Films

HISTORICA SPECIAL

SHŌGUN(Episode1 and2)

Conspiracy and deception brews in Civil-Wartime Japan – A spectacular Sengoku epic hits Historica.

USA | 2024 | 128min |

director: Jonathan van Tulleken(Episode1 and2)
ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama

HISTORICA SPECIAL

Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope

How did an obscure doctor save Japan from an unprecedented plague?

Japan | 2024 | 117min |

director: Takashi Koizumi
ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama

HISTORICA SPECIAL

Manga Cinema dedicated to Sadao Yamanaka“NEZUMIKOZO JIROKICHI

Nezumikozo Jirokichi, the last work of young genius Sadao Yamanaka, animated by Japan’s leading director Rintaro

Japan・France | 2023 | 25min |

director: Rintaro
ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama

HISTORICA SPECIAL

BLACK OX

And then comes nothingness.

Japan・Taiwan・USA | 2024 | 114min |

director: Tetsuichiro Tsuta
ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama

HISTORICA WORLD

Gloria!

A vibrant musical drama honoring female composers forgotten in history

Italy | 2024 | 106min |

director: Margherita Vicario
ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama
Support: Italian Cultural Institute - Osaka

HISTORICA WORLD

Sweet Dreams

A vivid and curious end of colonialism in a microcosmos

Netherlands・Sweden・Indonesia・France | 2023 | 102min |

director: Ena Sendyarevich
ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama
Japan premiere

HISTORICA WORLD

THE PEASANTS

Jagna fights to cultivate her path from a closed village in Poland

Poland・Serbia・Lithuania | 2023 | 114min |

director: DK Welchman 、Hugh Welchman
ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama

HITORICA FOCUS

Okiku and the World

I’m Okiku, 22 years old. I lost my voice, but I found love. Today, I will walk and walk, because I have something I have to tell him.

Japan | 2023 | 89min |

director: Junji Sakamoto

HITORICA FOCUS

A Samurai in Time

From the closing days of the Shogunate to a modern jidaigeki studio, a samurai travels through time to become a kirareyaku actor.

Japan | 2024 | 131min |

director: Junichi Yasuda
コメディ/Comedy

HITORICA FOCUS

Seven Samurai

Wandering samurais, peasants, and mercenaries. Who will emerge victorious?

Japan | 1954 | 209min |

director: Akira Kurosawa
アクション/Action ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama

HITORICA FOCUS

Ninjo Kami-Fusen

A posthumous film of a 28-year-old genius who succumbed to illness on the WWII battleground

Japan | 1937 | 86min |

director: Sadao Yamanaka
ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama

HITORICA FOCUS

BUSHIDO

Once my father makes a decision, he never ever backs down.

Japan | 2024 | 129min |

director: Kazuya Shiraishi
ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama

HITORICA FOCUS

Oedo-no-Kyouji

Tai Kato brings his version of Nezumikozo to life

Japan | 1960 | 91min |

director: Tai Kato
ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama

La Biennale di Venezia - Biennale College Cinema

My birthday

What is family? What is love? A brief reunion of mother and son looking for a place to belong

Italy | 2024 | 90min |

director: Christian Filippi
ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama
Co-organized by Italian Cultural Institute in Osaka
Japan Premere

La Biennale di Venezia - Biennale College Cinema

VAJONT

Why do we struggle to get away from imminent danger?

Italy | 2020 | 25min |

director: Iolanda Di Bonaventura
ヒューマンドラマ/Human Drama
Co-organized by Italian Cultural Institute in Osaka
Japan Premere

Cineteca di Bologna – Il Cinema Ritrovato

Senso

Real-life Milanese nobleman Visconti presents an Italian aristocratic tragedy

Italy | 1954 | 121min |

director: Luchino Visconti
Support: Italian Cultural Institute - Osaka

Kyoto Filmmakers Lab Screening

Once upon a time in Caribbean

A SAMURAI of the Caribbean, defending homeland and family

Puerto Rico・Spain | 2023 | 135min |

director: Ray Figueroa
アクション/Action
Japan premiere

Kyoto Film Pitching

Prince meets Ninja

“If I have to drink muddy water to survive, I will.” The story of an encounter between the mysterious Prince Shotoku and the ancestor of ninjas

Japan | 2024 | 18min |

director: Masayoshi Masugi
アクション/Action
The 15th Kyoto Film Pitching - Excellent Film Planning Works