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overview : Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help …

overview : An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother …

overview : Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he …

overview : Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United …

overview : Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the …

overview : Made during confinement, "In My Room" plunges us into the poignant story of a woman at the twilight of her …

overview : A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her …

overview : Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is …

overview : After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.

overview : 14 year-old schoolgirl Tsubame is into university student Toru. She sees him in her area and really wants to be …

overview : The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.

overview : A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their …

overview : When the past and secret secrets, the thin line is capable of engendering hatred. Nares is caught between her family's …

overview : Taken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to …

overview : A Chilean family is shaken by the sudden return of a long-dead matriarch.

overview : A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their …

overview : Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When …

overview : Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has …