In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Makino clan of Nagaoka, dreamt of independence from the restraints of vassalship. Despite his progressive views and his desire for his estate to remain neutral during the Boshin Civil War, he was bound by loyalty and duty to the clan and was compelled to choose sides.
Kakizaki Yuji’s period film is not like the jidaigeki films we are used to. While it deals with them...
Just when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and...
A young boy named Chomatsu (Misora Hibari) lives with an old man Denbei near the grounds of Asakusa ...
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced u...
A poignant moral dilemma unfolding against lush mountainous landscapes, The Albino’s Trees follows Y...
Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū...
An adaptation of the famous novel by Jiromasa Gunji about the difficult story of Niiro Tsuruchiyo, t...
Recently widowed Mary Bassett and her three children have hit difficult times on their farm. Suddenl...
The film concerns the life of King Naresuan, who liberated the Siamese from the control of Burma. Bo...
Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ...
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes...
Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads...
In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with...
The film is a graphic depiction of the war atrocities committed by the Japanese at Unit 731, the sec...
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deat...
When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer m...
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi ...
Kurumi is hired at a high-end hotel, but is instead dispatched to work at fun fair that is connected...
Mikage will get married to Youiti next year, she agrees to live with Youiti's parents. One day, Youi...