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Monster poster
Movie

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.

Monster

Jun 2023

Shoplifters poster
Movie

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

Shoplifters

Jun 2018

Like Father, Like Son poster
Movie

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

Like Father, Like Son

Sep 2013

Our Little Sister poster
Movie

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

Our Little Sister

Jun 2015

The Truth poster
Movie

Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.

The Truth

Oct 2019

The Third Murder poster
Movie

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

The Third Murder

Sep 2017

A Pale View of Hills poster
Movie

Dual timelines explore a Japanese widow's memories spanning post-war Nagasaki in 1950s and England during 1980s Cold War era, unraveling secrets that intertwine her past and present experiences across borders.

A Pale View of Hills

Sep 2025

After the Storm poster
Movie

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.

After the Storm

May 2016

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness poster
Movie

Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

Nov 2013

The Long Excuse poster
Movie

A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.

The Long Excuse

Oct 2016

Ten Years Japan poster
Movie

Five short stories from five different directors set ten years in Japan's future.

Ten Years Japan

Nov 2018

My Small Land poster
Movie

Sarya lives between three worlds: Having fled from Turkey to Japan, her small family tries to maintain their Kurdish traditions. On the other hand, Sarya, who arrived when she was five, feels at home in Japan. But then, the family loses its refugee-status. Life becomes unpredictable and their days in Japan seem numbered. A haunting story about the balancing act of finding your place in the world.

My Small Land

May 2022

Any Crybabies Around? poster
Movie

A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can't just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.

Any Crybabies Around?

Nov 2020

His Lost Name poster
Movie

Middle-aged widower Tetsuro finds an unconscious, homeless young man on the riverbank in his small seaside town. Offering him room in his home, Tetsuro and the man who calls himself Shinichi develop a father-son dynamic, despite the secrets that linger between them.

His Lost Name

Jan 2019