A multinational fleet of warships is confronted by an alien armada during a Naval War Games exercise. It’s the greatest threat humanity has faced. It is an intense battle on…

Kate, a meticulous and skilled assassin is a perfect example of an expert at her craft. Uncharacteristically, Kate blows an assignment in Tokyo targeting the yakuza. She quickly realizes that…

The devout Portuguese Catholic priests Sebastiao Rodriguez and Francisco Garupe set out to Japan in 1633, determined to find the truth about Father Cristovao ferreira’s sudden end of correspondence. The…

New York City, 1971. W. Eugene Smith (Johnny Depp), after his famed days as a photojournalist of World War II has turned to recluse and is now disconnected from both…

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.

Lord Asano, Ako’s samurai and a hunter find a half-breed young man and bring him to the castle. A few years later Lord Asano hosts a tournament in honor of…

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara…

Alien pods come to Earth and, naturally, start taking over Human Hosts. One such pod only manages to take over one human’s, Shin Izumi, right arm. Together they grow and…

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he…

Mizuki’s husband Yusuke went missing for 3 years. He suddenly comes back home one day and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting…

Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or “compensated dating”, where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this…

The most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe is held only once every five years. And that’s tonight. The competitors are lined up at the starting block. In…

A grandson of a legendary gentleman burglar forms a group of thieves in order to steal the Cleopatran Necklace from two people – an allies-turned-rival and an underworld tycoon.

A tragedy strikes a young woman’s life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

Makoto Tanaka is 40-years-old and has remarried. His wife is Nanae (Rena Tanaka) and they care for 2 daughters from Nanae’s prior marriage. Makoto tries to have an ordinary family….

In search of employment and a permanent position and having committed murder the ronin Kake Junoshin tells the Kurokaze ('black wave') Han clan that a religious cult is aiming for…

A girl finds an old handgun in her attic and the symbolic object conjures a mystical scene of samurai gathering within the moss-grown location of Kasosan Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture.

Members of a cult, modeled on Aum Shinrikyo, sabotage a city's water supply, then commit mass suicide near the shores of a lake. Family members of those affected by it…

A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not…

Over the course of several decades, a deal between the Japanese army and criminals in Shanghai plays out with violence and betrayal.

A family of three, comprised of a husband, wife and a young daughter, lead a routine and unspectacular life. The stillness is shattered occasionally by the young girl's practice on…

Shochiku Studio of Japan commissioned several directors to create films reflecting on the themes of Ozu Yasujiro on the centenary of the director's birth. Here we find Inoue Yoko, an…

In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only building left standing is known as the Media Station, a broadcasting center responsible…

Editor Takeda Hatsumi observes manga artist Akatsuka Fujio for whom she is responsible. This is a big company, important artist and her first serious responsibility. The artist is friendly and…

Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this he takes care of the sister of…

It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara Yasufumi Hayashi) hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The…

The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. (1) Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a creepy masked…

A young boy lives in poverty with his grandfather while tending his dream of becoming a painter.