Sumie Sasaki

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku – ...

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 ...

Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.

Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed ...

The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.

A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of “Black Book Monthly”: find a bug with the power to bring ...

A young man has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the ...

A disillusioned Natsume arrives at Coin de Rue, a popular Tokyo pastry shop, begging for work. Aiming to become a high-calibre pastry chef, she ...

Sci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high school freshmen during their summer vacation. ...

A high school student steals the panties of a girl he likes and gets witnessed, which sets off a chain of events that send his life and the lives ...

Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not as they seem.

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 ...