Issey Ogata

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The Day of Destruction
5.4

The Day of Destruction

Seven years ago, a mysterious monster was found deep in a rural coal mine. Since then, rumors of a plague spread through the small town, and ...
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
7.2

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay ...
Teacher and Stray Cat
6.3

Teacher and Stray Cat

Oct. 10, 2015

Teacher and Stray Cat

Following the death of his wife professor Kyoichi leads a solitary life by the sea. A stray cat called Mii, who was being fed by his wife, not ...
The Homeless Student
6.3

The Homeless Student

Oct. 28, 2008

The Homeless Student

Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author’s experience of homelessness when this father suddenly ...
Silence
7.2

Silence

Dec. 22, 2016

Silence

Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Tony Takitani
7.3

Tony Takitani

Jan. 27, 2005

Tony Takitani

A Japanese illustrator falls for a shopaholic client.
Yi Yi
8.1

Yi Yi

Sep. 20, 2000

Yi Yi

Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life’s meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his ...
Love and Action in Osaka
5.5

Love and Action in Osaka

Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble ...
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
6.3

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.