Japan
Dr. Akagi
In Japan, before the 1945 surrender, a provincial doctor races around town in a non-stop campaign against a hepatitis epidemic.
Fires On The Plain
An agonizing portrait of desperate Japanese soldiers stranded in a strange land during World War II.
Kamikaze Girls
A day-glo adventure that follows two teenage misfits as they become unlikely friends.
Rashomon
Set in twelfth-century Kyoto, Rashomon famously examines a tale of rape and murder from four different perspectives and asks, “which is the true story?”
Sanjuro
A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansman save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.
Spirited Away
Spirited Away follows the fanciful adventures of a ten-year-old girl who discovers a secret world.
Tampopo
An off-beat, critically-acclaimed episodic Japanese comedy all about food. An inventive comedy that draws equally on satire, screwball comedy and witty verbal jokes.
The Burmese Harp
An eloquent meditation of beauty coexisting with death and one of Japan's most overwhelming antiwar statements.
The Dragon Painter
Cinema's first Asian-American masterpiece
The Eel
An alternately clinical and chaotic portrait of a paroled killer.
