An 18-year old girl called Sophie is cursed into a woman’s body by a witch and her love for a magician named Howl. Sophie is cursed and sets off to…

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The…

Tezuka Osamu’s most famous work “Jungle Emperor Leo” has been made into an animated version a number of times. In this theater version, Tezuka Osamu was able for the first…

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock…

Three complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido.

The 50th film in Tora-san series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo, Tora-san's nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once…

The experiences of a young Chinese go champion living in Japan.

A mysterious stranger appears at the door of a farmhouse on a stormy night and asks for shelter. The young widow who owns the farm puts him up in the…

The adventures of a ronin, a samurai without a feudal lord, trying to achieve safety in a neighbouring domain.

Two sisters living in poverty reach the age where they start to attract marriage proposals. They must decided between marrying for love or money.

A quasi-docu-drama pertaining to the monumental process to bring a performance troupe to a small Japanese village to perform for one night.

Based on one famous Rakugo comic stories, Un ga yokerya (Gambler's Luck) is a light comedy set in the slums of old Edo.

This is Japanese melo-dramatist director Yoji Yamada's ode to 1930s film production during the transition from silent film to talkies. With many loose associations we can see the rise of…