Ken Mitsuishi

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

Dir. Takashi Miike · With Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura

Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to be called Itsuki Fujii.

Dir. Shunji Iwai · With Miho Nakayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Miki Sakai

In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.

Dir. Shinji Aoyama · With Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Masaru Miyazaki

As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Takeshi Kitano, Ryo Kase, Toshiyuki Nishida

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.

Dir. Shunji Iwai · With Takako Matsu, Seiichi Tanabe, Kaori Fujii

Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and Chang's life is endangered, Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Takeshi Kitano, Toshiyuki Nishida, Ken Mitsuishi

Two 14-year-olds from troubled, abusive homes come together sharing misery and pain. In the aftermath of an earthquake, the classmates learn how to survive while relying on one another for emotional and physical support.

Dir. Sion Sono · With Shota Sometani, Fumi Nikaido, Tetsu Watanabe

A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.

Dir. Sion Sono · With Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Yuriko Yoshitaka

Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat — an unprecedented nuclear disaster.

With Koji Yakusho, Yutaka Takenouchi, Fumiyo Kohinata

Nagito has a fetish for calligraphy on the human body and meets her ideal soulmate Jerome, an English translator sent to Japan. However, once Nagiko's father's gay publisher rejoins the scene, the story is overtaken by treachery and bloodlust.

Dir. Peter Greenaway · With Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata

An aspiring hairdresser becomes the infatuation of a tricophilic man who sells hair extensions to nearby salons. The source is the corpse of a girl whose corpse continues to grow beautiful, voluminous, black hair that comes alive, either driving the extension user insane or killing them.

Dir. Sion Sono · With Chiaki Kuriyama, Ren Osugi, Megumi Sato

Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai covers the story of a family that was brutally murdered, when an unexplained phenomenon takes place.

Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa · With Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Mahiro Takasugi