Movies: Joe Hisaishi

  • 2005
    Welcome to Dongmakgol

    Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

    Welcome to Dongmakgol

    7.42005HD

    Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents una...

    Welcome to Dongmakgol
  • 1993
    Sonatine

    Sonatine (1993)

    Sonatine

    7.51993HD

    Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insigni...

    Sonatine
  • 1991
    A Scene at the Sea

    A Scene at the Sea (1991)

    A Scene at the Sea

    7.41991HD

    A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds....

    A Scene at the Sea
  • 2013
    The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

    The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)

    The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

    7.52013HD

    Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki....

    The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
  • 2024
    Silent Love

    Silent Love (2024)

    Silent Love

    6.32024HD

    A silent love story of a young man who wishes to make the dream come true of a young woman who lost her light....

    Silent Love
  • 1997
    Fireworks

    Fireworks (1997)

    Fireworks

    7.61997HD

    Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner, Horibe, para...

    Fireworks
  • 2002
    Mei and the Kittenbus

    Mei and the Kittenbus (2002)

    Mei and the Kittenbus

    7.12002HD

    Mei is eating a caramel on one very windy day, when suddenly a whirlwind appears and starts chasing her. The whirlwind turns out to be a baby cat bus. Mei offers the kitten a caramel and the two become friends. That night, the baby cat bus visits Mei...

    Mei and the Kittenbus
  • 2002
    Dolls

    Dolls (2002)

    Dolls

    7.62002HD

    Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by...

    Dolls
  • 1989
    Venus Wars

    Venus Wars (1989)

    Venus Wars

    6.81989HD

    The new frontier of Venus has degenerated into a dystopia ravaged by the civil war between Ishtar and Aphrodia. Bubbly reporter Susan Sommers arrives in the capitol of Aphrodia just before it's captured by Ishtar. She falls in with a bunch of teen-ag...

    Venus Wars
  • 1987
    Robot Carnival

    Robot Carnival (1987)

    Robot Carnival

    6.61987HD

    An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them....

    Robot Carnival
  • 2010
    Ocean Heaven

    Ocean Heaven (2010)

    Ocean Heaven

    7.62010HD

    The story of a father's tireless love for his autistic son. A terminally ill father's attempt to teach his autistic son the necessary life skills to survive on his own before he passes away. It is also a poignant tribute to the infinite love that par...

    Ocean Heaven
  • 2024
    Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

    Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024)

    Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

    8.22024HD

    A documentary that chronicles the making of The Boy and the Heron, filmed with exclusive access to Studio Ghibli across an astonishing seven years....

    Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
  • 2001
    Tom Thumb

    Tom Thumb (2001)

    Tom Thumb

    5.52001HD

    Poucet is a kid from a family of numerous children. The parents, too poor to feed them, decide to abandon them in the forest. Their, the brothers try to find their way out making fantastic encounters. This film is based on the French fairy tale "Le p...

    Tom Thumb
  • 2005
    A Chinese Tall Story

    A Chinese Tall Story (2005)

    A Chinese Tall Story

    5.12005HD

    The young monk Taka and his three disciples are captured by a demonic tree. Taka manages to escape thanks to the magic stick of Monkey King and decided to go free his companions. En route, he encounters a strange ally called Meiyan, a girl who is hal...

    A Chinese Tall Story
  • 2003
    When the Last Sword Is Drawn

    When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)

    When the Last Sword Is Drawn

    7.52003HD

    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 ...

    When the Last Sword Is Drawn
  • 2013
    Tokyo Family

    Tokyo Family (2013)

    Tokyo Family

    7.32013HD

    An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved....

    Tokyo Family
  • 1984
    The Tragedy of “W”

    The Tragedy of “W” (1984)

    The Tragedy of “W”

    7.61984HD

    A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron died in her arms one night. The real-life drama gradually comes to mirror the story of the play being pe...

    The Tragedy of “W”
  • 2013
    Miracle Apples

    Miracle Apples (2013)

    Miracle Apples

    7.62013HD

    Akinori Kimura (Sadao Abe) and his wife Mieko (Miho Kanno) opens an apple orchard in their hometown of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. Due to Meiko's allergic reaction to pesticides, Akinori Kimura has to grow his apples without the aid of chemicals. ...

    Miracle Apples
  • 2010
    Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess

    Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010)

    Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess

    6.82010HD

    The story of a tiny Egg-girl who is forced to serve the evil Boar-like witch Baba Yaga. But after a blob of Dough comes to life, she befriends him and both escape from the witch's home at a Water mill on a cliff and set off to see the world. The soun...

    Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess
  • 2016
    What a Wonderful Family!

    What a Wonderful Family! (2016)

    What a Wonderful Family!

    7.22016HD

    A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos....

    What a Wonderful Family!