Japan in 2023 also released a lot of good movies, so if you love movies, please watch the movies below. Korean movies, Chinese movies, Thai movies look set to be more popular and more widespread than ever, but Japan also has a lot of excellent titles in 2023. Not only anime, but the drama genre also has a lot of notable series and brings meaningful messages to life. Let's take a look at some of Japan's hot movies at the beginning of the year.
1 Call Me Chihiro
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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.
6 Sankuchuari
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Sankuchuari trailer.
Director: Kan Eguchi
Episodes: 8 Episodes
Status: Complete
Language: Vietnamese subtitles
Production year: 2023
Country: Japan
Genre: Psychological - Romance, Humor, Sports - Music
Cast: Wataru Ichinose, Shota Sometani, Shioli Kutsuna
Sankuchuari is about a tough kid who risks his life to become a sumo wrestler, attracts fans with his cocky attitude and becomes a thorn in the side of an industry with a long tradition.
The film portrays a rookie wrestler, Enno, a debt-ridden delinquent living in violence and with a broken family, as he tries to make his way into the world of professional sumo. When he is hunted by the owner of the Enshō stable for his talent and physique, and climbs the ranks just for money without caring about sumo, he becomes the target of criticism from sumo operators because of his aggressive personality and attitude. disrespectful to the traditions of the sport.
7 Risqué Business: Japan
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Risqué Business: Japan trailer
- Duration: 33 minutes / episode
Episodes: 6 Episodes
Status: Complete
Language: Vietnamese subtitles
Production year: 2023
Country: Japan
Category: TV Show
Cast: Sung Shi Kyung, Shin Dong Yup
Adult Story: Japan tells the story of Shin Dong Youp and Sung Si Kyung delving into the adult entertainment industry in Japan, meeting all kinds of people to shed light on this "taboo" experience.
8 Informa
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Informa - Trailer
- Status: Completed
Cast: Kenta Kiritani, Reo Sano, Kana Kita
Country: Japan
Premiere date: 01/20/2023
Episodes: 10
Duration: 30 minutes
Genre: Humor, Casual, Action
Informa is the story of a struggling tabloid reporter. A loud, communicative informant who used to be yakuza. They collaborated to write articles about a series of horrific murders.
Kanji Mishima is a reporter for the Weekly Times, dealing mainly with gossip. He feels empty and uncomfortable spending his days chasing celebrity scandals without any of the journalistic spirit he desires. One day, Mishima goes to Amagasaki to pick up someone under the direction of editor-in-chief Nagasawa Asuka. Nagasawa sends him off as an opportunity to fulfill Mishima's previous wish to "see a world that you won't see if you live a normal life", but what awaits him is Keijiro Kihara, a man who is now a popular figure in all areas of the underworld, politics and entertainment, as well as an urban myth among informants, are called "Informants".
9 The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
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The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House - trailer
- Đạo diễn: Koreeda Hirokazu, Sato Takuma, Tsuno Megumi, Okuyama Hiroshi
- Thời lượng: 40 phút / tập
- Số tập: 9 Tập
- Tình trạng: Hoàn tất
- Ngôn ngữ: Phụ đề Việt
- Năm sản xuất: 2023
- Quốc gia: Nhật Bản
- Thể loại: Tâm Lý - Tình Cảm
- Diễn viên: Mori Nana, Deguchi Natsuki, Makita Aju, Hashimoto Ai, Matsuoka Mayu, Matsuzaka Keiko
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House là một bộ phim truyền hình Nhật Bản có sự tham gia của Nana Mori, Natsuki Deguchi và Aju Makita, do Netflix phát hành vào ngày 12 tháng 1 năm 2023.
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House kể về đôi bạn khăng khít chuyển đến Kyoto để theo đuổi ước mơ trở thành maiko, nhưng rồi họ quyết định theo đuổi những đam mê khác nhau trong khi sống chung dưới một mái nhà.
10 Utsukushii Kare Season 2
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Utsukushii Kare Season 2 - Official Trailer
- Director: Mai Sakai
Duration: 24 minutes/episode
Episodes: 4 episodes
Status: Complete
Language:
Vietnamese subtitles
Production year: 2023
Country: Japan
Genre: Psychological - Romance, Boy Love
Cast: Riku Hamirara, Yusei Yagi, Akira Takano, Soko Wada, Sawa Nimura, Motoki Ochiai
The Beautiful Boy (Part 2) tells about Hira as a shy, shy and socially withdrawn boy, so he also suffers from stuttering and stammering, so the communication is very bad. Kiyoi Sou, whom he falls in love with at first sight, is a beautiful, cold but arrogant guy who is always admired by his friends. Two people who differed in identity and status in that classroom accidentally came together.
