Movies: Japan

Fate brings a man and woman together in Lyon, France. They fall in love, but time is set to run out on them ......

A Japanese family having tea....

Tokyo is a fascinating city of extremes, blending the old traditions with visions of the future and an extraordinary pace of life. A shock of skyscrapers and neon, it's a gleaming example of Japan's post World War II success. Traveller Ian Wright beg...

The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai who seek vengeance against the man who caused their master's death....

Welcome to The Great Happiness Space: Rakkyo Café. The club's owner, Issei (22), has a staff of twenty boys all under his training to become the top escorts of Osaka's underground love scene. During their training, they learn how to dress, how to tal...

Follows a bunch of school renegades and their downfall into criminality in a docu-drama style, completely refreshing for its time....

As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress where his youngest son is preparing to storm Edo Castle and name himself Shogun by force of arms. They are to either steal the documents that will eve...

In December 2021, Hideki Kuriyama began devoting his days to one singular goal: hoisting the championship trophy at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. How did he mold his players into one of the best and strongest Samurai Japan teams in history? A clos...

A film depicting the story of Yokota Megumi who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977....

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Three male gangsters are forced by their boss into becoming a trio of female pop singers....

A Crypton VOCALOID concert, and the successor to the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Magical Mirai concerts. It was held in the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall in Chiba, Japan. The main visual was illustrated by LENA[A-7]. The concert was accompani...

Nagaremono zukan is a documentary video, release from V&R Planning (AV). "Flower Picture Book" is the second work in the bicycle trilogy after Yumika. A very private sexual movie with Tomoko Matsunashi, right after Hirano broke up with Yumika. The vi...

Violinist and songwriter Kishi Bashi travels on a musical journey to understand WWII era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to be a minority in America today....

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

The country of Iga is deep in the throws of war. With smaller villages falling one by one, the largest families are in position to vie for their share of the power. Sankai of Minamiyama has his sinister eyes fixed – not only on total control of the a...

Short documentary about the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster....

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 docudrama tells her remarkable story of gender transition. Reflecting on her high school years, Nats...

In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan’s Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional way of life as well as his own journey of self-discovery. Twent...

Shindo Yuya quits his job and joins the agriculture and forestry division of Takasaki City in Gunma Prefecture which is tasked with the regional revitalization of the local agriculture industry....