Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

A young woman takes on altogether too many responsibilities after losing everything, in Mari Okada’s touching fantasy drama.

Princess Mononoke

Hayao Miyazaki's timeless tale of man versus nature feels like a classic fairy tale, with a few more decapitations.

An ethically dubious reseller has serious buyer’s remorse in Kiyoshi Kurasawa’s thriller.

Assassination Classroom is just like its main character: formless and moving at lightning fast speeds.

Revenge is a dish best served a decade too late in Seiji Tanaka’s so-so thriller.

A family suffers when their son goes missing in Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s tense mystery thriller.

A farming family struggles to keep itself together in Ryo Ushimaru’s domestic dramedy.

A samurai adjusts shockingly well to a life in the film industry, in Yasuda Junichi’s time travel comedy-drama.

The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme returns for 2025 starting on the 7th February!

A boy learns to express himself in the most convoluted way possible, in Tomotaka Shibayama’s cutesy fantasy drama.

Everything’s better down where it’s wetter in Hayao Miyazaki’s buckwild pseudo-retelling of The Little Mermaid.

Story doesn’t suffer nearly as much as I’d have expected in Gisaburo Sugii's animated retelling of the iconic videogame.