The Ozu Diaries

A documentary on Teruo Ishii, the Japanese "King of Cult".

A documentary made to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Satsuo Yamamoto's death.

A short documentary primarily focused on Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series.

This documentary by Hubert Niogret looks at the revival of Japanese cinema during the 1990s.

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...

Because his style was similar to that of Yasujiro Ozu, who was already active at Shochiku, he moved to PCL (currently Toho) in 1933, where he...

An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.

This documentary follows the last days of actress KIKI Kirin, who passed away on September 15, 2018. The documentary is the first long-term, in-depth...

Created from material developed during "The Thoughts That Once We Had," this short film presents an anthology of 26 scenes from films made between...

Film director and screenwriter Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), who in the sixties was the great innovator of Japanese cinema; and his collaborator, art...

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese...