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  • The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense (1964)

    Director
    KINOSHITA Keisuke
    Cast
    OKADA Mariko, OTOWA Nobuko, MIKI Norihei

    Tomoko's father died when she was only 3 years old and her mother, Ikuyo, married a wealthy man who, unable to carry on the responsibilities of a family, runs away to Tokyo with her to lose his share of the estate. Ikuyo then sells Tomoko as an appre...

  • Kanahiru The Iron Boy

    Kanahiru The Iron Boy (2007)

    Director
    HIGA Kazutetsu, HIGA Yukinori
    Cast
    NAKADA Sachiko, NAKADA Masae, FUKUHARA Akira

  • Daughter from Yan'an

    Daughter from Yan'an (2002)

    Director
    IKEYA Kaoru
    Cast
    HE Haixia, WANG Luchang, HUANG Yuling

    This is the first feature documentary film by veteran TV documentarian Ikeya Kaoru. Daughter from Yan'an is the crystallization of his years of activity in news gathering, starting with the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. Under the Xia fang rusti...

  • Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies! -

    Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies! - (1970)

    Director
    MORINAGA Kenjiro
    Cast
    SUGI Ryotaro, HAMADA Mitsuo, FUJI Tatsuya

    In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This mak(;}s Shinkichi (Ryotaro Sugi), a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft "behind-the- gun" role of munition factory worker. School- mates one after another are g...

  • THE FIREFLY SUMMERS

    THE FIREFLY SUMMERS (2016)

    Director
    HIROKI Ryuichi
    Cast
    ARIMURA Kasumi, KUDO Asuka, KOBAYASHI Kaoru

    The STROBE EDGE duo of director, Hiroki Ryuichi, and lead actress, Arimura Kasumi, adapt to live-action a novel by CAPE NOSTALGIA original author, Morisawa Akio. A woman apprehensive of the future visits a forest full of memories of her late father, ...

  • Dawn of the Felines

    Dawn of the Felines (2016)

    Director
    SHIRAISHI Kazuya
    Cast
    IHATA Juri, MAUE Satsuki, Michie

    Garnering attention with THE DEVIL'S PATH, Shiraishi Kazuya directs an ensemble cast in a story poignantly, yet at times amusingly, portraying women who exist in Tokyo's nightlife. One of the films commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of Nikkats...

  • My Little Sweet Pea

    My Little Sweet Pea (2013)

    Director
    YOSHIDA Keisuke
    Cast
    HORIKITA Maki, MATSUDA Ryuhei, YO Kimiko

    An abundantly humorous depiction of an anime-obsessed girl with dreams of becoming a voice actor who is forced to grow up when her estranged mother dies. Its director is Yoshida Keisuke (Cafe ISOBE). Lead actress Horikita Maki plays opposite Yo Kimik...

  • Break in the Clouds

    Break in the Clouds (2021)

    Director
    OZAWA Kazuyoshi
    Cast
    KODAMA Haruka, Tsumugi, SATO Eriko

    A social human drama depicting the harsh reality faced by a single mother and a person without a family register. Directed by Ozawa Kazuyoshi, an actor who has been active in movies, dramas, and V-cinemas since the 1980s. Maika (Kodama Haruka), a pr...

  • BAKAMONO-THE IDIOTS

    BAKAMONO-THE IDIOTS (2010)

    Director
    KANEKO Shusuke
    Cast
    NARIMIYA Hiroki, UCHIDA Yuki, SHIRAISHI Miho

    A film adaptation of Akutagawa Prize winner Itoyama Akiko's novel of the same title, directed by Kaneko Shusuke, director of Death Note. The executive producer is Okuyama Kazuyoshi, of Imamura Shohei's The Eel (Unagi), winner of the Palme d'Or at the...

  • The Garden of Words

    The Garden of Words (2013)

    Director
    SHINKAI Makoto
    Cast
    IRINO Miyu, HANAZAWA Kana, HIRANO Aya

    Animation director Shinkai Makoto, who has garnered popularity within Japan and abroad for the exquisite drama and visual aesthetics in films like 5 Centimeters per Second, depicts his first love story set in contemporary Tokyo. Production crew bring...

  • The Emperor in August

    The Emperor in August (2015)

    Director
    HARADA Masato
    Cast
    YAKUSHO Koji, MOTOKI Masahiro, MATSUZAKA Tori

    An adaptation of Hando Kazutoshi's non-fiction novel "Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi: Ketteiban." It reveals the anguish and deliberations of Japanese who put their lives on the line to end the Pacific War and achieve peace. Its director is Harada Masato,...

  • I Will Never Forgive

    I Will Never Forgive (2018)

    Director
    WADA Hideki
    Cast
    HIRATSUKA Chiaki, NISHIKAWA Kanako, MIHO Jun

    Film adaptation of the shocking journal written by a woman who fell victim to gang rape at the age of 15. The subjective cinematography is shot entirely from the protagonist's perspective. Nishikawa Kanako plays the protagonist Yoko before plastic su...

  • What The Snow Brings

    What The Snow Brings (2005)

    Director
    NEGISHI Kichitaro
    Cast
    ISEYA Yusuke, SATO Koichi, KOIZUMI Kyoko

    Yazaki Manabu (Iseya Yusuke) fails with his business in Tokyo. Having lost everything, Manabu returns to his hometown, Obihiro, to live with his elder brother, Takeo (Sato Koichi). Takeo runs a small stable for "Banei Keiba", a type of cart horse rac...

  • Whistling after Dark

    Whistling after Dark (2009)

    Director
    TOYAMA Tomoko
    Cast
    IZUMISAWA Yuki, KATAOKA Reiko, SHINAGAWA Toru

    A film shot by Toyama Tomoko, a third year student of the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, as her graduation project. The film depicts the development and mental images of a young boy living alone with his mother, ...

  • The Fight of the Gamblers

    The Fight of the Gamblers (1963)

    Director
    MATSUO Akinori
    Cast
    TAKAHASHI Hideki, IZUMI Masako, SUGIYAMA Toshio

    Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his misdeeds. At home, when his mother, the boss of a construction gang, bids for and gets the job of building ...

  • Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

    Tsugaru Lacquer Girl (2023)

    Director
    TSURUOKA Keiko
    Cast
    HOTTA Mayu, KOBAYASHI Kaoru

    A father-daughter story revolving around Tsugaru-nuri, a traditional Aomori lacquerware craft that fascinates the world. Directed by Tsuruoka Keiko, whose first feature film The Town of Whales was highly acclaimed overseas. Miyako (Hotta Mayu) lives...

  • Yoshino's Barber Shop

    Yoshino's Barber Shop (2003)

    Director
    OGIGAMI Naoko
    Cast
    MOTAI Masako, YONEDA Ryo, ASANO Kazuyuki

    This light-hearted feature debut from director Ogigami Naoko gained a Special Mention at the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival. In a picturesque rural village, everyone has their hair cut at the local barbershop - the only one - by the fearsom...

  • Gothic & Lolita Psycho

    Gothic & Lolita Psycho (2010)

    Director
    OHARA Go
    Cast
    AKIYAMA Rina, MOMOSE Misaki, TSUKUI Minami

    A violent action flick with a girl in black gothic lolita costume on a revenge rampage, after her mother is killed by an unknown assailant. Directed by Geisha VS Ninjas' Ohara Go. VFX by Kazuno Tsuyoshi, special make-up effects by Nishimura Yoshihiro...

  • EBIRAH, HORROR OF THE DEEP

    EBIRAH, HORROR OF THE DEEP (1966)

    Director
    FUKUDA Jun
    Cast
    TAKARADA Akira, MIZUNO Kumi, HIRATA Akihiko

    For months, Yata has been missing at sea. But the young man's mother and brother refuse to believe he is dead. Yata's brother, Ryota, enters a dance contest in the city in a vain attempt to win first prize―a sailboat, which he intends to use to searc...

  • Tsuruzonoke no memai

    Tsuruzonoke no memai (2010)

    Director
    KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi
    Cast
    KITAYAMA Hiroshi, YAMADA Yuri, KITAKAZE Hisanori

    This is the third installment in the independent short film series born out of an acting workshop sponsored by Apres, a company involved in the production of films and management of actors. Each film was made with a director and a group of actors, of...

  • Sweating the Small Stuff

    Sweating the Small Stuff (2017)

    Director
    NINOMIYA Ryutaro
    Cast
    NINOMIYA Ryutaro, YASHIMA Yasumi, MATSUMOTO Daiki

    Pia Film Festival alum Ninomiya Ryutaro writes, directs, and stars in his theatrical debut film. The semi-autobiographical film weaves truth and fiction together in depicting the impatience of a young man living a gloomy life. Ryutaro (Ninomiya), wh...

  • A Pearl in the Waves

    A Pearl in the Waves (1961)

    Director
    YAGI Mitsuo
    Cast
    IWASHITA Shima, TSUGAWA Masahiko, TAKAMINE Mieko

    Chiaki is in love with Ryuichi, but to help her family decides to marry lkejiri. The marriage is not a success. When lkejiri's embezzlement of school money is discovered, he sends Chiaki to Hokkaido to borrow it from her real mother, Minako. Ryuich...

  • Ballad of the Narayama

    Ballad of the Narayama (1958)

    Director
    KINOSHITA Keisuke
    Cast
    TANAKA Kinuyo, TAKAHASHI Teiji, MOCHIZUKI Yuko

    69 years old Orin lives with her widowed son and three grandchildren. As the Narayama Festival approaches the villagers are heard singing the ballad of the hills which reminds all that with each year, one grows older and the time approaches when one ...

  • Far Beyond the Waves

    Far Beyond the Waves (1961)

    Director
    YAGI Mitsuo
    Cast
    IWASHITA Shima, TSUGAWA Masahiko, TAKAMINE Mieko

    When Chiaki Ezawa returns home after graduating from a Tokyo school, she finds her father's pearl business taken over by a former clerk. Her father strongly opposes her friendship with Ryuichi Satake, a research worker at the Pearl Institute. She the...

  • FLOWERS IN THE SHADOWS

    FLOWERS IN THE SHADOWS (2008)

    Director
    HIRAKAWA Yuichiro
    Cast
    OKADA Junichi, MIYAZAKI Aoi, ITO Atsushi

    Film adaptation of the first novel written by a very popular actor / comedian, Gekidan-Hitori. It was a best-seller with 800,000 copies sold. Starring Okada Junichi, who is a singer and actor. Miyazaki Aoi of Eureka by Aoyama Shinji and Nishida Toshi...