Japanese Movies

A narrator relates the Japanese tale of two lovers who defy their families and society to be together. The tale ends happily, until something happens...

The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of M...

An investigation in two neighboring houses with possible paranormal activity.

In Japanese culture, the day before spring is known as Setsubun. For over a thousand years, it has been tradition to throw soybeans to summon good luc...

The staff of a film production company encounter the unknown while investigating the folklore and dark tales of Chichibu.

For her 15th debut anniversary and birthday, Sakamoto Maaya made an amazing concert in Budokan (Tokyo) with a selection of all her best songs! In spec...

Three parallel love stories set in three different cities are set against some of the major international events of the last five years, in this ambit...

A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs int...

Yuko Mizushima encounters an alternate version of herself, and subsequently explores her sensuality in a series of connected vignettes.

This documentary follows the lives of four elderly Japanese men living in Manila's impoverished districts. Known as "distressed Japanese," they naviga...

There is a popular theory that it takes at least 10,000 hours of focused practice for a human to become expert in any field. In Japan, there are craft...

Yohji Yamamoto | Dressmaker is an intimate and delving portrait of one of fashion's most revered stalwarts. For a man who creates clothing as armour,...

After 15 years of knowing Chosun people in Japan I met on Mt. Geumgang in 2002, I face the history of colonization and division that I had not known b...

The Quartzers, calling themselves the Wardens of Time, appear after Sougo Tokiwa has collected all of the Heisei Era Ride Watches. A grand conspiracy...

Kyogo Furuhashi has taken Celtic by storm since joining the club in the summer of 2021. He has scored 26 goals so far in the 2022-2023 season as the...

In a dystopian present, a young Japanese-American man battles the cascading effects of his family's wrongful incarceration in the 1940s.

In December 2021, Hideki Kuriyama began devoting his days to one singular goal: hoisting the championship trophy at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. H...

A boy helps an unconscious girl by the river. The girl wakes up, but there is little conversation between the two, and the past emerges as a girl's me...

This documentary is about the 3rd and 4th generation Korean residents of Japan who are students of Chosen elementary, middle, and high school in Hokka...