Japan Movies

October 1945. A young Japanese boy in the devastated city of Nagasaki, two months after the atomic bomb, carries on his back the lifeless body of his...

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

In June 1942, Japanese bombers tried to level the American presence on Midway Island in a bid to steam unimpeded toward the U.S. mainland. Yet the...

Ono plays video games and dreams of directing porn. As a young porn actor he was known as a “juice” man for his ability to produce...

Back in May 2013, The One Piece Podcast managed to run a successful Kickstarter which funded a trip to Japan to film a One Piece documentary like...

In Tokyo, lonely patrons pay to sleep ("soine") with someone. Massage, cuddle, sleep… for comfort and nothing more than the warm embrace of...

Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an encounter with the young Japanese Hasegawa Toru....

This is the story of Kaori Kawabuchi, a samurai sword performer, singer and motion capture actor. An inspiring woman keeping alive ancient traditions...

Lonely hostess Kiyo spends her days propositioning men on the cold streets of Tokyo and being beaten by her violent pimp, Tetsuya. One day her luck...

The diary of Takuya Ogushi, a 18 years old Japanese, who begins his new life as a sumo wrestler.

This is an elegant meditation on time, travel, and ceremony in the form of a journey. In her first foray into digital video, Trinh T. Minh-ha...

Japanese silent film.

In August 2020, Olympic artistic swimmer Ona Carbonell became a first time mother, an experience that reshaped her life overnight.

Shohei Yamamoto, a man whose marriage proposal was rejected because of his low educational background. From then on, he hated all women and seduced...

A young man is anguished that Koreans cannot volunteer to join to Japanese Imperial Army.

A faux-documentary about a group of young people who have disappeared.

Jeong-yeon decides to celebrate her 60th birthday by visiting her daughter who’s been married and living in Japan. At her arrival, Jeong-yeon...