Setsu Asakura

ANPO: Art X War tells the story of Japan's historic resistance to U.S. military bases in Japan through an electrifying array of artwork created by Japan's foremost artists. The film articulates the insidious, lasting impact that the U.S. military presence has had on Japanese lives, and the creative processes that artists have devised to transmit the spirit of resistance.

天正9年、織田信長率いる軍勢によって伊賀の全土は焼き払われ、大勢が虐殺される運命に。それから10年後、辛うじて生き残り、山奥で隠遁生活を送っていた伊賀忍者のひとり、葛籠重蔵は、堺の豪商・今井宗久から密命を受け、織田亡き後に時の権力者となった豊臣秀吉の暗殺計画に乗り出す。それを阻止すべく彼の前に立ちはだかったのは、かつては仲間だったが今や伊賀ではなくなり、武士として出世を望む風間五平だったが……？

寛政時代の江戸。老中・松平定信は町人文化の隆盛に危機感を抱き、厳しい弾圧を加え始めていた。そんな中、役者絵の第一人者・歌麿は、定信が江戸出版界の大物・蔦屋重三郎を標的にしていることに気付き、早々と蔦屋のもとから他の版元にくら替えしてしまう。売れっ子の歌麿に逃げられた蔦屋は彼に代わる絵師を探し始め、やがてけがで引退を余儀なくされた元役者のとんぼこと十郎兵衛に、荒削りながら斬新な才能を見いだすが…。

A production of Die Frau ohne Schatten filmed in Japan.

The care facilities for the elderly in a small town in Gifu prefecture, and the comparison with the welfare in Denmark, Sweden and Australia.

Based on a semi-autobiographical story by Ogai Mori, about a Japanese medical student who goes to Berlin to study in the 1880s and falls in love with a German ballet dancer.

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife...

Musical film: Hiromi Go plays a warrior, a gigolo, and an officer spread across a thousand years of history

Musical film: Hiromi Go plays a warrior, a gigolo, and an officer spread across a thousand years of history

80年代のヒーロー復活の時流に乗ってヘラルドが送り出した新作・月光仮面。理想国家建設を掲げる“ニューラブ・カントリー”というカルト集団に月光仮面が挑む。

Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Their story is of revenge, tragedy, and the power of real love. A classical tale which translates wonderfully to film.

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.

In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.

Gengobe Satsuma, an exiled samurai cast out as an Asano clan retainer is given a second chance to join his brothers in arms to become the 48th Ronin against the Shogunate. His faithful servant gathers the 100 ryo required for his acceptance. Gengobe is also in love with a greedy geisha named Koman. About to be sold to another man, Gengobe learns that for him to keep her, her debt is exactly 100 ryo.

An electrifying journey into the nether regions of the late-‘60s Tokyo underground. A loose adaptation of Oedipus Rex in which a gay son kills his mother and sleeps with his father.

Based on the hit song, the story involves a young boy and girl who leave their home in Hokkaido to come and live in Tokyo.