Despite being a respected anesthesiologist at a famed Tokyo hospital, Shiratori Sadami has a disastrous family life. Before his life in Tokyo, his infidelity prompted his wife's suicide and the… [More]

A young Afro-American man has died, leaving behind a book of poems and a mysterious word. The story develops on a grand scale that spans the distance between different parts… [More]

On Hatoma, a small island in Okinawa state part of Japan's southern sea frontier, the social environment is suffering. With the last student of the elementary school leaving the place,… [More]

Last Quarter of the Moon is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Ken Nakai, based on Ai Yazawa's manga of the same name. Do you believe in love after death?… [More]

Young women disappear one after another in drizzling rain. They all hear the “cursed song” of the Cage Song before they vanish into thin air. Kitaro and his friends investigate… [More]

Set in freezing Japanese winter, Koroshi (=killing/film noir in Japanese) is a quite typically Japanese movie, first and foremost inspired by Melville and to a lesser extent by fellow countryman… [More]