Pachinko
Follow the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family beginning with a forbidden love and crescendos into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and…
Wonderful Paradise
In consequence of his professional mistakes and declining career, Shuji and his family, the Sasaya’s, are forced to leave the wealthy suburb of Tokyo. The move is slow, long and…
The Great Yokai War
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes “chosen,” and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets…
Sketches of Kaitan City
The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go up a mountain to…
Blue Hour
Takahata Isao’s animated artistry in Only Yesterday (1991) comes to life in Hakota Yuko’s delicate story of a woman’s mnemonic journey. Trapped in her anemic career and love relationship, a…
Tokyo: The Last War
The year is 1945. After the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the ground, the government decides to consult spiritual psychics to aid them in winning the…
Oh Lucy!
A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she sets out on a journey to find…
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla is now a distant memory for the majority of Japan after almost half a century of peace. Decades after the devastation of a US atomic submarine suggests the potential…
Infection
Infection takes place in a darkish, remoted hospital, the place one docs mistake has led to dire penalties for a affected person. In a hospital demise is only a breath…