My Man (2014)
My Man (2014) After losing everything in a tsunami, 10-year-old Hana is taken in by 26-year-old distant relative Jungo Kusarino. They live as father and daughter but share a profound sense of loss. Jungo works as a cook for the coast guard, leaving young Hana alone for days at a time. In wintry Hokk
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007) The movie is an epic story of a young Genghis Khan and how events in his early life lead him to become a legendary conqueror. The 9-year-old Temüjin is taken on a trip by his father to select a girl as his future wife. He meets Börte, who says she would like
The Outsider (2018)
The Outsider (2018) An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza.
Redline (2009)
Redline (2009) A story about the most popular racing event in the galaxy, the Redline, and the various racers who compete in it.
The Taste of Tea (2004)
The Taste of Tea (2004) A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project at home. Uncle Ayano has recently arrived, looking to
Parasyte: Part 2 (2015)
Parasyte: Part 2 (2015) Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.
Fried Dragon Fish (1993)
Fried Dragon Fish (1993) A salesman from Delta Works, a London-based computerized database, offers a one month free trial that seems uninteresting until he mentions that an operator, always selected from a group of young women in their 20's nick-named "Delta Ladies", will also be supplied
Maborosi (1995)
Maborosi (1995) A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant. Yumiko remarries and moves from Osaka to a small fishing village, yet continues to search for meaning in a lonely world.
Ichi the Killer (2001)
Ichi the Killer 2001 When a Yakuza boss named Anjo disappears with 300 million yen, his chief henchman, a sadomasochistic man named Kakihara, and the rest of his mob goons go looking for him After capturing and torturing a rival Yakuza member looking for answers, they soon realize they have the wron
Journey to the Shore (2015)
Journey to the Shore (2015) Mizuki's husband (Yusuke) drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey.
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (2014) When violence is the only life you know, will love save you or just unravel everything?
Zatôichi (2003)
Zatôichi (2003) Blind Zatoichi makes his living by gambling and giving massages. But behind his humble facade, Zatoichi is a master swordsman, gifted with lightning-fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. Zatoichi wanders into a town run by sinister gangs and a powerful samurai. He's desti
The Wasted Times (2016)
The Wasted Times (2016) Over the course of several decades, a deal between the Japanese army and criminals in Shanghai plays out with violence and betrayal.
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998)
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998) In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a
Snow Prince (2009)
Snow Prince (2009) A young boy lives in poverty with his grandfather while tending his dream of becoming a painter.
Hakuchi: The Innocent (1999)
In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings The only building left standing is known as the Media Station, a broadcasting center responsible for all of Japans entertainment
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014)
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014) A tribute from filmmakers and critics around the world to the Taiwan New Cinema movement in the 1980s.
Café Lumière (2003)
Café Lumière (2003) The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search for a cafe that's frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching.
The Taste Of Tea (2004) Part 1 (2004)
The Taste Of Tea (2004) Part 1 (2004) A spell of time of a rural family's slightly surreal life.
The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)
The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018) The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. (1) Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a creepy masked man called Mad Dog. They ...
Sad Vacation (2007)
Sad Vacation (2007) Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this he takes care of the sister of an old ...
The Taste Of Tea (2004) Part 2 (2004)
The Taste Of Tea (2004) Part 2 (2004) A spell of time of a rural family's slightly surreal life.
Labyrinth of Cinema (2019)
Labyrinth of Cinema 2019 The story centers on a group of young people who travel back in time when they are in a movie theater just before closing time They witness deaths during the closing days of Japans feudal times and on the battlefront in China before they are sent to Hiroshima just before the
The Rocking Horsemen (1992)
The Rocking Horsemen (1992) It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara Yasufumi Hayashi) hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school
The Face of Jizo (2004)
The Face of Jizo 2004 Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsue Rie Miyama He had somehow learned that she has fallen in love, and tries to convince h
Korede iinoda Eiga Akatsuka Fujio (2011)
Korede iinoda Eiga Akatsuka Fujio 2011 Editor Takeda Hatsumi observes manga artist Akatsuka Fujio for whom she is responsible This is a big company, important artist and her first serious responsibility The artist is friendly and soon the two grow closer and closer and the relationship grows beyond
Electric Dragon 80 000 V (2001)
Electric Dragon 80 000 V 2001 A young boy gets jolted with electricity as hes climbing a tall cable pylon As he gets older, he experiences intense fits of violence in which bolts of electricity burt from his fists Elsewhere in Tokyo, there is an electronics wizard who also happens to be a vigilante