Foreign

Darkly comic Japanese horror co-written and directed by Eiji Uchida. The film follows Nami (Kumi Takiuchi), a young woman with a fetish for lonely and elderly men. Nami enjoys the subjects of her fetish from afar and takes great satisfaction in observing...

Cult Japanese thriller directed by and starring Shin'ya Tsukamoto. When Kiriko (Kyôka Suzuki), his girlfriend of ten years, commits suicide by a gunshot wound to the head, Goda (Tsukamoto) goes in search of the reasons behind her death. Owing to Japan's...

Post-disaster drama written and directed by Shion Sono. Two neighbouring farmers and their families live in the small town of Oba in Nagashima. When an earthquake strikes causing a devastating accident at a nearby nuclear power plant a 20km exclusion...

Japanese psychological thriller directed by and starring Shin'ya Tsukamoto. Kotoko (Cocco) is a psychologically disturbed young mother who we learn sees two of everyone - one good, one evil. These hallucinations cause her to self-harm as a way of...

Japanese thriller from director Shion Sono which focuses on tropical fish seller Mr. Shamoto (Mitsuru Fukikoshi) who unwittingly goes into business with an elderly psychopath. When Shamoto's troubled daughter Mitsuko (Hikari Kajiwara) is caught...

Far-out Japanese comedy drama. In the 1970s, a failing punk band record a song called 'Fish Story', stealing the title from a poorly translated novel, little knowing that their forgotten slice of genius will one day, 37 years in the future, be...

Maverick Japanese director Sion Sono writes and directs this irreverently zany, three-and-a half hour, black-comedy drama which captures a year in the life of 17-year-old Yu (Takahiro Nishijima). Yu falls into sinful ways after the death of his saintly...

Quirky black comedy from director Daihachi Yoshida, about the rivalry between two sisters, set amidst the backdrop of rural Japan. Aspiring, but cash-strapped, actress Sumika (Eriko Sato) returns home to the village of Ishikawa to attend her parents'...

2004 Japanese comedy directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. Momoko Ryugasaki (Kyoko Fukada) is a bit of an oddball 17-year-old, who is fascinated by life in 18th century Versailles. She wears her version of what she thinks people wore there at that time and...

Tsuda is a young insurance salesman whose life, and the life of his fiancée Hizuru, is turned upside down when he meets an old schoolfriend, Takuji. Soon after Takuji's visit to Tsuda's apartment, Hizuru has her nipples pierced and starts making moves...

Tsukamoto Shinya writes and directs this Japanese mystery thriller. During an insistent summer downpour in an anonymous Japanese metropolis, a dark erotic force infiltrates the lives of Rinko (Kurosawa Asuka), a reserved career woman in her thirties, and...

Japanese sci-fi thriller directed by Sogo Ishii. Former gang leader Ken (Kôji Nanjô) has finally achieved the simple life that he always dreamed of. Meanwhile, his successor Jin (Tatsuo Yamada) settles in to his new role at the top, making enemies as...

Shin'ya Tsukamoto writes, directs and stars in this Japanese war drama. In the final days of the Second World War, Japanese soldiers are occupying the Philippines where they are slowly losing their battle and being pushed back by guerrilla resistance...

Tetsuya Mariko co-writes and directs this violent Japanese drama. The film follows a pair of brothers on very different paths. Teenager Taira Ashihara (Yûya Yagira) leaves town just before the coming of age festival and embarks on a journey of...