Etsushi Toyokawa

The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based o…

In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer ho…

One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act…

"Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, fa…

One day Kyoko watches television and sees a man turning himself in to the police after murdering a…

Police superintendent Makishima suffered a demotion transfer after he failed to capture the suspect…

Uehara Jiro, in the sixth year at elementary school, is from a family of five; his parents who are…

After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy marria…

He is Kikuji Murao (Etsushi Toyokawa), a former best-selling novelist who has had a decade-long dry…

A writer retreats to a secluded suburban house to work on her new novel. But her attention is inste…

Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a H…

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As fu…