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
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2007
    Dororo

    Dororo (2007)

    Dororo

    72007HD

    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
  • 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

    7.82021HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1987
    The Tale of Genji

    The Tale of Genji (1987)

    The Tale of Genji

    61987HD

    Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing an unobtainable object of desire: his father's young and beautiful bride. Following the tragic consequences of his...

    The Tale of Genji
  • 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

    8.12021HD

    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
  • 2010
    After the Flowers

    After the Flowers (2010)

    After the Flowers

    7.32010HD

    Ito, daughter of a clan official, encounters Magoshiro Eguchi. Magoshiro is a low ranking samurai sparks an attraction with Ito. Ito challenges Magoshiro to a sword match using bamboo sticks. Mahoshiro accepts. The pair's duel causes sparks to fly an...

    After the Flowers
  • 2016
    Erased

    Erased (2016)

    Erased

    6.72016HD

    Struggling manga author Satoru Fujinuma is beset by his fear to express himself. However, he has a supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until t...

    Erased
  • 2020
    MOTHER

    MOTHER (2020)

    MOTHER

    6.92020HD

    Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seem...

    MOTHER
  • 2010
    Golden Slumber

    Golden Slumber (2010)

    Golden Slumber

    7.12010HD

    When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. B...

    Golden Slumber