Best Japanese Films from 2010's
Periwinkle Jan 26, 2022
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![Rurouni Kenshin]()
Former legendary assassin, Kenshin Himura, has now become a wandering samurai. Offering aid and protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time, he comes across and aides ...more -
![My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy]()
Hamada Kiyosumi is a 3rd grader in high school. He possesses a strong sense of justice. One day, he sees first-grade student Kuramoto Hari being bullied. He helps her. Since that time, ...more -
![He Won't Kill, She Won't Die]()
The drama revolves around the relationship between Rei Kosaka (a tsundere guy who easily gets worked up and who always says, "Just die already") and Nana Shikano (a girl who habitually cuts ...more -
![Kids on the Slope]()
It is summer 10 years ago. Kaoru transfers to a new school and has a fateful encounter with the school's terrifying bad-boy Sentaro. They bond over jazz and Kaoru finds that he's ...more -
![The Miracles of the Namiya General Store]()
In the year 2012, three delinquents including Atsuya discover that their hideout, a run-of-the-mill general store, was owned by an elderly man who gave free advice to worried people through letters. Something ...more -
![If Cats Disappeared From the World]()
A 30-year-old postman learns that he doesn't have much time left to live due to a terminal illness. He is plagued by a constant headache, visits a doctor and is told that ...more -
![Hatsukoi Loss Time]()
Aspiring university student Aiba Takashi is studying in order to try again for the university examination. One midday time seems to stand still for everyone and everything around him. Moreover, this phenomenon ...more -
![Daytime Shooting Star]()
Yosano Suzume is a naïve country girl who transfers to a high school in Tokyo. When she gets lost on her first day in the big city, a man named Shishio comes ...more -
![Waiting for Spring]()
Mizuki cannot readily open her heart to anyone, but she is going to turn over a new leaf in high school and change that. But how can she get along with a ...more -
![Today's Kira-kun]()
A love story nurtured by a high school girl named Okamura Ninon who fell in love with the handsome boy, Kira Yuiji. Having been bullied in the past, Ninon finds it difficult ...more -
![My Little Monster]()
Mizutani Shizuku is all about acing her grades and staying out of drama, while Yoshida Haru is a hot-headed troublemaker with a violent streak. After Haru gets suspended on his first day ...more -
![The Liar and His Lover]()
Four high school classmates Aki, Shun, Kaoru and Teppei form the band called Crude Play. However, just before their debut, Aki suddenly quits the band and is replaced by Shinya. The band ...more -
![Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku]()
Ayase Chihaya is obsessed with a Japanese poem card game called Karuta. After entering high school, she decided to form a Karuta club to meet her previous Karuta childhood friends. However, people ...more -
![The 8-Year Engagement]()
Hisashi and Mai are set to have their wedding ceremony in 3 months, but Mai falls ill and lapses into a coma. Hisashi does not give up on his fiance and prays ...more -
![Orange]()
During the spring of her 16th year, Takamiya Naho receives a letter from her future self. Upon reading the initial page of the letter, her class was introduced to a transfer student ...more -
![Last Letter]()
Kishibeno Yuri is a housewife who lives with her husband and their two children. Yuri attends her sister Tono Misaki's funeral, where she meets her niece Ayumi for the first time in ...more -
![Our Little Sister]()
Three Koda sisters, 29-year-old Sachi, 22-year-old Yoshino, and 19-year-old Chika, live at their grandmother's home in Kamakura, Japan. When the Koda sisters were young, their parents divorced, and they were abandoned. Not ...more -
![Fortuna's Eye]()
When Kiyama Shinichiro was little, his family died in a plane accident. Since then, he has not made any friends and he has lived a lonely existence. One day, Kiyama Shinichiro acquires ...more -
![Like Father, Like Son]()
One day, Ryota receives a phone call from the hospital. The hospital informs Ryota that his 6-year-old son is not his biological son. After his birth, two babies were switched. Ryota and ...more -
![Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together]()
Nami is a 40-year-old housewife. She meets her high school friend Serika for the first time in many years, but Serika now has terminal cancer. Serika tells Nami that she wants to ...more -
![Let's Go, JETS! From Small Town Girls to U.S. Champions?!]()
21. Let's Go, JETS! From Small Town Girls to U.S. Champions?!
Japanese Movie - 201785 points by 1 votersFemale students, including Tomonaga Hikari and Tamaki Ayano, from a high school cheer dance club, follow strict instructions from their teacher Saotome Kaoruko. They compete at the USA Cheerdance Championship. ~~ Based ...more -
![Anger]()
Three tales about enigmatic strangers entering into the lives of trusting citizens play out in three different Japanese cities, hinting at a connection to a grisly home invasion homicide in the Tokyo ...more -
![My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday]()
Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at a university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all ...more -
![Her Love Boils Bathwater]()
Futaba, whose husband suddenly left her one year ago, lives with her shy daughter, Azumi. When Futaba abruptly receives a diagnosis of a terminal illness, she aims to use the brief amount ...more -
![Rainbow Days]()
Natchan, Mattsun, Tsuyopon, and Keichan are inseparable high school buddies despite having completely different personalities and interests. Their good times at school undergo a change when Natchan, a latecomer to love, falls ...more -
![ReLIFE]()
Kaizaki Arata is a 27-year-old NEET, who failed at every job opportunity whenever interviewers hear that he quit his first job after having worked for only 5 months. One night, he was ...more -
![Hot Road]()
"Hot Road" depicts the sad and fierce love between 15-year-old Kazuki and 16-year-old Hiroshi. Kazuki Miyaichi lives with her mother. Kazuki does not like her mother’s boyfriend and she feels that she ...more -
![Princess Jellyfish]()
Plain, timid and obsessed with jellyfish, Tsukimi is a far cry from her idea of a princess. Her tepid life as a jobless illustrator comes complete with roommates who harbor diehard hobbies ...more -
![My Love Story!!]()
Gouda Takeo is a freshman in high school. (Both estimates) Weight: 120kg, Height: 2 meters. He spends his days peacefully with his super-popular-with-girls, yet insensitive childhood friend, Sunakawa. One morning, on the ...more -
![Your Lie in April]()
Kosei Arima won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kosei Arima ...more -
![The World of Kanako]()
A beautiful honors student named Kanako suddenly goes missing. Her father, former detective Akihiro Fujishima, begins an obsessive search for her, tracking down her former middle school teacher, classmates, and her juvenile ...more -
![Confessions]()
Middle school teacher Moriguchi Yoko's life comes crashing down after the murder of her 4-year-old daughter. Eventually, Yoko suspects some of her own students to have been responsible for her daughter's death. ...more -
![It Comes]()
Hideki Tahara and Kana Tahara are newlyweds. Hideki is excited about his future with Kana. One day, a mysterious person visits the company where Hideki works. Hideki's colleague conveys the visitor's message ...more
