A Distant Cry from Spring

Sayoko is desperate to have a child, but her boyfriend Shinsaku is horrified. One day, a six-year-old boy is left outside the door claiming Shinsaku to be its father.

In 1949, Mr. Shimoyama, governor of Japan National Railroads, was found dead, run by train, after a mysterious disappearance. Officially it was considered suicide, but many suspected he was killed for

Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family of an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him.

A university student finds himself wrapped up in the bizarre world of his next door neighbor, learning about his history and relationship with a girl who changed his life.

A quasi-docu-drama pertaining to the monumental process to bring a performance troupe to a small Japanese village to perform for one night.

A student travels back to Kobe for the summer. Once there, he meets his friend Rat, hangs on the usual place, listening to the Beach Boys and meets a mysterious twin girl.

Alternating in time, between the end of World War II and 1953, Haruko, a widow, does what she can to keep her daughter Utako and son Seiichi safe, fed, and sheltered. By 1953, it's clear that the chil

Two young girls, Mitsu and Natsuko, share the same apartment. Natsuko is Lesbian and secretly in love with Mitsu. But Mitsu is heterosexual and has a boyfriend. In the hope of destroying the relation

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her b

A wistful slice-of-life drama about a college student's attempts to manage her relations with two men.

Urban sprawl and corrupt materialism have a devastating effect on farming families near Tokyo.

A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.