The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme

A city girl, stage name Carmen, makes an exuberant return to her village hometown, but her appearance causes a stir among the locals. Can they adjust to Carmen’s new moral standards?

A shady antiques dealer and a skilled potter team up to execute a high-stakes con. Can they pull off the swindle of their careers?

Tea Friends is a socially-conscious ensemble drama that takes up the ever-growing issue of loneliness among the elderly, along with the rather taboo topic of sexuality within this group.

A Samurai in Time, from award-winning director YASUDA Junichi delivers a fresh take on the time-travel genre with a distinctly Japanese homage to the waning genre of samurai cinema.

This tender drama draws out a nuanced character study of this duo as they struggle to find their place in society due to their debilitating conditions.

The death of a patriarch sets off a scramble for his fortune as well as a series of gruesome murders in one of Japan’s most popular mystery classics.

Wishing to see her mother again, a young girl sets out on a fantastical adventure accompanied by her grandfather’s goofy magical talking cat.