Early Summer (Plus added feature: "What Did the Lady Forget?")
(1951) [G]

The Mamiya family are seeking a husband for their daughter, Noriko. But Noriko, played by the extraordinary Setsuko Hara, is a modern woman and has ideas of her own. She is not particularly enthusiastic about marrying—even mocking her married friends—but, when her brother proposes a potential...  More

My Neighbour Totoro (Studio Ghibli)
(1988) [G]

This superbly animated children's tale is directed by Hayao Miyazaki, one of Japan's most beloved animators. The story follows Satsuke and Mai, two young girls who find their new country home is in a mystical forest inhabited by a menagerie of mystical creatures called Totoros. They befriend O...  More

Whisper of the Heart (Studio Ghibli)
(1995) [PG]

Whisper of the Heart follows the story of teenage bookworm Shizuku who is struggling to find out who she is as she approaches the last summer of junior high school. Energetic and free-spirited, she harbours ambitions to write. But Shizuku is a voracious reader and plans on using the library to...  More

Zatoichi Twenty Six
(1989) [MA]

Shintaro Katsu took his final bow as Ichi, the nomadic blind swordsman, in this martial arts action saga from Japan. After being released from jail on charges of petty theft, Ichi finds himself caught between two rival bands of yakuza, one of whom has obtained a cache of guns from crooked...  More

Hidden Blade
(2004) [MA]

Set in 19th Century Japan, feudal traditions are beginning to fade as Western alliances are changing the government of the country. Munezo, a low-ranking samurai who serves a clan that is trying to adapt to new gun culture. Whilst trying to save his unhappy marriage, he’s also battling his...  More

Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness
(1995) [R]

Misa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school when it is falling under an evil supernatural force. Trying to figure out who's behind the supernatural attack, Misa also has to deal with assumptions by her fellow classmates that believe she is the one behind it all. Misa...  More

Godzilla: All Monsters Attack
(1969) [PG]

Ichiro is a highly imaginitive, but lonely, boy growing up in urban Tokyo. Every day he comes home to the empty apartment he shares with his railroad worker father and his restaurant hostess mother. His only friends are a toy maker name Shinpei Inami and a little girl named Sachicko. The only...  More

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
(2004) [M]

In 2032, the line between man and machine has been erased... Batou is a cyborg. His body is artificial: the only remnants left of his humanity are traces of his brain…and the memories of a woman called The Major. A detective for the government’s covert anti-terrorist unit, Public Security...  More

Street Fighter's Last Revenge
(1974) [M]

Terry is hired to obtain one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin. After being double-crossed, however, Terry wants the tape back...  More

The Bullet Train
(1975) [M]

One of the Japanese Shinkansen "Bullet Trains" is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers and to learn how to defuse the bomb.  More