Hotel Iris

Somewhere on the coast of Taiwan is Hotel Iris, a mouldering seaside establishment run by a cold and

Just Remembering

A former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again. A bittersweet love stor

Mystery Train

In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric nigh

Party 7

Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room:

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhis

Noise

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

The Hidden Blade

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home

Electric Dragon 80000V

A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-me

Suicide Club

When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the begi

Autumn Moon

A Japanese tourist, Tokio, meets a 15-year-old Hong Kong girl and her grandmother left behind in Hon

Gelatin Silver, Love

The story of a photographer who becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman who lives in the apartment

The Sea Is Watching

O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Aga

Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers!

Traumatic incidents, conflicts, and bloody quarrels awaiting the Wago family members who return home

Worst by Chance

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

Cold Fever

A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a rem

Mismatch - Miho & Shizuka Xmas Special

Tamaki (Miho Nakayama) and Ako (Shizuka Kudo) are two friends living together. Although their person

The Box Man

A photographer becomes intrigued by a mysterious man who has chosen to filter his experience of the

Stereo Future

Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a d

Angel

One day, an angel materializes before Kato's eyes. While the angel seems like an average girl with a

Smuggler

To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one li

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter n

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

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

Confession

In the silent mountains, surrounded by beautiful mountains on all sides. A man carrying an urn, Iori

Space Girl Morumo 1/10

Fuji Television film based on the manga of the same name by Hiroshi Aro.

The Stairway to the Distant Past

Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing th

The Trap

When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I wan

Chloe

Kotaro and Kuroe marry almost immediately in a Christian ceremony and move into an apartment. Life i

P. P. Rider

Three high-school students tangle with indulgent yakuza and lackadaisical police as they set out in

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

In Kagoshima, in the final days of World War II, an offer of marriage comes to Etsuko Kamiya, who li

Beautiful Sunday

A droll and formalistic comic drama about the various relationships among, and odd obsessions of, th

Powder Road

The Yakuza has two investments in Thailand. One is a factory polluting the environment in Pattaya. T

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

Summer of Ubume

Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sek

Luxurious Bone

Miyako works as a call girl, living with her close friend Sakiko. After encountering a client, Shint

A Hundred Flowers

Diagnosed with dementia, Yuriko's mind quickly begins to fade. Yet, for her son Izumi, memories of t

Kano

A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.

Jigen Daisuke

Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out t

Pistol Opera

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

My Name Is Magokoro

Taro Magokoro is an unsuccessful actor and lives a mundane life. This year, he turns 30.

Family

Based on the comic by Tsuchida Seiki, inspired by the artist's own life experience, this film portra

A Class to Remember II

The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.

My Sons

Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has alway

Words with Gods

The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. C

A Forest with No Name

Private detective Mike takes on an assignment to return a girl, who is set to marry into a prestigio

Loved Gun

A story about a hitman named Hayamada who carries a distinctive red gun. As the film progresses we d

Dead End Run

A collection of three short films by Japanese visual genius Sogo Ishii. Each short focuses on the pr

Everyday Mom

Rieko Saibara is a cartoonist and mother of a 6-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl. When she has a dif

Original Sin

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

Enclosed Pain

Yuri and Takumi are brother and sister who faced unusually harsh treatment by their father. An act o

Aiki

When a promising young boxer is crippled in a car accident, he falls into a life of dissipation and

BeRLiN

When a woman whose job is to professionally date men disappears suddenly, a TV crew who wanted to fi

Flirt

The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to ch

Sakuran

Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwa

The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn

Tenmasou is a long-established inn atop a mountain overlooking the sea, in a town called Mitsuse tha

Mountain Woman

Late 18th century, Tohoku. An outcast girl, Rin lives in a village suffering from famine. She draws

Miroku

Through philosophical and science themed imagination, Emile questions everything from his teenage ye

A Road Stained Crimson

Professional killer Ken (Hirofumi Arai) is trying to break away from the yakuza. Taking up work at a

The Furthest End Awaits

Set at the edge of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, with its beautiful scenic views

Atlanta Boogie

"Atlanta Boogie" centers around a mock track meet between the "normal" and "good" citizens of Yokoha

Dreaming Awake

Recently appointed dean at a film school, Kimuro Hajime develops a special concern for one of his st

Hakuchi: The Innocent

In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only buildin

R246 STORY

The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Ch

Miyuki

Three Businessmen

An American art dealer (Miguel Sandoval), who specializes in southwestern topaz, arrives by train in

Gina K

"Gina K" tells the story of the daughter of a famous stripper, who reveals her family history so she

Abduction

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

Disconcerto

Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver fo

Tora-san Makes Excuses

The Rainbow Seeker

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

Yûri

Masayuki meets Nanami, who is on a journey with a refrigerator named Ullie. Nanami's Iranian friend

Drive-In Gamo

Saki and Toshi were born and raised at the shabby "Drive in Gamo," located on the side of a road. Th

Asian Beat: I Love Nippon

Commentary: The first work in the "Asian Beat" series, in which young directors from six Asian count

Asian Beat: Love from Temasek

Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch

Mourning Work

Motorcycle Girl

The story of a girl riding a motorcycle and embarking on a journey to meet her distant father.

