Toshiyuki Tanishi (Mr Tanishi) is a 29-year-old chronic masturbator and toy vending machine salesman – he is socially awkward and down on his luck. Read More »
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Distance (2001) Hirokazu Koreeda, Arata Iura, Yûsuke Iseya, Susumu Terajima
Members of a cult, modeled on Aum Shinrikyo, sabotage a city’s water supply Read More »
After the Storm AKA Umi yori mo mada fukaku (2016) Hirokazu Kore-eda, Hiroshi Abe, Yôko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi
Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. Read More »
Boiling Point AKA 3-4 x jûgatsu (1990) Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida
Two members of a Japanese junior baseball team get mixed up with the local yakuza. Read More »
License to Live AKA Ningen gôkaku (1998) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shun Sugata, Lily
Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Read More »
Scrap Heaven (2005) Sang-il Lee, Ryô Kase, Joe Odagiri, Chiaki Kuriyama
A cop, a sanitation worker and a pharmacist intersect on a late bus ride that’s hijacked by a suicidal political flunky. Read More »
Resurrection AKA Yomigaeri (2002) Akihiko Shiota, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yûko Takeuchi, Yuriko Ishida
In the town of Aso a boy returns to his mother after he was missing for 58 years. Read More »
The Man Without a Map AKA Moetsukita chizu (1968) Hiroshi Teshigahara, Shintarô Katsu, Etsuko Ichihara, Osamu Ôkawa
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. Contradictory evidence and the lack of clues soon render the case as virtually unsolvable Read More »
Heaven and Earth / Ten to Chi to (1990) Haruki Kadokawa, Takaaki Enoki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Atsuko Asano
Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. Read More »
The Whispering Star AKA Hiso hiso boshi (2015) Sion Sono, Kenji Endo, Yûto Ikeda, Megumi Kagurazaka
A feminine android delivers packages to the scattered humans in the galaxy. Read More »