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- DirectorShûji TerayamaStarsTsutomu YamazakiMayumi OgawaYoshio HaradaA surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other villagers.
- DirectorShûji TerayamaStarsHiroshi MikamiTakeshi WakamatsuKeiko NiitakaA young man, haunted by his past, travels the land in search of the lyrics to a lullaby his mother used to sing to him.
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaJitsuko YoshimuraKei SatôTwo women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsTokyo GagagaYûya IshikawaTakeshi Itô"BAD FILM" is a legendary production that was shot in 1995 over course of year, but went unfinished due to funding difficulties.
- DirectorKôji MaedaStarsKanna HashimotoHiroki HasegawaMasanobu AndôYakuza underboss and schoolgirl Hoshi Izumi intends to become a regular student once again following a period of unleashing bloody revenge upon those who murdered the former yakuza boss. However, the fix is in when a classmate dies in a haze of drug-related circumstances. Izumi is compelled to redraw her machine gun and train it on a cadre of unsavoury businessmen, politicians and yakuza.
- DirectorShimako SatoStarsKimika YoshinoMiho KannoShu-MaMisa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school when it is falling under an evil supernatural force. Trying to figure out who's behind the supernatural attack, Misa also has to deal with assumptions by her fellow classmates that believe she is the one behind it all. Misa and twelve other students are kept late after school hours one day to retake an exam. Then, after sunset, the entire school is deserted, and the students find themselves trapped inside and their teacher no where to be found. One by one, the thirteen students are picked up and disposed of in horrific and graphic fashion. It is up to Misa to try and gain the trust of her fellow students so that she can protect them and stop the evil before it's too late.
- DirectorYukihiko TsutsumiStarsMaho NonamiEiko KoikeMaki TsujimuraTwo actresses who have auditioned for one part, sharing the same apartment with opposite personalities equals a night which either neither of them will forget - if they survive!
- DirectorShûji TerayamaStarsEimei SasakiMasahiro SaitoYukiko KobayashiAn angst-ridden teen dealing with his dysfunctional family hits the streets. The story is inter-cut with various psychedelic, energetic vignettes.
- DirectorKiyoshi SasabeStarsShô AoyagiJun InoueNobuaki KanekoCould one become a refugee within his own country or city? A college student is down-and-out when he loses contact with his father, is unable to pay for his studies or living and is soon within the grip of a string of bad luck, bad people and bad decisions. The yakuza thugs and the police thugs and the homeless thugs are not helping the matter either.
- DirectorHiroshi IshikawaStarsYuka ItayaHaruka IgawaShôzô EndôSix women attempt to make it in current day Tokyo, living their everyday lives the best and worst they can. For them, every little moment becomes a ritual of the ordinary and the exciting, a balancing act for their dreams and hopes as the days perpetually tug on their heartstrings.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsRyohei SuzukiYoung DaisNana SeinoIn an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro crosses the line to conquer all of Tokyo. The war begins.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûChieko HigashiyamaSô YamamuraAn old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsChiaki KuriyamaMegumi SatôTsugumiAbout hair extensions that attack the women that wear them.
- DirectorYong-hi YangA Korean-Japanese daughter tries to understand her father's sworn political loyalty to North Korea.
- DirectorShozin FukuiStarsNaoNorimizu AmeyaYôta KawaseScientists use a brain-altering drug to conduct experiments, after one such project goes astray, they need to find another test subject in this Japanese splatter-punk film.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsAkira KobayashiChieko MatsubaraAkemi KitaA military photographer takes a cute stewardess out to dinner where she is promptly kidnapped. Deciding that he has fallen in love with the girl, our "hero" decides to investigate her kidnapping himself.
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsKazuo HasegawaFujiko YamamotoAyako WakaoYukinojo, a Kabuki actor, seeks revenge by destroying the three men who caused the deaths of his parents. Also involved are the daughter of one of Yukinojo's targets, two master thieves, and a swordsman who himself is out to kill Yukinojo.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsTeruo YoshidaToyozô YamamotoMasumi TachibanaA collection of stories dealing with punishment toward women.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsTeruo YoshidaToyozô YamamotoMasumi TachibanaA collection of stories dealing with punishment toward women.
