Here Is a Spring

After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her...

Follows five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she...

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a...

Postwar Ueno: lawyer Yone Yamada’s sister is attacked and the truth buried. Fueled by rage, Yone writes “Article 14” on a wall and,...

Mysterious young man Miyama has the ability to sense the thoughts of other people. The secrets of his background linger emerge when he confronts the...

Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope.

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve...

In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become...

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.