Movies: The Asahi Shimbun

  • 2018
    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)

    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

    8.22018HD

    After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days....

    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
  • 2015
    Attack on Titan

    Attack on Titan (2015)

    Attack on Titan

    6.12015HD

    100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans lived in peace, but, 100 years later, the giant wall ...

    Attack on Titan
  • 2021
    Drive My Car

    Drive My Car (2021)

    Drive My Car

    7.42021HD

    Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to dri...

    Drive My Car
  • 2015
    Attack on Titan II: End of the World

    Attack on Titan II: End of the World (2015)

    Attack on Titan II: End of the World

    6.12015HD

    Eren Yeager leaves to restore a break in the wall destroyed by a Titan. He comes under attack by the Titans and is cornered. Shikishima comes to his aid. The titans never stops attacking. Eren is now injured and tries to protect Armin, but is swallo...

    Attack on Titan II: End of the World
  • 2010
    13 Assassins

    13 Assassins (2010)

    13 Assassins

    7.32010HD

    A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future....

    13 Assassins
  • 2021
    We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

    We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)

    We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

    7.72021HD

    Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years....

    We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
  • 1985
    Night on the Galactic Railroad

    Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)

    Night on the Galactic Railroad

    7.11985HD

    Giovanni currently lives a dreary life of near non-stop work. At school, his peers ridicule him incessantly, and his employer at work is distant and cold. As his isolation from society becomes unbearable, he suddenly finds himself on a train heading ...

    Night on the Galactic Railroad
  • 2008
    Departures

    Departures (2008)

    Departures

    7.82008HD

    Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more pe...

    Departures
  • 2007
    Dororo

    Dororo (2007)

    Dororo

    7.02007HD

    Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge the death of her parents....

    Dororo
  • 2011
    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    7.22011HD

    A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord....

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
  • 2019
    First Love

    First Love (2019)

    First Love

    6.72019HD

    One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themselves pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin....

    First Love
  • 2012
    The Floating Castle

    The Floating Castle (2012)

    The Floating Castle

    7.42012HD

    In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes across unexpected resistance in the form of a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika...

    The Floating Castle
  • 2015
    Sweet Bean

    Sweet Bean (2015)

    Sweet Bean

    7.42015HD

    The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone lov...

    Sweet Bean
  • 2021
    Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

    Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021)

    Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

    6.62021HD

    Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration....

    Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
  • 2021
    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 1

    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 1 (2021)

    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 1

    7.92021HD

    After a total solar eclipse, a dark circus troupe appears, Mamoru is stricken with a mysterious malady and bad things start happening across the city. Sequel to the Sailor Moon Crystal TV series....

    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 1
  • 2018
    Falling Camellia

    Falling Camellia (2018)

    Falling Camellia

    8.22018HD

    During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct of his leader. Years after, his dying wife wish was for him to go back to his clan....

    Falling Camellia
  • 2024
    Sensei's Pious Lie

    Sensei's Pious Lie (2024)

    Sensei's Pious Lie

    7.82024HD

    Misuzu Hara (Nao) works as a high school teacher and prefers to keep a distance from her students. In her past, she was raped by her best friend’s boyfriend Hayafuji after he found out she liked him. She didn't report the crime to the police and she ...

    Sensei's Pious Lie
  • 2020
    Wife of a Spy

    Wife of a Spy (2020)

    Wife of a Spy

    6.72020HD

    It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in ...

    Wife of a Spy
  • 2021
    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 2

    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 2 (2021)

    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 2

    8.22021HD

    While under the care of the Outer Sailor Guardians, Hotaru begins to age rapidly. Then, the time comes for all the Sailor Guardians to reunite!...

    Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal the Movie Part 2
  • 2018
    The Blood of Wolves

    The Blood of Wolves (2018)

    The Blood of Wolves

    7.22018HD

    Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case invol...

    The Blood of Wolves