Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family's housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family's idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan.
One of One
Founded in Tokyo in the aftermath of WWII, Naito Auto Engineering is a three-generation family business, renown for restoring high-value classic cars with artistry and precision. Masao Naito, with his bold vision and rebellious spirit, took his father's local mechanic shop and turned it into a first-class company, whose services are coveted by top auto collectors the world over. For over 40 years, Masao has ruled the family business with an iron fist. Now, with his retirement on the horizon, cracks are beginning to show. Do the younger Naitos have what it takes to keep the family together, and carry the business forward?
Heat Wave
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
Eureka
In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.
The House Where Evil Dwells
At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place is haunted. But the ghost of 19th-century samurai Shigero turns out to be very real, and is intent on making the family re-enact an ancient murder-suicide.
Kokoda: 39th Battalion
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
The Anthem of the Heart
Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away so that she cannot hurt anyone with them. But, one day, she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical...
Love and Other Cults
Ai's mother sends her to live with a cult commune, where she remains for seven years. After the cult is broken up by the police, Ai struggles to fit in with society.
Smashing the 0-Line
Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister?
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.
The Ramen Girl
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
Top Knot Detective
In the early 1990s, a Japanese samurai detective series was aired in Australia and became a cult success. Titled in Japan Ronin Suiri Tentai (meaning roughly Deductive Reasoning Ronin), it was soon known in the West as Top Knot Detective. The original series was legendary in Japan, a cultural train wreck led by Takashi Tawagoto, a crazy writer, producer, director and lead actor; one who could not act, fight or write at all.
April Story
In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.
Love & Pop
Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring.
The Inland Sea
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. Twenty years later, filmmaker Lucille Carra undertook a parallel trip inspired by Richie’s by-then-classic book, capturing images of hushed beauty and meeting people who still carried on the fading customs that Richie had observed. Interspersed with surprising detours—a visit to a Frank Sinatra-loving monk, a leper colony, an ersatz temple of plywood and plaster—and woven together by Richie’s narration as well as a score by celebrated composer Toru Takemitsu, The Inland Sea is an eye-opening voyage and a profound meditation on what it means to be a foreigner.
The Brighton Miracle
Inspired by true events, the story begins with Japanese rugby officials dwelling on a humiliating anniversary, a 145-17 defeat by the New Zealand All Blacks in the 1995 World Cup. Officials question their decision to appoint Eddie Jones, to coach their national team for the 2015 World Cup. Jones plans to defy convention in order to put a stop to Japan being the laughing stock of world rugby.
Kakekomi
Kakekomi tells the stories of Edo women in the 1800s that escape abusive husbands and lovers by taking refuge in Tokeiji, a monastery in Kamakura.
A Midsummer's Fantasia
Reality and fantasy melds as a Korean documentary film director attempts to capture life in the small town of Gojo, Japan.
Merrill's Marauders
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.
Dawn of the Felines
A story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. They work at the same escort service while feeling lonely in their urban lives.
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Hideo Gosha
Director
Rino Katase
as
Chiyoharu
Masahiro Motoki
as
Ichitaro Kosugi
Eiji Okada
as
Masakichi Ono
Kanako Higuchi
as
Rin Jyoshima
Shinji Aoyama
Director
Hajime Inoue
as
Ichikawa
Yutaka Matsushige
as
Matsuoka
Machiko Ono
as
Mikiko Sawai
Sansei Shiomi
as
Yoshiyuki Sawai
Doug McClure
as
Alex Curtis
Susan George
as
Laura Fletcher
Tsuyako Okajima
as
Majyo Witch
Edward Albert
as
Ted Fletcher
Christopher James Baker
as
Blue
Jack Finsterer
as
Jack Scholt
Tom Budge
as
Johnno
William McInnes
as
The Colonel
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
as
Kokoro Morita
as
Minako Mikami
Nana Mori
as
Natsuki Nito
Sairi Itô
as
Ai Shima
Denden
as
Hisaya Kida
Katsuya Maiguma
as
Kazuharu Kitami
Yoshimasa Kondô
as
Tsunehiko Mita
Hayao Miyazaki
as
Himself
Toshio Suzuki
as
Himself
Hideaki Anno
as
Himself
Brittany Murphy
as
Abby
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as
Grand Master
Masayoshi Nogami
as
Merchant 1
Kimiko Yo
as
Reiko
Nobuaki Shimamoto
as
Detective Oshiro
Shunji Iwai
Director
Kanji Tsuda
as
Fukatsu
Masatô Ibu
as
Saito Toshizo
Takako Matsu
as
Uzuki Nireno
Ikkei Watanabe
as
Kobayashi
Tôru Tezuka
as
Uehara
Akira Ishida
as
Voice
Megumi Hayashibara
as
Voice
Donald Richie
as
Narrator
Temuera Morrison
as
Eddie Jones
Rumi Kikuchi
as
Therapy nurse
Hikari Mitsushima
as
Ogin
Wakana Matsumoto
as
Otane
Yô Ôizumi
as
Shinjiro Nakamura
Samuel Fuller
Director
Chuck Hayward
as
Officer
Claude Akins
as
Sgt. Kolowicz
Kaito Yoshimura
as
Kazuko Shirakawa
as
Madam of SM Club
Ken Yoshizawa
as
Old Man
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