Movies: Shinobu Ôtake

  • 2023
    The Boy and the Heron

    The Boy and the Heron (2023)

    The Boy and the Heron

    7.52023HD

    While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to a...

    The Boy and the Heron
  • 2010
    The Secret World of Arrietty

    The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

    The Secret World of Arrietty

    7.72010HD

    14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty....

    The Secret World of Arrietty
  • 2013
    The Wind Rises

    The Wind Rises (2013)

    The Wind Rises

    7.82013HD

    A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane....

    The Wind Rises
  • 2017
    Mary and The Witch's Flower

    Mary and The Witch's Flower (2017)

    Mary and The Witch's Flower

    7.12017HD

    Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems....

    Mary and The Witch's Flower
  • 2022
    Hell Dogs

    Hell Dogs (2022)

    Hell Dogs

    7.02022HD

    Bent on revenge, a traumatized ex-police officer must infiltrate a yakuza organization by befriending one of the group's most unhinged members....

    Hell Dogs
  • 2001
    GO

    GO (2001)

    GO

    7.42001HD

    Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him....

    GO
  • 2015
    Our Little Sister

    Our Little Sister (2015)

    Our Little Sister

    7.52015HD

    Three sisters live together in a large house in the city of Kamakura. When their father – absent from the family home for the last 15 years – dies, they travel to the countryside for his funeral, and meet their shy teenage half-sister. Bonding quickl...

    Our Little Sister
  • 1999
    Railroad Man

    Railroad Man (1999)

    Railroad Man

    6.91999HD

    A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with h...

    Railroad Man
  • 2021
    Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

    Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (2021)

    Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

    7.12021HD

    Nikuko is a brash, jolly, scattered, and passionate woman in an otherwise sleepy seaside town in northern Japan. She’s also the single mother of 11-year-old Kikuko, who is her opposite in many ways. Kikuko is a string-bean of a young girl, pensive, q...

    Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
  • 2021
    The House of the Lost on the Cape

    The House of the Lost on the Cape (2021)

    The House of the Lost on the Cape

    6.52021HD

    A strange old woman allows a teenage runaway and a young orphan to stay in an abandoned house that overlooks the sea. However, when a menacing entity threatens their new home, they must band together and face their fears to save it....

    The House of the Lost on the Cape
  • 2007
    Welcome to the Quiet Room

    Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)

    Welcome to the Quiet Room

    6.72007HD

    28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’...

    Welcome to the Quiet Room
  • 1978
    The Demon

    The Demon (1978)

    The Demon

    6.51978HD

    When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears....

    The Demon
  • 2000
    Ritual

    Ritual (2000)

    Ritual

    7.62000HD

    A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera....

    Ritual
  • 2004
    Otakus in Love

    Otakus in Love (2004)

    Otakus in Love

    5.52004HD

    Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay....

    Otakus in Love
  • 2015
    Pieta in the Toilet

    Pieta in the Toilet (2015)

    Pieta in the Toilet

    72015HD

    Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live. During his last summer, high school student Mai appears. Hiroshi becomes attracted to her....

    Pieta in the Toilet
  • 2013
    Before the Vigil

    Before the Vigil (2013)

    Before the Vigil

    62013HD

    Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. Matsuoi...

    Before the Vigil
  • 1998
    A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

    A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998)

    A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

    6.21998HD

    A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She meets others looking for a new start in life, including a former salaryman with whom she begins a furtive r...

    A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
  • 1977
    Tora-san Plays Cupid

    Tora-san Plays Cupid (1977)

    Tora-san Plays Cupid

    7.71977HD

    Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt. Tora attempts to match Watt with a young waitress....

    Tora-san Plays Cupid
  • 2010
    A Night in Nude: Salvation

    A Night in Nude: Salvation (2010)

    A Night in Nude: Salvation

    6.52010HD

    A beautiful mother and her two daughters run a bar in a town. They have a dream of becoming rich, reforming the building, and living as celebrities. With no chance of their dream coming true with just their everyday earnings, they had another face - ...

    A Night in Nude: Salvation
  • 2010
    Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!

    Here Comes the Bride, My Mom! (2010)

    Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!

    5.32010HD

    Tsukiko, whose father died before she was born, lives with her mother Yoko and they provide mutual support for each other. One day, Yoko comes home completely drunk with Kenji, a young man with blond hair, and tells Tsukiko, "I'm going to marry him."...

    Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!