Hidetaka Yoshioka

In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

Dir. Takashi Yamazaki · With Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.

Dir. Yoji Yamada · With Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka

In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.

Dir. Akira Kurosawa · With Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyōko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa

An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.

Dir. Akira Kurosawa · With Sachiko Murase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Otakara

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

Dir. Setsuro Wakamatsu · With Ken Watanabe, Koichi Sato, Hidetaka Yoshioka

In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.

Dir. Makoto Shinkai · With Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagiwara, Yuuka Nanri

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.

Dir. Takashi Koizumi · With Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shirō Mifune