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Shadow Warrior

  Shadow Warrior is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate the dying daimyō Takeda Shingen Read More

Kurosawa: A Documentary on the Acclaimed Director

  Director Adam Low explores the life and work of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, who is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all-time. Low Read More

The Story of the Zodiac

  Animation of Japanese Traditional Stories Once upon a time, God wrote a letter to all the animals and said, “The first twelve animals to greet me on the morning Read More

Peach Boy

  Animation of Japanese classical stories Momotarō was born from a giant peach, which was found floating down a river by an old, childless woman who was washing clothes there. Read More

Nobody Knows

  Preteen Akira Fukushima (Yûya Yagira) and his young siblings have been abandoned by their mother, Keiko (You). Keiko, who has moved in with a new lover, has left Akira Read More

The Rickshaw Man

  Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy, Toshio, and is hired by Read More

Family Game

  A sendup of the stereo-typical Japanese family: dad is a typical salaryman, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic Read More

Shall We Dance?

  Successful middle-aged accountant Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) has a loving wife (Hideko Hara) and a beautiful daughter, but for some reason feels unfulfilled with his life. One night, while Read More

Summer Wars

  A young math genius solves a complex equation and inadvertently puts a virtual world’s artificial intelligence in a position to destroy Earth. Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He’s Read More

Your Name

  Mitsuha is the daughter of the mayor of a small mountain town. She’s a straightforward high school girl who lives with her sister and her grandmother and has no Read More