NHK Popular Movie

A documentary that chronicles the making of The Boy and the Heron, filmed with exclusive access to Studio Ghibli across an astonishing seven years.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hayao Miyazaki

An aspiring writer goes to the airport to pick up a high school friend returning from a trip to Africa but is disheartened to see her with another...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Yoo Ah-in

Sakura Kinomoto, a Card Captor, wins a game of chance and is awarded a trip to Hong Kong, along with her best friend Tomoyo and her rival, Syaoran...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Sakura Tange

A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Kokoro Hirasawa

In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sul Kyung-gu

A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bob Dylan

A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sergey Dreyden

Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack...

Genre: Action

Cast: Michael Riley

Two brothers cannot overcome their opposite perceptions of life. One brother sees and feels bad in everyone and everything, subsequently he is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Morse

An old fisherman makes the biggest catch of his life.

Genre: Animation

Cast: Gordon Pinsent

A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hayao Miyazaki

Out-of-work singer Victoria Grant meets a just-fired, flamboyant gay man in a club in 1920s Paris. He convinces her to pretend to be a man who is a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Julie Andrews

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ernest R. Dickerson

A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she sets...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shinobu Terajima

After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a preteen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marina Golbahari

Sarya lives between three worlds: Having fled from Turkey to Japan, her small family tries to maintain their Kurdish traditions. On the other hand,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lina Arashi

In this reimagining of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel, the musketeer Aramis is secretly a woman in disguise, drawn to the elite corps after exacting...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Eiko Yamada

A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ken Osawa

Concert held on August 4, 5 and 6, 2008 at the Nippon Budōkan hall in Tokyo to commemorate both the Japanese theatrical release of Ponyo (2008)...

Genre: Music

Cast: Joe Hisaishi

Winner of the 47th Creative TV Drama Award. Through the story of a high school girl with "sensory sensitivity" who tries to create a place for...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Ami Touma