Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.

Tenmasou is a long-established inn atop a mountain overlooking the sea, in a town called Mitsuse tha...

A high school student steals the panties of a girl he likes but is witnessed, which sets off a chain...

The story takes place over a 24 hour period. In the southernmost part of Japan, 20 fishing boats of...

Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of th...

Nakadai Tatsuya, Japan’s greatest living actor, gives the performance of a lifetime as Shoji Sanosuk...

After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspect...

A retired contract killer goes on a bloody rampage when a young girl finds herself at the mercy of g...

A postman learns that he doesn't have much time left to live due to a terminal illness. A devil then...

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, ...

The story of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan's most celebrated novelists, absorbed in alcohol and love; ma...

In Tokyo, Japan, several grotesque murders take place on rainy days. Detective Sawamura, who is in c...

Yuki is a 2nd year high school student. She volunteers at a paediatrics ward for her summer vacation...

A criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill.

A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

Set in the year 1969 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Kyoko Noma is a loving female high school...

Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while ...

A story about the disappearance of Kirishima, a star athlete of the volleyball club, and how his dis...

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operati...

Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-st...

A school teacher suggests to his class that they ought to raise a pig together and eat it when it gr...