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Japan Now
  • Drama
  • Science Fiction/Fantasy
Yukio Mishima’s sci-fi tragicomedy turns into an unconventional film directed by Pale Moon's Yoshida Daihachi. It portrays a family of 'aliens' who rush to Earth's rescue.
Director: Yoshida Daihachi
  • 10/28 20:20-
Japan Now
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Youth Drama
A young man and woman in Tokyo look to overcome isolation and find something to hold onto in this down-to-earth love story from director Yuya Ishii.
Director: Yuya Ishii
  • 11/02 16:30-
Japan Now
  • Drama
A 44-year-old man tries to build an ordinary family with his second wife and her two daughters from a previous marriage.
Director: Yukiko Mishima
  • 11/02 11:50-
Japan Now
  • Drama
  • Suspense
It is the new film from internationally-acclaimed director Kore-eda Hirokazu - the powerfully moving story of a man struggling to find the truth while questioning his own faith in the law.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu
  • 11/01 19:20-
Japan Now
  • Youth Drama
Fulfilling his filmmaking dream of 40 years, Nobuhiko Obayashi's luminous new feature Hanagatami delivers a timeless story about the pureness of youth amidst the chaos of war.
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
  • 10/28 14:30-
Japan Now
  • Drama
  • Romance
An emotional story of people learning to move on in their lives after losing something important. Official Selection, 70th Cannes Film Festival Competiton. Prize of the Ecumenical Jury winner.
Director: Naomi Kawase
  • 10/28 10:20-
Japan Now
  • Comedy
  • Romance
  • Animation
An offbeat Kyoto love story from the pages of a best-selling novel comes to life on screen.
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
  • 10/26 16:25-
Japan Now
  • Drama
An uninvited helper Sawa Yamagishi causes an unprecedented hard-boiled human empathy drama of 196 minutes long.
Director: Momoko Ando
  • 10/29 10:00-
Japan Now
  • Drama
After 25 years, a woman’s brother returns from North Korea, which their father believed to be paradise.
Director: Yang Yonghi
  • 10/29 14:40-
Japan Now
  • Drama
  • Comedy
Several years have passed since Shuzo Hirata and his wife Tomiko came within inches of getting divorced. Shuzo loves driving and going out, but his family stands again his behavior…
Director: Yoji Yamada
  • 10/30 15:20-
Japan Now
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Youth Drama
hana & alice…despite having a title that reminds you of one of those little cinematic gems, this film is in fact…??
Director: Shunji Iwai
  • 10/30 18:50-
Japan Now
  • Romance
Please come back to me... A sad love story born in a place called The Island of God
Director: Michio Koshikawa
  • 10/27 11:25-
Japan Now
  • Drama
  • Suspense
The “perfect” family were brutally murdered and the case remains unsolved. A year later, a magazine reporter begins to discover that the family was not as ideal as believed.
Director: Kei Ishikawa
  • 10/27 15:20-
Japan Now
  • Drama
  • Suspense
With this film, writer Shuichi Yoshida and director Lee Sang-il, the duo that made Villain (2010), aim for another landmark in Japanese cinema. Ryuichi Sakamoto wrote the score.
Director: Lee Sang-il
  • 11/01 11:05-
Japan Now
  • Drama
The traumatized survivors of a bloody bus hijacking take a road trip together in an effort to heal themselves.
Director: Shinji Aoyama
  • 11/01 14:50-
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