This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was run by an extraordinary man – its founder and headmaster, Sōsaku Kobayashi – who deeply valued children's independence, and who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.

Twelve-year old Kosta, a little boy of an overactive imagination, makes friends with equally sensiti...

Young Olga Ahrendt almost succeeded in attempting suicide. She had thrown herself in front of a tram...

How to repay parental debt on the other side of the front line? Why would a doctor kill and when to ...

Satomi and Yasunori are filled with happy expectations for their newborn baby Orine while driving ho...

During World War II, young Rusty was sent to America for safety. It's now five years later and the s...

In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ic...

Born on the same day and raised side by side, high school students Yoon Hae Rim and Uhm Ki Seok are ...

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are h...

Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the great...

In a French forest circa 1798, a child–who cannot walk, speak, read or write–is found. A doctor beco...

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship w...

A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world an...

Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her th...

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pur...

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recoun...

The lives of a motherless young man, who's just starting to find interest in women, and his physical...

Six samurai traverse a futuristic megalopolis to get to their favourite pub in time for "last orders...

The wealthy plantation owner Pinaud is brutally murdered in Ceylon. His attractive German wife Anne ...

The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on...