One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on. Akari was together with Socks day and night. However, as Akari grows up, her feelings and interest moves away from Socks. Year by year, their distance grows, which also leads to her physical distance as she moves to a far off city, and must leave Socks behind to a childhood friend.One day Akari remembers the 10 promises that she had made with Socks and her deceased mother...

Kazuma kills his father in order to protect his mother and younger sister from violence. He begins l...

Joy Brown (Billie Dean) is a 40-something woman with little confidence, less self-esteem and a burni...

Lonely hostess Kiyo spends her days propositioning men on the cold streets of Tokyo and being beaten...

In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen ...

A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, th...

Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood.

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his ...

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergeneration...

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifull...

Haunted by bad luck, two friends learn to trust in the world again and take their destiny into their...

Family relations begins to get rough when father of the house desperately insists to have a boy and ...

In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from...

Sōra is a high school student who is basically invisible at school. He is friends with Chūya, who is...

When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt...

Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's fami...

A silent film about a sorrowful man who's searching for a buyer for his goods and acceptance for his...

London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of...

A racing greyhound is deserted and has to learn to live on her own. Finally she is taken in by a she...

When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven ...

When a substance abuse counsellor gets arrested for a DUI and returns to her hometown of Niagara Fal...