Ikiru
Oct 09, 1952 | IMDB 8.3
143 min Watch NowDrama
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
Drama
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
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The House of Mirth
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The Great War of Archimedes
Elsa & Fred
Bright Future
The Castle
Boiling Point
Things to Do
Lithium
Kids Return
Linda Linda Linda
An Actor's Revenge
Samurai Rebellion
Thug Love
Natsukashii
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IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 2008
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2021
A pianist struggles to finish a song when visited by a stranger.Still Walking
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 2008
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.Air Doll
IMDB 7 | Sep , 2009
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.The House of Mirth
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2000
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IMDB 7.6 | Apr , 1948
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IMDB 6.6 | Jul , 2019
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IMDB 5.9 | Mar , 2014
After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.Bright Future
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 2003
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.The Castle
IMDB 6 | Sep , 1997
Michael Haneke's adaptation of Franz Kafka's unfinished novel Das Schloss. K arrives in a remote village a stranger. In attempting to establish himself there, he enters the nightmarish world of the castle bureaucracy.Boiling Point
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1990
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IMDB 6 | Jun , 2006
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2025
A young woman depends on her partner for happiness. As her mental stability wavers, their relationship strains and loneliness take a hold.Kids Return
IMDB 7.1 | Jul , 1996
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.Linda Linda Linda
IMDB 7.4 | Jul , 2005
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IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 1963
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.Samurai Rebellion
IMDB 8.2 | May , 1967
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.Thug Love
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2009
A divorced advertising executive finds her career in jeopardy when she begins a passionate relationship with a much younger man.Natsukashii
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2025
Happy nostalgia. Natsukashii tells the story of one night of remembering, as memories of a certain time, and a certain person, come flooding back.Aderyn Papur... and Pigs Might Fly
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1984
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