
Soji Arai
Actor · b. 1975 · Niigata, Japan
Soji Arai was born in Niigata, Japan. After graduating from Waseda University, one of the top private institutions of higher education in Japan, he began acting with the Bungakuza theater company. In 2002, he made a major impact on the Tokyo theater world with his starring role of Max in Bent directed by Robert Allan Ackerman.
Movies15
Movie6.2FamilyAdventureWhen his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication.
Dog Gone
2023 · 206 votes
Movie6.5RomanceComedyAn American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
The Ramen Girl
2008 · 380 votes
Movie8.3DramaHistoryInspired by the real life rescue of over 300 British soldiers in 1942, Dongji Rescue is a rousing, action-packed story of heroism on the high seas. When the Japanese warship Lisbon Maru is torpedoed off the coast of Dongji Island, the lives of over 300 British POWs on board are at risk of being claimed by the sea. Their only hope is a small group of defiant Chinese fisherman who will do anything to rescue and protect them from their captors.
MovieDramaThriller"The Penthouse" is a psychological thriller that follows Saina and David, a young family who moves into a luxurious penthouse in Kuala Lumpur to start a new life.
The Penthouse
2026
MovieComedyDramaHaru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor. She must face what comes next as sparks fly.
Movie5.5ComedyDramaKorean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi. As the title clearly states, pride of place goes to juicy, bite-sized meat, and viewers will get a delightful eyeful of food, food, and more food in this fabulously fulfilling gourmet comedy. Reveling in Japan's love for food-themed shows, the film revolves around a culinary battle of David and Goliath proportions, cheekily parodying Japanese cooking shows with Iron Chef-like editing, excited running commentary, and comedic how-to segments. The Yakiniku Movie also shines a light on the food culture of Japan's resident Korean population, proving that tasty food transcends all boundaries.
- Movie1.7ComedyDrama
This original comedy-drama from Oscar-nominated writer Ron Nyswaner ("Philadelphia") and director Robert Allan Ackerman ("The Reagans") charts the lives of male and female employees, as well as their chic clients, at New York City's most exclusive and expensive escort service.
Filthy Gorgeous
2007 · 3 votes
Movie6.5FantasyMysteryAn unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, the story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case. Homosexual tension and explosive violence drives the story which delivers some weird and fascinating visuals.
Movie5.6DramaAfter a failed wedding shoot, Bae-hwan meets Ryu—a callboy tangled in a murder case—and offers him a way out.
Movie7.2DramaWarDuring the 1944 Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, a Communist-led guerrilla squad and an undercover operative must unite their conflicting missions to rescue a downed Flying Tigers pilot, James, successfully breaking through an intense Japanese siege to secure his escape.
Movie5.7ActionComedyKeiko who leads a lonely life as a fortune teller on the streets meets Goro, a leader of the con-artists. One day, Goro witnesses a group of men kidnapping a middle-aged man in the parking garage. Goro records the man on his cell phone without knowing he could be in big trouble.
MovieDramaCrime
MovieDramaYoung-ho, an Ethnic-Korean living in Japan, decides to close the pachinko parlor that he has operated with his mother Kyung-ja for 50 years along National Route 7 in Akita Prefecture, Japan. When he invites his mother on an overseas trip to celebrate her retirement, she expresses her desire to visit Niigata instead of going abroad.
MovieDramaA young man is unable to save a young woman from being assaulted, despite her having helped him out of a difficult situation in the past. Wracked with regret, he decides to provide assistance to her younger twin sister who is plotting revenge against society.
MovieActionScience FictionDoppelgangers from a parallel universe have assumed the identities of their opposites. To stop the threat of a mass invasion of look-a-likes, Structure, a covert agency that polices interdimensional travel, has sent its best assassin.
Ark Exitus
2020
Series6
TV8.0CrimeAction & AdventureA Los Angeles S.W.A.T. sergeant is assigned to lead a highly skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets, where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles the two worlds.
S.W.A.T.
2017 · 1.6K votes
TV8.2Action & AdventureDramaThis Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the successful Daniel LaRusso, who has been working to maintain the balance in his life without mentor Mr. Miyagi.
Cobra Kai
2018 · 7K votes
TV8.4Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaIn a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, among others, come of age into heroes and villains at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.
Legacies
2018 · 3K votes
TV7.9CrimeDramaA first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name.
Tokyo Vice
2022 · 417 votes
TV7.9DramaThis sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.
Pachinko
2022 · 269 votes
TV7.2MysteryDramaA random mass stabbing, major food company Titus Foods, and a mysterious infant disease. These three things have as much in common as Detective Soma, hack writer Yarimizu, and the stabbing's lone survivor, Shuji. Yet, these men are now embroiled in a risky quest for the truth. What they find, though, is more heinous than they imagined, making them question just who is the real criminal?