Having the curiosity to see some Japanese drama or film… but not knowing how or where to find the subtitles in Italian.
Relaxing for a moment on the sofa with the desire to watch something on TV, having all the possible streaming platforms available… without even knowing what you’re looking for, in truth.
Questions that we have probably all asked ourselves on more than one occasion, sometimes dismissing them with the idea that “watching Japanese and Asian dramas is too complicated, I give up.”
With the increasingly widespread advent of streaming opportunities, instead, tune in to Japanese dramas and films it has never been easiernor had there ever been one like this before in our country wide possibility to range between titles and genres of very different fields.
Indeed, of series broadcast in conjunction with the Japanese television broadcast.
This is why you will find here a periodic appointment dedicated to all live action newsthat is to say Japanese dramas and films and to a lesser extent Asians, arriving in Italy on the most common online streaming platforms: no more doubts, since we will provide the ad directly update you periodically on the new titles of Netflix, Rakuten Viki, Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+but also structures such as MyMoviesOne (containing Fareastream), RaiPlay, NHK World, GagaOOlala and the recent one JFF Theatre.
We hope that a column structured in this way can be a valid help and an essential reference, both as a reminder of “what to see” and for new titles to look at, making you curious to always discover new ones.
So we’ll let you discover the latest news:
Rakuten Viki
Dramatic
Sub-genres: sentimental, psychological, revenge, infidelity, melodrama, family secrets, suspense, deception, emotional wounds, curses, divinity
Use: Eve it is also available on Prime Video
GagaOOlala
Attention: the titles reported below did not all arrive together, but are those that are available free of charge with subtitles in Italian or English on the platform, of which we will indicate any new arrivals in the months to come.
Girls’ Love
Sub-genres: sentimental, colleagues, world of work, misunderstandings, comedy, age difference, psychological, character growth, university, adolescence
Use: available with English subtitles
Netflix
Sentimental
Sub-genres: boys’ love, sports/dance, rivalry and competition, opposites attract, drama, slice-of-life
Use: 10 DANCE is available with Italian dubbing
Business/Business
Sub-genres: lawyers, world of work, drama, mystery
Crime
Sub-genres: sentimental, thriller, suspense, first love, psychological, serial killer
Action
Sub-genres: drama, adventure, survival, catastrophic, cyberpunk, science fiction, fantasy
Use: The Great Flood is available with Italian dubbing.
Cashero is available from December 26th con Italian dubbing
JFF Theatre
We remind you that all films and video documentaries, divided by theme, are available until February 3, 2026
“School days to the max”
Sub-genres: school, adolescence, comedy, slice-of-life, sentimental, friendship, first love, school club, sport, post-earthquake, satire, growing up, family
Use: the four films are available for Italy with English subtitles
“Meals that heal and unite”
Sub-genres: documentary, cooking, family, slice-of-life, drama, comedy, restaurant, rural, eccentric characters
Use: the four films are available for Italy with Italian subtitles
MyMoviesOne
Documentary
Sub-genres: historical, based on true history, exile, imprisonment, Second World War
Amazon Prime Video
Dramatic
Sub-genres: romance, revenge, infidelity, melodrama, family secrets, suspense, deception, crime, thriller, sibling rivalry, mythological creatures, reincarnation, forbidden love, challenge, sport, psychological
Use: Eve it is also available on Viki
Sentimental
Sub-genres: slice-of-life, musical bands, comedy, fantasy
Use: Definitely tomorrow is available with Italian dubbing.
Lovely Runner it is also available on Viki
Commedia
Sub-genres: slice-of-life, sentimental, dreams to be fulfilled
Disney+
Action
Sub-genres: politics, mystery, intrigue, ambition
NHK World
The streaming channel of the Japanese broadcaster NHK offers free content, for a period of one year, with subtitles in English language. Among the works in the catalog we highlight:
Medico
Sub-genres: autobiographical, dramatic, psychological, post-earthquake, psychoanalysis, post-traumatic stress disorder, family
Use: available with subtitles in English at the following links first part (until 11 January 2025), second part (until 18 January 2025), third and fourth part (until 25 January and 1 February 2026 respectively)
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Recommended for you
Taken from: manga boys’ love by Satou Inoue unpublished in Italy
Topics: dance/dance, comedy, music, romance, boys’ love, rivalry and competition, slice-of-life, opposites attract
Curiosity:
Shin’ya Suzuki is the Japanese champion of Latin American dance, while Shin’ya Sugiki is the champion for the ballroom dance category, also ranking second in the world ranking; Despite competing in different fields of dance, and with personalities that are equally polar opposites, Suzuki bristles that people compare them because of their similar names. One day Sugiki proposes to Suzuki to collaborate to compete in the 10Dance competition, whose participants must exhibit five different types of Latin American dances and the same number of ballroom dances. Sugiki suggests that each teach the other their specialty but Suzuki initially refuses, realizing how difficult it actually is on a practical level, and considering the proposal completely reckless. Later, however, Suzuki changes his mind as Sugiki’s provocative nature triggers sparks in his own competitive character: one dance after another, the two will end up creating a sensual bond, getting too dangerously close.
Availability: MyMoviesOne
Taken from: true story
Topics: dramatic, historical, imprisonment, exile, World War II, family
Curiosity:
Tokyo 1943: the Italian anthropologist Fosco Maraini and his wife Topazia Alliata refuse to sign for the Republic of Salò. Following their choice they are sent to Nagoya to a prison camp with their three daughters Dacia, Yuki and Toni. Mujah, Toni’s daughter, after many years, goes to Japan to retrace the family experience and rework it, making it her own through the recovery of memory.
Availability: Viki
Taken from: manga by Osamu Tezuka unpublished in Italy
Topics: dramatic, fantastic, psychological, sentimental, divinity
Curiosity:
Young Shōgo lives with a woman he doesn’t love and exploits her money. One day he causes the death of Hiromi, a childhood friend of his who dreamed of becoming a singer while working in a bar. Because of this fact, a goddess curses Shōgo, who thus finds himself reborn over and over again, each time facing unrequited love.
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We will add it for you as soon as possible!
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