SIGLO Movie Trailers
Most Popular SIGLO Trailers
Total trailers found: 38
Counterfeit Trailer (2009)
22 March 2009
Kageko, a teacher in a small mountain village with a thriving Japanese paper industry, is visited by a former student, who proposes a plan to manufacture counterfeit money.
Village of Dreams Trailer (1996)
13 July 1996
Tells of the childhood of two nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly landlord, a rough new boy at the school, and three mysterious spirits in the form of old women.
A Crowd of Three Trailer (2010)
12 June 2010
A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility.
All Around Us Trailer (2008)
07 June 2008
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement.
Brand New Landscape Trailer (2025)
10 October 2025
In bustling Tokyo, Ren delivers delicate orchids across the city, carrying the weight of his mother's absence and years of silence between him and his father, until one delivery changes everything.
Hush! Trailer (2001)
09 September 2001
Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and closeted—but nothing compares to the chaos that arrives when Asako, a troubled woman with a history of psychiatric problems, abortions, and casual sex, asks Katsuhiro to conceive a child with her.
My Grandpa Trailer (2003)
05 April 2003
Kenzo was behind bars for killing a gangster. Upon his release, he goes to live with his son, whose marriage is on the rocks.
The Matsugane Potshot Affair Trailer (2007)
24 February 2007
When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and darkly humorous.
Somebody's Xylophone Trailer (2016)
10 September 2016
A married woman obsesses over a hairstylist she becomes involved with.
Butterfly Sleep Trailer (2018)
12 May 2018
Ryoko Matsumura is a popular writer in her 50's. She also knows that she has Alzheimer’s. Ryoko Matsumura begins to teach at a university.
Intimate Stranger Trailer (2022)
05 March 2022
A psychological thriller set in the post-COVID Tokyo. The film follows a woman looking for her missing son, and a shady young man who approaches her, claiming to know her son.
Tsuchimoto Noriaki Trailer (2014)
26 April 2014
Noriaki Tsuchimoto, a documentary filmmaker known for his series films on Minamata disease, travelled to Afghanistan in 1988 for the production of the film "Afghan Spiring", during which he developed alcoholism.
Minamata Disease Video Q&A Trailer (1996)
28 September 1996
A film answering "eight questions about Minamata disease," produced for the October 1996 Minamata-Ton
Goodbye Hoyaman Trailer (2023)
03 November 2023
Set on a remote island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, this human drama depicts the strange shared life and family rebirth of two fisherman brothers and a manga artist from Tokyo.
Hanako Trailer (2001)
20 October 2001
An unusual family portrait questioning the definitions of art, family, and what it means to be disabled.
Mourou o ikiru Trailer (2017)
26 August 2017
This documentary follows the daily lives of blind and deaf people: deaf-blind people living alone on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture; a man in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, who chose to live in his community despite the earthquake and tsunami; a young man in Hiroshima who wants to be independent so that he can marry while continuing to practice judo; Professor Satoshi Fukushima of the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology who became the first deaf-blind person to teach full-time at a university in the world.
Journey Without End: Living in the Nuclear Age Trailer (2015)
07 March 2015
The world after WWII is largely defined as nuclear age. The nuclear energy has been sold as “peaceful” use of atoms, while in essence it is the same as nuclear weapons.
Yuntanza Okinawa Trailer (1987)
25 September 1987
38 years after the Pacific War, 84 victims of a mass suicide ordered by the Japanese military were uncovered in a cave in Yomitan village.
Shigara kikara fuite kuru kaze Trailer (1991)
28 March 1991
Shiragaki is renowned for its ceramics. This documentary follows people who must overcome physical disabilities to work in the town.
Menda Sakae: Gokuchu no Sei Trailer (1993)
02 October 1993
A documentary about Menda Sakae, a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 34 years.
Ashita o he guru Trailer (2021)
11 September 2021
This documentary records the lives of people in a mountain village surrounding the kozo (paper mulberry) tree, a raw material used to make Tosa washi paper.
Mideast Report Trailer (2004)
31 July 2004
Interviews about Japan's deployment of Self-Defense Forces in Iraq collected from Middle Eastern intellectuals, cultural figures, and Palestinians living in refugee camps in March 2004.
Turning Tides Trailer (2013)
02 March 2013
Former delinquent Hiroe leads a dreary existence. She meets a boy named Tatsutoshi whose younger sister was killed in a road accident and tries to cheer him up by creating a fake ritual to bring the dead back to life.
The Crying Wind Trailer (2004)
31 July 2004
Seikichi, makes his living fishing from a small boat off the coast of Okinawa. He and his 12-year-old grandson Akira live in a small, tree-lined village in the northern part of the island which is surrounded by a white-sand beach and plots of pine and flowering bushes.
Green Jail Trailer (2021)
27 March 2021
The film follows the last 4 years life of Grandma Hashima, the last existent from colonial Taiwan, who knows the secrets of "Green Jail," the notorious coal mine before World War II on Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan.
Okinawa: The Afterburn Trailer (2015)
20 June 2015
On April 1, 1945, the United States military launched its invasion of the main island of Okinawa, the start of a battle that was to last 12 weeks and claim the lives of some 240,000 people.
Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima Trailer (2011)
06 August 2011
With the passing of Nakazawa Keiji in December 2012, Barefoot Gen’s Hiroshima now stands as the manga artist’s last message of peace to the world.
Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said Trailer (2006)
11 October 2006
Documentary filmmaker Makoto Sato offers this reflection on the life and career of Edward Said, the deeply influential literary and cultural critic, Columbia University academic, and outspoken advocate for displaced Palestinians, of whom he was one.
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times Trailer (2002)
22 November 2002
This documentary compiles a series of Noam Chomsky's interviews and lectures that address the events of 9/11.
Harmonics Minyoung Trailer (2014)
11 October 2014
Minyoung is a university co-ed living in Seoul. One photograph left to her by her late grandmother brings Minyoung all the way to Japan.
Living the Silent Spring Trailer (2011)
24 September 2011
Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring warned of the danger of widespread use of pesticides, helping to launch the environmental movement in the US.
The Constitution of Japan Trailer (2005)
02 July 2005
In 2005, sixty years after the end of World War II, the conservative Japanese government is pressing ahead with plans to revise the nation's constitution and jettison its no-war clause, Article 9.
