Zatoichi

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

Umami

Following a near-death experience France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flav

Hard Days

After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he

The Great Department Store Robbery

The Eel

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbers

A Crowd of Three

A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a ch

Noise

Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing popul

The Life of Budori Gusuko

The fairy tale follows a young man named Gusukō in the Tōhoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1

Turn

Maki is a talented copper plate artist, however, just before her first gallery show, she gets struck

The Great Yokai War

A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great w

Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

Living Rights

The fifth work of the "Kita-Shirakawa school movie" in which a student of Kyoto University of Art an

Rain Fall

A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.

The City of Lost Souls

Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported f

ICHI

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and wa

Villain

Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time correspond

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film

Two best friends—Tatsuo, a retiring Yakuza member, and Kiyoshi, a cop—travel to the funeral of a wom

Sakurada Gate Incident

Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of

Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun

A documentary featuring actor Akira Emoto, film scholar Chika Kinoshita, Somai biographer Tatsuya Ki

The Suspect: Muroi Shinji

One day in February, 2005, Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Muroi (Toshiro Yanagiba) is

Worst by Chance

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

Betrayal Tomorrow

A violent detective who can handle assault and blackmail in a straight forward manner.

One Day in January

Every year on the fourth of January, Shobei's soba restaurant serves "Sanada Soba"; soba noodles top

Golden Slumber

When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Pr

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla rapidly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbe

Dr. Akagi

At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war

Maborosi

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searchi

The Chasing World

A teenager is transported to a parallel world where everyone who shares his family name is being hun

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

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

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is a

The Silk Road

In 1026, students in western China are shanghaied into the forces of crown prince Li Yuanhao of Xi X

I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident

On the night of August 19, 1980, a bus was set on fire by the vagrant Hirofumi Maruyama at the Shinj

Starfish Hotel

Office drone Arisu finds his own life imitating the mystery novels of his favourite writer when his

In His Chart

There is a degree of realism when a professional in the field writes about his vocation and such is

Manhattan Kiss

An adult love story written and directed by Yasushi Akimoto of "Goodbye Mama" and shot on location i

April Bride

On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride

Ace Attorney

Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on r

Karate-Robo Zaborgar

An evil criminal organisation called Sigma kidnap prominment business leaders to harvest their DNA a

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

Haru's Journey

Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a t

For the coming day

Miyo Hanayama works as a home care nurse, supporting the home care of patients who are close to dea

Unforgiven

An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down ban

The Setting Sun

The Motive

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

The Friends

A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interes

September 1923

Based on the murder of nine street peddlers in the aftermath of the Great Kanto earthquake.

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to att

Lovers Lost

A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mis

Wandering

In a park on a rainy evening, a 19-year-old university student, Fumi, offers an umbrella to a soakin

Cast Me If You Can

An actor, who always plays supporting roles and lives in the shadow of his famous playwright father,

BON-UTA, A Song from Home

Taiko drummer, Hisakatsu Yokoyama, and fellow evacuees of Futaba, Fukushima fight to keep their belo

The Lightning Tree

Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree

A Woman from Ashio

A story about a woman from Yanaka Village, Tochigi Prefecture, which was abolished by the government

Yellow Elephant

Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while

祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―

Touken Ranbu 2

In the year 995, due to a secret talk between Michinaga Fujiwara (Akira Emoto) and Seimei Abe (Terun

Barber Shop with a View of the Sea

Set in a barbershop in a small town by the sea, this is a story about a quiet but passionate one-hou

The Innocent Game

Kiyoyoshi Kuga attends law school, aiming to work in the legal field as a lawyer. His childhood frie

The War and a Woman

Set towards the end of World War II, Nomura (Masatoshi Nagase) is a writer who is in despair. A woma

Private Lessons II

Ken, an insecure young man from Japan, meets Sophie, an interesting and sensual woman who teaches hi

The Taste of Fish

It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshe

The Shadow Spirit

A series of murders of beautiful girls occur in Tokyo not long after the end of the war. Also the da

Owl

A mother and daughter are stranded in small, isolated cabin, and are starving to death. In order to

KT

This movie is a political/espionage thriller, based on a real kidnapping incident of Korean politici

The Most Beautiful Night In The World

Betrayed and disgraced, big-city reporter Kazuya Mizuno is banished to a desk at Kaname's boring lit

Will to Live

It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution

Wood Job!

