Japan

Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to fall in love with. It turns out that she is just his prospective bride.Read More »

Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.Read More »

In 18th century Edo, mother Okatsu presides over her family of 5 children, grown-up but living at home. As Okatsu manages the household finances and resolves minor quarrels, her family is given a daily sense of her patient, benevolent outlook.Read More »

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A fascinating disaster adventure witch mixes science-fiction and vampirism when a flying saucer causes an airliner to crash in the desert. Squabbling among the survivors is overshadowed by Goke, the alien creature from the spaceship, as he systematically transforms them into vampires by splitting their heads open, not the more usual neck biting method…Read More »

Japanese drama.Read More »

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.Read More »

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Chokichi Kuwahata was once a leading actor, but he is ravaged by dementia and old age now. His daughter and the men in her life go against his wishes and place him in a retirement home. He slips away one day and meets another offspring from a different union. Will this lead to his improvement or deterioration? What does it all have to do with Shakespeare?Read More »

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Cutie Honey comes riding a wave of nostalgia. Dozens of titles by legendary manga creators have had new anime adaptations made over the last few years, as the original manga are reprinted in disposable magazine format and sold in convenience stores, where middle aged men and women relive the stories they remember fondly from their childhoods.Read More »

FALLEN BLOSSOMS follows the inhabitants of a Kyoto geisha house as the civil war of the Meiji Restoration rages just outside their walls. Set completely inside the house, only female characters are seen on screen. AKA: FLOWERS HAVE FALLEN.Read More »