Makoto Shiina

A mother and her daughter move from the urban sprawl of Tokyo to the remote island of Ishigaki in the Ryukyu archipelago, and try to adapt to life...

A mother and her daughter move from the urban sprawl of Tokyo to the remote island of Ishigaki in the Ryukyu archipelago, and try to adapt to life...

Naran and his five brothers and sisters are returning to the family farm for summer. During the rest of the year, they must attend school in the...

Naran and his five brothers and sisters are returning to the family farm for summer. During the rest of the year, they must attend school in the...

Wada, a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After his arrival, Wada encounters a violent, yet...

A wordholic man, acting as the chief editor by a certain publishing company, is confined by the writer who wishes to publish.

A five-part comedy and horror anthology

A film based on two short stories by Shiina Makoto. Tadon is the story of a cab-driver who spends his days listening to his passengers'...

Sasaki has had a difficult period, going through a divorce and losing his job. To take a break and start anew, Sasaki decides to visit Iriomote...

A man fed up with city life moves to a village in the mountains

A dog is separated from his master and searches for him across the wilderness

A man fed up with city life moves to a village in the mountains

A dog is separated from his master and searches for him across the wilderness

The second TV series by Kiyoshi Kurosawa made just after the pop of the economic bubble in Japan. His comical (and melodic...) analysis of Japanese...

Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college-educated brother,...

Anthology consisting of three films.

Anthology consisting of three films.