Movies

A small provincial town surrounded by mountains and fields in northeastern Japan. Here a group of eight policemen solve a series of unusual cases,...

Japanese drama film.

Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.

Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.

A boy who dreams of being a yakuza leader is reformed by a girl's pure love for him.

Japanese suspense film.

Japanese propaganda film

An old man has to move to his son's new house. His wife is hospitalized and cannot move together. A few days after moving, he decides to go back to...

Nobuko Shibuya's Japanese volleyball documentary

Japanese film.

Based on a children's book. Two children encounter a wooden chair that moves and speaks. The chair awaits their return, unaware the sister died in...

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the...

Inspired by the "Shimoyama Incident," which caused a great stir in society in 1949, the year before its release, this masterpiece suspense film...

A youth lyrical painting depicting a sensitive young man with rich poetic feelings focused on the concerns and aspirations of a high school student.

The protagonist descends from the mountains with a huge amount of panned gold dust. Upon learning of his wealth, all sorts of people, driven by greed...

After her mother's funeral, Yuriko, dressed in mourning clothes, sees off her lover Shintaro as he leaves in the powdery snow, and resolves to part...