A rare film which depicts the tragic fate of a Christian lord who fought for his fate in the Edo period. Read More »
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Beautiful days AKA Uruwashiki saigetsu (1955) Masaki Kobayashi, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Isao Kimura
A romantic drama depicting the lives of two generations of a family who run a florist shop in Tokyo. Read More »
The Firefly AKA Hotaru (2001) Yasuo Furuhata, Ken Takakura, Yûko Tanaka, Isao Natsuyagi
A Japanese love story that takes place during World War 2. Read More »
Tokyo Profile AKA Tokai no yokogao (1953) Hiroshi Shimizu, Ryô Ikebe, Ineko Arima, Michiyo Kogure
A little girl named Michiko gets lost from her mom in the neighborhood of Ginza. Read More »
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom AKA Tsuioku no dansu (2002) Naomi Kawase, Kazuo Nishii, Chizuko Nishii
The director agrees to film the last days of her chronically ill friend Read More »
The Story of a Man Among Men AKA Shura no mure (1984) Kôsaku Yamashita, Hiroki Matsukata, Wakako Sakai, Shigeru Amachi
Hiroki Matsukata takes the lead role in this epic film as a young spirited yakuza Read More »
The Kingdom AKA Ôkoku (1973) Katsu Kanai, Hiroshi Akiyama, Motohiko Hagino, Yoshitaka Hida
A popular poet, Goku, becomes depressed when his editor jokingly suggests that he is a sell-out. Read More »
The Power of Aikido AKA Gekitotsu! Aikidô (1975) Shigehiro Ozawa, Jirô Yabuki, Shin’ichi Chiba, Yôko Koizumi
An action movie that illustrates the struggle of Morihei Ueshiba who was born Read More »
The Lightning Tree AKA Raiou (2010) Ryuichi Hiroki, Yû Aoi, Masaki Okada, Pîtâ
Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman Read More »
Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected AKA Kame wa igai to hayaku oyogu (2005) Satoshi Miki, Juri Ueno, Yû Aoi, Ryô Iwamatsu
Suzume Katagura is a bored housewife who spends her days doing chores Read More »
Intimacies AKA Shinmitsusa (2012) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Hamaguchi wrote and directed this film as a graduation project for the students Read More »
Passion (2008) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Aoba Kawai, Nao Okabe, Ryuta Okamoto
A young couple announces their wedding at a party with friends. Read More »
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo AKA Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (1935) Sadao Yamanaka, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Kiyozo, Kunitarô Sawamura
The Yagyu family’s elder son sends an old and cheap looking pot to his young brother Read More »
Death and the Compass (1992) Alex Cox, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, Christopher Eccleston
Detective Lonnrot declares war on the notorious outlaw Red Scharlach Read More »
Teacher and Three Children AKA Ishiuchi jinjô kôtô shôgakkô: Hana wa chiredomo (2008) Kaneto Shindô, Akira Emoto, Etsushi Toyokawa, Naomasa Musaka
The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. Read More »