MEDIA & PRESS KITS

A private home nurse has her life shattered when the teenage daughter of her employer is kidnapped and it is revealed that her nephew is responsible.

When a typhoon strikes, a failed writer unexpectedly winds up spending the night together with his 11-year-old son, ex-wife and aging mother.

Shunji Iwai’s observant and mesmerizing teen saga, ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU, is a timeless coming-of-age story.

In 1930s Berlin, homosexual Max (Clive Owen) flees but is sent to the Dachau concentration camp.

Ono Masahiko is an unlucky gas station attendant who belongs to a losing junior baseball team. When the local yakuza threaten and capture his coach, he and a friend get more than they bargained for wh...

Korean gangsters try to take over from their Japanese counterparts in post war Japan.

Fresh out of prison, a broken man reluctantly takes a job to kill three men, but changes his mind when some gangsters target the same men.

Cheng Liang works illegally in Japan at a soba restaurant and lives in constant fear of his real identity being discovered.

The phenomenal story of the transplant of American country music to post-World War II Japan.

Feeling responsible for shattering the lives of his loved ones, a police detective takes desperate measures to set things right in a world gone wrong.

Toshio sees his seemingly ordinary life take an ominous turn when a mysterious friend from his past arrives and slowly begins to disrupt his family.

A Tokyo family’s unassuming lifestyle is turned upside down by the increasingly bizarre antics of their strange new tenant.

Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a young man who committed suicide under murky circumstances.

A case of stolen identity and one determined bride-to-be intersect in this comedic escapade from famed Japanese filmmaker Kenji Uchida.

Two best friends have spent the last fifteen years touring the country in their performance art punk band. When one of them decides to quit, they both face deeper challenges than expected.

When her English instructor John suddenly disappears from class, Setsuko follows his trail to California, where family ties and past lives are tested.

Five years after surviving the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo now works in South Korea for Mr. Chang....

When Kaho and Tomoya announce their engagement at a celebratory dinner with friends, they are unprepared for the emotional turmoil that is unleashed.

A passionate writer for the visually impaired sees the world in a different light after meeting an older photographer who is losing his eyesight.

The daughter of a murdered casino owner trains as a fighter and sets out to find her father's killer.

A local Yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence.

The gambler known as Oryu, "The Red Peony," is accepted as a guest by a Yakuza boss only to become involved in a romantic dispute between two members of rival clans.

Isao Natsuyagi stars as a charismatic ronin who gets snared in a conflict between officials at a waystation, gaining the enmity of a group of thugs.

Hideo Gosha's two Samurai Wolf films in one complete set.

Kiba is caught in the intrigue between a crooked goldmine owner, a cynical, betrayed swordsman, a manipulative lady and an arrogant dojo master.

Part thriller, sex comedy and gastronomy, this triptych follows follows three people, each possessing an irresistible culinary and carnal appetite.

After discovering a dead body floating in the sea, a sixteen-year-old and his girlfriend experience the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.

A man falls for a woman he saves at the train station and slowly becomes involved in a very dangerous relationship.

A high-powered attorney struggles to find the truth behind the enigmatic testimony of a murder suspect while questioning his own faith in the law.

An aging ferryman finds his peaceful, cyclical existence transformed in the name of progress when news arrives that a bridge is being built upstream.

A specially-priced collection of 3 early films by Japanese actor and auteur director, Takeshi Kitano.

A couple decide to adopt a baby after battling infertility. When the birth mother confronts them, they are forced to question their own parenthood.

After a cop (Beat Takeshi) is fired and his sister is kidnapped, he goes on a mission to get the kidnapper and his boss.

Trailed by the police, his lover, and many others, Takashi becomes the target of a manhunt filled with twists, double-crosses, and explosive action.

A retired yakuza is caught in the middle of a growing conflict between two rival clans.

A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.

Acclaimed director Ryusuke Hamaguchi returns with an enchanting triptych that spins mundane encounters into a world of infinite possibilities.

A lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang.