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Real (リアル〜完全なる首長竜の日〜, Riaru: Kanzen Naru Kubinagaryū no Hi) is a 2013 Japanese science fiction drama film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Takeru Satoh and Haruka Ayase. [3] It is Kurosawa's first feature film since Tokyo Sonata (2008). [4] It is based on Rokuro Inui's novel A Perfect Day for Plesiosaur. [5]
Nobody Knows (誰も知らない, Dare mo Shiranai) is a 2004 Japanese drama film based on the 1988 Sugamo child abandonment case. [2] The film is written, produced, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and it stars Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, and Hiei Kimura.
The film was originally released in Japan in VHS format on June 4, 1999 [1] [2] and later as a DVD on December 22, 2005. [3] Red Room was released in the US by Anthem Pictures on January 9, 2007. [4] In 2000, the film was followed by a sequel, titled Red Room 2.
The 8-Year Engagement (Japanese: 8年越しの花嫁 奇跡の実話) (2017) – Japanese romantic drama film based on an autobiographical book by Hisashi Nishozawa and Mai Nakahara [3] 9/11 (2017) – action drama film depicting five elevator passengers trapped during the September 11 attacks [4]
Original Sin (死んでもいい, Shinde mo ii) is a 1992 film directed by Japanese director Takashi Ishii.Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22-year-old man.
Lists of films produced in Japan include: List of Japanese films before 1910; List of Japanese films of the 1910s; List of Japanese films of the 1920s; List of Japanese films of the 1930s; List of Japanese films of the 1940s; Lists of Japanese films of the 1950s; Lists of Japanese films of the 1960s; Lists of Japanese films of the 1970s
Your Home Is My Business! (家売るオンナ, Ieuru Onna, stylized Your Home is My Business!) is a Japanese television drama/comedy series, which premiered on NTV on July 13, 2016, starring Keiko Kitagawa in the lead role. [1] Machi Sangenya is a real-estate salesperson whose motto is "There isn't a house I can't sell."
The word "minbo" is a contraction of minji kainyū bōryoku (民事介入暴力), literally translated as "violent intervention in civil affairs". It was a technique utilized by the yakuza following the crackdown of traditionally "victimless" crimes of drugs, gambling, and prostitution in the early 1980s, and exploited the Japanese reluctance towards confrontation in order to "gently extort ...