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- StarsYutaka KoizumiYui MakinoMichael C. PizzutoThis surreal dramedy follows Satou Tatsuhiro as he attempts to escape the evil machinations of the NHK.
- DirectorYasutomo ChikumaStarsYasutomo ChikumaYoshiharu FujisawaMasato ShigaA socially reclusive 20 year old NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) is forced to deal with the world when his mother takes the matter into her own hands and finds a job for him through one of her coworkers. Everything seems to be going well towards integration of Satoru into society as a productive member but a tragedy and the pressure of the new job finally push Satoru over the edge.
- DirectorNobuhiro YamashitaStarsAtsuko MaedaSuon KanShôko FujimuraTamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She spends her time just eating and sleeping throughout the four seasons of the year.
- DirectorMasaharu TakeStarsSakura AndôHirofumi AraiYôzaburô ItôA 32-year-old woman living with her parents meets a boxer and finally starts a life.
- DirectorLeos CaraxMichel GondryBong Joon HoStarsAyako FujitaniRyô KaseAyumi ItoA triptych examines the nature of one unforgettable city as it's shaped by the disparate people who live, work (and even run amok) inside one enormous, constantly evolving, densely populated megalopolis, the ravishing and inimitable Tokyo.
- StarsRyohei KimuraSaori HayamiJason LiebrechtOn November 22, 2010 ten missiles strike Japan. However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be called as "Careless Monday," does not result in any apparent victims, and is soon forgotten by almost everyone. Then, 3 months later... Saki Morimi is a young woman currently in the United States of America on her graduation trip. But just when she is in front of the White House, Washington DC, she gets into trouble, and only the unexpected intervention of one of her fellow countrymen saves her. However, this man, who introduces himself as Akira Takizawa, is a complete mystery. He appears to have lost his memory. and he is stark naked, except for the gun he holds in one hand, and the mobile phone he's holding with the other hand. A phone that is charged with 8,200,000,000 yen in digital cash.
- DirectorJan KomasaStarsJakub GierszalRoma GasiorowskaAgata KuleszaAfter suffering extreme humiliation at school, Dominik holes himself up in his room and begins spending all his time in a virtual reality chat room.
- DirectorLee Hae-junStarsJeong Jae-yeongJung Ryeo-wonYeong-seo ParkA failed suicide attempt leads a heartbroken man to live a life in the wilderness.
- DirectorJae-shik ParkStarsPark Ah-InMin-seo ChaeJeong Da-hyeA student becomes a recluse in response to her best friend's suicide and locks herself in her room. She believes that someone is in the room with her. Her alarmed family hires a psychologist to intervene.
- DirectorLaurence ThrushStarsKenta NegishiMasako InnamiKento OguriHiroshi, a teenage boy, shuts himself away in his bedroom and for the next two years refuses to come out or let anyone else in.
- DirectorLandis StokesStarsYuto SerataNaoyuki IkedaAkiko ShimaAmerican Hikikomori explores the emotional struggles of a Japanese teenager named Isamu Fujihara, when he moves from Japan to America.
- DirectorAdario StrangeStarsRex HayashiTsutomu IshizukaKayoko KawaharaA young female Japanese hacker returns to Tokyo for a short visit and is quickly caught up in a web of crime and violence by the city's most notorious hikikomori psychopath.
- A bishoujo-style visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan. Hisao Nakai, a normal boy living a normal life, has his life turned upside down when a congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school after a long hospitalization. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends-and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right. There are five main paths corresponding to the 5 main female characters, each path following the storyline pertaining to that character.
- DirectorDanyael SugawaraStarsBunko EndoMariko HashimotoMiki KatoThe Japanese 18-year old Kiyoshi has been living in the kitchen of his parental home for 2 years. His parents cannot seem to get through to him anymore and they are ashamed of him. To the outside world they pretend that he studies abroad. The only person Kiyoshi communicates to is his little sister. On the internet he has contact with youngsters who have all retreated from society and family life. It is with them that he talks about the things that occupy him most, such as drumming, sex, computer games, films, life and death. When Kiyoshi frightens the dinner guests the family is pushed into crisis.
- DirectorKikiyamaExplore the dreams of a reclusive and mysterious little girl named Madotsuki, and encounter a number of surrealistic horror creatures and locations.
- DirectorSergio ÁlvarezStarsSergio ÁlvarezSelf-portrait of a hikikomori.
- CreatorWes McClintockDan SpeerinStarsDan SpeerinWes McClintockAndrea LaceyTwixters is a comedic look at the perception of the 'facebook' generation, centering around six twenty-somethings trying to cope with life between adolescence and adulthood. The show is a unique satirical take on the generation that Time Magazine dubbed 'Twixters'.
- StarsAlan SoDan SpeerinRebecca De La CourThe What Is gives voice to the millennial generation, and is filmed in a half-hour in-studio panel discussion format with a Generation Y relevant panel. It also utilizes various outdoor segments such as rants, sketches and on-location interviews as a way to initiate the panel discussion.
