Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love
People of Saitama Prefecture, who have been persecuted by Tokyoites for a long time, stand up for their freedom. Thanks to Momomi Hakuhodo (Fumi Nikaido) and the Saitama Liberation Front,…
Little Miss Period
Periods are depicted as pink, heart-shaped sentient beings that harass women on a monthly basis, delivering awful gut punches, but also offering a shoulder to cry on.
No Longer Human
The story of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan’s most celebrated novelists, absorbed in alcohol and love; married and in a relationship with two other lovers.
Tezuka’s Barbara
Barbara is an adult-orientated fantasy tale filled with love and the occult from Osamu Tezuka’s reimagining of “The Tales of Hoffmann”. Its story deals with the erotic and bizarre experiences…
Inuyashiki
A middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.
The Memories of Happiness
Taro’s business failed and he got divorced. He also left his family’s home. 5 years later, his oldest daughter Natsumi, second daughter Yuka and ex-wife Junko still live in the…
The Sion Sono
Directed by Arata Oshima, son of rebel filmmaker Nagisa Oshima, who had praised Sono’s early work before his passing, this documentary gives insight into the man, the poet, the painter,…
Someone
5 university students gather to exchange information on their job search activities. They encourage each other and post their thoughts & worries on Twitter, but behind that they have a…
Bitter Honey
Akako, a shape-shifting goldfish in the form of a coquettish nymphet clad in diaphanous red dresses, naively plays the role of erotic muse and adoring pet for an aging writer…
Au revoir l’été
After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer vacation in a beautiful seaside town. Sakuko gets to know the people of the…
The World of Kanako
When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of…
Why Don’t You Play in Hell?
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress’s career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
Lesson of the Evil
Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer, who slowly takes control of the students and faculty through…
The Warped Forest
Settle into your chair and be transported to a place both familiar and alien; where a giant shop-girl can barely fit in her store, there’s a weird green pod in…
Himizu
After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
Eye Love You
Sparks begin to fly when a telepathic woman who’d given up on love meets a kindhearted Korean student who thinks in a language she can’t understand.
Shōgun
In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents…