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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...

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'...

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...

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...

Japanese drama written and directed by Eiji Uchida. Film director Tetsuo (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) is living off the glory of a hit indie film he made many years before and is struggling to get his second feature off the ground. His fortunes change, however,...

Pre-New Wave French film noir thriller directed by René Clément, based on the novel 'The Talented Mr Ripley' by Patricia Highsmith and shot on the warm and glowing Mediterranean coast. Alain Delon stars in his debut leading role as Tom Ripley, a young...

Master filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) returns with his latest deadpan gem FALLEN LEAVES, a luminous ode to romance and moviegoing. In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a local karaoke...

Double bill of Indonesian martial arts action films. In 'The Raid' (2011), a SWAT team becomes trapped inside an apartment block ruled by a ruthless gangster and his army of killers, thugs and drug-dealers. The largely rookie squad is led by an...

Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.