Shows and movies with Japan vibes
List of shows and movies to get you in the mood for Japan.
Here are Japanese shows and movies that I have watched and enjoyed. Hopefully, you will too.
Anime
Ocean Waves
- Original title: 海がきこえる (Umi ga Kikoeru)
- College student Taku recalls transfer student Rikako's arrival two years ago, and the fateful summer that tested his bond with his friend Yutaka.
- Location: Mix of Kochi and Kichijoji, Japan.
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Links: StreamWithVPN.com, Google, Netflix
Aggretsuko
- Original title: アグレッシブ烈子 (Aguresshibu Retsuko)
- Frustrated with her thankless office job, Retsuko the red panda copes with her daily struggles by belting out death metal karaoke after work.
- Location: Tokyo, Japan.
- Genre: Comedy, Office drama
- Links: StreamWithVPN.com, Google, Netflix
Erased
- Original title: 僕だけがいない街 (Boku dake ga Inai Machi)
- Satoru Fujinuma can travel back in time to save others' lives. When he wakes up 18 years in the past, he has a chance to save his murdered classmates.
- Location: Hokkaido, Japan.
- Genre: Mystery, Thriller
- Links: StreamWithVPN.com, Google, Netflix
Parasite
- Original title: 寄生獣 セイの格率 (Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu)
- A teenager battles an onslaught of parasites from space with help from Migi, a docile parasitic creature that's taken over his right hand.
- Location: Tokyo, Japan.
- Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
- Links: StreamWithVPN.com, Google, Netflix
Tokyo Godfathers
- Original title: 東京ゴッドファーザーズ (Tokyo Goddofaazaazu)
- After finding an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve, three homeless people go in search of the child's parents, meeting a host of oddballs along the way.
- Location: Tokyo, Japan.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Links: StreamWithVPN.com, Google, Netflix
Weathering with You
- Original title: 天気の子 (Tenki no Ko)
- The summer of his freshman year, Hodaka runs away to bustling, ever-raining Tokyo and falls for Hina, a girl who seems able to manipulate the weather.
- Location: Tokyo, Japan.
- Genre: Fantasy, Romance
- Links: StreamWithVPN.com, Google, Netflix
The Garden of Words
- Original title: 言の葉の庭 (Kotonoha no Niwa)
- When a lonely teenager skips his morning classes to sit in a lovely garden, he meets a mysterious older woman who shares his feelings of alienation.
- Location: Shinjuku Gyoen, Tokyo.
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Links: StreamWithVPN.com, Google, Netflix
Drama
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
- Original title: 深夜食堂 (Shinya Shokudou)
- In a back alley sits a small eatery called Meshiya, referred to by patrons as the Midnight Diner, which the Master runs by himself and is open only from midnight to 7:00 AM. A menagerie of customers flock to the diner each night, where bonds among the Master, his food and the patrons set the stage for humorous and sometimes wistful episodes of human drama that feed both the belly and the soul.
- Location: Shinjuku, Tokyo.
- Genre: Drama
- Links: StreamWithVPN.com, Google, Netflix
The Naked Director
- Original title: 全裸監督 (Zenra Kantoku)
- This series explores the meteoric rise and feverish drive of pornography pioneer Toru Muranishi and his associates, who set out to take the adult entertainment industry by storm.
- Location: Tokyo, Japan.
- Genre: Biography, Drama
- Links: StreamWithVPN.com, Google, Netflix
Shogun
- Japanese title: 将軍 SHOGUN (Shougun)
- When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby Japanese fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
- Location: Feudal Japan.
- Genre: Historical, Adventure, Drama
- Links: StreamWithVPN.com, Google