Nobody Knows

Nobody Knows 2004

7.97

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

2004

Still Walking

Still Walking 2008

7.80

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

2008

After Life

After Life 1999

7.20

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.

1999

(Ab)normal Desire

(Ab)normal Desire 2023

7.60

Director Yoshiyuki Kishi and screenwriter Takehito Minato—the team behind acclaimed boxing epic Wilderness—reunite to adapt Ryo Asai's prize-winning novel. A sensitive drama about the aberrant in a society without regard for diversity, the story unites characters trying to hide abnormalities: a prosecutor who is worried that his pubescent son is a shut-in, an introverted saleswoman with a peculiar habit, and a student tortured by feelings she can’t express. In a world fill with abnormalities, what if it’s actually normal to be abnormal?

2023

Unlock Your Heart

Unlock Your Heart 2021

7.30

Ai has had a crush forever on her classmate Tatoe. When she finds out that Tatoe is in a secret relationship with another girl, she sets out to sabotage their plans for the future.

2021

Air Doll

Air Doll 2009

6.96

A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.

2009

Maborosi

Maborosi 1995

7.40

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

1995

Sing in Love

Sing in Love 2022

7.30

A respected teacher’s life unravels after a brutal assault and a public humiliation. Now, he must choose between silence and revenge.

2022

Sunset Sunrise

Sunset Sunrise 2025

9.00

In 2020, the world is forced into lockdown by the COVID pandemic. As remote work is popularized in order to keep the infection rate under control, a young man employed by a company in Tokyo moves to a country town on the Sanriku Coast in Miyagi Prefecture, where he could enjoy fishing, in search of a new lifestyle. But gradually, we found that there were problems such as "empty houses" in the local area.

2025

Ripples

Ripples 2023

6.35

Yoriko Sudo believes in a new religious group Midoriinochikai, that worships water. She lives peacefully, devoting herself to the group daily.

2023

Ah, Wilderness: Part 1

Ah, Wilderness: Part 1 2017

6.70

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.

2017

Ah, Wilderness: Part 2

Ah, Wilderness: Part 2 2017

6.80

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.

2017

Hana

Hana 2006

6.60

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.

2006

Wild Berries

Wild Berries 2003

6.40

A portrait of an ordinary family that turns unstable when their frivolous son Shuji returns home after a long absence.

2003

Prior Convictions

Prior Convictions 2022

6.90

Kayo is a probation officer who forges ahead with her job. Continuing to work closely with ex-convicts, she is assigned to Kudo who had committed murder. As she endeavors to rehabilitate him, Kudo suddenly disappears and emerges as a suspect in a case.

2022

Distance

Distance 2001

6.68

On the third anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of those affected gather at the cult's former base on the shores of a lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.

2001

Utsutsu

Utsutsu 2002

1

A mysterious woman approaches a salaried man who leads a peaceful family life and tells him, "Your wife is having an affair with my husband." From this mysterious woman's words, the gears of a man's destiny begin to go mad.

2002

Double Life

Double Life 2016

6.40

Tama is a graduate student. She lives with her boyfriend Takuya. She becomes influenced by lectures about French writer Sophie Calle and begins to follow her neighbor Ishizaka. Tama soon discovers that her neighbor Ishizaka is having an affair. She becomes excited about discovering his secret. Her relationship with her boyfriend Takuya and her professor Shinohara changes.

2016

The Samurai That Night

The Samurai That Night 2012

6.00

Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind the steering wheel.

2012

Sway

Sway 2006

6.00

A psychologically thrilling portrait of the severe dysfunction behind a family clinging to decorum and pride.

2006