Spotlight on Japan
At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, a samurai prepares to fight a ronin when a flash of lightning hits him. Waking up, he learns he’s been transported…
Documentaries, Spotlight on Japan
Journalist Shiori Itō turns the camera on herself in a breathtakingly courageous investigation of her own sexual assault, which resulted in a landmark case for the Me Too movement in…
Spotlight on Japan
Ryosuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda) works at a small factory and makes money on the side as a reseller operating under the pseudonym “Ratel.” Muraoka (Masataka Kubota), a senior classmate from…
Spotlight on Japan
Junior high school student Yuki was born in a family of a traveling theater troupe. To keep up the performance schedule, he travels around Japan every month, leading a life…
Kau Ka Hōkū Award Nominee, Spotlight on Japan
Kana (Yuumi Kawai), 21-years-old, works as an assistant at a beauty salon. Thinking about the future is too tedious for her and she doesn’t even know what she wants in…
Spotlight on Japan
This animated feature is based on a manga about a strong-willed girl who finds herself spending the summer alone in a rural village, where she meets a cheeky, rude-but-loveable man-sized…
Documentaries, Spotlight on Japan
The story of a legendary Taiwanese-style home cooking restaurant in Tokyo called Fumin, where patrons not only fall in love with the food, but also the character of Chef Sai…
Closing Night Film, Spotlight on Japan
During the late Edo period, legendary author Bakin spent an epic 28 years writing his masterpiece Nanso Hatomi Hakkenden one of Japan’s greatest works. HAKKENDEN ambitiously follows the master Bakin…
Kau Ka Hōkū Award Nominee, Spotlight on Japan
Best friends Yuta and Kou are about to graduate high school in a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake pervades daily life. One night, they pull a…
Spotlight on Japan
The title comes from a beloved Okinawan folk song, which plays a pivotal role in this heartfelt drama that strikes a fine balance between comedy and teary poignancy. A wayward…
Spotlight on Japan
The year is 1983 in the village of Hibara, located deep within the mountains of Yamagata Prefecture in northern Japan. In this place, the traditions of the matagi, bear hunters…
Film For Thought, Spotlight on Japan
In the 17th century, early in the Edo Period of Japanese history, trade with the indigenous Ainu is the main source of income for the Matsumae clan, which controls the…
Spotlight on Japan
Once upon a time, over a thousand years ago during the Heian period, there was a special bureau of magicians whose school trained students to become masters who would then…