Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in...

Having lost his job and the company he built, a 36-year-old man at rock bottom goes on a wistful sol...

Kamagasaki is an "invisible" slum of Osaka that attracts day laborers and prostitutes since WW2. Whe...

Fantastical road movie about a pained guy and girl who head from the boonies to Tokyo. Hiro Kenichir...

Starting in 1970s Hokkaido, the film charts the moral descent of Detective Moroboshi over three deca...

"There are many things that I don't like. The traffic jam on the way to Naha, my debt-ridden father,...

The head of a flower arrangement clan murders her overbearing teacher and rival during a flamenco re...

It is a bilingual love comedy about a Japanese divorcee who has to take in an American male roommate...

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career i...

Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this...

Keitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship i...

Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involv...

Daikichi is a 70-year-old man and lives on a small island. Since his wife died, he has lived with h...

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

A young child is obsessed with learning about and drawing fish. The child seems a little odd, but if...

Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dream...

Five short stories from five different directors set ten years in Japan's future.

After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was havi...

Seeking revenge after a brutal attack that left him disfigured, a former assassin gets drawn into a ...