Thermae Romae
Dir. Hideki Takeuchi

Sep 8 (Sat) 1:30pm - Premium
9th (Sun)12:30pm, 15th(Sat)7:30pm

An architect from ancient Rome is propelled into a modern-day Tokyo bath house in this kooky time-travelling comedy based on Mari Yamazaki's award-winning manga series
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Emperor  Dir. Peter Webber

Sep 14 (Fri) - Premium
15th (Sat) 9am, 16th (Sun)12:15pm

In the aftermath of Japanese Emperor Hirohito's surrender to the U.S., Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) are faced with a decision of historic importance, in this epically scaled historical drama from director Peter Webber (Girl with a Pearl Earring). >>Read more

Outrage Beyond 
Dir. Takeshi Kitano

Sep 12 (Wed) 5:30pm
14th (Fri) 3:45pm, 15th (Sat) 9pm

Hard-boiled Japanese auteur Takeshi Kitano returns with the sequel to his 2010 yakuza thriller. >>Read more

Dreams for Sale
Dir. Miwa Nishikawa

Sep10 (Mon) 6:30 pm
12th(Wed) 2pm, 16th(Sun) 2:45 pm

After losing their restaurant in a fire, a husband and wife come up with a strange plan to rebuild their shattered finances: marrying the husband off to a series of lonely women and defrauding them. >>Read more

Key of Life  Dir. Kenji Uchida
Sep 11 (Tue) 8:00pm
12th (Wed) 2pm, 15th (Sat) 9am
Japan's master of screwball comedy Kenji Uchida returns with this cynical and hilarious tale about a failed actor who switches identities with a stranger at a bath house - only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.
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The Land of Hope Dir.Sion Sono
Sep 7 (Fri) 9:45pm
9th (Sun) 3:30pm, 15 (Sat) 3:30pm
Prolific Japanese director Sion Sono departs from his usual style for this movingly restrained drama of a rural family's struggle to survive in the aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake and the resulting nuclear crisis.
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Penance 
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Sep 13 (Thu) 7:00pm
14th (Fri) 7pm, 16th (Sun) 2pm

Japan's master of suspense Kiyoshi Kurosawa returns with this absorbing tale of a vengeful mother's quest to discover the truth behind her daughter's murder. >>Read more

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, this boldly erotic yet movingly tender portrait of a group of vulnerable, variously wounded people whose intersecting lives yield both sorrow and a fragile, yet enduring, hope for a brighter future.
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