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Swing Girls (2004)

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Juri Ueno  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Yuika Motokariya

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Juri Ueno  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Yuika Motokariya

Vital (2004)

A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to a medical school where he catches the eye of a fellow student. But it’s another who becomes his obsession…the dead ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Nami Tsukamoto  •  Kiki  •  Kazuyoshi Kushida

A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to a medical school where he catches the eye of a fellow student. But it’s another who becomes his obsession…the dead ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Nami Tsukamoto  •  Kiki  •  Kazuyoshi Kushida

Like Father, Like Son (2013)

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Yoko Maki  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Kirin Kiki

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Yoko Maki  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Kirin Kiki

Sukiyaki (2011)

Kenta Kurihara (Tasuku Nagaoka) is sent to prison for battery. In his cell he is referred to as the "newcomer." Meanwhile, Kenta is bummed out with simple meal offerred in prison. The four other prisoners in his jail cell have no problems eating his food. On lunar ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Tasuku Nagaoka  •  Masanobu Katsumura  •  Motoki Ochiai  •  Gitaro Ikeda

Kenta Kurihara (Tasuku Nagaoka) is sent to prison for battery. In his cell he is referred to as the "newcomer." Meanwhile, Kenta is bummed out with simple meal offerred in prison. The four other prisoners in his jail cell have no problems eating his food. On lunar ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Tasuku Nagaoka  •  Masanobu Katsumura  •  Motoki Ochiai  •  Gitaro Ikeda

Key of Life (2012)

A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Uchida
CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Uchida
CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Life Can Be So Wonderful (2007)

Five short stories of life's joys and sorrows are brought together in this omnibus drama from Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Minorikawa
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Reina Asami  •  Akira Emoto  •  Mikako Ichikawa

Five short stories of life's joys and sorrows are brought together in this omnibus drama from Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Minorikawa
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Reina Asami  •  Akira Emoto  •  Mikako Ichikawa

Sword of Desperation (2010)

A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideyuki Hirayama
CAST:  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Chizuru Ikewaki  •  Koji Kikkawa  •  Tsumami Edamame

A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideyuki Hirayama
CAST:  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Chizuru Ikewaki  •  Koji Kikkawa  •  Tsumami Edamame

Happy Flight (2008)

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Haruka Ayase  •  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Shinobu Terajima

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Haruka Ayase  •  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Shinobu Terajima

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You (1988)

A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Ichikawa
CAST:  Hajime Hana  •  Yumi Nishiyama  •  Hitoshi Ueki  •  Kei Tani

A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Ichikawa
CAST:  Hajime Hana  •  Yumi Nishiyama  •  Hitoshi Ueki  •  Kei Tani

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)

In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shimako Satō
CAST:  Takeshi Kaneshiro  •  Takako Matsu  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Kanata Hongo

In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shimako Satō
CAST:  Takeshi Kaneshiro  •  Takako Matsu  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Kanata Hongo

Three Stories of Love (2015)

A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryosuke Hashiguchi
CAST:  Atsushi Shinohara  •  Ryo Ikeda  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Tamae Ando

A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryosuke Hashiguchi
CAST:  Atsushi Shinohara  •  Ryo Ikeda  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Tamae Ando

Samurai Cat 2: A Tropical Adventure (2015)

The Edo period. Once a famous swordsman, Kyutaro Madarame, aka “Madara the Devil,” is now a masterless samurai. When a white cat called Tamanojo appears before Kyutaro, the encounter changes him forever. Starring Kazuki Kitamura. This offbeat tale of samurai ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Watanabe
CAST:  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Hana Kino  •  Kaori Takahashi  •  Megumi Yokoyama

The Edo period. Once a famous swordsman, Kyutaro Madarame, aka “Madara the Devil,” is now a masterless samurai. When a white cat called Tamanojo appears before Kyutaro, the encounter changes him forever. Starring Kazuki Kitamura. This offbeat tale of samurai ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Watanabe
CAST:  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Hana Kino  •  Kaori Takahashi  •  Megumi Yokoyama

Her Granddaughter (2015)

Tsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother’s house in the countryside. When her grandmother dies, Tsugumi Dozono decides to live in the house full-time, and to work from there as well. However, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Nana Eikura  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Osamu Mukai  •  Sakura Ando

Tsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother’s house in the countryside. When her grandmother dies, Tsugumi Dozono decides to live in the house full-time, and to work from there as well. However, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Nana Eikura  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Osamu Mukai  •  Sakura Ando

Someday's Dreamers (2008)

Suzuki Sora is a cheerful country girl from the small town of Bie. She made a promise to her father, and following this promise applies and is accepted for a magic intership in Tokyo, where she will face the life in a big city. While training to get better with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Nakahara
CAST:  Masaki Okada  •  Rio Yamashita  •  Nagisa Akimoto  •  Hana Kino

Suzuki Sora is a cheerful country girl from the small town of Bie. She made a promise to her father, and following this promise applies and is accepted for a magic intership in Tokyo, where she will face the life in a big city. While training to get better with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Nakahara
CAST:  Masaki Okada  •  Rio Yamashita  •  Nagisa Akimoto  •  Hana Kino

Nibanme no kanojo (2004)

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DIRECTION:  Mika Ohmori
CAST:  Naomi Akimoto  •  Go Ayano  •  Kento Handa  •  Atsushi Harada

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DIRECTION:  Mika Ohmori
CAST:  Naomi Akimoto  •  Go Ayano  •  Kento Handa  •  Atsushi Harada

No One's Ark (2003)

Daisuke and his girlfriend have failed at selling a smelly health drink named Akajiru in Tokyo, amassing five million yen in debts. In order to recover financially, they retreat to Daisuke's island hometown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita
CAST:  Takashi Sasano  •  Hiroshi Yamamoto  •  Tetsuaki Matsue  •  Tomoko Kotera

Daisuke and his girlfriend have failed at selling a smelly health drink named Akajiru in Tokyo, amassing five million yen in debts. In order to recover financially, they retreat to Daisuke's island hometown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita
CAST:  Takashi Sasano  •  Hiroshi Yamamoto  •  Tetsuaki Matsue  •  Tomoko Kotera

Laundry (2002)

A young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for Mizue, a lonely young woman who suffers from kleptomania. One day Mizue left one of her dresses behind in the machine that was stained with blood from her failed suicide ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Mori
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Koyuki  •  Takashi Naito  •  Kenichiro Tanabe

A young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for Mizue, a lonely young woman who suffers from kleptomania. One day Mizue left one of her dresses behind in the machine that was stained with blood from her failed suicide ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Mori
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Koyuki  •  Takashi Naito  •  Kenichiro Tanabe

Hello, Goodbye (2017)

Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to helping an elderly woman, they're forced to interact, confronting their differences and similarities as well as their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeo Kikuchi
CAST:  Minori Hagiwara  •  Sayu Kubota  •  Ryo Ikeda  •  Masako Motai

Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to helping an elderly woman, they're forced to interact, confronting their differences and similarities as well as their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeo Kikuchi
CAST:  Minori Hagiwara  •  Sayu Kubota  •  Ryo Ikeda  •  Masako Motai

No Matter How Much My Mom Hates Me (2018)

Taiji has been estranged from his mother Mitsuko for years. Due to a meeting with his friend, he looks back at his past with his mother. After not seeing her for years, Taiji sees Mitsuko again. He tries to regain his mother's love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Minorikawa
CAST:  Taiga Nakano  •  Yoh Yoshida  •  Harutomo Koyama  •  Win Morisaki

Taiji has been estranged from his mother Mitsuko for years. Due to a meeting with his friend, he looks back at his past with his mother. After not seeing her for years, Taiji sees Mitsuko again. He tries to regain his mother's love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Minorikawa
CAST:  Taiga Nakano  •  Yoh Yoshida  •  Harutomo Koyama  •  Win Morisaki

Come On Irene (2018)

Iwao Shishido has found a wife. After paying three million yen for a bridal tour to the Philippines, he comes home with Irene, who is promptly confronted by Tsuru—Iwao’s freshly widowed mother, who’s infuriated her loser son has married a woman she’s never met.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Yoshida
CAST:  Ken Yasuda  •  Natileigh Sitoy  •  Hana Kino  •  Yûsuke Iseya

Iwao Shishido has found a wife. After paying three million yen for a bridal tour to the Philippines, he comes home with Irene, who is promptly confronted by Tsuru—Iwao’s freshly widowed mother, who’s infuriated her loser son has married a woman she’s never met.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Yoshida
CAST:  Ken Yasuda  •  Natileigh Sitoy  •  Hana Kino  •  Yûsuke Iseya
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