedy, Family, life, Manga
    Country:
    Japanese

    Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower of Yaichi’s estranged gay twin, Ryoji.

    Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji’s past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented andheartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it’s been affected by the West, and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it.

  • Ep 9 SUB

    99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season 2 (2018)

    99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season 2
    Genre:
    Comedy, Investigation, Law
    Country:
    Japanese
    Hiroto Miyama is a poor lawyer who takes on criminal cases, but unable to make money. He pursues the truth for the 0.1% out of Japan's 99.9% conviction rate. One day, Hiroto is scouted by Haruhiko Madarame. Haruhiko Madarame is the head of Madarame Law Firm which is one of the biggest law firms among the 4 big law firms. Hiroto Miyama begins to work with Atsuhiro Sada. Atsuhiro Sada is a lawyer specializing in civil cases and makes lots of money for the law firm. He doesn't have any interest in criminal cases which can not make money.
  • Ep 9 SUB

    Iryu Sousa 4 (2017) (2017)

    Iryu Sousa 4 (2017)
    Genre:
    Detective, Drama, Investigation, Miniseries, Mystery
    Country:
    Japanese
    Itomura Satoshi is back again, but in Kyoto and with a new team. He begins work at the 1st Investigation Division of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Station. The 1st investigation division with deals with the most difficult cases.
  • Ep 12 RAW

    Izakaya Fuji (2017)

    Izakaya Fuji
    Genre:
    Drama
    Country:
    Japanese

    Eiichi Nishio is a young actor. He is not very popular and only receives offers to play dead bodies. One day, he wanders around Nakameguro, Tokyo and recognizes the restaurant/bar Izakaya Fuji. He saw pictures of Izakaya Fuji on a woman's Instagram account and decides to go in. There, he meets Nao Omori and other actors who are all regulars at Izakaya Fuji.

    Adapted from the 2015 novel "Izakaya Fuji" by Kuriyama Keisuke.

  • Ep 156 SUB

    Hiyokko Week (2017)

    Hiyokko Week
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, Family, Friendship, Historical, life, Romance, Youth
    Country:
    Japanese
    The 17-year-old Yatabe Mineko grew up in a family of seven in a mountain village in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. Her father Minoru has gone to Tokyo to work in order to earn extra money. However, her life completely changes when her father does not come back for the New Year. Mineko asks her family to let her go to Tokyo to find him and promises to send money home. In the autumn of 1964, she and two childhood friends Tokiko and Mitsuo are hired to start working at a small factory in Tokyo’s working class neighborhood. After work each day, Mineko searches for her father and gets disheartened at times. Mineko overcomes challenges and starts to lay down roots in Tokyo as she experiences many meetings and farewells amid the laughter and tears with regulars, people of the shopping street, friends, and colleagues. But will she be able to find her father?
  • Ep 10 SUB

    Ie Uru Onna (2016) (2016)

    Ie Uru Onna (2016)
    Genre:
    Business, Comedy
    Country:
    Japanese
    With four years left before Tokyo hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics, housing sales are fiercely competitive. At this time, an excellent real estate agent appears. Her name is Machi Sangenya (Keiko Kitagawa). She is single and 30-years-old with an attractive appearance. With any of her clients. Machi Sangenya must get a purchase. Machi has her own unique way to get her customers to buy the homes. Her unique method include getting involved in the problems of her clients and their families. She then solves their problems. With her ingenious ways, all of Machi Sangenya's customers purchase homes from her.
  • Ep 25 SUB

    Ultraman Orb (2016) (2016)

    Ultraman Orb (2016)
    Genre:
    Action
    Country:
    Japanese

    A long time ago, the Earth was plagued by the Demon King Beasts, monsters that wreaked havoc across the globe until the Ultra Warriors sealed them.

    Time passes...

    To protect the Earth from the revival of Demon King Beasts, Ultraman Orb descended from beyond the galaxy, taking the form of young traveler Gai Kurenai. In order to defeat the resurrected Demon King Beasts, Gai utilizes the Orb Ring and a pair of Ultra Fusion Cards.

  • Ep 10 SUB

    99.9 -Keiji Senmon Bengoshi (2016)

    99.9 -Keiji Senmon Bengoshi
    Genre:
    Comedy, Investigation, Law
    Country:
    Japanese
    Hiroto Miyama is a poor lawyer who takes on criminal cases, but unable to make money. He pursues the truth for the 0.1% out of Japan's 99.9% conviction rate. One day, Hiroto is scouted by Haruhiko Madarame. Haruhiko Madarame is the head of Madarame Law Firm which is one of the biggest law firms among the 4 big law firms. Hiroto Miyama begins to work with Atsuhiro Sada. Atsuhiro Sada is a lawyer specializing in civil cases and makes lots of money for the law firm. He doesn't have any interest in criminal cases which can not make money.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Kono Machi no Inochi ni (2016) (2016)

    Kono Machi no Inochi ni (2016)
    Genre:
    Animals, Drama, Medical
    Country:
    Japanese

    Putting down unwanted animals is a daily job for Makita Hiroshi and his fellow doctors, Hataeda Aki and Shiga Satoshi. All three do what’s requested of them, suffering from pangs of conscience. The situation will change with the arrival of a new shelter head, who is bringing her own vision of how the animals should be treated.

