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The Castle of Sand

  Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.

Distance

  Three years ago, members of a cult sabotaged Tokyo’s water supply, killing hundreds and poisoning thousands, before committing mass suicide on the outskirts of town and having their ashes Read More

Double Suicide

  Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei (Kirchiemon Nakamura) knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the Read More

Drunken Angel

  After a battle with rival criminals, a small-time gangster is treated by an alcoholic doctor in post-war Japan. The doctor diagnoses the young gangster’s tuberculosis, and convinces him to Read More

Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History

  This monumental, three-part study introduces audiences to the celebrated Martinican author who coined the term “négritude” and launched the movement called the “Great Black Cry”. Euzhan weaves Césaire’s life and poetry Read More

Ghost in the Shell

  In this Japanese animated film, cyborg federal agent Maj. Motoko Kusanagi (Mimi Woods) trails “The Puppet Master” (Abe Lasser), who illegally hacks into the computerized minds of cyborg-human hybrids. Read More

Grave of the Fireflies

  A devastating meditation on the human cost of war, this animated tale follows Seita (Tsutomu Tatsumi), a teenager charged with the care of his younger sister, Setsuko (Ayano Shiraishi), Read More

The Necklace

  Mathilde and her husband, who works in a minister’s office, are not rich. Mathilde, however, loves beautiful clothes and her husband loves her so much that he lets her Read More

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

  A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.

Last Year at Marienbad

  In a huge, old-fashioned luxury hotel a stranger tries to persuade a married woman to run away with him, but it seems she hardly remembers the affair they may Read More