Kirin Kiki

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi · With Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Tomokazu Miura

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda · With Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda · With Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yoko Maki

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda · With Hiroshi Abe, Yui Natsukawa, YOU

A spell of time in the life of the five-piece Haruno family in rural Tochigi Prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.

Dir. Katsuhito Ishii · With Maya Suzuno, Takahiro Sato, Tadanobu Asano

The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.

Dir. Naomi Kawase · With Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.

Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda · With Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kiki, Yoko Maki

A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.

Dir. Takashi Yamazaki · With Takeshi Kaneshiro, Anne Suzuki, Kirin Kiki