Dawning on Us
Kenji Yamauchi, 2021
During the COVID-19 lockdown, young married couple Kosuke and Sara found themselves isolating in the same house as Kosuke’s parents. With society finally reopening, Kosuke and Sara find themselves wondering whether they should finally try to have a
Ito
Satoko Yokohama, 2022
In the small town of Itayanagi in northern Japan, Ito (Ren Komai) is a downcast teenager living with her father and grandmother. She’s a talented musician, skilled at playing the traditional shamisen. Recently, though, she has lost all interest in
Junk Head
Takahide Hori, 2021
In the distant future, humankind is facing extinction as people - now genetically-modified to live extremely long lives - have lost their ability to reproduce. In a mysterious and vast underground world, however, an artificial life-form is able to re
Looking for Magical Doremi
Junichi Sato, 2020
Sora, Mire and Reika are three women in different stages of their 20s, living in different parts of Japan, and all dealing with their own personal dilemmas. They have one big thing in common: their shared love for Magical Doremi (Ojamajo Doremi) - a
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Arthur Harari, 2021
In 1944, the Japanese army sends 22-year-old specialist Hiroo Onoda to the island of Lubang in the Philippines with orders to coordinate a guerilla warfare campaign against soon-to-arrive American troops. He joins a small group of soldiers, who conti
Pompo the Cinephile
Takayuki Hirao, 2021
Pompo is an ambitious and passionate film producer working in the movie capital of the world - Nyallywood. So far, she’s mainly had success with her b-movies. When her talented but nervous ‘movie buff’ assistant Gene discovers a script for a fi
Summer Ghost (with Making of)
Loundraw, 2021
Tomoya, Aoi and Ryo are three high schoolers who meet online, brought together by their shared interest in a particular urban legend. The legend speaks of the ghost of a young woman, who appears when fireworks are set off. The three teenagers each ha
The Asadas!
Royota Nakano, 2020
Ever since he was a teenager, Masashi Asada (Kazunari Ninomiya) has loved photography. For a college assignment, he decides to take a staged photo of his own family. The Asadas enjoy the experience so much that they decide to take part in a whole ser
The Murders of Oiso
Takuya Misawa, 2019
Oiso is a town on Japan’s Pacific coast, located between Yokohama and Mount Fuji. Four friends - Kazuya, Shun, Tomoki and Eita - work in a local construction company, although it’s clear the firm is also involved in some very shady business. Kazu
The Pursuit of Perfection
Toshimichi Saito, 2021
Japan boasts no shortage of extraordinary food, and this sumptuous documentary explores the techniques and philosophies of four of the country’s most celebrated chefs. Takemasa Shinohara runs Ginza Shinohara - a kaiseki (traditional, multi-course m
Tokyo Revengers
Tsutomu Hanabusa, 2021
26-year-old Takemichi Hanagaki (Takumi Kitamura) is stuck in a rut - lazily drifting through life without direction. One day, he gets the shocking news that his high school sweetheart Hinata (Mio Imada) and her younger brother Naoto (Y?suke Sugino) h
Under the Open Sky
Miwa Nishikawa, 2021
Middle-aged former yakuza Mikami (Koji Yakusho) has been released from prison after a lengthy term for murder. After years of following the yakuza code of conduct, a reformed Mikami struggles to adjust to his new normal and the social stigma of being
Wheel of Fortune & Fantasy
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021
Celebrated filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi takes on three different stories in this anthology film. In episode one, model Meiko is shocked to discover her friend Tsugumi’s new love interest is her own ex-boyfriend Kazuaki. In episode two, married mothe
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