The Many Faces of Ito

A captured masterless samurai has 30 days to make a grieving boy prince smile, or he must commit seppuku.

A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and the personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons, including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and

A comedic portrait of an unhappy marriage between an unemployed screenwriter and his wife who's supported him for 10 years, based on the writer/director's own autobiography.

Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.

Sachie opens a rice ball diner in Helsinki, attracting customers and a group of neighborhood women. The story explores the origins of rice balls in Finland.

Goro Inogashira travels all over Japan for work. Upon receiving a message from an old friend's daughter, Goro arrives in Paris and learns of the elderly man's wish to taste a particular soup he had in

A newcomer to the anime industry works and competes to create the best and most popular anime.

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.

The lives of women saved by the historical Tokei-ji Buddhist Temple.

For her birthday, the grandma of a traditional Tokyo family asks her apathetic husband a gift: divorce. This shocks not only the incredulous husband, but the whole family, and they all will try to pre

After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.

Taeko is a stressed career woman who leaves her life in the city for an island vacation. The vacation does not become what she expected as everyone on the island is strange.