Movies: Yuko Tanaka

  • 1985
    Demon

    Demon (1985)

    Demon

    7.71985HD

    Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small coastal fishing town where he's become an honest fisherman....

    Demon
  • 2019
    The Island of Cats

    The Island of Cats (2019)

    The Island of Cats

    6.92019HD

    Daikichi is a 70-year-old man and lives on a small island. Since his wife died, he has lived with his cat Tama. Daikichi was born and raised on the small island and enjoys relaxing days with his childhood friends including Iwao and his cat Tama. Dai...

    The Island of Cats
  • 1999
    The Exam

    The Exam (1999)

    The Exam

    01999HD

    Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is t...

    The Exam
  • 2000
    The Whispered City

    The Whispered City (2000)

    The Whispered City

    92000HD

    Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses....

    The Whispered City
  • 2014
    Homeland

    Homeland (2014)

    Homeland

    5.72014HD

    Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire village is abandoned after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, but Jiro returns there to live. Befo...

    Homeland
  • 1987
    Children on the Island

    Children on the Island (1987)

    Children on the Island

    01987HD

    The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils....

    Children on the Island
  • 2021
    Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone

    Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone (2021)

    Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone

    72021HD

    In 1964, Momoko came by herself to Tokyo from her hometown. She met Shūzō and married him. They raised two children together, but Shūzō suddenly passes away. Momoko is dumbfounded by being alone again. She begins to go to the library and borrows book...

    Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone
  • 2013
    Backwater

    Backwater (2013)

    Backwater

    5.92013HD

    Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma becomes anxious that he will have inherited those urges....

    Backwater
  • 2016
    Through Their Eyes

    Through Their Eyes (2016)

    Through Their Eyes

    72016HD

    A compelling human drama about the growing social problems and public responsibilities regarding the welfare and ethical treatment of neglected dogs and cats at animal shelters. The story is told through the eyes of tormented vets who are relentless...

    Through Their Eyes
  • 1982
    Tora-san, the Expert

    Tora-san, the Expert (1982)

    Tora-san, the Expert

    8.51982HD

    Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo....

    Tora-san, the Expert
  • 2022
    Thousand and One Nights

    Thousand and One Nights (2022)

    Thousand and One Nights

    6.52022HD

    Tomiko, a middle-aged woman, waits patiently for her husband, who disappeared thirty years ago, to return. She lives alone in a declining fishing village, and continues to search tirelessly for her husband. One day she meets Nami, whose husband has a...

    Thousand and One Nights
  • 1991
    Ghost Story: Flower House

    Ghost Story: Flower House (1991)

    Ghost Story: Flower House

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    An eerie statue of the Kannon shedding tears in an old Western-style house. Fifty years of the strange lives of the mothers and daughters who protect the statue of the Kannon....

    Ghost Story: Flower House
  • 1985
    Capone Cries a Lot

    Capone Cries a Lot (1985)

    Capone Cries a Lot

    5.71985HD

    Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune....

    Capone Cries a Lot
  • 2014
    Hana's Miso Soup

    Hana's Miso Soup (2014)

    Hana's Miso Soup

    82014HD

    Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes one day when he meets the irrepressible Matsunaga Chie by accident. Just as their relationship is blossoming however, Chie tells Shingo that she has bre...

    Hana's Miso Soup
  • 2008
    The Homeless Student

    The Homeless Student (2008)

    The Homeless Student

    6.32008HD

    Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author's experience of homelessness when this father suddenly decides to abandon his family. Hiroshi and his older siblings do all what they can to withstand the trouble they ...

    The Homeless Student
  • 2010
    Haru's Journey

    Haru's Journey (2010)

    Haru's Journey

    6.52010HD

    Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant to make....

    Haru's Journey
  • 2018
    Haruko's Doll

    Haruko's Doll (2018)

    Haruko's Doll

    02018HD

    In the early days of the Showa era in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture a newborn baby is abandoned with a doll under the eaves of a merchant house along the pilgrimage route in Shikoku. It seems to be a pilgrim struggling to make a living. This baby girl ...

    Haruko's Doll
  • 2002
    The Bleep Brothers

    The Bleep Brothers (2002)

    The Bleep Brothers

    02002HD

    Tatsuo and Ikuo have been raised by hard-working parents who run a funeral home. For relief, they practice games of manzai, a Japanese comic vaudeville. Tatsuo grows up to be a handsome chick magnet, while Ikuo is nerdy and unappealing. He spies on h...

    The Bleep Brothers
  • 1993
    Wild Geese

    Wild Geese (1993)

    Wild Geese

    01993HD

    In the 39th year of Meiji, a Yucheng, who had lived in poverty since childhood, lived in a house near the ramp in order to become a concubine of usury...

    Wild Geese
  • 1999
    Osaka Story

    Osaka Story (1999)

    Osaka Story

    51999HD

    Young Wakana is the daughter of a husband and wife comedy act, who have worked together for 20 years without any big success. Wakana’s parents quarrel constantly, and her mother often threatens to leave. When one day her father disappears, Wakana set...

    Osaka Story