    Episodes: 1

  • Ep 10 SUB

    37.5°C no Namida (2015) (2015)

    37.5°C no Namida (2015)
    Genre:
    Drama, Family, Manga, Medical, Miniseries, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese

    Sugisaki Momoko used to be a nursery school teacher. Her difficulty smiling leads to communication problems with parents and her contract is terminated in one year. Momoko is picked up by ‘Little Snow’, a home care service for sick children, and makes a fresh start there as a caregiver. When a child has a fever, the caregiver would visit the home and care for the child in place of the parents who simply cannot take time off from work. Momoko encounters all sorts of families at the places she is sent to. With the support of her colleagues and the occasional help of her best friend, Yumika, she starts to face work, romance, family and friendship.

    Episodes: 10

  • Ep 1 RAW

    Kindaichi Kosuke vs. Akechi Kogoro Futatabi (2014) (2014)

    Kindaichi Kosuke vs. Akechi Kogoro Futatabi (2014)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Crime, Detective, Family, Historical, Investigation, Murder, Mystery, Novel
    Country:
    Japanese
    Ryujo Hoshiko comes to detective Kindaichi Kosuke’s office with a request. She would like him to investigate an attempt to poison her father, Baron Ryujo Kiyohisa. Hoshiko says this may have something to do with the issues of succession such as the peerage and fortune. Accepting the request, Kindaichi and Hoshiko are driven by a servant of the Ryujo family to the mansion in Nagano Prefecture. On the way, the car comes to an abrupt halt on a country road. They have stumbled across the dead body of Kazuma, the husband of eldest daughter Ryujo Hanayo. After assisting with the investigation, Kindaichi and Hoshiko finally reach the mansion. The police detective Hibino is questioning a grieving Hanayo, her mother Shimako, second daughter Yukiya and her husband Hoshino Natsuhiko. Then another man arrives. It is Akechi Kogoro. He received a warning from the 20-Face Phantom who is targeting the golden statute of a Buddhist deity which is in the Ryujo’s possession. Kindaichi and Akechi end up face to face again. Kindaichi is conscious of it, but Akechi acts relaxed. From the next day, Kindaichi searches for clues in the murder. On the other hand, Akechi pursues the whereabouts of the Phantom. Kazuma, who had been the possible successor of the peerage, had no reason to commit suicide. Everyone in the family believe he was murdered. In a search after that, it is discovered from a storehouse within the mansion that Kazuma vomited blood. There is a high chance it is the same poison administered to the baron. Meanwhile, Shimako has been hastening a proposal of marriage for her third daughter Hoshiko. The other party is Takuzo of Hishikawa Construction. Hoshiko makes an agonising decision in order to protect her family. And then, another incident occurs in the Ryujo family.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Why Don't You Play in Hell (2013) (2013)

    Why Don't You Play in Hell (2013)
    Genre:
    Action, Comedy, Drama, Mafia, Samurai, Yakuza
    Country:
    Japanese

    Muto (Jun Kunimura) and Ikegami (Shinichi Tsutsumi) are two gangsters who hate each other, but Ikegami is in love with Muto's actress daughter Michiko (Fumi Nikaido). Meanwhile, Muto attempts to make his wife Shizue's (Tomochika) dream come true which is to have their daughter appear in a movie.

    Koji (Gen Hoshino), who is just a passerby, is mistaken for a movie director. Koji then requests to independent film director Hirata (Hiroki Hasegawa) to cast Michiko as the leading actress in his film. Their situation soon goes completely wrong.

    1. Screenplay for "Why Don't You Play in Hell?" was first written by Sion Sono 15 years ago as an action film.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Jigoku de Naze Warui (2013) (2013)

    Jigoku de Naze Warui (2013)
    Genre:
    Action, Comedy, Drama, Gangster, Mafia, Samurai, Yakuza
    Country:
    Japanese

    The film revolves around two men, Mutoh and Ikegami, who are fierce enemies who feel nothing but hatred for one another. However, Ikegami unexpectedly falls in love with Mutoh’s daughter, aspiring actress Mitsuko.

    Mutoh wants to celebrate the release of his wife Shizue from prison by giving their daughter her debut, so he decides to produce his own movie specifically to that end.

    Soon, a movie buff named Koji is hired to direct after being mistaken for a filmmaker and an actual indie film director named Hirata is recruited to help.

    Complicating matters even further, Ikegami soon injects himself into the chaos of his hated rival’s production.

  • Ep 156 SUB

    Amachan (2013)

    Amachan
    Genre:
    Comedy, Family, Friendship, life, Music, School, Sports
    Country:
    Japanese
    Amano Aki goes with her mother Haruko to her hometown in Kitasanriku during a summer vacation. There, she meets her maternal grandmother, Natsu, for the first time. Natsu is a woman diver aka "ama", and Aki thinks that is just so cool. Aki is a second-year high-school student, and she struggles to keep up with the fast-paced life in Tokyo. Having been confined indoors most of the time, everything she sees in the rural town is exciting to her. But most of all, seeing her grandmother diving under the fierce surf along the coastline, leaves a huge impact on her. "I think I would like to be a diver too..."
  • Ep 5 SUB

    Shokuzai (2012) (2012)

    Shokuzai (2012)
    Genre:
    Crime, Drama, Horror, Investigation, Murder, Mystery, Novel, Psychological, Revenge, Suspense, Thriller
    Country:
    Japanese

    The murder of Emili, a young girl, leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The raped body of Emily is found by the four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother Asako is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim that they don't remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do their penance for their silence. Deeply struck by the words of Asako and burdened with her curse, the four girls are forced into adulthood which eventually triggers a tragic chain of events.

    Adapted from the novel by Kanae Minato.