Yûko Ôshima

Rie Miyazawa

Aimi Satsukawa

Renji Ishibashi

Pale Moon

Pale Moon (2014)

Pierce Brosnan

Jacques Perrin

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.

Oceans

Oceans (2008)

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Issei Ogata

Miki Hayashida

Tony Takitani had a solitary childhood. At school he studied art, but while his sketches are accurate and detailed, they lack feeling. Used to being self-sufficient, Tony finds himself becoming more irrational and instinctive. After finding his true vocation as a technical illustrator, he becomes fascinated by Eiko, a client who in turn is fascinated by high end fashion.

Tony Takitani

Tony Takitani (2004)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Rentarô Mikuni

Kyôko Enami

Chronicles the trials and tribulations of Oribe, the successor to tea-master Rikyu, Usu, his gardener, and Princess Goh, who attempt to balance artistic expression and duty amid political intrigue in feudal Japan.

Gô-hime

Gô-hime (1992)

Hitomi Kuroki

Ken Takakura

Akira Kubo

A group of disgraced samurai plan a decade long revenge against a corrupt lord.

47 Ronin

47 Ronin (1994)

Tadanobu Asano

Yoshio Harada

Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama). He had somehow learned that she has fallen in love, and tries to convince her to start her new life. But Mitsué obstinately refuses his warm and humorous encouragements : « People were killed in my place. I do not have the right to find happiness », she says.—Anonymous

The Face of Jizo

The Face of Jizo (2004)

Machiko Ono

Fûka Koshiba

A witch becomes one if at age thirteen she takes a mandatory one-year trip to find herself and perfect her skills. Kiki takes the trip and lands in a seaside town where she begins supporting herself and her black cat by offering a delivery service. The young witch is soon embroiled in a bakery, a wind mill, a zoo, teenage antics and a medical emergency. It is when she is most needed, however, that Kiki has to find the resolve to continue.—aghaemi

Kiki's Delivery Service

Kiki's Delivery Service (2014)

Erika Sawajiri

Fumiyo Kohinata

Atsuro Watabe

Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in the 19th Japan where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, an Kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.—Ploy P.

Ashura-jô no hitomi

Ashura-jô no hitomi (2005)

Tomoya Nagase

Nana Seino

Supernatural comedy about an unlucky high school student who dies in a bus crash during a school trip only to be press-ganged into a demonic rock band in Hell. Daisuke (Ryunosuke Kamiki) wants to confess his crush to his would-be girlfriend Hiromi (Aoi Morikawa), only to die unexpectedly and find himself in Hell. There Daisuke encounters the flamboyant Killer K (Tomoya Nagase), the lead guitar and vocalist of the infernal rock band known as Hells, and together they embark on a hard-rocking tour of the Afterlife in an attempt to get Daisuke back to the Land of the Living and the girl he loves.

Too Young to Die! Wakakushite shinu

Too Young to Die! Wakakushite shinu (2016)

Shun Oguri

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Oguri Shun plays Dazai Osamu who is one of the more popular novelists in Japan. Like most artists he has his vulnerabilities and exposures. In this case, the man is an alcoholic and lustful nomad. In other words, while being married and having promised himself to one he has two harlots on the side.—aghaemi

No Longer Human

No Longer Human (2019)

Tôri Matsuzaka

Joe Odagiri

Hana Sugisaki

A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame. She needs to retrieve her husband who has vanished and get the family business restarted. She needs to help her daughter be able to pick after herself. Will the family bonds grow stronger or wither?—aghaemi

Her Love Boils Bathwater

Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)

Hiroyuki Sanada

Takashi Yamazaki

Ren Ôsugi

Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai, leads a life without glory as a bureaucrat in the mid-XIX century Japan. A widower, he has charge of two daughters (whom he adores) and a senile mother; he must therefore work in the fields and accept piecework to make ends meet. New prospects seem to open up when Tomoe, his long-time love, divorces a brutal husband. However, even as the Japanese feudal system is unraveling, Seibei remains bound by the code of honour of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedences. The consequences are cruel.—Eduardo Casais

The Twilight Samurai

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Jun Kunimura

Susumu Terajima

In 1702, set against the backdrop of a long-delayed and insatiable revenge, a reserved samurai, Aoki Sozaemon, leaves his hometown in Matsumoto to come to bustling Edo in search of his father's killer. Unaccomplished as a swordsman, with his funds quickly drying up, Sozaemon must honour his clan's demand to avenge a disgraceful death, however, when he finally finds his target, he will have to make a difficult decision before a crushing dilemma. Is the way of the samurai stronger than the way of the heart?—Nick Riganas

Hana

Hana (2006)

6.9 / 10

Drama

7.7 / 10

Documentary

7.2 / 10

Drama

6.8 / 10

Drama
History

6.4 / 10

Action
Drama

7.2 / 10

Action
Drama

5.7 / 10

Action
Adventure

5.8 / 10

Action
Drama

6.7 / 10

Action
Comedy

6 / 10

Action
Biography

7.4 / 10

Action
Drama

8.1 / 10

Drama
History

6.6 / 10

Action
Comedy