Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special

Coin Laundry Story: Hashimoto Manabu is a temporary worker who has been laid off and has no choice

The Boy and the Heron

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

Tracing Jake

Inuyama is intrigued by the existence of "Jake," a mysterious crocodile that has been sighted in man

Hell Dogs

Bent on revenge, a traumatized ex-police officer must infiltrate a yakuza organization by befriendin

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Harikomi

When a team of detectives lose the trail of a murderer, they decide to keep an eye on the suspect’s

Cymbeline

In William Shakespeare's "Cymbeline," King Cymbeline is furious when his only daughter, Inogen, marr

Mourning Becomes Electra

Monument to Holy Service

A rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.

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Seasonal Wind

Shinji, a young man who accidentally met a successful model, moves to Tokyo because of his admiratio

Who Were We?

On Sado Island, Kii works as a cleaner at a gold mine. One day, she finds a collapsed woman in the f

The August Screams

The story of a man and woman dealing with amnesia, set in Prague.

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Our Little Sister

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

Before the Vigil

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

Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!

Tsukiko, whose father died before she was born, lives with her mother Yoko and they provide mutual s

The Black House

A timid insurance agent investigates a possible insurance fraud case that involves a death. As the f

Will to Live

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

Black Widow Business

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

Postcard

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

A Night In Nude: Salvation

A beautiful mother and her two daughters run a bar in a town. They have a dream of becoming rich, re

Shinobu Otake's Inspirational Girl: Youth Lived by Love and Psychic Powers

The biography of Mifune Chizuko a woman clairvoyant.

Tora-san Plays Cupid

Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by th

Arigato, Okan

Hanako is a mother, who was not enthusiastic when her husband took in two foster children some years

The Incident

The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest

Oh, My Son!

A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.

Welcome to the Quiet Room

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protect

The Gate of Youth

Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens

Ritual

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorro

Original Sin

Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of an es

Children of Nagasaki

August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and h

Child of the Sun

A couple originally from Okinawa run an inexpensive restaurant in Kobe, with their grade-school daug

Twelve Months

A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. On

Round About Midnight

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

Castle Under Fiery Skies

The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, whe

Kinpira

A yakuza boss's daughter starts a pirate TV broadcast.

Owl

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

Gonin 2

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

Surely Someday

Drawing influence from the street musicians of Miyagi, four high school students form a band and spe

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Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society t

Leaving on the 15th Spring

Junior high school student Yuna lives with her father Toshiharu. Her mother Akemi moved to Naha when

Railroad Man

A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his

Kitokito!

Coming of age story about a boy and his mother.

Then Summer Came

A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “go

The Gate of Youth Part 2

Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.

Women's Dream of Amakusa: Revitalizing Geisha Town

Ushibuka in Amakusa City prospered a century ago with its fishing industry and red-light district, b

Galaxy Turnpike

Set in the year 2265. There is a small restaurant along the main road Galaxy Kaido, which connects E

The Secret World of Arrietty

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

Into the Faraway Sky

A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight – this

Like Asura

The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a privat

Mahjong Horoki

A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges a

Sanada 10 Braves

Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of

Teacher and Three Children

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

Mary and The Witch's Flower

Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat

Returning the Favor

Kitahara Kazunori was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in the fall of his second year in high school,

Night Escape Agency

The first instalment of a social comedy series depicting a company, the Night Escape Agency, that al

My Darling Is a Foreigner

Based on a true story. A Japanese girl and an American guy, fall in love in Japan. Their relationshi

The Empty Table

One year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist k

The Wind Rises

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career i

Nomitori Samurai

Hironoshin is a samurai of the Echigo-Nagaoka clan. One day, Hironoshin attends a party at a mansion

Eien no 1/2

An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race.

7 Up Japan

This is the first in a series of documentaries following the lives of Japanese citizens based off Mi

14 Up Japan

This is the second in a series of documentaries following the lives of Japanese citizens based off M

Forget Me Not

A nostalgic human drama based on Dazai Osamu Prize winner Tsujiuchi Tomoki's novella. Set in a decli

Beyond the Shining Sea

Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a

A Tale of Young Elopement

A 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with

Tokyo 2001/10/21 22:32~22:41

A mother and son are eating sushi at a conveyer belt sushi bar in Tokyo. This film depicts their con

Nomugi Pass

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in

Shadowfall

Typically thieves enter a house, steal things and get out. This time an unsuspecting thief enters a

Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special

The Demon

When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their th

Human Revolution II

Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.

Otaku's in Love

Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.

Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

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

Stay or go?

Shohei Taguchi is a salaryman who works for a securities company and loves women like no other. One

Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku

A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

Brash single mother Nikuko is well-known for her bold spirit, much to the embarrassment of Kikuko, h

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

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technic

The love song of farewell later

A suspense drama based on Osamu Takahashi's original work starring Shinobu Otake. The shooting locat

Pieta in the Toilet

Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows

The House of the Lost on the Cape

A strange old woman allows a teenage runaway and a young orphan to stay in an abandoned house that o

Megumi no Sekai

A unique combination of social problem and entertainment TV movie about a female journalist who is h

Dangerous Women

Shuhei, a mystery writer, is invited to a dinner party at a country house. The guests include Tanase

Keijitachi no Natsu

The TV movie follows a detective with a burning sense of justice who risks his life to pursue a corr

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In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa

A documentary exposing the sexual violence euphemistically termed "entertainment" inflicted on women

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Nurses and Doctors

A nurse is caring for a patient in a life and death situation whilst also dealing with her own emoti