A fictionalised documentary about the great Japanese poet Bashô (1644–1694), the spiritual father of haiku poetry. A monk, portraying the poet, journeys through Japan, following Bashô's journal and writing many of his haikus. A ruminant, poetic, Zen Buddhist observation of nature – a return to the lost paradise of unspoilt nature.

Akira, Takeshi, Yasu, and Shun are a gang of four close friends, all of whom were core members of th...

Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents w...

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' perf...

A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own ma...

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

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

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different t...

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

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the su...

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Pari...

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...

Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided ...

Krotoa, a feisty, bright, 11-year-old girl is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan va...

Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined...

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a ma...

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular...

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and...

Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are ...

Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an ...