Munekata kyodai (1950)
Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a drinking habit Shes always been in love with Hiroshi, but he left for France years ago without proposing Now he is back and Mariko Setsukos sister tries t
Inugami ke no ichizoku (2006)
A web of deceit, adultery and greed manifests in Kon Ichikawas remake of his own 1976 hit about a murder investigation that reveals years of hidden skeletons and a shocking family secret
The Graceful Brute (1962)
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved
Akuma no temari uta (1977)
Kosuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder Then some murders happen Kindaichi must find out about the past in o
The 8 Tomb Village (1996)
In a remake of a well known Japanese mystery, a man in Kobe does not have a family He receives a visitor who is a researcher one day who has noticed that the man has a well off family in Okayama This village is called Yatsuhakam
Song of Love (1967)
Sentimental comedy taking place at a harbour in the inland sea
Nihon no yoru to kiri (1960)
Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look at the decline of a socialist student activists movement in Japan
Hungry Soul, Part II (1956)
The conclusion to Yuzo Kawashimas Hungry Soul
Kogitsune Heren (2006)
Leaving school for the day, seven year old Taichi finds a baby fox alongside a road in rural Hokkaido The two bond, and Taichi decides to leave the fox with the police as a lost item The policeman on duty takes a reluctant Taich
Wildhood (2021)
Two brothers embark on a journey to find their birth mother after their abusive father had lied for years about her whereabouts along the way, they reconnect with their indigenous heritage and make a new friend
Thrill Ride (2016)
Three kids sneak into a theme park where the attractions magically come alive With help from a sea witch, the kids must battle an evil mermaid, pirates, a dragon and an armada of monsters Stars Kristen Johnston and Lucas Jade Zu
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
An old man, being rowed along a river, sees a field of daisies or Wild Chrysanthemums, as they are described in the title, or starworts, as they are referred to in the subtitles, and thinks back to when he was fifteen He recall
Sachertorte (2022)
Karl puts his life in Berlin on hold, only to wait every day at 3pm for the love of his life at Cafe Sacher in Vienna But sometimes love happens to you, while you re busy waiting for it
Return to Mount Kennedy (2019)
On March 20th of 1965, Bobby Kennedy became the first human to stand atop a lonely peak in the Canadian Yukon that had just been named to honor his assassinated brother, JFK His climbing guide was Jim Whittaker, a mountain icon w
Polycarp (2015)
A young slave girl, Anna, is rescued and adopted by Christians in 2nd Century Smyrna and befriended by their aged bishop, Polycarp As Anna is taught by Polycarp and her new family, she struggles to reconcile her beliefs with thos
Yabanjin no youni (1985)
Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble
Koi suru nichiyobi watashi Koishita (2007)
Nagisa, a high school girl who has been given only 3 months to live Without telling her widowed father where shes going, she sets out from the city to the small town where she was born She recalls her childhood memories, and he
Illusion of Blood (1965)
A samurai warrior is haunted by the spirit of his first wife
Himiko (1974)
A freestyle, imagined telling of the life of shaman queen Himiko, who falls in love with her half brother, making her powers weaken thus putting her position to risk
Good Night Oppy (2022)
The film follows Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover affectionately dubbed Oppy by her creators and scientists at NASA Oppy was originally expected to live for only 90 days but she ultimately explored Mars for nearly 15 years
Go (2001)
Sugihara, born in Japan but with North Korean parents, falls in love with a Japanese girl after changing from a North Korean school to a Japanese school His boxer dad teaches him boxing skills used a lot
For Kayako (1985)
A film about the substantial population of Koreans living in Japan, and the love affair between Kayako, a Japanese girl, and Im, a Korean
Flame and Women (1967)
A sterile man arranges for his disapproving wife to receive artificial insemination, after which she starts nourishing a strong desire for the childs biological father
Fine, Totally Fine (2008)
A tragicomedy about two listless friends who fall for the same girl and try to find out what they want from their life
Dokuritsu gurentai (1959)
When Sergeant Okubos brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brothers killer The command is wiped out by Chinese forces and O
Canary (2004)
Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system, CANARY tells the moving story of two children, each abandoned by their families, who come together in
Canary (2004)
Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system, CANARY tells the moving story of two children, each abandoned by their families, who come together in
Burning an Illusion (1981)
A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demanding boyfriend, and with the help of friends seeks something better
Brothel No 8 (1974)
A journalist interviews an old woman who was forced into prostitution, just like many other Japanese women working in Asia outside of Japan during the first half of the 20th century She worked in a Malaysian brothel called Sandak
Barcelona A Map (2007)
6 characters contemporary archetypes of urban solitude in an old Barcelona building an old husband and wife, her sister, and 3 tenants a teacher of French, a young ex footballer, now security guard, and a pregnant Latin Americ
Ballad of Orin (1977)
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed while she tours the country, even though the modern world imposes changes on peoples behavior
Alone on the Pacific (1963)
Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat Despite his careful planning many unforeseen events will test his determination
A Colt Is My Passport (1967)
A hit man is hired to kill a mob boss After the deed is done, he and his driver are wanted dead by rival gangs who joined forces
47 Ronin (1994)
A group of disgraced samurai plan a decade long revenge against a corrupt lord
The Swimmers (2022)
A story of the miraculous journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics
Christmas on Mistletoe Farm (2022)
After inheriting a farm at Christmas time, a widowed father makes a bumpy adjustment to village life while his kids hatch a plan to stay there forever
Nocebo (2022)
A fashion designer is suffering from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband, until help arrives in the form of a Filipino carer, who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth
The Waltons Thanksgiving (2022)
Follows the Walton family as they prepare enthusiastically for the annual Harvest Festival Fair on Walton Mountain in 1934, but their lives are dramatically changed after a young boy arrives
The Estate (2022)
Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult to please Aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea
Sufre mamon (1987)
This is a film about some Spanish youngsters who form a band and the things they get up to The band is called Los Hombres G an actual band from Spain and they were very famous towards the end of the 1980s The film stars the
Sukurappu hebun (2005)
The lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus thats hijacked by a suicidal political flunky, then cross paths again months later