Threads of Destiny

Period drama set in the 1950's about a couple isolating themselves from the outside world as they attempt to salvage their faltering marriage, no matter what the costs, after the husband has an affair

A slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe.

Follows railway workers' struggles to create unions during a period of economic growth and increased automation.

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

An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.

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.

Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to c

Through a chance encounter, two men of opposing ideologies deliberate spiritual, philosophical, and profound matters in a New York City apartment.

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.

Mari and her puppies survive an earthquake by protecting their puppies and waiting for their owner's return.

As a faithful young houseboy fully devotes himself to his spiritual duty, his teacher plans turning over his grandfather's mountain property to realtors for profit.