Japanese Film Festival Theater: 6 Japanese Films Streaming for Free (Online Registration Required)

The following Japanese language films are available to stream until October 31, 2025, 11am JST (1pm AEDT).

Voices from School Days

These films echo youthful voices chasing dreams, facing doubts, and finding their place in life.

• The Scoop (2024, 98 min, drama)
  Elite Literary Club vs. Unauthorized Newspaper Club! At a prestigious high school, a rookie student reporter gets caught up in a spy game in this coming-of-age entertainment.
• Have a Song on Your Lips (2015, 132 min, drama)
  A touching film that follows a former pianist-turned-teacher and her students on a remote island, as they overcome their struggles and pour their energy into a choir competition.
• LOLO "Itsukou Series vol. 7 “I Can’t Hibernate With Books as a Pillow” " (2018, 60 min, art, Japanese culture)
  Part 7 of the Itsukou series, an ensemble play series set in "High School Number Three, where everyone loves each other and is loved by everyone else all the time". The actors play the same characters throughout the series, but the main character changes in each production. The "here" and "there" of small incidents that occur on campus are weaved through the eyes of the characters, and the series as a whole becomes a big story.

Japanese Food, A Careful Life

These stories honor a quiet respect for food, nature, and the gentle rhythm of living well.

• The Zen Diary (2022, 111 min, drama, Japanese culture)
  A writer lives alone in a mountain cottage. He makes Zen monastery food that he learned at a Zen monastery and enjoys the fruits of nature. A tale told throughout the beauty of four seasons and takes a deep look at what true wealth might actually be.
• TAKANO TOFU (2023, 120 min, drama)
  A tender and heartwarming drama about the peaceful days of an artisan father and his divorced daughter, set in a beloved old-fashioned tofu shop in a beautiful small town, Onomichi.
• Mottainai Kitchen (2020, 35 min, documentary)
  Don't waste it, cook it! A culinary road movie, tackling the issue of food waste in Japan, searching for sustainable solutions.