- DirectorTakashi IshiiStarsRiona HazukiReiko TakashimaJinpachi NezuIkko, the six year old daughter of a yakuza gang boss witnesses the brutal slaying of her parents and is only saved from sharing their fate by an underground hitwoman who goes by the nom-de-guerre of "Black Angel." Years after escaping to America, Ikko returns to Tokyo as a young woman. She adopts the name "Black Angel" and is out for revenge.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsKeiko SuzukiKeiko Suzuki is a lonely waitress in Tokyo. Her father passes away of cancer and she becomes obsessed with the passage of time. And so, three weeks before her 22nd birthday, she decides to record this period of time in the most accurate way possible, regardless of how lonely or banal this record ends up being.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsFumi NikaidôRen ÔsugiSeiko IwaidôBased on novelist Muro Saisei's 1959 book, Bitter Honey narrates the story of a poet who informed by his physician of his impending death finds renewed flights of fantasy. He is visited by a thin and attractive girl in red who becomes a catalyst for romance. The girl has to vie with competition for the artist's attention, however, as other women work in the wings. Bitter Honey's story is coloured by gorgeous photography as it explores sex, love, life and immortality.
- DirectorHiroshi AndoStarsYui IchikawaSôsuke IkematsuMadoka SakaiEmiko since high school meets Yo at the press club. After the first kiss, she gave him the most precious thing. She clings to her relationship with Yo even though he only sees her as a passing love for temporary satisfaction.
- DirectorKanji NakajimaStarsFumiko KawaharaEiji MaruyamaReina OshibeNear the remains of an iron factory, an old painter faces the challenges of creation, as his longtime muse has not appeared in some time. A young girl lends her curiosity to discover what it is that holds the old painter back. Her mother tells her a bedtime story to which brings understanding of the relationship between the abandoned factory and the lonely artist nearby.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsMai HoshoHairi KatagiriMasashi KojimaTokyo Blood is an omnibus film of 4 short stories featuring various characters entrapped in Tokyo landscapes.
- DirectorKeisuke YoshidaStarsGô MoritaGaku HamadaAimi SatsukawaGetting two stories in one, Himeanôru depicts the story of co-workers where one of them is gunning to make a cafe's waitress his. When the co-worker visits the said cafe to see the waitress his friend is yearning for, he also meets an old class-mate he has not seen in some time. In a twist and transition the waitress tells the visiting co-worker that she is being stalked by a man. That man is none other than the old class-mate.
- DirectorKeisuke YoshidaStarsGô MoritaGaku HamadaAimi SatsukawaGetting two stories in one, Himeanôru depicts the story of co-workers where one of them is gunning to make a cafe's waitress his. When the co-worker visits the said cafe to see the waitress his friend is yearning for, he also meets an old class-mate he has not seen in some time. In a twist and transition the waitress tells the visiting co-worker that she is being stalked by a man. That man is none other than the old class-mate.
- DirectorKeisuke YoshidaStarsGô MoritaGaku HamadaAimi SatsukawaGetting two stories in one, Himeanôru depicts the story of co-workers where one of them is gunning to make a cafe's waitress his. When the co-worker visits the said cafe to see the waitress his friend is yearning for, he also meets an old class-mate he has not seen in some time. In a twist and transition the waitress tells the visiting co-worker that she is being stalked by a man. That man is none other than the old class-mate.
- DirectorOlivier AssayasStarsMaggie CheungJean-Pierre LéaudNathalie RichardA Hong Kong actress, Maggie Cheung playing a fictional version of herself, is cast in France to star in a remake of Les vampires (1915), but petty intrigues and clashing egos plague the production.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsMeiko KajiRikiya YasuokaTatsuya FujiA street girl gang clashes with racist local gangsters after one of the girls starts dating an Afro-Japanese man.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsJô ShishidoHideaki NitaniYôko YamamotoKuroda (Jô Shishido) is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Joining forces with his similarly wronged brothers, hot-headed Eiji (Tatsuya Fuji) and aspiring boxer Saburô (Jirô Okazaki), the trio escalate their mob retaliation to all-out turf war where no one will stop until one faction emerges victorious.
- DirectorShun NakaharaStarsHiroko NakajimaMiho TsumikiYasuyo ShirashimaAt an all-girls school, a group of girls prepare for a stage performance of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard".
- DirectorKeishi OtomoStarsTôma IkutaMasaki OkadaChiaki KuriyamaCompany tries to make a science fiction murder mystery using the worst caption translation methods in history. Can their elite detectives learn to understand one another well enough to inform the audience of the outcome? Paying into audience will be in resulting of climax.
- DirectorYoshihiro NakamuraStarsYûko TakeuchiNao ÔmoriTeruyuki KagawaAoyagi meets an old friend and ends up framed for the murder of the prime minister.
- DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsTakeshi KitanoRyûhei MatsudaShinji TakedaThe new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.
