Toad's Oil

Jun 6, 2009

2h 11m

★ 7.0

Overview

The story of Takuro Yazawa, a day trader who claims he can earn hundreds of millions of yen in one day, and those around him as they attempt to cope with the death of his son and somehow find a way to benefit spiritually from the experience.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Pyramid Film

Phantom Film

TV Tokyo

NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan

Eisei Gekijo

dentsu

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Cast

Takuro Yazawa

Koji Yakusho

Tetsuya Yazawa

Eita Nagayama

Terumi Yazawa

Satomi Kobayashi

Hikari

Fumi Nikaido

Hikari's Grandmother

Kaoru Yachigusa

Loukas has been living in Africa for many many years, working hard to send money to his family who has stayed in Greece. When the time has come to return home, he decides to surprise his family and arrives to Greece without telling them that he's coming. Loukas is anxious to see his wife and his grown-up children after so long, but they may not share the same feeling.

9.0

Let the Church Say Amen

Aug 29, 2013

A prominent reverend balances his duty to the church with family woes as his 21-year-old daughter tries to put her life back together.

7.9

Ardaas

Mar 11, 2016

A city teacher finds alcoholism and lack of faith among the locals in his new rural posting.

0.0

A Father's Love

May 31, 2024

A taxi driver, already struggling to support his wife and children, finds an abandoned baby in the back of his cab.

5.3

Everybody's Fine

Jan 1, 2016

When all four of his children cancel their yearly visits, a widower travels to the far corners of the country to see them and discovers the hidden sides of their lives.

5.7

Life Is a Trumpet

Oct 15, 2015

Life Is a Trumpet has a loose jazz musician as the groom, a butcher as his father, and two families of different backgrounds whose members are not as different as one might expect.

0.0

Whispers of Gratitude

Invalid Date

For family reasons, Zhong Bufan, a young man from a small town, flees his home to try to reach Beijing. On the way, he crosses paths with Ren Jiqing, an old man suffering from Alzheimer's disease who mistakes him for his son.

6.0

Wrong Swipe

Feb 13, 2016

When Anna has a difficult time getting close to people, her sister creates a dating profile for her online. Anna starts to message a handsome man until she starts getting disturbing messages that a match is close by.

0.0

Flower Bud

Jun 20, 2023

A young woman struggles to tell her beloved grandmother a truth that she believes may ruin their relationship.

5.8

Beautiful!

Mar 7, 2025

A slice-of-life comedy-drama following the interconnected stories of six female characters at different stages of life, each struggling to overcome personal challenges.

5.6

Rara

Oct 13, 2016

Since their parents split up, Sara and her younger sister live with their mother, whose new partner is a woman. Everyday life for the four of them is hardly any different than it is for other families. But not everyone sees it that way – Sara's father in particular has his doubts. As Sara’s 13th birthday approaches, she feels rather overwhelmed: her first crush, a body in the midst of changes and to top it off, conflicts over loyalty with her parents.

7.1

Mellow Mud

Feb 26, 2016

Siblings Roby and Raya after the death of their father and being abandoned by their mother, are forced to live with their dominating grandmother in a small country house owned by their family. Things change after the sudden death of their grandmother. The teenagers have to face a tough choice: either to report the accident and submit themselves to a life in an orphanage or hide the dead body and live as if nothing has happened.

4.9

Spirit of the Game

Oct 8, 2016

In the lead up to the 1956 Olympic games, a group of missionaries are tasked with helping the fledgling Australian basketball team compete in their first ever Olympics, and in doing so, unite a nation still coming to grips after the war.

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0.0

Almost Home

Feb 27, 2016

An American Marine returns home to his dying father bringing not only the hope to mend their broken relationship but his memories of the war.

6.7

Destruction Babies

May 31, 2016

Taira is a disaffected youth from a seaside town reveling in violence. Enamored by his strength, Yuya joins his crusade in attacking strangers. Meanwhile, Taira's brother looks for him.

0.0

Recuerdos

Jun 5, 2024

Two brothers argue over what to do with the old house left to them by their late grandfather.

0.0

Ceremony

May 4, 2024

Ceremony is a personal story about fathers and sons, and the overbearing silence which is passed down for generations. After the death of his grandfather, Oliver (21) and his father (50) bring the urn to a cemetery. Seeing his father in distress, Oliver takes the opportunity to acknowledge their distant relationship, attempting to connect.

6.5

Boris Without Beatrice

Mar 4, 2016

Living somewhere in present-day Quebec, Boris Malinowski has achieved all his goals. A freethinker, open-minded and proud, he also displays a certain arrogance when it comes to his successes. For some time now, his wife Béatrice, a Canadian government minister, has been bedridden, suffering from a mysterious depression. To escape from his wife’s agony, Boris begins a relationship with a colleague, Helga, and gets close to Klara, a young woman who works as a maid in Boris’s home. The sudden appearance of a stranger in his life forces Boris to come face-to-face with the world, with everything he takes for granted, with all his certainties.

0.0

Chain Reaction

May 16, 2024

Brothers Gabriel and Antonio have spent the past few years stealing to survive. However, their lives begin to fall apart on one fateful night.

6.8

Graduation

May 20, 2016

After his daughter is assaulted and left with an injury that may jeopardize her opportunity to study in the UK, a Romanian doctor decides to do whatever it takes to secure her future.

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