Tampen

Four short films produced without a director

Radio City Fantasy

Hiroshi is a high school student who dreams of one day writing a children's book. But knowing that d

Defeat the Devil!

A one part drama/made for TV movie starring Rie Miyazawa

Sweet Bean

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

0cm⁴

Maeda decides to have an operation to cure his color-blindness, but he becomes afraid that after the

Last Shadow at First Light

Ami, haunted by recurring apparitions, embarks on a journey from Singapore to Japan in search of her

Brats, Be Ambitious!

A countryside in 1988. Shun is crazy about fooling around with his best friends. Facing up with thei

Fantasmagorie~The Ghost Show

Ena is a computer graphics artist. Working like a machine, she ultimately suffers from the rare digi

The Cross

Shunsuke Fujii was a bullied middle school student. He took his own life. A letter left behind refer

Bitter Honey

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

Paterson

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who l

Glassy Ocean

On what apparently is a parallel world, time flows in a much slower pace than normal. The ocean rema

Adabana

In a not so distant future where lifespan extension has become a priority following the spread of a

Black Widow Business

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

64: Part 1

1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is call

64: Part 2

1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is call

Getting Wild With Our Monkey

A down-on-his luck writer meets a movie producer, who asks him to write a screenplay on the conditio

Radiance

The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and

The Blue Hearts

Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short f

Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections

This omnibus film brings together three globally acclaimed directors from Asia with a common theme '

Happiness

A mysterious man arrives in a quiet Japanese town. With him, he carries a strange helmet that allows

Our Time Will Come

In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerri

Vision

Centres on Jeanne, a journalist tracking a mysterious rare herb that appears only once every 997 yea

A Girl in the Apple Farm

The Mikami family lives within the foot of Mount Iwaki. The Mikami family makes a living by running

Punk Samurai Slash Down

Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious

Butterfly Sleep

Ryoko Matsumura is a popular writer in her 50's. She also knows that she has Alzheimer’s. Ryoko Mats

The Experimental Film

An experimental drama with the motif of "experimental film". What does it mean to be reproduced on f

Zen and Bones

The story of Henri Mitowa, a 93-year old Japanese monk, who wants to make a movie based on his own l

Talking the Pictures

Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie t

Buyusenki Battle Chronicle

Motorcycles, drugs, and gangs terrorize Japan. The man who dreamed of a life of peace has instead be

Red Snow

Thirty years after aboy's disappearance, a journalist revives interest in the case, which in turn co

BOLT

Scene one: March 11th, 2011. An earthquake and a tsunami strike the East coast of Japan, damaging th

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowi

The First Supper

Rintaro (Sometani Shota) returns home for the first time in a while to prepare for and attend his fa

Fancy

Set in a spa town, Akira Takasu (Masatoshi Nagase) is a carver and a mailman. He keeps in touch with

Tracing Her Shadow

An old Chinese woman visits Japan to find her missing daughter whom she adopted in post-WWII China.

Asian Beat: Powder Road

The Yakuza has two investments in Thailand. One is a factory polluting the environment in Pattaya. T

Love's Twisting Path

Set in Kyoto in the last days of the Edo Period, the bloody conflict continues between local feudal

Asian Beat: Sunrise in Kampung

Asian Beat: Shadow of Nocturne

A story that reveals the secrets of two women with a very similar face, a club singer with a mysteri

We Are Little Zombies

Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This i

Just the Two of Us

Shunsaku was paralyzed from the neck down at the young age of 36 by a spinal injury suffered in a mo

Child of the Stars

When Chihiro was a baby, she suffered from eczema. Her parents tried to find a cure, but nothing wor

Five to Nine

An omnibus film that compresses 16 hours into one, offering glimpses of what happens beyond the mono

Living in the Sky

In the time after Naomi's parents suddenly die, she happens to meet and bond with the popular actor

Malu

Mysterious poetic story of long-lasting discord between beautiful sisters unfolds in Malaysia and Ja

A Madder Red

7 years ago, Yoichi died in a traffic accident. His wife Ryoko did not receive compensation from her

Namonaihi: A Day with No Name

A human drama about the strange fate of the three brothers, played by Masatoshi Nagase, Joe Odagiri,

Sakura

Three siblings share a home with their parents living a happy life. The oldest one is good-looking g

Hotel New Moon

Noushin is a single mother who lives by her girl alone and has a peaceful life but when a foreign gu

GOLDFISH

"Guns" was a punk band that became a social phenomenon in the 1980s. At the height of their populari

Gosh!!

Life seems pretty normal at the Forensics Division. Ippei's canine partner, Oliver, appears to him a

Kokuho

Nagasaki, 1964 – Following the death of his yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing

Ikimono no kiroku

Oshare dorobō

Hokusai's Daughter

The life of Katsushika Oi, daughter of Hokusai and a trailblazing female artist in Japan.

Yakushima's Illusion

Corry, a French coordinator of pediatric heart transplants is sent to Japan where organ donation rem