AFTERGLOWS

A year ago, singer Sayuri Komatsu committed suicide due to stress triggered by reports of her affair

Haha no Okurimono

Based on novel by Kuniko Mukoda, "Haha no Okurimono" tells the story of a soon to be married couple

Sazae-san 3

A TV special movie aired in Japan.

Dear Asuka and My Unborn Child...

A doctor who died at a young age due to the metastasis of a malignant tumor to the lungs after cutti

The Secret World of Arrietty

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

From Up on Poppy Hill

Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to hos

Phone Call to the Bar

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with h

Swan Lake

The hero, Prince Siegfried, is out riding one day with his friends when he spies amidst swans on a l

Hiroshima no pika

Video version of the picture book 'Hiroshima no pika', based on the art pieces known as The Hiroshim

The Boy and the Heron

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

Preparation for the Festival

Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.

Leonie

In the lush tradition of the glorious films of Merchant and Ivory, comes the true life story of Leon

Kidnapping Blues

A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch

A Class to Remember

A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for ad

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father.

The Glass Rabbit

The period of late World War II, Toshiko was living in downtown Tokyo with her family. Japan was mor

The Choice Is Ours: What Is the Future of the Japanese Constitution?

An examination of the Constitution of Japan and the possibility of its revision.

The Day the Earth Moved

January 16, 1995. Tsuyoshi Takahashi, a young student at Shiokaze elementary, is driven solely to ge

Phoenix 2772

Phoenix 2772 starts with twelve minutes without dialogue, much like a silent film, recalling the bir

Blood Type: Blue

UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blu

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Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE

Black Jack: Dr. Pinoko's Forest Adventure

Dr. Black Jack forgot his doctor's bag, and his assistant (plus self-claimed "wife") Pinoko rushed t

Bokyo

In 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the debauch

Satsujin Kou Oku no Hosomichi

Shag

Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ai

Blue and White

Ryusuke, who is grieving, makes salt on the day of his wife's funeral, aiming to preserve the local

Watashi ga watashi de aru tame ni

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

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

Harimao

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

Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow

Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the s

Flower and Sword

In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age o

Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle

Sakai Nobunari an Elder in 'Honmaru' (or the main enclosure) and Mizuno Tadakuni an Elder in 'Nishin

Ame no meguri ai

Japanese drama film.

Oretachi no toki

Japanese youth film.

Kobe Zaiju: The Movie

Kei (Izumi Fujimoto) is a 19-year-old college art major. She moves to Kobe from Tokyo due to her fat

The Wind Rises

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

One Son

A telephone call informs Ituski that his father has collapsed. He still cares, but father and son ha

Freezing Point

The young daughter of Keizo Tsujiguchi, a respected physician who runs his own hospital, is found mu

The Three Undelivered Letters

A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay

Proof of the Man

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of

Before The Leaves Fall

An elderly woman sets out to see in person a painting by a famous artist.She believes she was the in

Adrift at Sea

The Story of the three Japanese castaways Otokichi, Kyukichi and Iwakichi. After their ship the Hoju

Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo

Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu

Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu

Set in the town of Furano in Hokkaido, Kita no Kuni Kara centers around the story of the Kuroita fam

Tora-san Goes North

When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune)

Ichigo domei

The story of a love triangle between two high school best friends and their cancer-stricken female c

Chichi kara no tegami

Inuzuka (Hirotaro Honda), who asked about Mamiko (Rei Dan)'s disappeared father, Shinkichi (Ren Osug

The Last Game

After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Was

Darwin Goes!?

Kaze no Sumu Ie

A human drama that rethinks what it means to be a family through the images of a couple, parent and

Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze

A dramatization of veteran actor Ryo Ikebe's essay of the same name about his parents' eccentric mar

Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack

Toei studios last ninkyo eiga of the 70's.