Movies and TV shows set in tokyo – page 4
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List of movies set in tokyo
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
On the verge of an apocalyptic global event, a clan of vampires lures a crowd of humans into a glamorous hotel in order to turn it into their own private blood farm. A rival family of vamps crashes the party and sparks a violent uprising, hoping to ...
Style:
psychotronic, captivating, suspense, bleak, scary ...
Plot:
supernatural, vampire bite, vampire vs vampire, killing, escapades, deadly creature, curses spells and rituals, hunting, revenge, fear, loss, monster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, romania
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
30-year-old Kamata Rinko is single and a struggling scriptwriter. She has no boyfriend and keeps having night outs at drinking spots with her girlfriends Kaori and Koyuki. “If I become beautiful, a better guy will appear!” “If we grow to like ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, funny, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
single woman, trio, problem, relationships, love story, male female relationship, love and romance, relationship problems, thirty something, love interest, lifestyle, satire ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
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208
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Koito Koganei works as the teenage shrine maiden at the Takamimi Shrine, catering to the whims of its resident: a centuries-old elf who loves video games as much as she hates going outside! Line up your offerings for the otaku elf—some energy ...
Style:
anime, humorous, entertaining, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
teen fantasy
Plot:
shrine, slice of life, spirit, unlikely friendships, friends, girlfriend, friendship, friend, temple, immortality, schoolgirl, japanese culture ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In an abandoned Tokyo overrun by bubbles and gravitational abnormalities, one gifted young man has a fateful meeting with a mysterious girl.
Style:
anime, fairy tale, captivating, romantic, disturbing ...
Plot:
disaster, gravity, parkour, adolescence, mysterious girl, life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, relationships, lifestyle change, friendship, male female relationship ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, romantic, psychological thriller, twisted
Plot:
long distance relationship, dating, couple relations, in love, relationships, love affair, blind date, relationship vs career, couples, student, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, university student ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, contemplative, exciting
Plot:
slutty woman, slutty attitude, husband wife relationship, divorce, long distance relationship, murder, police detective, novelist, reporter, newspaper, blackmail, train ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, bleak, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
love triangle, foreigner in japan, missing woman, female friendship, suspicion of murder, mysterious past, female protagonist, investigation, job, psychopath, female nudity, photography ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 1989
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A glimpse into the lives of three prostitutes in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo and the clients who solicit them.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
sexy woman, prostitute, loneliness, sex scene, prostitution, sex, pink film, friendship, friend, social satire, money, youth ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo, japan, east asia, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him across Spain, but also through his ...
Style:
art house, psychological, talky, stylized, aesthetic ...
Plot:
desert, tai chi, poetry, lone wolves, dialogue, murderer, addiction, african, character study, self control, mind control, traveler ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
spain, tokyo, europe, africa, madrid
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA, Singapore, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a near-future Japanese city bracing for a devastating earthquake, a group of teenage friends navigate personal struggles and fractured bonds amid rising tension.
Style:
tense, suspense, melancholic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, coming of age, surveillance, friendship, teen angst, grownups, school, social commentary, loss of innocence, graduation, prank, alienation ...
Time:
near future
Place:
japan, tokyo
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667
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Ryotsu Kankichi, or Ryo-san for short, is an unconventional cop working at the local police station who loves money. Together with famous celebrities like Nakagawa and Reiko, his strict boss Police Chief Ohara, and other wildly unique characters, he ...
Style:
anime, lighthearted, sitcom, feel good, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
slice of life, daily life, friendship, police, workplace, routine, urban, satire, adult humor, neighborhood, police officer, everyday life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
All of a sudden, Prime Minister Taizan and his carefree son Sho find their bodies switched around. They have no idea why nor how to turn back. Now Sho has to attend the Diet as Prime Minister. He cannot even read the words as he speaks as Prime ...
Style:
satirical, feel good, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
politics, father son relationship, switching roles, fish out of water, political satire, satire, body swapping, politician, body swap, father and son, relationships, problem ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Koji Shiraishi is interested in strange indiscriminate murder at a sightseeing resort. He goes behind the camera to investigate the circumstances surrounding strange occurrences and interview the survivors.
Style:
mockumentary, suspense, psychological, scary, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, parallel world, murder, danger, suspicion, paranormal phenomena, terrorism, bomb, extreme, witch, supernatural horror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. The simmering tension between them is about to boil over into all-out war.
Style:
sexy, exciting, captivating, tense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bare breasts, sexual pleasure, sexy girl, pig, sexy woman, policewoman, fondling, gang, profanity, hip hop, crooked cop, violence ...
Time:
future
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France, Canada, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Japanophile young Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student, in this charming and tender tale of young love and cultural discovery.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, intercultural
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
masculine woman, aeroplane, topless woman, bare breasts, fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, society, culture clash, social differences, interracial romance, imagination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, mount fuji
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany, Switzerland, UK, Italy, Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In this imaginative independent drama, Angela (Chloé Winkel) is a French art student living in Germany who loves to draw comics and creates elaborate tales drawn in a soft and romantic style. One night, Angela meets Yamamoto (Jon Yang), a club DJ ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
nightclub, immigrant, love affair, danger, murder, love and romance, female protagonist, teenage girl, foreigner in japan, foreigner, first love, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Three ancient guardian beasts awaken to protect Japan against Godzilla.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, monster, beast, giant monster, dinosaur, dragon, disaster, mothra, chaos, danger, heroic mission ...
