Nobody Knows

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mot

Villain

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

Rampo Noir

An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.

My Small Land

Sarya lives between three worlds: Having fled from Turkey to Japan, her small family tries to mainta

11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate

On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese

My Back Page

In 1969, Sawada is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo journa

Pistol Opera

An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killi

Dead Run

Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken

Yellow Tears

The movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up tog

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Jam Films 2

Jam Films 2 features 4 short films by different Japanese directors.

Ashura

Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between de

Bitter Honey

Akako, a shape-shifting goldfish in the form of a coquettish nymphet clad in diaphanous red dresses,

Yamato (California)

Sakura is a moody teenage girl who lives close to the US military base in the city of Yamato, Japan.

Their Distance

Reon is a young Korean man. He avoids contact with other people and works as an apprentice shoemaker

Love and Other Cults

Ai's mother sends her to live with a cult commune, where she remains for seven years. After the cult

West North West

Kei works at a cocktail bar, while Ai works as a model. Fearing she'll be ostracized by society, Kei

Pure Asia

A young man is unable to save a young woman from being assaulted, despite her having helped him out

Whistling after Dark

Kuroshi Mayama, age 14, lives alone with his mother Namiko. Though he was just under the age of one

Occult Bolshevism

A film that takes the theme of psycho-phobia. The film visualizes a forbidden psychic experiment tha

High Sentiments Family

During winter break elementary school teacher Kyoko Uno gives supplemental lessons to her student Te

A Girl in the Sunset

Based on four early novellas by Noble Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, this omnibus of four short fil

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes

A Banana? At This Time of Night?

A man is immobile and incapacitated, but has professional and nonprofessional volunteers serve and h

Petal Dance

Long-time friends Jinko and Motoko hear that their college friend Miki has jumped into the ocean. Th

Nightmare Detective 2

A story of the unexplainable things that inflict sheer terror on human beings and how they leave vic

One Night

A family reunites after 15 years. They each have a story to tell as they have not forgotten what ha

Memo

Mayuko Motohashi is a high-school student in Tokyo. She suffers from an obsessive-compulsive disorde

A Making of Nobody Knows

The making of the movie "Nobody Knows" by award-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda.

The Wings of Hakenkreuz

When a man who as a student wanted to burn down his school meets a man years later, his new friend f

The Tang of Lemon

Twenty-year-old Kaori, an aspiring accessory designer, spends her days troubled by her mother's viol

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship ov

The Dog Bridegroom

Ninomiya Azusa is a depressed elementary school teacher in Tokyo, who has problems both at work and

Turning Tides

Former delinquent Hiroe leads a dreary existence. She meets a boy named Tatsutoshi whose younger sis