Returner

A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion whi

Still Walking

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

Kamikaze Girls

Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as we

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

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

The Taste of Tea

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary hous

Villain

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

The Four Roughnecks

Gimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money! Tak

Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow

A drama about a father and his son centered around the Great Hanshin earthquake.

Taro the Dragon Boy

Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Jap

War and Youth

An auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but the f

The Secret World of Arrietty

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their

Dynamite Doctor Returns

Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie

Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal

A comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover a de

Rainbow Kids

A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they pro

I Wish

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

The Triple Cross

Following the bloody aftermath of a heist, three robbers are double-crossed by a new accomplice, who

Zigeunerweisen

A surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through

I Are You, You Am Me

9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through su

Ghost

Nanami Hoshino, a wealthy entrepreneur, marries potter Kim Jun-ho, and they both live a seemingly ha

Remembrance

The Yamaoki family moved from Kyoto to Tosa around the turn of the '50s; local school teacher Hirao

Ballad of Orin

A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world impos

Like Father, Like Son

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

Tokyo Marigold

Eriko – lonely, aimless and self-absorbed – falls for Tamura. Despite knowing that he is waiting for

Jack and the Beanstalk

An adventurous young boy named Jack climbs a giant beanstalk to a magical kingdom governed by a gree

Kiki Kirin's Life

This documentary follows the last days of actress KIKI Kirin, who passed away on September 15, 2018.

Pistol Opera

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

ママ母戦争

Until the Break of Dawn

High school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary for p

Song of the Spring Pony

Hoshino Bunzo raises up his orphan grandson, Keiji whose right leg gets paralyzed when he was an inf

Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he

The Whispered City

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

Sakura

The story of a bus conductor who dedicates his life to the cherished Japanese symbol.

Chronicle of My Mother

Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novel

Half a Confession

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a ta

Sweet Bean

The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from

Dog in a Sidecar

The film begins in the present, with its heroine, Kaoru, a grown-up woman working as a real-estate a

The Mystery of Rampo

Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and

Inochi

Yu Miri is a writer who's just become pregnant by her married lover. When she decides to keep the ba

Keiho

The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be

Yearning

Set during the Meiji period (1868-1912), Kaede is the former mistress of a wealthy merchant. When he

Our Little Sister

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

Koto—The Lake of Tears

A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, kno

Kakekomi

Kakekomi tells the stories of Edo women in the 1800s that escape abusive husbands and lovers by taki

The Best Bad Thing

After her husband's death, Mrs. Hata desperately needs help on her cucumber farm. Rinko' mother want

Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

A young girl befriends an infant T-rex after her paleontologist father nurtures a lair of lost dinos

Red Whale, White Snake

On her way to Chikura to live with her son, Yasue Amami gets off at the Tateyama train station. She

Private Detective DOBU 1

Dobu (Kunie Tanaka) used to be a soldier but now is a private detective. Three vagrants were killed

Capone Cries a Lot

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

Live My Share, Mother

At school, Fumio is good in everything. His cheerful, out-going personality makes him a great favori

The Short Films Everyone started out as a child

A dream collaboration between five directors who represent the modern Japanese film industry! An omn

After the Storm

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a pr

Mystery Trilogy Special

This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.

This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer

Kashiopea no Endo Roru A murder takes place on a luxury overnight train which runs from Sapporo to

Fireflies: River of Light

After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a ru

Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case

After six exiles return to Edo, four are mysteriously killed. Two survivors, Kosuke and Kingo, lead

Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case

Dobu, an Edo samurai, is tasked with investigating a string of noble murders in Kyoto, disrupting hi

Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case

After two thugs are killed, Dobu and his crew have three days to catch the murderers. Dobu suspects

Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case

In Edo's autumn, a wave of murders hits, targeting those linked to an old case. A young man, Utaro,

Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case

A spree of murders in the city targets peddlers and komuso monks, all killed in the same method. Dob

Nurse's Husband

“Quit working as a nurse!” “All right, I will!” thus began the married life of Yasuo and Keiko. But

The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai

A young woman's life is turned upside down when her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind nume

