Tôru Nakamura

Tao Tsuchiya

Tetta Sugimoto

Nanase Nishino

Abudeka Is Back

Abudeka Is Back (2024)

Kenjirô Tsuda

Natsuki Deguchi

Ken'ichi Endô

Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards

Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards (2024)

Elaiza Ikeda

Shôtarô Mamiya

Yûma Yamoto

Toriyama Yukina is finally in at the university of her choice to major in science. She studied hard to get in. The school is not exactly as she had imagined however. She has a crush on Kei and is motivated to join the man-flight club as a result, which competes in the contest of that same name. Obviously Yukina wants to buddy up with Kei, alas it may not be happening.—aghaemi

Tori Girl!

Tori Girl! (2017)

Mio Imada

Renji Ishibashi

Born to a noble family, Miyo is raised by her abusive stepmother and married off to Kiyoka, a soldier so heartless his prior fiancées fled within three days into their engagement. With no home to return to, Miyo slowly starts to open her heart to her cold and pale husband-to-be, despite their rocky introduction... This might just be her chance at finding true love and happiness.

My Happy Marriage

My Happy Marriage (2023)

Jun Murakami

Lily Franky

Etsushi Toyokawa

Shinichi Tsuda is a genius novelist. He is a winner of the prestigious Naoki Prize for literature. One day, he lets his editor Nahomi Torikai read his latest novel. The novel is supposed to be based on a case Shinichi Tsuda experienced himself in a small city in Toyama Prefecture. Nahomi Torikai is excited by the new novel, but she has a strange feeling and decides to check whether the story is fiction based on the author's experience.—ARIO

The Method of Repulsing the Dove

The Method of Repulsing the Dove (2021)

Shinichi Tsuda is a genius novelist, he is a winner of the prestigious Naoki Prize for literature. One day, he lets his editor Nahomi Torikai read his latest novel. The novel is supposed to be based on a case Shinichi experienced himself in a small city in Toyama Prefecture. Nahomi is excited by the new novel, but she has a strange feeling and decides to check whether the story is fiction based on the author's experience.

Yûki Yamada

Kei Tanaka

Motoki Ochiai

Story about 1998 Nagano Olympic ski jump team competition, where Japan won a gold medal.

Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold

Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold (2021)

Chiaki Kuriyama

Tôri Matsuzaka

Iku (Nana Eikura) joined the Library Defense Force after a member from that team retrieved an important book that was targeted for censorship. She is assigned to work under Atsushi's (Junichi Okada) team. She endures Atsushi's harsh treatment and looks for the member who retrieved her book. She also finds herself becoming attracted to Atsushi. Iku meets female high school student Marie (Tao Tsuchiya) at the library. Maries has a hearing disability. She is also a childhood friend of Mikihisa (Kei Tanaka). Iku senses Marie's strong feelings for Mikihisa. Asako (Chiaki Kuriyama) works as a clerk for the Library Task Force. She has frequent meetings with curator Shuji (Aoi Nakamura). This creates complicated feelings for Hikaru (Sota Fukushi). One day, Mikihisa is arrested because of a book he recommended to Marie. Official reason given is because the book is unsuitable for disabled people. The members of the Library Task Force are angered by Mikihisa's arrest.—AsianWiki

The Library Wars: Book of Memories

The Library Wars: Book of Memories (2015)

Yuki Mamiya

Ryo Ishibashi

Koharu holds down a public sector job and does it well. Then disaster strikes. Her family and home are stricken. She is personally affected when her man lusts after other women including a co-worker of his. A white knight appears who is willing to be with her, love her and marry her. What happens next is no Cinderella story however.—aghaemi

Melancholy

Melancholy (2021)

Miwako Kakei

Yô Ôizumi

Shin'ya Ohwada

Yoshito Sato grew up with his mother Yasue after his father passed away. His mother ran a yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurant that his father had left behind. Yoshito enjoyed eating his mother's cooking and their restaurant was loved by many people. Things changed after popular food critic Tatsuya Furuyama published false statements about their yakiniku restaurant. Due to that, their restaurant saw a sharp drop in customers. Yasue worked hard to recover business for the restaurant. Due to Yoshito's behavior in wanting attention from his mom, Yasue decided to shut down the restaurant. Eighteen years later, Yoshito lives alone and he works as a freelance writer. One day, he takes work for a new online foodie website. He works with editor Shizuka Takenaka. Their first assignment involves yakiniku. Around that time, Yoshito hears that his estranged mother Yasue has collapsed.

Food Luck

Food Luck (2020)

Kento Yamazaki

Dôri Sakurada

Ryô Ryûsei

Ram, a graffiti artist in Australia, angrily defaces a mural of his latest ex-girlfriend. He believes, no matter how much two people love each other, the love will eventually fade. He has fallen in and out of love nine times. His tenth love is Jaanu, a bubbly eternal-romantic. He relentlessly pursues her but when he refuses to declare eternal love for her, their clashing ideologies keep them apart.—Shrinivas G. Kulkarni

Orange

Orange (2018)

Yû Koyanagi

Kôji Yakusho

Kyôko Koizumi

The wind of change is blowing as a family grapples with unemployment, alienation, mistrust and a lack of communication. When a Japanese salaryman loses his job to outsourcing to China, it is just the beginning of a series of family shattering incidents leading to the implosion of the family unit.—aghaemi

Tokyo Sonata

Tokyo Sonata (2008)

Takeru Satoh

Kazuki Kitamura

Twenty-somethings Hisashi and Mai are engaged. When suddenly Mai's heart stops and she falls into a coma all Hisashi can do is remain by her side, albeit without knowing whether she might improve. Things look up when Mai finally comes out of the coma and becomes conscious again, but she has suffered brain damage and cannot remember her man.—aghaemi

The 8-Year Engagement

The 8-Year Engagement (2017)

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