The movie tells the story of a bamboo cutter who finds a miniature girl and takes her home to his wife so they can bring her up as their own daughter. The girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her, but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment […]
When a single 27-year-old Tokyo girl visits her relatives in the countryside, and as the train travels through the night, memories flood back of her younger years: the first immature stirrings of romance, the onset of puberty, and the frustrations of math and boys.
A heart breaking movie covering a young boy and his little sister’s struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
The story begins in late 1960s Japan, followings a community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs as they band together to save their forest homeland from the bulldozers of greedy land developers.
The film is a series of vignettes following the daily lives of the Yamada family. With tales that range from the humourous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life’s little conflicts, problems and joys in their own way.