After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trai

0.5 mm

Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with h

John Rabe

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing

Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again

Softcore porn collaboration between Nikkatsu director Shinya Yamamoto and gag manga artist Fujio Aka

Life Back Then

Kyohei Nagashima (Masaki Okada) has shut away the world. During his high school days he was the targ

Oh! Father

Yukio is a typical high school student in every way except that he's an only child in a family of fi

Postcard

Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrad

Farewell, Kuro

Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high s

The Lakeside Murder Case

Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare inten

Barber's Sorrow

A S&M comedy about a masochist barber.

Shylock's Children

The Last Frankenstein

Professor Sarusawa and his psychic daughter Mai live together after the suicide of the Professor's w

The Whispered City

Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a b

The Happiness

The story of a vagrant who arrives in a town in Hokkaido. With only a threadbare suit, an old pair o

All Around Us

Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values wit

Ninja Kids!!!

The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. Durin

Present for You

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

Memories of Matsuko

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces toget

Yudo: The Way of the Bath

Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage

River of First Love

8-year old boy, Shimpei, who loves fishing and painting, lives with his beautiful mother, surrounded

The Go Master

The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a

After the Flowers

Ito, daughter of a clan official, encounters Magoshiro Eguchi. Magoshiro is a low ranking samurai sp

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age dra

Abduction

The film opens with kidnappers of a corporate executive making an unusual ransom demand: that a wize

Beijing Watermelon

Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and

It's Only Talk

Based on an award winning novel, It's Only Talk is about the life of Yuko, a 35-year old woman. She

Life Can Be So Wonderful

Five short stories of life's joys and sorrows are brought together in this omnibus drama from Japan.

Cold

Genius scientist Kikuo Himura (Yosuke Kubozuka) succeeds in developing a miracle cure for the cold v

The Rainbow Seeker

A young man fails his company entrance exams and leaves home to work at a run-down cinema in Tokushi

Moon and Cherry

When an alluring young woman joins an erotic writing class, she begins a game of sexual cat and mous

Japan Sinks

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As fur

The Cycling Genius Is Coming!

Teru (Yuya Endo) has been brought up in a hill town and spent his childhood conquering the slopes on

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

A comedy about a young woman who has terminal cancer.

Time Trip App

In 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in Edo.

Humanoid Monster, Bem

Bem, Bela and Belo arrive at a new town plagued by a series of mysterious, unsolved cases which, as

Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new zoo ke

I Can Hear the Duck Singing

A man fed up with city life moves to a village in the mountains

A Lone Scalpel

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

Roar of the Crowd

Based on the non-fiction books by Takushi Ono (the NHK announcer, not the gymnast) and Yoshinari Tob

Scrap Heaven

The lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus

Heaven's Story

A young girl named Sato watches on television as a man named Tomoki states brazenly at a press confe

Fancy Dance

Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initiall

Journey to the Shore

Mizuki's husband Yusuke has been missing for three years. He suddenly comes back home as a ghost and

Vampire in Love

Kiira seems like an ordinary young girl, who likes to talk with her friends and to dress up. Her ult

Egoist

A lonely magazine editor finds romance with his personal trainer until a confession changes everythi

Rental Family

An American actor in Tokyo struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Ja

Ripples

Yoriko Sudo believes in a new religious group Midoriinochikai, that worships water. She lives peacef

A House on a Hill

Rieko Sugita, a young and beautiful hairdresser who happens to visit a bedding shop owned by Yoshita

Sleeping Forest

A man is found dead in a office of Takayanagi Ballet Company. The suspect is a female dancer at the

The Man from Shimizu

On the day his mother dies, young gambler Jirocho swears in front of her grave that he'll never gamb

Round About Midnight

While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into

Love Letter

A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married

Do Unto Others

A community is shocked when the bodies of an elderly man and the manager of a home-visit nursing cen

GARO -Gold Storm- Sho

Ryuga and Makai Priest Rian attempt to cleanse the Golden Armor when they are confronted by living w

Angel Guts: Red Vertigo

Nami is a nurse and the unwilling object of her patients' lust. When she is hit by a car whilst flee

Capone Cries a Lot

Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achievin

No Place to Go

Michiko used to work as a live-in part-timer at an izakaya, but suddenly lost her job and her house

