Documentary, Drama
A fictionalised documentary about the great Japanese poet Bashô (1644–1694), the spiritual father of haiku poetry. A monk, portraying the poet, journeys through Japan, following Bashô's journal and writing many of his haikus. A ruminant, poetic, Zen Buddhist observation of nature – a return to the lost paradise of unspoilt nature.
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Japans tätowierte Helden
Nice Chinese Girls Don't!
The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Japan Sinks
Her Love Boils Bathwater
To Kill a King
New Tale of Zatoichi
Zatoichi the Fugitive
Khamsin
Ugetsu
The Night of the Iguana
Silk
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
Seven Swords
The Doors
Tokio - Generalprobe für das Reich der Alten
My Love Awaits Me By the Sea
12 Suicidal Teens
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Not in Textbooks 2
IMDB 3 | Jun , 2016
In the second part of this manga adaptation, Tairaku Arihiko, who is a teacher at a local high school, lives with his student Shirakaba Aya and things are becoming steamier. As she becomes aggressive with her love for him he has to navigate his responsibility and job, his cute student and her thug father.Japans tätowierte Helden
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2024
Nice Chinese Girls Don't!
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2019
Kitty Tsui, Chinese American writer, poet, body builder, and lesbian activist, tells of her arrival as an immigrant to San Francisco and, amidst the anti-Vietnam war protests, finding her way to San Francisco State, which influenced her on her path as an activist and poet. In this first ever documentary about a Chinese American Lesbian, Tsui brings to life her coming of age in San Francisco in the 1970s, her challenges, and her continued rise to celebrity by being re-discovered by a whole new generation of Feminists.The Most Beautiful Night In The World
IMDB 6.1 | May , 2008
Betrayed and disgraced, big-city reporter Kazuya Mizuno is banished to a desk at Kaname's boring little town newspaper. But Kaname isn't as boring as it seems on the surface. Not with characters around like Shimeko, a girl genius with a childlike lack of propriety, and her ace fisherman/folk-singer dad. Or the overbearing and unpleasant local Shinto priest, a former Christian cultist. Or Endo, Kazuya's new colleague, a bitter drunk after his son's suicide. Or Kin, a former terrorist, now a hermit on his boat engaging in secret "research." Or perhaps most importantly Teruko, the hypnotically beautiful bar owner, the focus of all manner of innuendo and intrigue. Something mysterious, even mystical, is going on Kaname, and hapless Kazuya is about to be thrown into the middle of it.Japan Sinks
IMDB 5.5 | Jul , 2006
In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.Her Love Boils Bathwater
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 2016
A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.To Kill a King
IMDB 5.7 | May , 2003
A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.New Tale of Zatoichi
IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 1963
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.Zatoichi the Fugitive
IMDB 6.9 | Aug , 1963
After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.Khamsin
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2019
Lebanon today. The traces of the civil war are all too tangible as government corruption becomes unbearable. In a country where conflict and peace are caught in an endless cycle, musicians from different backgrounds pool their talents to create an underground music scene. Each evokes his or her representation of Lebanon: its shifting geographical, political, historical and social borders, its painful passage through conflict and instability. A touching portrait of a young generation trying to build an oasis in a hostile environment where the forces of destruction continue to wreak havoc.Ugetsu
IMDB 8 | Mar , 1953
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.The Night of the Iguana
IMDB 7.1 | Aug , 1964
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.Silk
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2007
Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the story of a French trader who finds unexpected love far away from home.When the Last Sword Is Drawn
IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 2003
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
IMDB 6.8 | Jul , 2005
Satoru, a wheelchair-bound elementary student, locks himself away from the outside world after his mother dies. His father designs a remote-controlled robot to go to school for him, allowing him to interact with people and do normal things.Seven Swords
IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 2005
In the 17th century, seven swordsmen join their forces to save the villagers from a manipulating General who bans martial arts.The Doors
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 1991
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.Tokio - Generalprobe für das Reich der Alten
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2020
My Love Awaits Me By the Sea
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2013
Hasan Hourani, a Palestinian poet and illustrator, died aged 29 in Jaffa while trying to rescue his nephew from the sea. Shortly after, the filmmaker Mais Darwazah discovers his drawings and poems and feels drawn to Hourani's world— a universe outside space and time; a place of wonder, discovery, and freedom. Motivated by this kinship, Darwazah embarks on a journey to her homeland, Palestine: a place she has never known.12 Suicidal Teens
IMDB 6.3 | Jan , 2019
Twelve boys and girls gather at an abandoned hospital to die for various different reasons. There, they find the body of a dead boy. The twelve boys and girl attempt to find the person who killed the boy. During their search, the reasons why they want to die are revealed.