Hyunri

During the Edo period, women seeking divorce or fleeing abusive husbands ran to the Tokei-ji Temple in Kamakura. Nobujiro, a young doctor and author, and his aunt Genbei, mistress of the official inn of the temple, try to help the various suffering "kakekomi" women. Based on the novel by Hisashi Inoue. (jffsf.org)

Minjung, a young zainichi Korean woman, draws a small but fervent following as the puppet leader of God's Water, a cult in which she is said to communicate with a water oracle in order to heal pain of the damaged and lonely. (japansociety.org)

When abused children return after they went missing, their abusers find a mysterious death after 3 days. Local newspaper reporter Shunya investigates the deaths, while his girlfriend Naomi gets too close to one of the haunted children. (imdb)

Yuzo, a mosaic engineer for porn videos, lives under the same roof as Mitsuki, a high school student with whom he leads a peculiar life. One day, Yuzo receives a phone call from Mitsuki's sister. (imdb)

Thomas, a photographer from France, goes to Japan to take pictures of abandoned places. Lonely, he meets Natsuki, a young and beautiful woman, who will become his model. But Thomas has violent panic attacks and nightmares... (imdb)

An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets. (imdb)

An acclaimed painter travels to Japan for an exhibition where he takes advantage of his free time to enjoy a Japanese bath or onsen. However, there is more to it than that. He is told that the owner of the bath has a false work of his. He meets a look-alike at the bath and the situation lends itself to what comes next.

A car mechanic fights to survive an invasion of the living dead while holding onto the hope that he'll be reunited with the woman he loves. (imdb)

Risako Yamazaki becomes an alternate lay judge in a criminal case involving Mizuho Ando, a housewife accused of drowning her baby. Risako's feelings towards Mizuho change during the trial. (imdb)