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Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima

Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Bae Doona

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Erika Karata

Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jiang Wu

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ayako Fujitani

It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yu Aoi

Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Zhao Tao

Yuta lives in an orphanage while waiting for her mother to pick her up. One day, Yuta, who happened to know his mother's whereabouts, escaped from...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Haruto Shiratori

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Zhao Tao

Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jungle, stand at the head of a massive pirated goods...

Genre: Action

Cast: Joe Odagiri

This work is a 12-year story of Mana, a woman who cannot accept the death of her best friend, staring at her as she tries to step forward while...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yukino Kishii

Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masaki Suda

An aging movie actor who is preparing to shoot a death scene finds himself visited by the spirit of a dead, long-ago lover.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud

"Ars longa, vita brevis" – art is long, life is short. This is one of Japanese music icon Ryuichi Sakamoto's favorite quotes, and the message...

Genre: Music

Cast: Ryuichi Sakamoto

In 1969, Sawada is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo journalist for a weekly magazine. Two years later,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki

Trapped in her anemic career and love relationship, a 30-year-old TV commercial director returns to her countryside home in the company of a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kaho

On the set of a dark war time drama at an old movie studio, a young director, Toshio Murai, is trying to complete his debut film. The two starring...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Yûrei Yanagi

Junior high school student Yuna lives with her father Toshiharu. Her mother Akemi moved to Naha when her older sister entered high school, and Yuna...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayaka Miyoshi

At Beijing World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can interact with famous international monuments...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Zhao Tao

Miyata lost his wife early on and single-handedly raised their two children. One day he notices a change in his physical condition, and decides that...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Mitsuishi