Films

HISTORICA SPECIAL
Orochi [4K Digital Restoration]
From waves of constables, roof tiles fly, blinding tactics are flung, man-catchers and ladders come out... The legendary fight scenes come alive in 4K.
director: Buntaro Futagawa
HISTORICA WORLD
The teacher who promised the sea
Young teacher Antoni vowed to his students to show them the sea. However, time passes without the promise being fulfilled...
director: Patricia Font
HISTORICA WORLD
UBU
A king so cruel and tyrannical, yet somewhat comedic. A curious world depicting a Trump-like character through a refined storyboard.
director: Paulo Abreu
HISTORICA WORLD
MAGELLAN
Master filmmaker Lav Diaz presents the encounter of the Philippines and Portugal, rewriting history cut by cut.
director: Lav Diaz
HISTORICA WORLD
HEADS OR TAILS?
After a deadly rodeo and a stolen kiss, Rosa and her cowboy lover flee across the Italian wilderness, pursued by Buffalo Bill himself — on a hunt for the legends he helped create.
director: Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis
HITORICA FOCUS
Revenge
The story of a low-class samurai torn between his superior’s ego and preserving his family's lineage within the absurd structure of a feudal society.
director: Tadashi Imai
HITORICA FOCUS
Night Drum
The adultery of a samurai’s wife, followed by revenge against her affair partner – a film depicting low-class samurais in a feudal society and the pressure they faced.
director: Tadashi Imai
HITORICA FOCUS
Gohatto
Am I going insane? Nagisa Oshima’s sensational jidaigeki with an extraordinary cast lineup and first-class staff!
director: Nagisa Oshima
HITORICA FOCUS
Melody in Grey
Love buds between a woman living a world without light nor color and a man who wanders a dark world even though his eyes can see.
director: Masahiro Shinoda
HITORICA FOCUS
And Then
The ultimate marriage between the best Japanese literary classic and the most prominent sensibility. Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita and starring Yusaku Matsuda, the shocking work of literature by Natsume Soseki is made into a cinematic masterpiece.
director: Yoshimitsu Morita
Kyoto Filmmakers Lab Screening
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A Tail’s Tale
A story of two teens who get closer while coming face to face with their own individualities.
director: Mikiya Sanada
Kyoto Filmmakers Lab Screening
Message from Space
Kinji Fukasaku tackles the global Sci-Fi craze. A space fantasy of love and adventure with a star-studded cast headed by Vic Morrow.
director: Kinji Fukasaku
La Biennale di Venezia - Biennale College Cinema
Re-Launching Luigi Broglio
Experience the project and history of Luigi Broglio, the pioneer of Italian space development!
director: Vincenzo Cavallo
Cineteca di Bologna – Il Cinema Ritrovato
Francesco, Giullare di Dio
The story of a holy neighbor by the virtuoso Roberto Rossellini
director: Roberto Rossellini
Kyoto Film Pitching
Dead Man Singing
Jidaigeki meets a heart-wrenching human drama. Shichu Hikimawashi is an Edo-period punishment where a criminal on death row is publicly dragged around the streets to the execution ground. However, this specific criminal feels indebted to keep silent – and a public official decides to endanger his own life for this man’s sake.
director: Shinsuke Kurimoto