Time:
jurassic, year 2001, 2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After the appearance of a new Gojira (Godzilla), the Japanese government builds a robotic Godzilla from the bones of the original monster that attacked Tokyo in 1954 to stop the beast.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychotronic, supernatural thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, kaiju, creature feature, androids and robots, monster, bio weapon, human versus monster, robot, danger, chaos, battles ...
Time:
year 1999, year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, jurassic ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Australia, China, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Evil Space Aliens called the Xilians unleashes all the Earth's monsters to lay waste to most of the world's major cities, including Tokyo, New York, Sydney, Shanghai and Paris. It is up to Godzilla and the Earth Defense Force to vanquish ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychotronic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, evil alien, chaos, danger, battles, survival, demolished city, dangerous animal, deadly creature, chaos and mayhem, chases and races ...
Time:
jurassic, 60s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1964 ...
Place:
new york, japan, tokyo, usa, vancouver ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Godzilla returns to terrorize Japan! This time, however, Japan has two new weapons to defend themselves. The Gryphon, a high-tech ship, and the Dimension Tide, a device that creates artificial black holes! During a test of the Dimension Tide, eggs ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, daikaiju, natural horror, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, giant monster, save the world, space and aliens, survival, chaos, danger, heroes, supernatural, disorder, escapades ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, 1950s, year 1954, 50s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Animation, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Kagami drags Marinette to Tokyo to help the Stellars defeat a new supervillain, but Marinette soon realizes her friend has another, untold reason for this trip to Japan.
Style:
fast paced, intercultural, mecha
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
superhero, kaiju, super villain, friendship, girl power, secrets, rescue mission, destiny, coming of age, betrayal, legacy, high school life ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Animation, History, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
In 1948 Tokyo, just right after the war, Kanna Kusakabe had just become a second-year at a high school when she meets the new language teacher, Akihiko Chuzenji. Mysterious supernatural things keep happening around Kanna. Once again today, Kanna is ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, atmospheric, melancholic, esoteric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, school, high school, teacher student relationship, female protagonist, investigation, haunting, occult, ghost, urban, high school life, slow burn ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Following the collapse of civilization, one storied hotel stands among the ruins of Tokyo’s Ginza district. Overrun by nature, this lone hotel continues to defy humanity’s collapse. Current guests: zero. Check-ins scheduled today: zero. ...
Style:
atmospheric, existential, melancholic, meditative, surreal ...
Plot:
hotel, post apocalyptic, survival, artificial intelligence, ruins, dystopia, isolation, urban, abandonment, abandoned city, loneliness, macabre ...
Time:
near future
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Hanako Haibara was born and raised in the city of Tokyo. After she gets dumped by her boyfriend, while in her late 20's, she goes on blind dates to find a man to marry. Miki Tokioka was born in a province. She studied very hard and entered a ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
relationships, feminist, dating, relationship problems, female protagonist, breakup, couple relations, lifestyle, everyday life, female friendship, personal growth, realism ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When his father flees from debt, carefree college student Osamu sees his life turn upside-down. Expelled from school and evicted from his apartment, he becomes one of Japan’s many ‘net cafe refugees’, barely scraping by each day with temporary ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
homelessness, poverty, alienation, homeless, life is a bitch, father son estrangement, manhunt, social problems, estrangement, refugee, swashbuckler, social misfits ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Shibuya Haruko is a high school student living in Tokyo. One night, she is instantly smitten by Kanagawa Kenichi, who is lying prone on a bridge. But Kenichi becomes far more interested in a girl he impulsively hits on, Mayumi, over the ...
Style:
teen, psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teen romance, adolescence, couple relations, love affair, teenage life, relationships, male female relationship, teenage protagonist, teenager, teenage love, relationship problems, family problems ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two women are flat-mates and friends in Tokyo. One is an event manager and the other works in the world of fashion marketing. The result shows that one is pregnant one day. The woman decides to give birth out of wedlock. It is a major decision, ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
friendship, pregnancy, east asian woman, women, relationships, female protagonist, neighbor, girl next door, couple relations, pregnant woman, neighbor neighbor relationship, female friendship ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan, Canada, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, serious, suspenseful, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
car, revenge, chase, chases and races, car chase, race, car race, danger, racing, street racing, amnesia, classic car ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
dominican republic, tokyo, los angeles, peru, california ...
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462K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
monster, giant monster, godzilla, dinosaur, disaster, creature, kaiju, catastrophe, military, mutant, deadly creature, chaos ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, year 2014, 2010s, year 1999 ...
Place:
japan, hawaii, san francisco, tokyo, honolulu hawaii ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
Style:
touching, sincere, disturbing, psychological, poignant ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
family drama, family reunited, boy, parents and children, architect, parenthood, moral dilemma, father son relationship, self discovery, class differences, introspection, life turned upside down ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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