- DirectorIzuru NarushimaStarsKoji YakushoHiroshi AbeShûichi AzumayaThe life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.
- DirectorAnh Hung TranStarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaRinko KikuchiKiko MizuharaToru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsHaruka AyaseTôri MatsuzakaEriko HatsuneA store owner and a magazine editor were hired as a temporary employee by The Louvre for a Mona Lisa exhibition to be held in Japan. The two soon discover a hidden puzzle of the Mona Lisa that will change their lives.
- DirectorSatoshi MikiStarsJuri UenoYû AoiRyô IwamatsuSuzume Katagura is a bored housewife who spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement she decides to give them a call.
- 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.
- DirectorNami IguchiStarsHiromi NagasakuKen'ichi MatsuyamaYû AoiThe love story of a young male student and a woman lecturer at art college.
- DirectorTakahiro MikiStarsTakao HandaArata IuraKenta KiritaniMeiko and Taneda are a couple graduated from university two years ago. Unhappy with their lives, Meiko quits her job and encourages Taneda to have this band become professional. They ultimately fail when their CDs are rejected by the record companies. Realizing he has to return to his menial profession and have failed in his dream, Taneda speeds through a red light on his motorcycle and dies in a traffic accident. After his death, Meiko takes over Taneda's position in the band to find the meaning of life. After performing a small gig, the plot concludes with Meiko taking up a new job and the other band members returning to their daily regimen.
- DirectorNobuhiro YamashitaStarsMirai MoriyamaKengo KôraAtsuko MaedaKitamichi is a 19-year-old labor worker. He develops feelings for Yasuko who works in a used used bookstore, but he has never had a girlfriend. He also befriends Kusakabe, but jealousy soon threatens their friendship.
- DirectorIsao YukisadaStarsAi HashimotoEri IshidaSang-jung KangIt turns out he is trailing Toko's mother when a mysterious man in a black coat appears at her place of work. Toko hires Tamaya as a bodyguard for her mother. The film was shot in Kumamoto Prefecture using a crew and cast hailing from the area.
- DirectorKazuyoshi KumakiriStarsFumi NikaidôTadanobu AsanoAoba KawaiAfter losing everything in a tsunami, 10-year-old Hana is taken in by 26-year-old distant relative Jungo Kusarino. They live as father and daughter but share a profound sense of loss. Jungo works as a cook for the coast guard, leaving young Hana alone for days at a time. In wintry Hokkaido, Jungo and Hana both desire to fill their empty, love-starved hearts as they set foot into a forbidden world. Eventually, an elder benefactor in their small town learns of their illicit relationship. When he tries to separate them for Hana's own good, it provokes her emotional rage. Soon after, a murder quietly occurs atop the ice floes. With their dark secret, Jungo and Hana escape to Tokyo.
- DirectorTatsushi ÔmoriStarsEita NagayamaRyûhei MatsudaKengo KôraOne of the handyman duo finds himself in a jam when he ends up being the caretaker of the other's daughter, and gets caught up in the dealings of a mysterious cult.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsAoi MiyazakiOsamu MukaiTatsuomi HamadaMovie adaptation of the Japanese novel "Kiroi Jou". A married couple Ayumu Muko (Mukai) and Aiko Tsumari (Miyazaki) live a peaceful life in a cozy old house in the countryside. Ayumu works as an unsuccessful novelist while Aiko is a happy but naive housewife. After a letter arrives for Ayumu their relationship grow distant and deteriorates.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsAnne SuzukiKengo KôraSora AoiTwo troubled young lovers - a gambler and a stripper - run off to the tranquil Japanese countryside to marry and start a new life. But their dark past follows them in the form of a veteran loan shark.
- DirectorTatsushi ÔmoriStarsShôta MatsudaKengo KôraSakura AndôKenta and Jun are like brothers. Having grown up together in an orphanage, they now work in a demolition squad, bullied and blackmailed by their boss. One night, they pick up a simple-minded girl called Kayo and go on a road trip.
- DirectorSabuStarsRyûhei MatsudaHidetoshi NishijimaKengo Kôra(Japanese with English subtitles) Aboard the Japanese crab ship 'Kanikosen' equipped with a cannery facility, workers are forced to labor under pitiful conditions at minimum wages. Sick of being ruled by their harsh Superintendent, one of the workers, Shinjo, urges his peers to rise up and start a revolution on board of the Kanikosen.
- DirectorKeishi OtomoStarsNao ÔmoriTetsuji TamayamaChiaki KuriyamaA Japanese company is being targeted by a Chinese financial group that takes advantage of weak and struggling firms - in other words, a vulture. A Japanese financier/former vulture Masahiko Washizu is recruited to fight the threat.
