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 Vampire Hotel
Manni suddenly encounters mass murder at a pub on the 22nd birthday day. From the Izakaya, the people who ran away because of their lives, are targeted from K of…
A Gentle Breeze in the Village
Based on a popular manga, the film is a tender coming-of-age love story set deep in Japan’s countryside. When eighth grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small…
The Antique
Shioriko Shinokawa (Haru Kuroki) runs an old book store in Kamakura. She is exceptionally passionate and knowledgeable about books, but shy when not talking about books. She works with a…
My Friend “A”
An ex-journalist Masuda whose article caused a scandalous fatality now works at a small factory. He learns that his colleague Suzuki is a former convict who killed some children back…
Gamera the Brave
A young boy in a peaceful seaside town gets more than he bargained for when he takes home a mysterious egg. When it hatches, out comes a baby turtle that…
Fictitious Girl’s Diary
On a gloomy Monday morning, my week begins. Although I (Bakarhythm) am sleepy, I put on my make-up and I leave home for work at a bank. I take the…
Mother
Akiko is a single mother and her son is Shuhei. Akiko casually has sex with other men, including Ryo, and gets close to them in order to get money. Akiko…
Our Little Sister
Memoirs of a Murderer
The picture begins in the season 1995 at which there have been 5 odd murder cases. Even the murderer would get anyone near the casualty to observe how he’d strangle…