The Drudgery Train
In this offbeat coming-of-age tale, a charming, rebellious high school dropout named Kanta befriends the kind, provincial Shoji. The two bring out the best in each other, each gaining confidence…
Side Job
Based on the novel “Kanojo no Jinsei wa Machigai ja Nai” (literal translation: Her life is not at fault) by Director Hiroki, it is a powerful story of survivors, who…
Talking the Pictures
Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a…
Aristocrats
Hanako Haibara was born and raised in the city of Tokyo. After she gets dumped by her boyfriend, while in her late 20’s, she goes on blind dates to find…
Wolf’s Calling
A girl finds an old handgun in her attic and the symbolic object conjures a mystical scene of samurai (a stellar cast of actors joined by the 20-person Edo punk…
Sad Vacation
Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this he takes care of the sister of…
Under Your Bed
Naoto was ignored by other people. During his school days, Chihiro was the first person who called his name. Naoto dreams of seeing her again and tries to find her….
Snakes and Earrings
Based on the best-selling novel about a woman who decides that her one goal in life is to have her tongue split, this is the sexy body modification movie you’ve…
The Millennial Rapture
Sennen no yuraku is set in a small community called “Roji” where Kenji Nakagami—one of the most famous novelists in Japan—drew the absurdity and passion of life since its inhabitants…
Bitter Honey
Akago is a red goldfish able to change into a girl. She possesses a pure and sensuous side. She lives with an old male writer whom she calls “Ojisama.” One…
No Longer Human
Based on the life of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan’s most celebrated novelists.
Fish Story
A rock band writes a song called “Fish Story” based on a sentence from a badly translated novel by a quack translator. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and…
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Located in the shining stem of bamboo with an older bamboo cutter along with his spouse, a very small girl develops rapidly in an attractive dude. The mysterious young princess…
My Man
After dropping the whole lot in a tsunami, 10-year-old Hana is taken in by 26-year-old distant relative Jungo Kusarino. They dwell as father and daughter however share a profound sense…
Miss Hokusai
the full time: 1814. The spot: Edo, currently called Tokyo. An much realized artist of the period now in their own mid-fifties, Tetsuzo could boast customers from all around Japan,…
Kako: My Sullen Past
Shin Godzilla
After a gigantic, gilled monster originates from the tears and deep throughout the metropolis, the federal government scrambles to rescue its own citizens. A ragtag group of volunteers cuts a…