The Retired Samurai

Has everything really been said about the Algerian war? Although the archives are opening up, almost fifty years after the signing of the Evian...

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Shelby is devastated after her father's death. Curious about her family connections, she decides to look up the DNA-based family tree, and is...

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who...

Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The...

The masked avenger Kurama Tengu is linked to a plot to bring down the Tokugawa shogunate, but is it really our hero, or an imposter?

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home....

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the...

Kabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman, tempts a self-righteous priest.

Museum conservator Laura Malkaluoto is a top professional in her field. She studies art forgeries at a large museum. One morning, Sami Pirilä, a...

The memoir of a woman married to an orthodox Brahmin philosopher who converts to Christianity, her story explores issues of religious barriers,...

A ronin named Azami Onijuro travels the Nikko Highway, he is being followed by the bounty hunter Daihachi and Yukata Danzen. He is pursued by his...