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Love is Blind: Japan is a Japanese reality television series based on the original American version of the same name hosted by Takashi Fujii and Yuka Itaya which premiered on Netflix on February 8, 2022, as a three-week event. Although a second season was greenlit on March 24, 2022, [1] it was later revealed on October 13, 2022, that it had ...
Author and folklorist Matthew Meyer has described the Kuchisake-onna legend as having roots dating back to Japan's Edo period, which spanned from the 17th to 19th centuries [1] but Japanese literature professor Iikura Yoshiyuki believes it dates from the 1970s. [3] In print, the legend of Kuchisake-onna dates back to at least as early as 1979.
Hana-Kimi (Japanese: 花ざかりの君たちへ〜イケメン♂パラダイス〜, Hepburn: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Ikemen Paradaisu, lit. ' For You in Full Blossom: Ikemen Paradise ', stylized as HANA-KIMI), [2] [1] [3] also known by the abbreviation IkePara, is a teen romantic-comedy Japanese television drama planned by Hiroyuki Gotō for Fuji TV and Kyodo TV, based on the shōjo manga ...
Perfect Days is a 2023 drama film directed by Wim Wenders from a script written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki. [4] A co-production between Japan and Germany, the film follows the routine life of Hirayama (Kōji Yakusho), a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo.
Love You as the World Ends (君と世界が終わる日に, Kimi to Sekai ga Owaru Hi ni) is a Japanese drama action horror television / streaming series co-produced by NTV and Hulu Japan. The series features an ensemble cast as survivors of a zombie apocalypse trying to stay alive under near-constant threat of attacks from zombies.
Awaiting Kirin (麒麟がくる, Kirin ga Kuru) is a 2020 Japanese historical drama television series starring Hiroki Hasegawa as Akechi Mitsuhide, a samurai and general during the Sengoku period. The series is the 59th NHK taiga drama , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] premiering on January 19, 2020.
Confessions (Japanese: 告白, Kokuhaku) is a 2010 Japanese psychological thriller film directed by Tetsuya Nakashima and based on author Kanae Minato's 2008 debut mystery novel, which won the 2009 Honya Taisho award (Japan Booksellers Award). [2]
As the Gods Will (神さまの言うとおり, Kami-sama no Iu Tōri) is a 2014 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Miike. It is based on the first arc of the eponymous manga series by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Akeji Fujimura. The film was released on home media in the United States by Funimation. [3]