Yume-Chiyo

Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something c

Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death

Winner of the 1992 Galaxy Award Encouragement Prize and the 1992 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Assoc

Miss Lonely

Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously app

Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love

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

Tomorrow Evening

Ayako is a 7-year-old girl with a dark, tanned face and a somewhat mysterious expression on her face

Female Teacher

A female teacher is raped by a gang of students in her school. The repercussions of this lead to sca

Red Paper Lantern

A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfam

The Wild Daisy

Born in affluent families among the Japanese mountains, two close cousins fall in love and have to s

Go As Messy As Messy Can Be

Comedy about a young man who causes pandemonium by raiding a bar patronized by his father, winning t

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

Hanezu

Woodwork artist Takumi moves to the small village Asuka in Nara Prefecture. He remodels old homes an

Kim's War

After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest ho

Amagi Pass

Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-gir

Toki no kagayaki

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

Hissatsu shimatsunin

A former assassin is drawn into a conspiracy which leads him to return to his old ways, endangering

Oishinbo

Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun

Down with The Big Boss

In pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the hig

The Sea of Eden

Nanjo, a new teacher at a girls' high school, unwittingly becomes the object of gossip when he buys

Shoplifters

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

Mori, The Artist's Habitat

Vegetation thrives in painter Morikazu's garden, which is home to creatures that serve as models for

Life is Fruity

90-year-old architect Shuichi Tsubata and his 87-year-old wife Hideko live in Aichi Prefecture. Thei

Making 'Still Walking'

A documentary filmed behind the scenes during the making of Hirokasu Kore-eda's 2008 film "Still Wal

Nunnery Confidential

Erotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.

The First Catch

Based on the comic book series of the same name by Yûsuke Aoyagi.

Without Complaint

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

Every Day a Good Day

A university student attends a Japanese tea ceremony near her house with her cousin. There she has t

Highschool Scramble

Through the Night

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

Journey

Karate Cop

A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendan

Izo

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous mo

Our War

"Our War" is a special drama produced by Japanese TBS TV. This is the third bomb of the war-themed T

Erica 38

Satoko Watabe, who calls herself Erica was organizing business support meetings, and collecting a fo

Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu

Part documentary, part fiction this film revolves around the life of the haiku poet Seigetsu Inoue w

Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

Karin has lived alone in a secluded mountain village with her consumptive mother since her father di

Tora-san, His Tender Love

Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.

Tokyo Tower

Toru Kojima and his friend Koji are young student boys with one thing in common - they both love to

Sachiko no sachi

Based on the manga of the same name by Kazuo Kamimura.

The Games Teachers Play

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

Statue in Fire

Drama about young people in the Japanese rock scene starring the lead singer of Japanese rock band T

Heaven Sent

Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objec

Crane

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Cra

Angel's Lover

Comedy about two employees who work against their boss.

Crazy Big Explosion

Chaos ensues when a secret agent gathers a group of criminals (The Crazy Cats) to steal gold from a

My Voiceless Friends

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visi

Mitabi no kaikyô

The Viper Brothers and the Young General

The last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori + side

Teacher's suitcase

Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former hig

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO

In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds c

Dianas of the Campus

Cardboard House Girl

The story of a woman who lost everything.

The Voyage Of Little Sinbad

Story about the adventures and the friendship of two Japanese-Malaysian boys.

Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate

Masaru Okunishi is a prisoner who has been on death-row for over 40 years. In 1961, 5 women died fro

冷たいのがお好き

Harue Hashimoto is a popular mystery writer. She always talks about murder tricks to make it look li

Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro

Hoping to romance an alien, Momojiro meets beautiful animal trainer Eriko instead. Then he and Jonat

Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special

To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the popular omnibus drama "Tales of the Unusual," in which Ta

Cherry Blossoms & Demons

When everything in his life seems to be going wrong, downtrodden and alcohol-dependent Karl has a fa

Kiki Kirin's Izakaya Grandma

3 Raccoon Dogs

A conman team swindles through jewel scams, marriage fraud, and fake school admissions. Their scheme

Return of the Champ

A not-so-young "Young Guy" (Kayama) returns in this reunion feature, which takes Yuichi and Ishiyama