Min Tanaka Movies

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his...

The unknown life of Ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai in the Edo period, who is said to have painted more than 30,000 works throughout his life, such...

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.

A Japanese assassin falls in love with the Spanish wine seller she was hired to kill.

"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the participation of the major Butoh...

A beautiful session between dancer Tanaka Min and director Wim Wenders that illustrates something before we started speaking with words.

Those who want to die seek refuge in a mysterious café in this feverishly strange Japanese debut.

Part documentary, part fiction this film revolves around the life of the haiku poet Seigetsu Inoue who wandered Ina Valley for about 30 years from...

A collaborative improvisational guitar and dance set featuring backing from crickets and cicadas.

Part opera, part cine-poem, part dance, The Day Time Noon is a mesmerizing, beautiful film in the stylized vision of Buto, a new dance aesthetic of...