Hush! 2001  N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Cast: Seiichi Tanabe, Kazuya Takahashi, Reiko Kataoka, Yoko Akino, Manami Fuji, Ken Mitsuishi, Tsugumi, Tetsu Sawaki, Yosuke Saito, Kanako Fukaura, Satoshi Yamanaka, Ryo Iwamatsu, Minori Terada, Yasushi Inoue, Hiroshi Anan
Set in contemporary Japan, this story reveals problems encountered when Katsuhiro (Seiichi Tanabe) and his boyfriend, Naoya (Kazuya Takahashi), enter into plans for Asako (Reiko Kataoka) to be artificially inseminated in order to carry a child for them.
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Inugami 2001  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Masato Harada
Cast: Yuki Amami, Atsuro Watabe, Eugene Harada, Shiho Fujimura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Kanako Fukaura, Shion Machida, Kenichi Yajima, Masato Irie, Makoto Togashi, Keiko Awaji, Koichi Sato
Young teacher Akira (Atsuro Watabe) is assigned to teach at a remote village where he meets and falls for an older woman, Miki (Yuki Amami). Warned by the villagers that her family is associated with the evil, fierce deity Inugami, Akira soon learns that there may something behind the warnings.
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 The Twilight Samurai 2002  N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Yoji Yamada
Cast: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Min Tanaka, Ren Osugi, Mitsuro Fukikoshi, Miki Ito, Erina Hashiguchi, Hiroshi Kanbe, Kanako Fukaura, Reiko Kusamura, Keishi Arashi
Samurai Seibei (Hiroyuki Sanada) suffers when his wife dies–not only is he left with two daughters and an aging mother to protect, but he was forced to sell his sword to pay funeral expenses. Now, instead of joining fellow samurais for evening activities, Seibei spends his evenings making bird houses. Seibei secretly loves his childhood friend, Tomoe (Rie Miyazawa), who now comes to his home to care for his family. Under pressure to remarry, Tomoe proposes to Seibei but is turned down because he believes she will not find happiness in his less affluent surroundings. Tomoe stops coming to the house–until Seibei is assigned to a duel with a samurai in the opposite camp. Tomoe returns, prepares Seibei for a battle from which he may never return, and awaits the outcome. Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
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| 1. Hush! (2001)
2. Inugami (2001)
3. The Twilight Samurai (2002)
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