Nagisa

Set in the late 60s in a small seaside town, this coming of age drama centres on a young girl named

Samurai Fury

Set in war-torn 15th century Kyoto, on the eve of the Onin War, the movie centers on a band of outla

Drugstore Girl

Pharmaceutical student, Keiko witnesses her boyfriend having an affair. Shocked and disappointed, sh

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes unde

The Mohican Comes Home

Eikichi left his hometown in Hiroshima for Tokyo. He tried to find success with his music band, but

The Big Bee

Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The

The Summer of Stickleback

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

Shin Godzilla

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scra

Maria's Stomach

A carnivorous monster lives on the island of Sipang. A group of office ladies band together to fight

The Second Is a Christian

The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different me

When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

From the 1980s to the 1990s, New Taiwanese Cinema gained international attention for adopting a comp

Don't Lose Your Head!

In 1701, an insult led to a sword slash between the heads of the Ako clan and the Kira clan in Shogu

Doppelganger

Shortly after hearing from a colleague about a woman whose brother committed suicide after seeing hi

Black Widow Business

Kozo Nakase attends meetings for single widowers looking to remarry. He meets Sayoko Takeuchi and ev

Battle Heater

Furuchi and Hama are two unsuccessful repair agents and electronic engineers. One day Furichi finds

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vie

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully compre

Hana

Yoichiro Nozaki, a high-achieving office worker, collapses from an aneurysm. The doctor advises imme

The Yen Family

Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the da

The Pearls of the Stone Man

Atsushi and Ryoko are a married coupled. They decide they want to live around nature and move to Bi

Ekeb of Dekye

Takahiko Tokito is a doctor at a big medical corporation. He has decided to run away with his lover,

Shippu Rondo

An illegal biological weapon K-55 is stolen from a university lab. The university lab can't even cal

A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip

Although Nobuyoshi and Saki just got married and moved into a new apartment, their relationship stil

Harimao

A movie about Yutaka Tani, also known as " Malay Tiger Harimao, " who was active on the Malay Penins

Dance till Tomorrow

Live action adaption of Naoki Yamamoto's romantic comedy manga series.

Maru

Sawada graduated from an art university but cannot rely on it to make a living and is working as an

Kaza-hana

A government employee meets a hostess of a "pink club," and together they set out on a journey.

Fly, Dakota, Fly!

In January 1946 a British military transport plane departs from Shanghai on its to Tokyo, Japan. Dur

Lu Over the Wall

In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.

Location

The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adapt

Mukoku

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

Waterboys

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to tak

A Living Promise

Yuma Nakahara is the CEO of an IT company and he is a workaholic. He is focused only on expanding hi

Revolver

When a gun belonging to a police officer is stolen, it ends up in the hands of a student, who decide

Random Lives

Questioning the meaning of people's lives, the multiple stories include the work of a manga artist,

Suspicion

A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local

Double Bed

Kato is a small time TV producer. He has a wife Masako, and a young son Taro. Kato also has a friend

Color Me True

Kenji is a young aspiring movie director. He falls in love with Princess Miyuki, who came from a bla

Teacher and Three Children

The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on

The Hunter and the Hunted

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

A Grain of Wheat

“A Grain of Wheat” is a story of two bakeries in Yokohama. A French baker, Eriko, makes a sudden vis

Mottomo Abunai Deka

Taka and Yuji find evidence in a 15-year-old case, but the statute of limitations expires in four da

Free and Easy 8

When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love wi

Another Heaven

A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the

Evil and The Mask

Kuki Fumihiro is a son from a wealthy zaibatsu (conglomerate) family. His father raises him to becom

Shikei Kijun

Do criteria exist for the death penalty? Yusuke Mito, a law faculty lecturer who did not become a la

Shoplifters

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives thr

Neko Ninja

Kagerota is a young ninja who embarks on his first mission: stealing the goldfish from a wealthy sam

The Heartbreak Yakuza

A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engul

Hutch the Honeybee

Hutch the Honey Bee and friends set on an adventure to find Hutch's missing Queen Bee Mother, whom h

Recall

A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight

Love Is Five Seven Five

A haiku club comprised of five unlikely students aim to win the national high school haiku tournamen

Bedtime Eyes

Based on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship between

September 11

An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.