Fujio Tokita

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

Dir. Hayao Miyazaki · With Keiko Yokozawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Minori Terada

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.

Dir. Shōhei Imamura · With Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.

Dir. Shōhei Imamura · With Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Akira Emoto

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 suffers from the absence of his father, who moved to Tokyo after his birth, Kyoko must come to grips with her mother’s terminal illness.

Dir. Naomi Kawase · With Nijiro Murakami, Junko Abe, Miyuki Matsuda