A Bride for Rip van Winkle
Shunji Iwai, 2016
Nanami is a shy and lonely school teacher who meets Tetsuo online. The pair decide to get married, but Nanami’s lack of friends or relatives proves a source of frustration for her husband-to-be. She is put in touch with Amuro, who runs a business w
A Silent Voice
Naoko Yamada, 2016
As the new girl in a primary school class, Shoko Nishimiya is keen to make friends. But the fact that she is a little bit different – she can’t hear – makes her an easy target for class bully Shoya Ishida. One day Shoya finally takes things too
All Around Us
Ryosuke Hashiguchi, 2008
Laid-back Kanao and controlling Shoko are married and have decided to start a family. Realising that his current casual job will not be sufficient to provide for a child, Kanao uses his art school background to obtain a position as a courtroom sketch
Being Good
Mipo O, 2015
Newly graduated primary school teacher Okana finds his idealistic principles challenged when he tries to help a student he suspects is being mistreated. Young mother Masami feels totally alone as she undertakes single-parenting responsibilities while
Destruction Babies
Tetsuya Mariko, 2016
Taira is a quiet but frustrated and angry young man who one day decides to leave his seaside hometown - much to the disappointment of his younger brother Shota. In a nearby city, Taira becomes increasingly violent and starts fighting random people on
Fires on the Plain
Shinya Tsukamoto, 2014
In the closing days of World War II, the Japanese army is facing imminent defeat in the Philippines. A sick private named Tamura is rejected from the army’s field hospital. After a series of attacks and lucky escapes, he finds himself adrift in the
Happy Hour
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2015
Four female friends approaching middle age - Akari (Sachie Tanaka), Sakurako (Hazuki Kikuchi), Fumi (Maiko Mihara) and Jun (Rira Kawamura) - agree to attend a weekend workshop hosted by an eccentric artist. When the group heads out for a few drinks a
Harmonium
Koji Fukada, 2016
Toshio (Kanji Furutachi) lives with his wife Akie (Mariko Tsutsui) and daughter Hotaru (Momone Shinokawa). He operates a small workshop out of his house, and spends little time with his family except for during meals. One day Yasaka (Tadanobu Asano),
Her Love Boils Bathwater
Ryota Nakano, 2016
Futaba lives in a small town with her daughter Azumi. Their house connects to the family-run bathhouse, which has been closed since husband and father Kazuhiro left the family for another woman. Everything changes when Futaba is diagnosed with termin
Japanese Girls Never Die
Daigo Matsui, 2016
Haruko (played by Hana and Alice’s Yu Aoi) is stuck in a rut. Rapidly hurtling towards her 30s, she’s stuck in a dead-end job. She has fallen for her eccentric neighbour Soga, but he constantly rebuffs any affection she shows. One day, Haruko mys
Kizumonogatari – Part 1: Tekketsu & Part 2: Nekketsu
Tatsuya Oishi , 2016
In anticipation of the final installment of the Kizumonogatari trilogy, which is premiering at JFF 2017, we present a back-to-back double bill of the acclaimed first two short anime features from the Kizumonogatari youth horror trilogy, which are bas
Kizumonogatari – Part 3: Reiketsu
Tatsuya Oishi, 2017
With help of Meme Oshino, Koyomi takes back the limbs of Kiss-shot after defeating the three vampire hunters: Dramaturgy, Episode and Guillotinecutter. On seeking out Kiss-Shot, with the intention of becoming human again, she reveals to Koyomi the co
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
Yoji Yamada, 2015
Medical student Yoji becomes one of the thousands of victims of the US atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki in August 1945. His death leaves his mother Nobuko - who works as a midwife - living at home alone, albeit with regular visits from Yoji’s fiancé
Pecoross’ Mother and Her Days
Azuma Morisaki , 2013
Yuichi Okano (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged magazine ad salesman who enjoys his hobbies of manga art and playing music more than his job. He is an eternal optimist and the shape of his head has earned him the nickname ‘Pecoross’ because of its l
Poolsideman
Hirobumi Watanabe, 2016
Yusuke lives a lonely life in a suburb north of Tokyo. He eats breakfast, he drives to work at the local pool, he watches the TV news and listens to the radio. All the while, he barely says a word. Even when he is forced to drive his chatty co-worker
Princess Arete
Sunao Katabuchi, 2001
A curious young princess, hindered by her royal status, watches the outside world go by. Sometimes she sneaks out of the palace; sometimes she escapes into the books she hides under her bed. Eager suitors, tasked with retrievng magical objects, come
Sketches of Kaitan City
Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, 2010
New Year’s Eve, Kaitan City. A worker is made redundant due to a downsizing of the city’s shipyard; an old woman refuses to leave her home even though it is in an area planned for redevelopment; a manager of the local planetarium suspects his wif
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale
Tomohiko Ito, 2016
In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. With the popularity of Virtual Reality in decline, this new device uses Augmented Reality (AR) technology to get players into the
The Letter
Jiro Shono, 2006
Since they lost their parents, Takeshi has provided for his younger brother Naoki, and works hard to ensure that his sibling will get to university. But when Takeshi is fired from his job, he is forced to take desperate measures to ensure that his br
The Long Excuse
Miwa Nishikawa, 2016
Sachio is a very successful but arrogant writer who is cheating on his wife Natsuko. During a trip away, Natsuko and her friend Yuki are killed in a bus accident. Sachio - whose celebrity status has led to media interest in the tragedy - initially fi
Tsukiji Wonderland
Naotaro Endo, 2016
There’s nowhere quite like Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo. Work begins before many people even head to bed, with the excitement really kicking off in the early hours of the morning. It is a place of gloriously organised chaos - thousands of people ru
We Are X
Stephen Kijak, 2016
X JAPAN might not be a household name in the West, but they’re one of the most successful and iconic heavy metal bands of all time. The band - originally known simply as X - was formed by drummer Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi while they were stil
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