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  • Ep 10 SUB

    Vivant (2023) (2023)

    Vivant (2023)
    Genre:
    Drama
    Country:
    Japanese
    N/A
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Ribbon (2022) (2022)

    Ribbon (2022)
    Genre:
    Drama, Youth
    Country:
    Japanese

    It is the winter of 2020, and a graduation project that had taken a year to complete can no longer be showcased at its planned venue because of COVID-19. She has time at home, but she no longer has any motivation to do anything at all...

    Having been deprived of the channel to express herself, the art student Itsuka struggles with her internal conflict of being unable to figure out what she should be doing.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Hold Me Back (2020) (2020)

    Hold Me Back (2020)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, Novel, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese

    Mitsuko Kuroda is 31-years-old and single. She enjoys her life as a single woman. A big reason why she enjoys her single life is that she has counsellor "A" in her mind, which is her other self. Whenever she does not know what do, "A" gives her the right answers. She believes her happy and peaceful single life with "A" will continue, but she falls in love with Tada-kun (Kento Hayashi). He is a salesperson and younger than her.

    Adapted from the novel "Watashi o Kuitomete" by Risa Wataya.

  • Ep 10 SUB

    I AM NON (2019)

    I AM NON
    Genre:
    Documentary
    Country:
    Japanese
    YouTube Originals documentary on the making of "Get To The Punchline", the first film written and directed by Non (formerly, Nounen Rena). It covers the pre-production, 13-day shoot, and post-production of the film showing the wildly creative but inexperienced film-maker's struggles to make her first film.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Princess Jellyfish (2014)

    Princess Jellyfish
    Genre:
    Comedy, Romance, Youth
    Country:
    Japanese
    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 that solidify their status as hopeless social rejects. These wallflowers run a tight, nun-like ship, but their no-men-allowed-not-no-one-not-no-how bubble is unwittingly burst after Tsukimi brings home a rescued sea jelly and a beauty queen... who's actually a guy. When the threat of losing their cozy convent inspires this glamour boy to turn the neurotic entourage into a portrait of success, will Tsukimi take her chance to bloom, or will she end up a hot mess?
  • Ep 1 SUB

    By Rule Of Crow's Thumb (2012)

    By Rule Of Crow's Thumb
    Genre:
    Comedy, Mystery, Suspense
    Country:
    Japanese
    Constantly on the run from a vicious loan shark, two small-time con artists, Take and Tetsu, plan their biggest and most complex con yet in order to get revenge and retire from a life of crime. However, things get complicated when they cross paths with Mahiro, a young woman that Take inadvertently orphaned during a job gone awry years ago. Seeing Mahiro down on her luck, Take tries to relieve his guilt by taking her on as a partner, while hiding his true identity. But as his plan unfolds, Take discovers that he isn't the only one with a secret.
  • Ep 11 SUB

    Kagi no Kakatta Heya (2012)

    Kagi no Kakatta Heya
    Genre:
    Mystery
    Country:
    Japanese
    Enomoto Kei is a security "otaku" working for a security firm, devoted to improving the securities system on a daily basis. He is not an easy person to familiarize oneself with, always collected and calm, unapproachable, a maniac in Physics, Science, Architecture and profound in other basic theoretical foundation. He is certain and proud of the fact that there is no key which he cannot unlock. One day, Kei is asked to help reveal a mystery behind a locked room murderer. While he lacks any interest in solving the mystery, he is inevitably intrigued by the term, "Closed Doors" and decides to take on the position. He works side by side with Aoto Junko and Serizawa Gou, who are lawyers working at a major law firm. Junko is pure and forward, acting upon her instincts while Serizawa is a prideful elitist who sees time as money, and therefore, will not take on any job that is unprofitable. Possessing a vast amount of knowledge and acute insightfulness, Kei is able to unlock the closed doors and unravel the secrets leading to the solution. Never before has there been a drama focused solely on closed doors. It's an all new original mystery that will keep you guessing every week
  • Ep 156 SUB

    Amachan (2013)

    Amachan
    Genre:
    Comedy, Family, Friendship, life, Music, School, Sports
    Country:
    Japanese
    Amano Aki goes with her mother Haruko to her hometown in Kitasanriku during a summer vacation. There, she meets her maternal grandmother, Natsu, for the first time. Natsu is a woman diver aka "ama", and Aki thinks that is just so cool. Aki is a second-year high-school student, and she struggles to keep up with the fast-paced life in Tokyo. Having been confined indoors most of the time, everything she sees in the rural town is exciting to her. But most of all, seeing her grandmother diving under the fierce surf along the coastline, leaves a huge impact on her. "I think I would like to be a diver too..."
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Confessions (2010) (2010)

    Confessions (2010)
    Genre:
    Drama, Murder, Novel, Psychological, Revenge, School, Thriller
    Country:
    Japanese
    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. She comes up with an elaborate plan for revenge against the students who killed her innocent daughter
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Confession (2010) (2010)

    Confession (2010)
    Genre:
    Drama, Murder, Novel, Psychological, Revenge, School, Thriller
    Country:
    Japanese
    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. She comes up with an elaborate plan for revenge against the students who killed her innocent daughter.