
On her sixteenth birthday, Rin (Yumi Sugimoto), a bullied, timid schoolgirl witnesses her parents killed by fearful, anti-mutant humans. Read More »
Tag Archives: japanese
The Claws of the Divine Beast (1980)

Based on a mystery by Taiwanese-Japanese author Chin Shun-shin. After two elderly men in Yokohama quarrel Read More »
Runway to Hell (1960) Masahiro Makino

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist. Read More »
Summer Lights (2016) Lumières d’été

On the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Akihiro, a native Japanese filmmaker living in Paris Read More »
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965) Daisuke Itô

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. Read More »
Supermarket Woman (1996) Sûpâ no onna

Goro’s supermarket is not doing well; the rival “Bargains Galore” threatens his business. Read More »
Kyoto Story (2010) Kyoto uzumasa monogatari

Kyoko is a university librarian and she also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. Read More »
Renoir (2025) Chie Hayakawa, Yui Suzuki

In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl copes with a terminally ill father and stressed-out working Read More »
Looking for an Angel (1999) Tenshi no rakuen

Takachi, a young porno star from a small town in Japan is found dead. His death provides the opportunity Read More »
New Year Trip (1968) Kigeki: Hatsumôde ressha

Ueda is a train conductor who in his spare time likes to visit the geisha houses together with his colleague, even though he is happily married. Read More »