in theaters on my screens

Hanagatami

Jap. 2017. War drama by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi with Shunsuke Kubozuka, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Keishi Nagatsuka. In 1941, a teenager from Amsterdam moves in with an aunt in a small coastal town in war-torn Japan.

Runtime: 169 min.

in theaters on my screens

Seven Weeks

V.O.: No no Nanana no ka

Jap. 2014. Drama by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi with Toru Shinagawa, Takako Tokiwa, Yumi Adachi. The funeral of a Japanese patriarch brings to the surface his troubled wartime past.

Runtime: 171 min.

in theaters on my screens

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

V.O.: Kono sora no hana Nagaoka hanabi monogatari

Jap. 2012. Drama by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi with Yasuko Matsuyuki, Masahiro Takashima, Natsuki Harada. In Nagaoka, a journalist attends the annual fireworks display in tribute to the victims of the war.

Runtime: 160 min.

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Beijing Watermelon

Jap. 1989. Dramatic comedy by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi with Bengal, Masako Motai, Toru Minegishi. A Japanese vegetable merchant's sympathy for poor Chinese students puts him on the verge of bankruptcy.

Runtime: 135 min.

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House

V.O.: Hausu

Jap. 1977. Horror comedy by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi with Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba. Unaware that her aunt's house in the country is haunted, a schoolgirl goes there with six of her classmates.

Runtime: 88 min.