Top 10 Best Japanese Movies of Early 2023

1

Call Me Chihiro

Call Me Chihiro Official Trailer

• Director: Rikiya Imaizumi
  Duration: 131 minutes
  Language: Vietnamese subtitles
  Production year: 2023
  Country: Japan
  Genre: Psychological - Emotional
  Cast: Kasumi Arimura, Hana Toyoshima, Tetta Shimada, Lily Franky, Jun Fubuki, Mitsuru Hirata
  "Call Me Chihiro" is an adaptation of Hiroyuki Yasuda's manga "Chihiro-san" that revolves around a girl who works as a prostitute. Directed by Rikiya Imaizumi, it follows Chihiro (Kasumi Arimura), who works as a cashier for a coastal bento restaurant. The eatery caught the attention of men in the area. Chihiro always smiles at customers, even rude ones, but always feels empty in her soul.

  A former prostitute, Chihiro doesn't hesitate to start working at a lunch box in a small coastal town and bring comfort to the lonely souls she meets.

2

Dou Suru Ieyasu

のちに天下を治めるその男は― 弱虫だった！

• Japanese name: どうする家康
  Kosawa Ryota
  Director: Naoki Murahashi and others
  Cast: Kento Nagao (Danshi Naniwa), Jin Shirasu, Taiiku Okazaki, Katsuya Maimma, Aoi Ito. 
  Genre: history, life, drama
  Runtime: 50 episodes
  Airdate: 08/01/2023
  Broadcaster: NHK
  It is NHK's 21st taiga drama with a screenplay written by Ryota Kosawa ("Confidence Man JP", "Date", "Legal High") that portrays the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (Matsumoto), the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.

  The plot revolves around Takechiyo (later Ieyasu Tokugawa) being born the son of a poor and helpless daimyo. Takechiyo lost his father in a war. He grew up in loneliness and away from his mother's arms. Takechiyo doesn't know what his future holds. He then has a dramatic encounter with young Nobunaga Oda.

3

Kimi ni Todoke

Kimi ni Todoke trailer

• Directors: Tago Kikuchi, Takehiko Shinjo
  Duration: 35 minutes/episode
  Episodes: 12 episodes
  Status: Complete
  Language: Vietnamese subtitles
  Production year: 2023
  Country: Japan
  Genre: Psychological - Emotional
  Premiere: 30/03/2023
  Cast: Sara Minami, Ouji Suzuka, Kaito Sakurai, Rinka Kumada, Riho Nakamura, Naho Toda
  Kimi ni Todoke is a Japanese psychological drama film directed by Takeo Kikuchi and Takehiko Shinjo, adapted from the anime manga of the same name by Karuho Shiina. In the film, there will be the main participation of the cast including: Minami Sara, Suzuka Ouji, Sakurai Kaito,....

Sawako Kuronuma (Minami Sara) is shunned by her friends, even scared whenever Sawako is present because her appearance is very similar to the famous ghost Sadako in The Ring but people do not know that behind the long hair covering her face is a kind girl but no Know how to strike up conversations with people around you. At the bottom of the cherry blossom tree, she runs into Shota Kazehaya (Oji Shizuka) and shows him the way.

Shota is a guy with a sunny smile, very sociable and friendly with the whole class. Shota had long noticed Sawako, knowing she was a very kind but shy person. So thanks to Shota always encouraging and talking to Sawako, she can become more confident, start to have good and sincere friends, and eat with her friends when school is out. The whole film is about the very ordinary life of schoolgirls, about pure feelings, about sincere friendship.

4

Angel Flight: Kokusai Reikyu Sokanshi (2023)

Angel Flight Official Trailer

• Duration: 60 minutes/episode
  Episodes: 6 Episodes
  Status: Complete
  Language: Vietnamese subtitles
  Production year: 2023
  Country: Japan
  Genre: Psychological - Emotional
  Cast: Ryoko Yonekura, Honoka Matsumoto, Yu Shirota, Yuma Yamoto, Kayo Noro, Yu Tokui
  Flight of Angels is a Japanese psychological drama film to be released to audiences in 2023. Flight of Angels tells the story of professionals who transport the deceased back home. Angel Hearse is run by Nami Izawa and Kashiwagi. A film that portrays the love between the deceased and the bereaved.

5

Hyakuman Kai Ieba Yokatta

Hyakuman Kai Ieba Yokatta trailer

• Directors: Daisuke Yamuro, Fuminori Kaneko
  Duration: 55 minutes/episode
  Episodes: 10 Episodes
  Status: Complete
  Language: Vietnamese subtitles
  Production year: 2023
  Country: Japan
  Genre: Psychological - Emotional, Mysterious - Supernatural
  Cast: Mao Inoue, Takeru Satoh, Kenichi Matsuyama, Shim Eun Kyung, Toshiyuki Itakura, Karina
  Hyakuman Kai Ieba Yokatta is about two childhood friends who reunite as adults, fall passionately in love and won't let anything including death separate them in this supernatural love story.

Soma Yui and Naoki Torino are childhood friends, but they meet again as adults. Upon deciding to propose to Yui, Naoki suddenly disappears from Yui's sight after becoming embroiled in a mysterious incident. Naoki continues to wander this world as a spirit, unaware that he is dead. Naoki asks Yuzuru Uozumi, a detective who is the only one who can see Naoki, to convey his feelings to Yui, but Naoki eventually breaks up without saying a decent "thank you, goodbye and I love you" to his beloved.