Billed as the first rap battle musical, Tokyo Tribe is a modern tale about street gangs in an alternate Japan who settle differences with not just guns and samurai swords, but with their slick rap battle skills.

Akira Kurosawa’s gorgeous final epic, based on the Shakespearean tragedy King Lear, features powerful landscapes and some of the best costume work in the history of film.

This classic Japanese drama by Yasujiro Ozu focuses on a young woman who is being pressured by her family and loved ones to marry, but is content caring for her widowed father.

This darling film from Studio Ghibli reaches American audiences for the first time in theaters, and focuses on a young woman who, while visiting family in the countryside, finds herself increasingly nostalgic for her childhood self.