7.9
Shoplifters
IMDb: 7.9 2018 120 min
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the ...
7.4
After the Storm
IMDb: 7.4 2016 117 min
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ...
7.4
Sweet Bean
IMDb: 7.4 2015 113 min
The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she’s hiding a troubling ...
6.9
Kakekomi
IMDb: 6.9 2015 146 min
Kakekomi tells the stories of Edo women in the 1800s that escape abusive husbands and lovers by taking refuge in Tokeiji, a monastery in Kamakura.
5.8
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO
IMDb: 5.8 2010 113 min
In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute, ...
7.6
The Secret World of Arrietty
IMDb: 7.6 2010 94 min
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items “borrowed” ...
7.9
Still Walking
IMDb: 7.9 2008 114 min
Twelve years after their beloved eldest son, Junpei, drowned while saving a stranger’s life, Kyohei and Toshiko welcome their surviving ...
7.6
The Taste of Tea
IMDb: 7.6 2004 143 min
A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film ...
6.4
Returner
IMDb: 6.4 2002 116 min
A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.
6
Red Paper Lantern
IMDb: 6 1974 93 min
A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.
6.7
Tora-san, His Tender Love
IMDb: 6.7 1970 89 min
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year’s approaches.
6.4
Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love
IMDb: 6.4 1997 101 min
Morihara was left a widower 8 years ago when his wife passed away. He attends his first mixer party under the guidance of his daughter. There he ...
6.4
War and Youth
IMDb: 6.4 1991 112 min
An auto repairman’s daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but the father remains reticent. Finally the man ...
6.4
Capone Cries a Lot
IMDb: 6.4 1985 130 min
Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
7.5
The Best Bad Thing
IMDb: 7.5 1997 89 min
After her husband’s death, Mrs. Hata desperately needs help on her cucumber farm. Rinko’ mother wants her to spend the summer helping ...
7.4
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
IMDb: 7.4 2007 142 min
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku – ...
6.9
Zigeunerweisen
IMDb: 6.9 1980 144 min
A surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through loose romantic triangles and face death in ...