Japanese films between 1990 and 2021

A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.

The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.

A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

A slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe.

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

A spell of time of a rural family's slightly surreal life.

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.

On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young girl who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.

Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.

A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.

Renko, a girl in the sixth grade, is at first unperturbed by her parents' decision to separate. With the companionship of her boyfriend, Minoru, and Sally, a classmate in the same boat, Renko gradually realises the practical implications of divorce, and tries repeatedly to get her parents to reconcile. An old man teaches her about the need to forget the past...

A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.

After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.

The problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.

A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.

Fulfilling his filmmaking dream of 40 years, Nobuhiko Obayashi's luminous new feature "Hanagatami" delivers a timeless story of the pureness of youth beset by the chaos of war.

As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.

Nanami is an apathetic, part-time junior high school teacher, whose only solace comes from connecting with others on "Planet".

A high school girl engages in compensated dating in order to buy an expensive ring before the day ends.

The lives of a young, hearing-impaired and gloomy couple are fulfilled after the boy holds interest in surfboarding.

A music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival.

Three stories of never-ending love.