One day, Kandume's can boy, who happily lived with his friends in the kitchen, becomes an empty can and is discarded. Eventually, he has a dream...

As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life...

A college graduate falls in love with a woman during a business trip in Hokkaido

A teaching film for social studies, which was developed as a new educational subject in 1947. At an elementary school in Hokkaido, children have...

An educative film about the water supply and watersystems in small towns and villages in Japan. It captures the unsanitary and inconvenient...

From the opening sequence, combining underwater and aerial footage, this masterpiece about the construction of a steam-power plant in Kurihama (south...

Children Who Draw explores the delicate chemistry of school children interacting in an art class through a constant juxtaposition of observational...

A young delinquent takes part in a robbery and is sentenced to a juvenile detention center, where he clashes with other youths and reflects on his...

The clear record of a zoo's daily workings and the hardships of zookeepers.

This celebrated documentary, filmed in colour, depicts one of the most famous of all Japanese temples. Horyu-ji, in the small town of Ikaruga outside...

An examination of a specialist school for twin siblings and the theme of heredity and environment on human development

Commissioned by the Tokyo National Museum, this film, regarded in some quarters as the masterpiece of Haneda’s Iwanami period, is one of...

Marine biological documentary

Shot in a retirement home over a period of two years, this film raises the question of "how to take care". The director films with great tenderness,...

A short documentary about the behaviour of Japanese primary school students.

Twenty-eight years since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways...

An ambitious American fulfilling her dream of studying at Oxford falls for a charming Brit hiding a secret that may upend her perfectly planned life.

Will Radford is a top cyber-security analyst for Homeland Security who tracks potential threats to national security through a mass surveillance...

When a cynical law student in search of inspiration joins a band of anarchists, he becomes entangled in a web of crime where he is more pawn than...

Following the Tribulation, although the souls of Ne Zha and Ao Bing were preserved, their physical bodies will soon be destroyed. Tai Yi Zhen Ren...

Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr.

Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel's First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the...

A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.