First Gentleman
Hiyori (Kei Tanaka) is an ornithologist (expert on birds). His wife is Rinko (Miki Nakatani). She is the leader the minority opposition party. One morning, Hiyori is about to travel…
Teacher and Stray Cat
Following the death of his wife professor Kyoichi leads a solitary life by the sea. A stray cat called Mii, who was being fed by his wife, not only continues…
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…
Patisserie Coin De Rue
A disillusioned Natsume arrives at Coin de Rue, a popular Tokyo pastry shop, begging for work. Aiming to become a high-calibre pastry chef, she is determined to overcome both her…
Heaven’s Story
A senseless double murder resonates eight years later in four intertwined stories.
Princess Blade
Yuki is the last surviving imperial of this House of Takemikazuchi or even Takemikazuchi no Hime (たけみかずち の ひめ), that reside in a contemporary post-apocalyptic isolationist planet in which they use their…
Joker Game
Establish along a background of a fictitious 2nd largest war for an global city in Asia. Back in Japan, lieutenant-colonel Yuki (Yusuke Iseya) advocates the introduction of spy school “D…