Movies

In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for...

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while...

The sword of the chivalrous warrior is drawn amid the struggle for a legendary sword and a plot to assassinate a young princess.

1930s Japanese film.

Pre-war jidaigeki film from 1936, produced by Uzumasa Hassei Eiga studios

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility....

The story of five sisters.

A narrative rakugo film depicting the struggles of people desperately living under wartime conditions.

In a small Tohoku town, family tensions rise when a sick mother’s care leads to conflict over a mistress joining the household....

Japanese noir.

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

A yakuza bodyguard is persuaded by Ōhara Yūgaku to take the farmers’ side.

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled...