Drama
Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Taboo
Rhapsody in August
Black Trans Miracle
Like Water for Chocolate
Big Night
Fires on the Plain
Otakus in Love
As You Like It
Susu
Out of Nature
Theru Naaigal
Sakuran
Animal Crossing: The Movie
Hana
Love and Honor
Sansho the Bailiff
Out of the Woods
Luna Papa
Isabel
Takumi-kun Series: And the Spring Breeze Whispers
SIMILAR MOVIES
Taboo
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 1999
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.Rhapsody in August
IMDB 7.2 | May , 1991
An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.Black Trans Miracle
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2022
Lindani, a neurotic young trans man, struggles to tell his partner Tam he loves them after a random encounter with a stranger shakes his self-confidence. But as he finds himself pushed and pulled in all directions by the perceptions of others, can Lindani reconnect with himself enough to figure out how he really feels?Like Water for Chocolate
IMDB 7.3 | Apr , 1992
Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.Big Night
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1996
Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.Fires on the Plain
IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 2015
In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.Otakus in Love
IMDB 5.5 | Oct , 2004
Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.As You Like It
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 2006
Witty, playful and utterly magical, the story is a compelling romantic adventure in which Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile in the Forest of Arden - set in 19th-century Japan.Susu
IMDB 5.4 | Apr , 2018
Two Chinese girls take a film transcription job at a heritage English countryside mansion. Discovering entangled family secrets about the Kunqu Opera star Susu, they find it almost impossible to escape, physically and emotionally.Out of Nature
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 2014
Out of Nature is a journey inside Martins head. A family father in his 30s living in a small town of Norway. He feels alienated in his own life and longs to get away. Away from his job, away from his family, into the woods, up to the mountains. While spending a weekend alone on a hiking trip, he is forced to confront the way he lives his life. Out of Nature is an original, funny and tender film about how to take part in your own life as a husband, father and son.Theru Naaigal
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2017
A group of young men kidnaps a politician-gangster, who is awaiting the results of an election. What are they after?Sakuran
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 2006
Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.Animal Crossing: The Movie
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2006
Ai, a self-reliant girl who moves to Animal Village and works at Nook's Cranny, gradually becomes part of the community with guidance from its residents and embarks on a quest to plant pine trees for a Winter Festival miracle after finding a message in a bottle.Hana
IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 2006
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.Love and Honor
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 2006
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.Sansho the Bailiff
IMDB 8.1 | Mar , 1954
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.Out of the Woods
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2017
60 year old woman leaves urban life and goes to live in a village to take care of her grandchildren whose parents now live in America. There she faces lots of financial hardships as the family doesn't send any money, and tries her best to provide all for their happier childhood.Luna Papa
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 1999
The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and gets her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.Isabel
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2025
A woman in her early 50s who wants to open her own wine bar after being the head sommellière for a Michelin-starred restaurant.Takumi-kun Series: And the Spring Breeze Whispers
IMDB 4.1 | Dec , 2007
A 2nd year student is assigned a handsome new roommate at the start of the school year.