Browse by Country - Japan
Cafe Lumiere (2003)
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Starring: Yo Hitoro, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo
Inspired by the centenary of acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu's birth, Hou Hsiao-Hsien's luminous portrait of modern Japan chronicles the lif... Read more
Nobody Knows (2004)
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kim
Inspired by incredible true events, this is the story of 12-year-old Akira who one day finds a note from his mother saying she'll be gone for a while,... Read more
Zatoichi 23: At Large (1972)
Director: Kazuo Mori
Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Rentaro Mikuni, Hisaya Morishige, Etsushi Takahashi, Fujio Morit...
One of the best of the original series of 25, this sees our blind hero deliver the baby of a dying mother (and breastfeed it!), then set off to find t... Read more
Zatoichi 24: In Desperation (1972)
Director: Shintaro Katsu
Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Kiwako Taichi, Kyoko Toshizawa, Yasuhiro Koume, Fujio Morita
Directed by the actor who plays Zatoichi, this is possibly the darkest and most sombre of the series; the yakuza are meaner and the body count is high... Read more
Godzilla: Son Of Godzilla (1967)
Director: Jun Fukuda
Starring: Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo, Bibari Maeda
A group of scientists conducting weather experiments in the Pacific accidentally cause a massive radioactive storm - as a result the local praying man... Read more
Gohatto (1999)
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tomoroh Taguchi...
Master filmmaker Nagisa Oshima (In the Realm of the Senses) returns to the screen with this fascinatingly ambiguous tale of homoerotic desire and jeal... Read more
Charisma (1999)
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Ren Osugi, Jun Fubuki, Yoriko Douguchi, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Part eco-thriller, part existentialist fable, 'Charisma' is a bizarre allegorical tale from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, exposing a sinister natural wor... Read more
Fear and Trembling (2003)
Director: Alain Corneau
Starring: Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Taro Suwa, Bison Katayama, Yasunari Kondo, Sokyu Fuj...
This comedy of cultural errors sees Belgian Amelie (Sylvie Testud) returning to Japan after pleasant memories from her childhood there. However as a... Read more
3 Extremes (2004)
Director: Takashi Miike, Chan-wook Park, Fruit Chan
Starring: Kyoko Hasegawa, Atsuro Watabe, Byung-hun Lee, Won-hee Lim, Hye-jeong Kang, Jung-...
Three of Asia's hottest directors join forces for this horror triple. Hong Kong's Fruit Chan, Korea's Park Chan-wook and Japan's Takashi Miike each co... Read more
Godzilla vs Ebirah (1966)
Director: Jun Fukuda
Starring: Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chotaro Togin, Hideo Sunazuka, Toru Watanabe
The island of Letchi is home to terrorist group, Red Bamboo, who have enslaved the local inhabitants and have big ideas about world domination. Guard... Read more