JAPANESE TO WATCH

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

In a remake of a well-known Japanese mystery, a man in Kobe does not have a family. He receives a visitor who is a researcher one day who has noticed that the man has a well-off family in Okayama. This village is called Yatsuhakamura. This family has been there for four hundred years. The man decides to visit his new-found family only for a series of murders to coincide with his arrival. This family's lawyer hires a private investigator who begins working on the crimes.

Nine convicts escape from prison; most are convicted murderers. They commandeer a van from a strip club.

A shipyard worker gets an offer of free lodging in the company seaside rest house. Upon arriving there, he finds out that he also has to take care of a flock of undisciplined youngsters.

Stylish road movie in which a kidnapped youth becomes friends with his abductors.

Nagisa Oshima explores the first century of Japanese cinema.

A 32-year-old woman living with her parents meets a boxer and finally starts a life.

The lives and battles of soldiers leading up to the 1904 siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.

Aum Shinrikyo, the Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara and responsible for the 1995 Sarin gas attack on a Tokyo subway, becomes the subject of this documentary.

Follows the dissolution of the cult in the absence of their leader, Shoko Asahara.

Ginko's brother Tetsuro, a failed comic, embarrasses her with his loud, inappropriate behavior until she cuts ties. They reconnect after his terminal diagnosis, leading to acceptance and love.

Izumi finds a wallet full of money and loans the cash to an older fishing buddy.

Yukinojô, a traditional impersonator of females in a kabuki troupe (onnagata), courts and takes revenge from the three nobles who twenty years ago forced his parents to commit suicide.

In an isolated mountain resort, a woman gets involved in a love triangle between herself, her volatile lover, and her ex-boyfriend, who she had platonic feelings for.

Takeo is a young yakuza who renounces his former criminal activities after being released from prison. But sometimes escaping the past is not so easy.

After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.

Ito is a young woman, but is not just a pretty face. She wields a sword better than a samurai; better than any man. That is until one day she finally finds someone who is her match on the sword. She is smitten, but is not available any longer. She can, however, become involved in investigating an ensuing crime. Her talent will come in handy.

Before he portrayed the legendary blind swordsman, Zatoichi, Shintaro Katsu played Suganoichi, a blind court masseur with a dark side. An outcast since birth, he learned from a young age that the only way to get ahead was to take advantage of others. Now an expert con-artist with a heart of coal, Suganoichi is on a vile quest for power, and everyone else will suffer along the way!

Looks at the lives of Chinese people in Japan.

The film follows the rock band "Devils" on stage and off, including the various amorous adventures of the members.

Akanishi Kakita moved from the countryside to a big city. Although he comes from the samurai class, he now lives in poverty among the common people in times of rebellion, but the failed Kakita is not skilled in martial arts.

A famous story of the 47 loyal samurai. When Lord Asano is unjustly executed, his loyal retainers strike back for revenge.

A man, Asakichi, becomes the target of the yakuza when he relates to a geisha.

A decadent Count in 1920's Japan becomes obsessed with the works of the Marquis de Sade. He creates a theatre to show plays adapted from his novels, and recruits thieves, prostitutes and low lives to act out his fantasies.

Nami, the widow of a disgraced narcotics officer seeks to clear his name by going undercover.