Ryo Kase

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda · With Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.

Dir. Yojiro Takita · With Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato, Yui Natsukawa

After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda · With Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho

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

When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shiina, Ryo Kase

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.

Dir. Bong Joon Ho, Leos Carax, Michel Gondry · With Ayako Fujitani, Ryo Kase, Ayumi Ito

War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.

Dir. Andrew Levitas · With Johnny Depp, Minami, Hiroyuki Sanada

An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.

Dir. Abbas Kiarostami · With Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno, Ryo Kase

Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.

Dir. Gus Van Sant · With Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Ryo Kase

Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war as entertainment, organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the reality they are faced with, they live their day-to-day lives to the full.

Dir. Mamoru Oshii · With Rinko Kikuchi, Ryo Kase, Shosuke Tanihara

A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party. Unexpected bonds are forged in the standoff that ensues.

Dir. Paul Weitz · With Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Sebastian Koch