Movies

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.

Period piece about a samurai who marries a mysterious beautiful young woman who claims to have lost her memory.

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where...

Romantic melodrama

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and...

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.

Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obligations in life and are not ready for marriage....

A samurai suffers to achieve enlightenment while being forced by a Zen Buddhist.

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give...

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...

A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute"...

An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home, turns up unexpectedly...

A Japanese girl and a French boy make strides in overcoming the cultural barriers that prevent them from fully expressing the love they have for one...

Film mixing live action with the famous animated Italian rubber mouse, Topo Gigio.

Abbreviated version of Tokyo Olympiad, intended for overseas audiences and with added English narration.

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows...