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The River Fuefuki (1960) Fuefukigawa
A young man decides to become a warrior, causing trouble for his clan. Read More »
The Cats of Mirikitani (2006) Linda Hattendorf, Bob Bruck, Jess Espinosa
Documentary about red-beret-ed Jimmy Mirikitani, a feisty painter working and living on the street Read More »
Tora-san 30 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Hana mo arashi mo Torajirô (1982) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Yûko Tanaka
Last Scene (2002) Hideo Nakata, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yumi Asô, Kumiko Asô
Last Scene is an unusual yet personal foray into drama for horror mastermind Hideo Nakata. Read More »
Valley of Flowers (2006) Pan Nalin, Milind Soman, Mylène Jampanoï, Naseeruddin Shah
Along the highest mountain passes of the Himalayas, tough, intrepid Jalan (Milind Soman) Read More »
Rampo Noir / Ranpo jigoku (2005) Akio Jissôji, Atsushi Kaneko, Hisayasu Satô, Tadanobu Asano, Yûko Daike, Chisako Hara
A Japanese anthology film consisting of four segments on works by Edogawa Ranpo. Read More »
Our Little Sister / Umimachi Diary (2015) Hirokazu Koreeda, Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho
Three sisters live together in their late grandmother’s house in the city of Kamakura. Read More »
Legend of a Duel to the Death / Shitô no densetsu (1963) Keisuke Kinoshita, Shima Iwashita, Mariko Kaga, Gô Katô
A young woman who has been evacuated to Hokkaido with her family during Read More »
The Great Duel / Dai satsujin (1964) Eiichi Kudô, Takayuki Akutagawa, Kôtarô Satomi, Chôichirô Kawarasaki
A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet Read More »