Kumie Popular Movie

After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, convinced by the discourse of an adoption association, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt...

genus: Drama

cast: Hiromi Nagasaku

On the Japanese island of Amami, despite lacking parental guidance, Kaito and his girlfriend Kyoko try to find their place in the world. While Kaito...

genus: Drama

cast: Nijiro Murakami

The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world.

genus: Romance

cast: Masatoshi Nagase

A young woman working at a retirement home takes an elderly man living there on an excursion into the countryside, but the two wind up stranded in...

genus: Drama

cast: Machiko Ono

Centres on Jeanne, a journalist tracking a mysterious rare herb that appears only once every 997 years.

genus: Drama

cast: Juliette Binoche

A young woman leaves her job and lover in Japan to start a new life in Thailand.

genus: Drama

cast: Kyoko Hasegawa

Woodwork artist Takumi moves to the small village Asuka in Nara Prefecture. He remodels old homes and lives a peaceful existence with nature. Takumi...

genus: Drama

cast: Tôta Komizu

In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.

genus: Animation

cast: Go A-sung

Filmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.

genus: Documentary

cast: Naomi Kawase

A diary film about Kawase's relationship with her grandma and her search for her father, whom she has not seen since her parents divorced during her...

genus: Documentary

cast: Naomi Kawase

Kawase tries to come to terms with her late father, whom she never knew when growing up, and contemplates getting a tattoo like his.

genus: Documentary

cast: Naomi Kawase

About Tadashi Yoshimura's maternity clinic where he practice "natural births" deep in the forest of Okazaki (Japan).

genus: Documentary

cast: Tadashi Yoshimura

Naomi Kawase returns to the mountains of her feature film Suzaku and portraits the people that inspired the movie.

genus: Documentary

cast: Masayuki Hatakeyama

The sequel to Naomi Kawase's Katasumori. The film revisits Kawase’s relationship with her "grandma", capturing their love and attachment...

genus: Documentary

cast: Naomi Kawase

Tarachime is a documentary film which observes 'life' through childbirth. Kawase Naomi, a film director working under the theme of family, life and...

genus: Documentary

cast: Uno Kawase

Kawase pays tribute to the grandmother that raised her after being separated from her parents as a child. The film teems with memories, but it is the...

genus: Documentary

cast: Naomi Kawase

The last piece of the trilogy, following 'Katatsumori' and 'See Heaven', filming her grandma and herself. Her gazes and insights are cast on the...

genus: Documentary

cast: Naomi Kawase