The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.
Sora and Umi (both played by Lee Tae-kyung) who were born to a Japanese father and a Korean mother a...
Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-yea...
A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the d...
An older brother who can't fit into society, a father who has given up on his future, and a younger ...
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot be...
On the surface, the Kyobashis appear to be a happy family. Despite a family agreement that they are ...
Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the...
In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much...
Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori cla...
Masa hires rental actress and aspiring dancer, Kanako, to pose as his fiancée to impress his estrang...
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergeneration...
A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; ...
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen in...
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keep...
Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's...
A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless ...
On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to...
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the da...
A young Japanese boy searches for a mysterious vending machine after the passing of his parents.
After the closure of a coal mine leaves her husband unemployed, Fumiko travels from Kyushu to Kyoto ...