Cinematography: Masao Nakabori

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Kotobuki Hananomoto · Akiji Kobayashi · Eiji Okada · Kin Sugai

Plot Jissoji's feature film debut about the incestuous relationship of two siblings from a traditional family near Kyoto is a rare example of a successful rendition of Buddhist thought in film...

Direction Hirokazu Koreeda

Cast Makiko Esumi · Takashi Naitô · Tadanobu Asano · Gohki Kashiyama

Direction Yoshishige Yoshida

Cast Mariko Okada · Yoshiko Tanaka · Sae Isshiki · Hideo Murota

Plot Kiju Yoshida's drama Kagami No Onnatachi (Women in the Mirror) is stylistically similar to the works of Yasujiro Ozu. Natsuki (Sae Issiki) lives with her grandmother (Mariko Okada). Natsuki has...

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Shin Kishida · Hiroko Sakurai · Saburo Shinoda · Ryo Tamura

Plot The young houseboy in Uta wakes up every night to patrol the house of a teacher with a flashlight. He leads an austere life of meditation and he focuses his...

Direction SABU

Cast Susumu Terajima · Naomi Nishida · Itsuji Itao · Seijun Suzuki

Plot After losing his job at the factory Igarashi aimlessly wanders through Tokyo where he encounters various people and gains insight into their lives.

Direction SABU

Cast Yuya Tegoshi · Hanae Kan · Miki Nakatani · Etsushi Toyokawa

Plot Shuji is struggling to grow up in a small seaside town that is being redeveloped to become a major resort. He starts going to church with his cynical older brother...

Direction SABU

Cast Masayuki Sakamoto · Go Morita · Hiroshi Nagano · Ken Miyake

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Shirô Itô · Haruko Katô · Kiichi Nakai · Chishu Ryu

Plot The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now...

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Hiroshi Mikami · Kan'ichi Hiraga · Masami Horiuchi · Keiko Kaga

Plot The landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing...

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Yasumi Hara · Renji Ishibashi · Seiran Li · Kimiaki Makino

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Janet Hatta · Shin Kishida · Minori Terada · Chisako Hara

Plot After a number of stressful affairs, a court lady becomes a nun in order to pursue a life without desire.

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Kyusaku Shimada · Mieko Harada · Jun'ichi Ishida

Plot A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th century Tokyo with a mission to destroy the blooming city.

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Hiroyuki Sanada · Kyusaku Shimada · Yumi Yoshiyuki · Yuko Daike

Plot Detective Kogoro Akechi is faced with a peculiar murder case involving forgeries of classic pornographic artworks.

Direction Yoshitaka Amano · Kon Ichikawa · Akio Jissoji · Masaaki Kawahara

Cast Kyôko Koizumi · Suzuki Matsuo · Tsuyoshi Ujiki · Umenosuke Nakamura

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Shin Kishida · Mikijiro Hira · Shingo Yamashiro · Mako Midori

Direction Aaron Woolfolk

Cast Bennet Guillory · Saki Takaoka · Misa Shimizu · Danny Glover

Plot After the sudden death of his estranged son in rural Japan, an American man must go there to claim some important family items. While there, he discovers some secrets his...

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Kotobuki Hananomoto · Janet Hatta · Saburo Shinoda · Ryo Tamura

Plot Nagare, a painter who wanted to commit a lover’s suicide with Mizue, the wife of his friend and patron Takigawa. Growing afraid at the last moment, he doesn’t go through...

Direction Hôjin Hashiura

Cast Koichi Sato · Kumi Nakamura

Plot Drama about a young writer who has not just started his career and the different lifestyles he and the girl he falls in love with.