Sweet Bean

Sweet Bean is a delicious red bean paste, the sweet heart of the dorayaki pancakes that Sentaro (Mas...

Sushi: The Global Catch

In this meticulously researched documentary, filmmaker Mark Hall traces the origins of sushi in Japa...

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

George- The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus is a feature documentary as mercurial as its subject...

On the Adamant

Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, this affecting, enlightening documentary from...

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards!

Assigned a standard Yakuza film in the hardboiled vein pioneered at Japan’s famed Nikkatsu Stu...

The Stairway to the Distant Past

"I get 50,000 Yen a day, plus expenses," growls tough-talking detective Maiku "Mike" Hama (Masato...

Tokyo Pop

Bleach-blonde wannabe rocker Wendy (Carrie Hamilton) is disillusioned with her life in New York City...

The Trap

In love for the first time, cases booked solidly for months and a brand new fax machine prodding ...

United Red Army

In his epic film United Red Army, Japanese auteur Koji Wakamatsu brilliantly depicts the most troubl...

Village of Dreams

Known to everyone in their idyllic Japanese village as “the brats,” twin brothers Yukihi...

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