#2020s Best Japanese Films
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- DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsMasaki SudaKasumi ArimuraKaya KiyoharaA love story spanning 5 years between a man and a woman. A 22-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman both miss the last train at Meidaimae Station in Tokyo and meet there. Their relationship develops romantically.
- DirectorKeisuke YoshidaStarsTokio EmotoMasahiro HigashideFumino KimuraNobuto is a boxer who is not going to be a champion anytime soon. He works hard, trains, attends consistently and yet ends up amassing losses. In the same gym and training with Nobuto is Kazuki. The latter man looks destined for success. He is engaged to Chika who was crushed on by Nobuto when they were children.
- DirectorMasato HaradaStarsJun'ichi OkadaKentarô SakaguchiMayu MatsuokaA traumatized former officer hell-bent on revenge receives an order to go undercover within the Yakuza by befriending their most frenetic member.
- DirectorMasato HaradaStarsJun'ichi OkadaKô ShibasakiRyohei SuzukiSet in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.
- DirectorKazuya ShiraishiStarsShô AoyagiMiwako KakeiHiroto KanaiSet several years after The Blood Of Wolves and Ogami Shogo's death in the Western city of Hiroshima, the detective's plan to surround and control the yakuza low-lives has been implemented and is working. Much bloodshed and potential death has been prevented. However, the release of one criminal element places everything in jeopardy.
- DirectorKei IshikawaStarsSakura AndôYôko MakiSatoshi TsumabukiAkira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeaki AbeYoshiyoshi ArakawaTadanobu AsanoLord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
- DirectorRikiya ImaizumiStarsRyûya WakabaKotone FurukawaTakeo GozuAoi Arakawa works at a secondhand clothing store in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. He lives a simple life. In his free time, he likes to browse used bookstores or go to bars by himself. Things become more complicated when Aoi Arakawa gets involved with four women.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsKoji YakushoTokio EmotoArisa NakanoHirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
- DirectorKeisuke YoshidaStarsKisetsu FujiwaraArata FurutaAoi ItôA teenager girl's accidental death incites a media frenzy and causes her harsh father to turn his range against those he believes are responsible.
- DirectorShô MiyakeStarsHokuto MatsumuraMone KamishiraishiSawako FujimaMisa, battling PMS and stigma, starts anew at Kurita Optics. Amidst work and sweets, she meets Takatoshi. Despite his quiet demeanor and struggle with panic attacks, a deep bond forms.
- DirectorMiwa NishikawaStarsKoji YakushoSeiji RokkakuYukiya KitamuraA lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsSakura AndôEita NagayamaSoya KurokawaA mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsHidetoshi NishijimaTôko MiuraReika KirishimaA renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.
- DirectorMichihito FujiiStarsGô AyanoNaoyuki FernandezHayato IchiharaKenji Yamamoto's father died from using a stimulant drug. His life fell into desperation. Kenji then joined a crime syndicate. There, he meets the gang's boss Hiroshi Shibasaki. Hiroshi reaches out to Kenji and they developed a relationship like father and son. As time passes, Kenji has his own family.
- DirectorShunji IwaiStarsHideaki AnnoMasaharu FukuyamaSuzu HiroseIt is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically accept the demise of her mother. In the midst of all this an old flame messages the sister to say he is still in love with her, but is he messaging the living sister or the dead one?
- DirectorShô MiyakeStarsYukino KishiiMasaki MiuraShinichirô MatsuuraA hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.
- DirectorDaihachi YoshidaStarsLily FrankyElaiza IkedaYoshino KimuraHayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the ship well. Chatting with his direct boss he picks up a certain vibe. Did he misunderstand that the magazine is doomed and will be terminated? If so, he is not going down without a fight. He will fight to make it through and keep his, and the others', jobs.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsKento YamazakiRyô YoshizawaKanna HashimotoIt follows a young man who dreams of becoming a general and Ying Zheng, whose goal is unification.
- DirectorHana MatsumotoStarsTakumi KitamuraYuina KuroshimaYûki InoueA young man falls in love with a woman he meets at a party, but when she leaves him, he must face some uncomfortable truths.
- DirectorTakuya KatoStarsRyûtarô AkimotoSei AndôKanji Furutachi
- DirectorDaigo MatsuiStarsSôsuke IkematsuSairi ItôKalen AnzaiA former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again.
- DirectorMasato HaradaStarsSakura AndôNoriko EguchiKatsuhisa NamaseA grifter and her loose-cannon brother get their hands on a massive amount of money, but their ill-gotten gains puts a huge target on their back.
- DirectorNorihiro KoizumiStarsYôsuke EguchiKanata HosodaSora InoueSousuke Aoyama attends a university. His parents died in an accident and he is still unable to get pass his sadness over their deaths. While working his part-time job at an exhibition gallery, he sees ink wash paintings and becomes fascinated by the works. Standing nearby, ink wash painting master Kozan Shinoda notices Sousuke's fascination with the works. Kozan talks to Sousuke and suggests that he should become his pupil to learn how to draw ink wash paintings.
- DirectorShinya TamadaStarsMarika ItôTakumi KitamuraAtsuko MaedaKasumi doesn't know what love is and she doesn't have any feeling of romance. Due to her sister's marriage, her mother arranged a formal marriage arrangement without her permission. At the meeting, she met a man who is just seeking friend.