1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with his wife Fusae and their five-year-old son. Eventually, though, the army beckons and he is drafted. One day an officer on the battle-field orders him to kill a captive U.S. soldier. Although Toyomatsu lacks the spirit to kill the man, and only wounds him in the arm, the victorious U.S. soldiers will not accept this, and Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war-criminal. And he receives the cruelest sentence possible...

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A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlockin...

Otto and Ana are kids when they meet each other. Their names are palindromes. They meet by chance, p...

The story of a busy man, who fills his time travelling to Africa, South America and the Middle East....

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new...

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A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particular...

Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They...

Three tales that center around sex and citizens of Tokyo: A repressed woman embraces her sexuality, ...

Hannah Maynard, a prosecutor of Hague's Tribunal for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, charges a Serb...

Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is...

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War...

This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young ...

In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a...

Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the ex...

As the Christmas holidays begin, a group of 10 war-obsessed kids have a wave of inspiration: What if...