Becoming a great archer requires more than just a steady hand and a good eye. It takes focus; the ability to find exactly the right moment to release the bowstring and send your arrow streaking to its target. As a child, Minato Narumiya became entranced with kyudo, the Japanese art of archery, but after years […]
“Ju-On”: the name given to a deadly curse spawned when someone dies in the grip of a violent rage. All who come into contact with it are doomed… Deep in the shadows of the attic of an ordinary family home in the Tokyo suburbs, something malevolent is stirring. When social worker Rika (Megumi Okina) is […]
“Ju-On”: the name given to a deadly curse spawned when someone dies in the grip of a violent rage. All who come into contact with it are doomed… Deep in the shadows of the attic of an ordinary family home in the Tokyo suburbs, something malevolent is stirring. When social worker Rika (Megumi Okina) is […]
Every episode from the first season of the Japanese anime where university student Naofumi Iwatani (voice of Kaito Ishikawa), along with three other young men, enters a parallel world in which they are heroes destined to protect the citizens of the Melromarc kingdom from the Waves of Catastrophe. Armed with only a shield, Naofumi is […]
Japanese anime short film directed by Takaharu Ozaki. Kazuya Makigami is a lock-picking thief who begins to question his chosen lifestyle. Will he have the courage to break free from those he currently works with?
All 12 episodes from the first season of the Japanese anime. A young Priestess, known as Onna Shinkan (voice of Yui Ogura), has ambitions of becoming an adventurer and ventures into a goblin-infested cave with a small band of rookie adventurers. However, their inexperience leads to trouble and only the arrival of the Goblin Slayer […]
All 12 episodes from the Japanese anime series directed by Taichi Ishidate. The series follows the story of high school student Akihito Kanbara (voice of Kenn) who, preparing to commit suicide, spots fellow student Mirai Kuriyama (Risa Taneda) about to jump off the top of a building. As Akihito instinctively saves Mirai from her fate, […]
Trying to survive in the ruins of post-war Japan, Kawada (Noboru Ando, By a Mans Face Shall You Know Him) and Tsukada (Asao Koike, Sympathy the Underdog) run afoul of the military police after stealing valuable copper wire. Kawada is arrested and sent to prison, but Tsukada uses their gains to start a yakuza gang. […]
A community struggles against immigrant gangs in the ruins of postwar Tokyo. Only doctor Amamiya (real-life ex-yakuza Noboru Ando) can save them, but he had enough fighting in the war. His pacifism is severely tested by the gangs increasingly outrageous taunts and when his neighbours decide to take matters into their own hands, Amamiya is […]
From acclaimed writer-director Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire), PERFECT DAYS takes the writer-director to Tokyo to tell a story celebrating the hidden joys ofJapanese culture. Winner of the Best Actor award at Cannes 2023, Koji Yakusho (Babel, 13 Assassins) stars as Hirayama, a contemplative middle-aged man who lives a life of modesty and […]
