Double Suicide of Sonezaki
Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of a new…
Devilman
A scientific exploration in search of a new energy source unleashes a group of powerful demons who begin possessing human bodies and destroying civilization. Close friends Akira (Hisato Izaki) and…
The Choice of Hercules
When radicals from Japan’s Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation….
The Homeless Student
Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author’s experience of homelessness when this father suddenly decides to abandon his family. Hiroshi and his older…
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…