- DirectorShinji AoyamaStarsTadanobu AsanoKaori FujimitsuEri IshidaKenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this he takes care of the sister of an old friend in jail and a young illegal immigrant. But his life reaches a turning point when he happens to meet Chiyoko, his long lost mother. She is now married to Mamiya, the owner of an express package delivery service. They also have a teenage son, Yusuke. Subdued feelings of alarm, discomfort and resentment between Chiyoko, Kenji, and his half brother Yusuke hide underneath and are seemingly caused by the inseparable blood ties that seem to wield control over everyone's destiny. Is blood that powerful? What exactly defines a mother or a father? While Kenji struggles with these questions and attempts to escape his fate, Chiyoko seems content to let these issues unfold and find a solution. Where will it ultimately lead them?
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsMiwonKengo KôraNao ÔmoriSatoko is a housewife who lives a comfortable life with her businessman husband Hideyuki and her six-year-old son Masato. One day on her way to pick up Masato, she meets Minoru - a newspaper delivery boy who happens to be playing catch with Masato. At first glance Minoru seems to be a serious, hard-working young man. But she learns that when he was twelve he stabbed and killed his father, who was beating up his mother. He had done this to protect his mother, but instead she abandoned her son and disappeared. Minoru sees a little of his mother in Satoko, and starts to follow her around. As he does, he discovers that Satoko is being threatened by the yakuza Tawara. Soon Satoko's husband Hideyuki senses something wrong as his wife begins to change, and comes up with some wild ideas. As passion and love envelop them, Minoru tries to save Satoko. Satoko wishes to escape, but fear keeps her from doing so. What each person feels... is it reality or just an illusion?
- DirectorTetsuo ShinoharaStarsShin'ichi TsutsumiAya OkamotoMin TanakaWhen Shinji Hasebe got off a subway, he finds himself in 1964 on the day of his brother's death. He travels between present and past and comes to know of his father's past. Going back to the past shows him the truth about his parents.
- DirectorYoshihiro NakamuraStarsMao InoueGô AyanoNanaoA young woman who works at cosmetic company becomes the prime suspect after her beautiful co-worker is murdered.
- DirectorNatsuki ImaiStarsYui AragakiHaruma MiuraYûko AsanoMika is a fresh high school student who starts texting a mysterious boy. She is shocked when he reveals who he is - Hiro, a delinquent attending her school. What she doesn't know is that Hiro isn't as bad as he seems.
- DirectorYûya IshiiStarsRyûhei MatsudaAoi MiyazakiJoe OdagiriMajime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, 'The Great Passage.' In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But the team is overwhelmed with problems. Will 'The Great Passage' ever be completed?
- DirectorNaoto KumazawaStarsMikako TabeHaruma MiuraMisako RenbutsuA girl that resemble "Sadako" of the movie Ring is being feared by her classmates. She is avoided by everyone.While everyone is avoiding her, the popular boy Shota Kazehaya befriends her, and their love begins to grow.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsArata IuraYûsuke IseyaSusumu TerajimaMembers of a cult, modeled on Aum Shinrikyo, sabotage a city's water supply, then commit mass suicide near the shores of a lake. Family members of those affected by it meet at the lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.
- DirectorAkio JissôjiAtsushi KanekoHisayasu SatôStarsTadanobu AsanoYûko DaikeChisako HaraThis four-part anthology takes its cue from the short fiction of legendary horror writer Edogawa Rampo.
- DirectorRintarô MayuzumiKazuyoshi OkuyamaStarsNaoto TakenakaMichiko HadaMasahiro MotokiEdogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts, his publisher shows him a newspaper with an account of events just like his forbidden story. As the film progresses, fantasy and reality intermingle in a tale that draws heavily on influences from Poe and Stoker's Dracula. The film's strongly Expressionistic direction skillfully combines a variety of media (animation, computer-generated imagery, grainy black-and-white fast film stock, color negatives) for artistic effect.
- StarsTakako MatsuHikari MitsushimaIssei TakahashiMaki, Suzume, Iemori, and Beppu accidentally met in a karaoke one day while bringing instruments. They then decided to form a musical quartet and live together in Karuizawa during the winter.
- DirectorJunji SakamotoStarsAyako FujitaniMayu HaradaShion Iida20 years ago, an elementary school student falls on an island in the northern tip of Hokkaido. A teacher and 6 students makes contact through songs. What happened to the student who fell? The teacher returns 20 years later to meet with her former students.
