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House is a Japanese comedy horror film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi about a group of girls who are attacked by a haunted house. The film, released in 1977, was a box office hit in Japan and gained a cult following abroad.
A film adaptation of Arthur Golden's novel about a young girl who becomes a geisha in pre-war Japan. The film stars Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh and others, and won three Oscars for its cinematography, art direction and costume design.
A 1988 Japanese animated war drama film by Isao Takahata, based on a semi-autobiographical short story by Akiyuki Nosaka. It depicts the tragic fate of two siblings, Seita and Setsuko, who struggle to survive in Kobe during the final months of World War II.
An anime adaptation of the classic novel Heidi by Johanna Spyri, produced by Zuiyo Eizo and directed by Isao Takahata. The story follows Heidi's adventures in the Swiss Alps and in Frankfurt, where she befriends a disabled girl and a blind old woman.
Anne Watanabe is a Japanese model, actress, and singer, and the daughter of actor Ken Watanabe. She has appeared in various TV dramas, films, and documentaries, and is also a history otaku and a voice actress.
A Japanese mixed-media project about the romantic comedy between step-siblings Yūta and Saki. It started with a YouTube channel in 2020 and expanded to light novels, manga and anime in 2021 and 2024.
My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex (継母の連れ子が元カノだった, Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Motokano datta, lit. ' The Stepmom's Child Was the Ex-Girlfriend ') is a Japanese romantic comedy light novel series written by Kyōsuke Kamishiro and illustrated by Takayaki.
Japanese adult adoption is the practice in Japan of legally and socially accepting a nonconsanguineal adult into an offspring role of a family. The centuries-old practice was developed as a mechanism for families to extend their family name, estate and ancestry without an unwieldy reliance on blood lines.