Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation strugg...

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a ...

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances....

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishne...

Hanako is looking for stability with her man. She gets dumped instead. She begins dating. Miki studied and worked hard to get to where she is and is holding down a job. They are introduced through an ...

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth....

Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful ar...

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repea...

Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleas...

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American sub...

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, al...

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. H...

Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life....

The winds of change blow as a family grapples with unemployment, alienation, mistrust and a lack of communication. When a Japanese salaryman loses his job to outsourcing to China, it's simply the begi...

An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families ov...

After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan....

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the d...

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daug...

A mute nurse cares deeply for the dying woman she lives with, but after a miscommunication with her client, she's forced to decide if she should break the one forbidden rule of the job - going outside...

Josh Thomas is an artist grieving the loss of his wife, channelling inner turmoil into art. When presented with an opportunity, Josh must decide whether he’s selling art or his emotions....

Whilst still grieving the loss of a close loved one, Michael (Harry Murdoch) finds that his new friend, Lisa (Jenny Smith) has a past so unbelievable that he is forced to move on and learn to be himse...

In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies....

Grant likes Julie and wants to ask her out, but he's conflicted. He stands at a crossroads. What path will his choices take him on?...

In a time of political turmoil, a striking factory worker struggles to find sexual satisfaction. As unrest turns to violence, his desire takes him down an unexpected path....

Amalia learns that her mother’s cancer is getting worse. Tonight, her mother will pass away. Amalia lives far from her because of her studies. Will she manage to reach her in time to share her final h...

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble....

In post-World War I Winnipeg, a Ukrainian immigrant and a Jewish woman get caught up in a labour strike....

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The biggest boxing fight of 1960 takes an unexpected turn with the help of a powerful twin connection....

Welcome Home....

A drama short that tackles the crisis of toxic masculinity in our world where it has been enabled to flourish with little consequence. After watching misogynistic men go unpunished, best friends Lacy ...

A short film that delves deep into the psyche of young protagonist Will. Follow the intriguing tale of Will as he finds himself captivated and consumed by his obsession with a girl named Bliss....

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a samurai and family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the low pay he receives from his small-town clan. He is forced by his love for his family to leave fo...

An unhappy young woman from an abusive family is married off to a fearsome and chilly army commander. But the two learn more about each other, love may have a chance....

The film tells the story of young girls being lured abroad through social media, where their organs are removed, sold, and subjected to sexual exploitation....

Ready and packed for college, the small comfort of home unexpectedly holds back a girl who has thought she was ready to leave....

When Nova reminisces on her childlike spirit through the reminder of Charlie, a childhood friend, she faces the uncomfortable truth that change is inevitable and promises are broken regardless of how ...

A young, unsettling girl gets ready for an important show and addresses her inner identity....