Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e

Spring 2005, Okinawa. It's the wedding of Sawamura Seiji's second daughter, Seiko (Fujisawa Ema). Mi

八つ墓村

Pulse

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are de

Séance

A psychic housewife and her husband accidentally find a kidnapped girl. But instead of informing the

The Tale of Genji

Yoko

A road movie about Yoko, a frustrated part-time worker who hitchhikes to her hometown of Hirosaki, A

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night.

Tales from Earthsea

Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act

Worst by Chance

Hidenori is a Japanese-Korean man with no sense of belonging, destination or education. He drifts ar

The Bandage Club

An adolescent human drama of high school students who are troubled with their own concerns but gradu

From Up on Poppy Hill

Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to hos

The Last Ronin

16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domai

Rebirth

After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was havi

Goal of the Sky

A single mother who returned to her hometown at the lowest point of her life, and a doctor who is en

Kamachi

Biopic of poet and painter Kamachi Yamada.

The Boy and the Heron

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is reloc

The Motive

Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims app

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar

The Elric brothers meet their toughest opponent yet — a lone serial killer with a large scar on his

A Road Stained Crimson

Professional killer Ken is trying to break away from the yakuza. Taking up work at a local motorcycl

Coquille

Thirty years after graduation, a man and a woman meet again at an alumni reunion. They are no longer

Lost Love

At a seaside city somewhere in the Tohoku area, the corpses of Nozomi, daughter of an affluent famil

The Hidden Trail of the Beasts

A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.

Like Father, Like Son

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was sw

Before the Vigil

Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though

Let Me Hear It Barefoot

Student dropout Naomi befriends happy-go-lucky Maki, who lives with his blind adoptive mother Midori

働くゴン!

The Eternal Zero

A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World W

Pretty Woman

Elderly ladies rise to the challenge of staging a play and struggle to launch a theater company. Ba

The Tale of Genji

Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet h

Sayonara Color

Shohei works as a doctor in a seaside hospital. One day, a new patient is admitted to the hospital w

Jubaku: Spellbound

When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to

Charisma

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief momen

Awakening

After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy marriag

Present for You

Shigeru Kajiwara (Joe Odagiri) works part-time at a company that sells mysterious health food. One d

Pickpocket

Kaido is a professional pickpocket who works the Tokyo subway with his young foster-daughter, Rei: S

Tobi ga kururi to

Tora-san Makes Excuses

Tora befriends a pretty barbershop owner and runs into Izumi. When Tora twists his ankle, Mitsuo com

Midsummer's Equation

Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Man

Tokyo Family

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and

Our Little Sister

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live

Call Me Chihiro

An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing

暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

In an attempt to spur citizens into taking more productive roles in society, the Japanese government

Spirit World

Legendary singer Claire Emery flies to Japan for a final sold-out concert. But when the show ends, s

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy

The Elric brothers’ long and winding journey comes to a close in this epic finale, where they must f

Home Sweet Home

"Home Sweet Home" deals with a family who, unable to cope with their aging grandfather's worsening d

Island of Light

Hiromi, attends junior high school in Tokyo. The combination of getting bullied on campus and her fa

Veronika Decides to Die

Towa lives in a peculiar sanatorium after committing suicide. Convalescing in sanatorium, she is inf

The Summer of Stickleback

Set in Kyoto, 1990. Mizuho Oshima is a high school girl who hates her alcoholic mom, adores her fath

Bunny Drop

Daikichi learns that his recently deceased grandfather has an illegitimate daughter with an unknown

1778 Stories of Me and My Wife

Sci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high

I Just Wanna Hug You

Tsukasa got into a severe car accident when she was a high school student. She still suffers from th

Nowhere Man

Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed b

The Phoenix

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also

Touch

Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minam

Gene Waltz

Doctor Rie (Miho Kanno) is know as the Joan of Ark of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She works in a ch

Rude to Love

Momoko, an elegant housewife, meticulously maintains her home and attends to her husband, but her de

Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima

Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

Aimitagai

Azusa and Kanami have been best friends since high school. After Kanami dies in an unexpected accide

It's a Summer Vacation Everyday

The Rinkaiji family, by all appearances, is a well-to-do Japanese family. The father, Nariyuki, work

Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love

Morihara was left a widower 8 years ago when his wife passed away. He attends his first mixer party

Free and Easy 9

Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposi

Mukoku

Kengo was gifted in Kendo (Japanese martial art) but he quits after a tragic incident. He works as a

What a Wonderful Family! 2

Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Fa

The Bridge Club

Tatsuo was leading a peaceful suburban life with his wife and daughter. But an ex-girlfriend attends

Toki no kagayaki

Yuka came to work as an intern nurse at a hospital and she met Shunichi again. They were school frie

Dansen

Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.

Bakayarō! 2: I Want to Be Happy

What a Wonderful Family!

A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what

What a Wonderful Family! 3

At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one aftern

Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rok

Restaurant from the Sky

Wataru, his woman Kotoe and daughter Shiori are ranchers and dairy farmers in Hokkaido in northern J

Seeing with the Heart

Content with his perfect life, Yoshinori Arai’s eyesight starts to fail and he despairs. How will he

Through the Night

When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble o

Cherry Blossoms in Spring

A man looking to transplant cherry blossoms along the countryside encounters a blind woman who accom

10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal

Urushibara Kazuki heads to Kyoto to explore the secret of his wife, Saeko, who is hospitalized for t

Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie

Cobra, a notorious space pirate, is enlisted by bounty hunter Jane to rescue her sister from the str

May Love Be Restored

A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.

Home ~Departure of the Bride~

"Sada Masashi Drama Special Furusato ~Musume no Tabidachi~ " is a human drama about "family" based o

Samurai Kids

A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8-year-old boy encounters an ancient samurai

Moon Rabbit

Seven-year-old Rio visits her grandparents in Japan for the first time. She observes the beauty and

The Games Teachers Play

The story of an unconventional teacher facing up to his unruly and apathetic class.

Matinee

Satoshi Makino is a genius classical guitarist. One day, he meets journalist Yoko Komine. They becom

September Sky

Kobayashi Isamu, a first-year high school student, lives in a family of four with his father, an art

The Stupid Teacher

Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his b

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Ku

The Asadas!

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku

Legend of the Cat Monster

A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter i

Your Eyes Tell

A tragic accident lead to Kaori's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can

Goodbye for Tomorrow

People from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3 mont

Omuraisu

Arc

Set in the near future, Rina lives a wandering life and she meets Ema. Ema becomes a mentor for Rina

Yuukai Houtei: Seven Days

39-year-old Meiko Amabuki (Nanako Matsushima) works as an attorney. She is married to Goro Aizawa, b

Your Story

The story of the original manga writer Rieko Saibara is depicted by her alter ego Natsumi Takahara w

Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me?

Sawako works as a manga writer. Her husband of five years, Toshio is also a manga writer. On a summe

Hakunetsu Dead Heat

Taku abandons his job and his girlfriend and embarks on a journey of revenge in his turbo-tuned silv

My Beloved Stranger

Riku Kambayashi was a university student, who wanted to become a novel writer. Minami Maezono was a

Dollhouse

After losing their child, a mother finds solace in a life-sized ancient doll she finds on the market

さらわれたい女

A man who left his corporate job to start a handyman business. He helps a customer stage a fake kidn

Lover, Come Back to Me

Ken Ota is a Japanese-American GI. He comes to Hiroshima after WW2 looking for his big sister, but f