The Departure

A view of the religious tensions between Muslims and Buddhist through the portrait of the Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, leader of anti-Muslim movement in Myanmar.

After a Buddhist boy in the highlands of northern India discovers that he is the reincarnation of a centuries-old Tibetan monk, his godfather takes him on a journey to discover his past.

A movie about the life of Fuzjko Hemming, a pianist of Northern European and Japanese decedent, who made a name of herself in her 60s and now is in her 80s.

Taro OKAMOTO became world-famous by designing the "Tower of the Sun" at the Expo '70 in Osaka. The ideas and problems that came with its creation, however, are intertwined with the evolution of Japane

Through the lives of professionals working at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, the film portrays how Tsukiji has been the center of fish culinary culture and helped Japanese food culture to flourish as w

Follows the routines of those employed at Studio Ghibli, including filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki as they work to release two films simultaneously, The Wind Rises and The

In 'Ramen Heads,' Osamu Tomita, Japan's reigning king of ramen, takes us deep into his world, revealing every single step of his obsessive approach to creating the perfect soup and noodles, and his re

This documentary follows King Gnu frontman Daiki Tsuneta as he works with his musical collective millennium parade on their genre melding track "2992"

A documentary about the making of The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Isao Takahata's first feature film for 14 years.

Filmmaker Ema Ryan Yamazaki follows a coach and his team as they try to win Japan's national high school baseball championship.

Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexuality defy social norms and dare to live unconventional lives in this kaleidoscopic view of LGBTQ+ cultu

'Walk With Me' is a meditative film about a community of Zen Buddhist monks and nuns who have dedicated their lives to mastering the art of mindfulness with their world-famous teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.