The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
In "Porch Pirates," three detectives—Jack Tyler, Marcos Fernandez, and Sally Jones—tackle the challe...
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided ...
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mot...
In a dystopian Detroit, grand houses that once housed the wealthy are now homes of the city's most-d...
Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
Some people think coming out is a one-time event. But in reality, it’s an ongoing series of conversa...
A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigat...
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred...
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for ...
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to k...
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the fines...
Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the s...
Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako ...
In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and...
Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined...
Enzo, still not over the death of his grandmother Yiyi, returns to her house, almost abandoned, with...
A family reunites after 15 years. They each have a story to tell as they have not forgotten what ha...
Akiko, a young woman, comes to Vladivostok to meet Matsunaga, a young businessman she has met in Tok...
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a you...