Nobuko Miyamoto. The widow of a ramen shop owner travels Japan looking for the best ramen recipe, encountering crazy food-obsessed characters along the way. In Japanese with English subtitles.... more
Director Yasujiro Ozu is often revered for his poignant observations of family life. These early silent films showcase all the themes of familial struggle that would show up in his later work, along... more
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu's perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning (Ohayo) tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking as an act... more
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru... more
When a crotchety Izu oldster (Hideji Otaki) abruptly dies, his daughter (Nobuko Miyamoto) and son-in-law (Tsutomu Yamazaki)-both TV actors-drop everything to ensure he receives a proper Buddhist... more
Genius provocateur Nagisa Oshima, an influential figure in the Japanese New Wave of the 1960s, made one of his most startling political statements with the compelling pitch-black satire Death by... more