Japan Movies

For centuries the Japanese warred among themselves and their neighbors, creating a colorful, rich and sometimes brutal legacy. Intriguing to outsiders...

Midori is a struggling wedding photographer in Kona, Hawaii. Her small world in thrown off balance when Seiko, her judgmental sister comes to visit fr...

A mockumentary profile of master Japanese watchmaker Takumi Oshiro, who is on the verge of completing one of his greatest masterpieces.

From a young age, Natsuki knew she was a girl despite her sex assigned at birth. Against the backdrop of conservative Japanese society, this poignant...

A 19-minute short film featuring the six performances of the Japanese performance art group Grinder-Man. Only released on VHS.

Craft beer is a fast growing popular movement in Japan. Traveling to Japan to scout this exciting emerging market, american craft beer brewmaster Rob...

Lintika Films has recently made a proof of concept short film that they are shopping around Hollywood. It is a combination of 2D and 3D stop-motion an...

Documentary about and with the Japanese electronic composer and artist Merzbow.

In the 1980s, Michelangelo Antonioni traveled with his partner, actress and filmmaker Enrica Fico Antonioni, to Japan with the intent of creating a do...

SHANGHAI GHETTO recalls the strange-but-true story of thousands of European Jews who were shut out of country after country while trying to escape Naz...

On April 1, 1945, the United States military launched its invasion of the main island of Okinawa, the start of a battle that was to last 12 weeks and...

A Crypton VOCALOID concert, and the successor to the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Magical Mirai concerts. It was held in the Makuhari Messe International Exhi...

A son films his elderly mother as she cares for his ailing father on his deathbed.

A young Japanese boy is on a quest to discover the perfect bowl of ramen to feed to his dying grandfather. Short film featured on the R2 DVD of Battle...

Documentary about Japan's Unit 731 of World War II.

Pelican, a bakery located at Asakusa, Tokyo, becomes crowded every morning. There are only two types of bread sold. It looks ordinary but meet a baker...

A (her)story told through the very people involved in the women’s liberation movement beginning in Japan in the 1970s.

Reissue in Blu-ray. Part of six-live-BD series from Ayumi Hamasaki features "Arena Tour 2006 A -(miss)understood-," "Countdown Live 2007-2008 Annive...