Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio moves to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a public bath. She begins to work at the public bath, but it is scheduled to be demolished to make way for redevelopment.

Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is...

High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him...

Shun Miyata's new life in Tokyo takes a dark turn when he and coworker Yuka discover their boss Yuri...

With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ d...

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She ...

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop f...

When his father flees from debt, carefree college student Osamu sees his life turn upside-down. Expe...

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a ...

A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his fat...

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges f...

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the...

At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boardi...

Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwa...

A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship...

Three people from a former theater club get back in touch for the first time in 20 years during the ...

An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction...

Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", struggles for ...

Shibuya in Tokyo, a city that continues to change due to redevelopment. At a house in the corner of ...

Brash businessman Hideki (Arata Iura) convinces his Tokyo bosses he can turn a profitless Montana ca...

Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However...