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I Am Keiko (1997)
桂子ですけど
★ 6.7 11 ratings
other title: 我是桂子,但 / 桂子ですけど …
Keiko Suzuki is a lonely waitress in Tokyo. Her father passes away of cancer and she becomes obsessed with the passage of time. And so, three weeks before her 22nd birthday, she decides to record this period of time in the most accurate way possible, regardless of how lonely or banal this record ends up being.

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Decisive Match! Girls Dorm vs Boys Dorm (1986)
決戦!女子寮対男子寮 IMDb TMDB Douban Eggplant.place
园子温 actor: 河西宏美 / 小林和子 …
other title: 决战!女子宿舍对男子宿舍 / 決戦!女子寮対男子寮 …
A world-class marathon becomes the catalyst of clashes between the guests of a women’s and a men’s dormitory. Armed with toy machineguns and pistols, the young people challenge each other in a breathless race through the city streets. For one of the girls, the battle ends on the beach, where she watches an amazing event take place.

TV

Minna! ESPer Dayo! (2013)
みんな!エスパーだよ! Season 1 part of TV Series: Minna! ESPer Dayo! TMDB Douban Eggplant.place
★ 7.1 87 ratings
园子温 / 入江悠 … actor: 染谷将太 / 夏帆 …
平凡的高中生鸭川嘉郎(染谷将太 饰)本以为日子就会这么不咸不淡的度过。直到某一天,他发现他突然能听到别人脑中所思所想。这种被称作超能力的事物,一开始让鸭川不知该怎么运用。最初鸭川只把这种能力用到暗恋的女生浅见纱英(真野惠里菜 饰)身上。而后,鸭川发现,他居然不是唯一的超能力者。在他的周围潜藏着各路高手,他的青梅竹马平野美由纪(夏帆 饰)可以与之用意念交流;镇上咖啡店的店长,则可以用意念移动物体;而学校篮球队的成员,可以瞬间位移…… 这些刚刚觉醒拥有超能力的人,起初都只把这些能力用来谋福利和方便。直到恶势力的入侵,他们开始联手,用自己的超能力捍卫自己生存的土地,与恶势力们展开了精彩且激烈的争斗。

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All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City (2015)
みんな!エスパーだよ!番外編~エスパー、都へ行く~
★ 5.0 21 ratings
other title: 我们都是超能力者番外篇:超能力者进城 / みんな!エスパーだよ!番外編~エスパー、都へ行く~ …
High school student Yoshio Kamogawa suddenly gained the power to read other people’s minds. One day, he receives mail from Sae Asami in Tokyo asking for his help. He goes to Tokyo and infiltrates Asami’s high school. He then becomes involved in gang fight as he tries to save her.

TV

爱的曝光 加长版 (2017)
愛のむきだし【最長版 ザ・テレビショー】 Douban
★ 8.8 9 ratings
这部长达近四个小时的电影讲述了一个根据真人真事改编的究极纯爱故事。角田优生长在虔诚的基督徒家庭。母亲 早逝,优和当神父的父亲哲过着平淡而幸福的生活。优憧憬着有朝一日能遇到理想中的女性——和母亲气质相似的 “玛丽亚”……

Movie

Be Sure to Share (2009)
ちゃんと伝える
★ 7.6 5 ratings
other title: 让我告诉你 / ちゃんと伝える …
Shiro's struggle with his father's cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it's too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble Shiro faced connecting to his strict father who was also his teacher and soccer coach. With a consuming secret of his own, Shiro, now in his late twenties and about to get engaged, must eventually learn how to share the pain of it with his loved ones.

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Tokyo Tribe (2014)
Tokyo Tribe
★ 5.6 32 ratings
园子温 actor: 铃木亮平 / 海 …
other title: 东京暴族 / 东京暴走族 …
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro, joins forces with heavy-hitting gangster Buppa of Buppa Town. With Buppa's support, Merra aims to initiate a gang war between the Wu-Ronz and the Musashino Saru, and in a confrontation between the two attempts to kill Kai of the Musashino Saru. The inadvertent murder of Kai's friend Tera (a Musashino Saru member beloved by all Tribes since before their formation) leads to the joining of forces between all of the Tribes in an all-out war against Merra and Buppa.

TV

Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017)
東京ヴァンパイアホテル Season 1 part of TV Series: Tokyo Vampire Hotel TMDB Douban Eggplant.place
★ 5.7 38 ratings
Manami suddenly encounters mass murder at a pub on her 22nd birthday as she is hunted down by two warring vampire clans, the Draculas and the Corvins. Manami is a child of prophecy who is meant to help the Draculas overcome their Corvin enemies who have driven them underground. Meanwhile, droves of young men and women are gathered at the Hotel Requiem by a Corvin named Yamada who informs them that the world is about to end, with this hotel being the only refuge.

Movie

Love Exposure (2008)
愛のむきだし
★ 8.3 334 ratings
other title: 愛のむきだし / Exposición de amor …
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.

Movie

Into a Dream (2005)
夢の中へ
★ 7.6 5 ratings
园子温 actor: 田中哲司 / 夏生夕菜 …
other title: 在梦中 / 夢の中へ …
三流的劇場演員Mutusgoro,一腳踏兩船,靠女友Taeko接濟過生活,又迷上了劇場班主的女人Ranko;一天驚覺染上性病,向女友問罪不果,只好回鄉去。在火車上,昏沉渾噩的他再分不清現實與夢境,好友和父親的出現令現實如夢魘一樣,揮之不去。夢已醒,意難平。園子溫的戲夢人生,通過記憶和夢境想去重構過去、想望未來。田中哲司、夏生優奈、小田切讓詮釋夢與激情。 A case of STD sends struggling stage actor Mutsugoro on a confused tangent wondering which of the women he’s bedding is the culprit. To escape for a bit, Mutsugoro decides to return to his hometown for a class reunion. During the trip, a series of madcap nightmares in which his estranged friends and family become terrorists begins to invade his mind, and then his grasp on reality. Blurring the senses with shaky camera and surreal scenarios, INTO A DREAM jumps wildly from dry reality to rehearsed hysterics to loopy dreamland. HKAFF 2009

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The Land of Hope (2012)
希望の国
★ 7.0 12 ratings
other title: 希望之国 / 希望の国 …
An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half of the area designated as an evacuation area.

Movie

Madly (2016)
Madly
★ 6.8 5 ratings
other title: 疯狂 / 狂爱 …
Madly explores love in all its permutations in six short films from a vibrant group of filmmakers representing Japan, Argentina, the UK, the US, India, and Australia. All forms of love are on display in this anthology. And all manners of feelings expressed from jubilance to depression are done so strongly.