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...

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle...

George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that featu...

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

Jean-Claude Delsart, a 50 years-old bailiff, with his worn-out smile and heart, abandoned a long tim...

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

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Shinohara, a young bodybuilder, joins a para-military sect in northern Japan. His instructor, Takiz...

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A mother and son are forced to confront a strained relationship and begin the slow journey of healin...

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a sup...

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense mur...

Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At fir...

In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Maki...

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie s...

A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the sa...

A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of h...

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel ...

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eve...