Zatoichi

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam

Organ

Set towards the end of World War II, Kaede Itakura, who leads kindergartners, and Mitsue Nonomiya, w

Hana

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge t

Still Walking

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

Distance

On the third anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suici

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t

Tales from Earthsea

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

Shikoku

Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She s

The Yellow Handkerchief

Set in Hokkaido, revolving around an ex-convict named Shima Yusaku (Abe) who has just been released

A Gentle Breeze in the Village

When eighth-grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only

Ballad

Based on the plot of an award-winning Crayon Shin-chan animated movie from 2002, a boy named Shinich

The Trap

When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I wan

Alone in the Night

An undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his apartmen

The Silent Service

Shiro Kaieda is appointed the captain of Japan's first nuclear submarine, jointly built by Japan and

The Little House

Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discover

The Graduation

Asami, a junior-college student two months from graduation, lends a red umbrella one day to Mayama,

The Things We Liked

Two girls decide to move in with two boys in an apartment in crowded Tokyo. As much as they all like

A Lone Scalpel

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operati

Kura

In spite of a longstanding tradition forbidding women from working in a sake brewery, Retsu, a young

Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by

Tokyo Family

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

Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by

Stop the Old Fox

After the sudden death of her adoptive father Shimada Mataemon, Nui, whose own father met an untimel

Gonin 2

Five women snatch one billion yen in jewellery from the yakuza, while construction manager Toyama bu

I Wish

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorc

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

In May 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (or JAXA) launched an unmanned spacecraft of the

A Tale of Samurai Cooking

In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attrac

Spy Sorge

A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outb

125 Years Memory

Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this

Kwaidan II

Grave of the Fireflies

Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she a

64: Part 2

1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is call

64: Part 1

1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is call

What a Wonderful Family! 2

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

The Hunter and the Hunted

Jin (Yakusho), a young, widowed police detective who is thinking of leaving the force to better take

What a Wonderful Family! 3

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

What a Wonderful Family!

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

Sky Cannot Be This Blue

Kantarou Kobayashi is an ordinary businessman who has multiple troubles on hand. He's been having an

Red Snow

Thirty years after aboy's disappearance, a journalist revives interest in the case, which in turn co

Hotel Royal

Set at the Hotel Royal, situated in the marshland of Hokkaido, Japan, and follows the guests, the fa

Onmyoji

During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on

The Woman Opposite

Two women so totally different – in their status, their perspectives, the things they had…everything

Ghibli Landscapes - The Japan Depicted In Miyazaki's Works

Tsuruta Mayu visits the places of “good old Japan” and discovers profound attractions like Totoro an

Ghibli Landscapes - A European Journey to Encounter Miyazaki's Works

Actors Yui Natsukawa and Tetta Sugimoto travel Europe.

The Silent Service: The Great Sea Battle of the Arctic Ocean

Yamato submerges in the cold, deep northern seas with Mozart's music echoing. The nuclear-powered su

Not Me That Went Viral

Toire no kamisama

Kana Uemura's song "Toilet no Kamisama" turned into a 2-hour drama special on TBS. The song, which i

TRUNK

TRUNK, also known as WebCINEMA TRUNK, is a three-part short film directed by Shinji Aoyama. Released

Suzuki=Bakudan

An unemployed man named Suzuki is taken in by police after breaking a booze vending machine. When he