- StarsHiroshi KamiyaAi NonakaMarina InoueA pessimistic high school teacher must somehow manage a class of eccentric students.
- StarsTodd HaberkornBrittney KarbowskiCarrie SavageA high school student who stumbles on a murder scene spirals into paranoid delusions as he becomes convinced the police are after him.
- StarsYôko HikasaJessie James GrelleTia Lynn BallardHilarity and fun ensues when Satan ends up in modern day Japan without any magic to return, and starts working part time in a fast food joint.
- DirectorPierre-Paul RendersStarsBenoît VerhaertAylin YayMagali PinglautIn the near future, a man confined to his apartment for eight years by agoraphobia and fear of human contact is prescribed remote sex therapy.
- DirectorDon ThackerStarsJeffrey CombsAdrian DiGiovanniDanielle DoetschIan Folivor, a depressed and reclusive 30-something, finds himself taking advice from a growth in his bathroom after a failed suicide attempt. The Mold, a smooth talking fungus who was born of the filth collecting in a corner of Ian's neglected bathroom, works to win Ian's trust by helping him clean himself up and remodel his lifestyle. With The Mold's help, Ian attracts the attention of a neighbor he's been ogling through his peephole, Leah, and he manages to find a slice of happiness despite his unnatural circumstances. But Ian starts to receive strange messages from his old and broken down TV set that make him realize that The Mold may not be as helpful as it seems to be, and strange characters combined with stranger events cast Ian's life in the shadow of an epic battle between good and evil that Ian is only partially aware of.
- DirectorAkio NankiStarsKôji ShiraishiToru Yoshida
- DirectorIsabel PrahlStarsBjarne MädelBibiana BeglauEmma BadingA family struggles with the teenager son who suffers from Hikikomori phenomenon. Suddenly, he closes the door and locks himself in, shutting out a helpless father, mother and sister
- DirectorDavid BeautruDorothée LorangA calm, empathetic documentary film about hikikomori - mostly young, male social recluses in Japan - and their way back into society through the help of institutions.
- DirectorKazuo HaraStarsKazuo HaraMiyuki TakedaSachiko KobayashiIn this uncomfortably intimate film, documentary filmmaker Kazuo Hara visits his ex-girlfriend Miyuki and records her new relationships.
- DirectorRonald UnterbergerStarsLea FaßbenderNico Josef ZitekCharlotte UllrichVeras Mantel is about a successful writer who is prevented from leaving her house by agoraphobia. Sinister threats from a fan eventually lead to her uncovering the secret of her illness.
- DirectorMarcus RichardtStarsKatja RiemannNils Rovira-MunozDavid WurawaIn her desperate longing for sympathy and understanding, a single mother tries to get back in touch with her grown-up son, who locked himself up in his room for two years. She doesn't sense that she runs the risk of loosing him forever.
- DirectorHikaru OkitaKiminari SuzukiStarsSeiichi HirataKento KasaharaYukina KondôA jobless young man run for the election. His friends are all jobless too. Can he win!? --- This story is based on real story. --- 1st Kashikojima film festival Best actor Award, Technic Awarad ---
- DirectorSabrina MertensStarsZelda EspenschiedMiriam SchiweckFreya KreutzkamThe still life of a family in 57 pictures. Germany in the 1970ies. Stephanie is an intelligent and lively child. But she leads an isolated life with her parents, marked by the symbiotic bonding with her mentally unstable mother. A mother who has never really left her own childhood behind and who lives amidst things of the past and the memories connected to them. Stephanie's relationship with her father is one of mistrust. The passing years only bring aging, but no future. Unspoken thoughts lurk underneath the surface of everyday life. So Stephanie retreats into a dark world of barbaric fantasies, that are nourished by the traces of the past and only belong to her alone. One day, however, Stephanie's secret invades the family's reality.
- DirectorBernard QueysanneStarsJacques SpiesserLudmila MikaëlA 25-year-old male student in Paris becomes indifferent to the world around him, and subsequently feels a strong sense of alienation and hopelessness.
- DirectorKôsai SekineStarsShizuka IshibashiYutaka MatsushigeRiisa NakaYasuko is a hikikomori and has hypersomnia which means she has trouble staying awake during the day. She lives with her boyfriend Tsunagi, who works in the editorial department at a magazine. Her frustration grows, because she can't control her emotions and her boyfriend seems indifferent to her. One day, Tsunagi's ex-girlfriend Ando appears. She schemes to break up the couple.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsChristos StergioglouMichele ValleyAngeliki PapouliaA controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.
- DirectorDavid KerrStarsReece ShearsmithGemma ArtertonSteve PembertonA man enters a downward spiral when he befriends a mysterious tramp.
- DirectorTakahiro KobayashiStarsTakahiro Kobayashi
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsBrendan FraserSadie SinkTy SimpkinsA reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.