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  • When the Last Sword Is Drawn

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    Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.

  • Memoirs of a Geisha

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    In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

  • Norwegian Wood

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    Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki’s girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.

  • The 47 Ronin

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    In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano’s vassals leave the land and his…

  • Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

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    Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the…

  • Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

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    As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as “The Girl with Black Hair” experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife – all the while unaware of the romantic longings of “Senpai”, a senior student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and…

  • Sunny

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    The life of an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As consolation, she’s given Sunny, one of a new class of domestic robots made by her husband’s electronics company.

  • Blue Miburo

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    The year is 1863, with the story being based in Kyoto. We follow a youth named Nio who is an honest and kind soul who’s considerate of his family, yet he also has a hidden burning passion for seeking justice. From the time he came across Toshizou Hijikata and Souji Okita, members from a group…

  • Dear Radiance

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    Murasaki Shikibu (Yoshitaka Yuriko), the heroine of this story, wrote the bestseller ‘The Tale of Genji,’ transcending a thousand years during the Heian period. She weaves the story of Hikaru Genji, fueled by her love for Fujiwara no Michinaga (Emoto Tasuku), with her hidden passion and incomparable imagination. It is a tale of a woman…