- DirectorHajime HashimotoStarsYô ÔizumiRyûhei MatsudaTamae Andô
- DirectorHajime HashimotoStarsYô ÔizumiRyûhei MatsudaKoyukiIn the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favorite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the detective to complete a simple task. The detective, having an excellent sense for danger, thinks the work is easy and accepts the case. The next day he begins the investigation.
- DirectorKazuya ShiraishiStarsTakayuki YamadaPierre TakiLily FrankyJournalist Shuichi Fujii receives a letter from convicted killer Junji Sudo. Writing from death row, Sudo wants to confess to crimes unknown to the police. On visiting Sudo in prison, Fujii learns about a real estate broker called "Doc" who masterminded a string of murders that Sudo worked muscle for. Set up by Doc, Sudo seeks revenge and implores Fujii to find the evidence needed to bring in his former boss. Working off Sudo's sketchy memories, Fujii begins to piece together a grizzly tale of extortion, torture, rape, and arson. But as his desire to see Doc brought to justice nears the boiling point, he runs into resistance from his editor, who views the story as tripe, the police, who seem indifferent to the case, and his wife, who is at her wits' end dealing with his mother's increasing dementia. Based on true crime cases, "The Devil's Path" exposes the secret underbelly of crime in modern Japan.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsShôta SometaniAtsuko MaedaRoy 5tionOver one day at this love hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo - where guests have the choice of staying for a short time or overnight - the dreams and desires of these characters intersect while aspiring for something greater.
- DirectorKôki MitaniStarsKoji YakushoYô ÔizumiFumiyo KohinataIn this refashion of the 1582 "Honno-ji Incident", two rival groups resort to all sorts of nonsense as they attempt to appoint a new daimyo.
- DirectorMasato HaradaStarsKoji YakushoMasahiro MotokiTsutomu YamazakiThe War ended on August 15th, 1945. What took place in Japan on the previous night? The unknown destiny of the day is unveiled.
- DirectorGô OharaStarsRina AkiyamaRuito AoyagiAsamiAfter her mother is murdered, a girl dresses-to-kill as a Gothic Lolita. Using a deadly umbrella, she seeks revenge by slicing and dicing the wacky assassins responsible.
- DirectorToshiyuki MoriokaStarsSôsuke IkematsuEri FukatsuFumino KimuraBased on a manga itself, Tokyo Loser is about Natsumi (Kie Kitano) who moves to Tokyo from the countryside to enter an arts' university and become a recognized manga artist. In Tokyo, Natsumi meets Ryosuke (Sosuke Ikematsu) and they are soon a couple except the relationship is cut short owing to the latter's lack of money. Natsumi has to get a job as she struggles with her slipping dreams.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTakuya KimuraHana SugisakiSôta FukushiCursed with a life of immortality, a samurai is tasked by a young girl to help avenge the death of her father. Based on the manga series by Hiroaki Samura.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTakao OsawaSatomi IshiharaYôko MakiThe story of Dr. Koichiro, who moves from Japan to Kenya to volunteer as a doctor for child soldiers.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTôma IkutaRyôhei AbeYoshiki ArizonoReiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In actuality, the firing is part of a carefully orchestrated plan. Reiji is ordered to become a "mole," an undercover cop. His target is Shuho Todoroki, the boss of the Sukiyakai gang. The group is the largest crime group in the Kanto area. Masaya Hiura, who works as a young boss of a Sukiyakai affiliated gang likes Reiji. While going through various hardships, Reiji works his way towards Shuho Todoroki.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsSatoshi TsumabukiEmi TakeiTakumi SaitôTroubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter raised in a wholesome family. Around Makoto and Ai are Iwashimizu , who has feelings for Ai and Gamuko , a gang member who eyes Makoto. Also Gamuko's leader, Yuki have eyes for Makoto too. Who will get Makoto?
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsMasaya SatoShôko AidaNaomi AkimotoA member of a Yakuza gang seeks revenge on the people responsible for the death of his boss.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsNaomi AkimotoNarimi ArimoriTatsuya Fuji
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsJun'ichi OkadaRie MiyazawaArata FurutaA troubled young samurai seeks revenge for the death of his father.
- DirectorYasuhiro YoshidaStarsAoi MiyazakiAi HashimotoShôsuke TaniharaIs the loss of one's mother at the age of ten made any less dismal if one receives letters from her once a year thereafter? Noriko loses her mother Yoshie and has to contend with life, friendships, love and marriage as well as her own personality as she grows up. Yet, she has the sage words of her mother to guide her.
- DirectorYoshihiro FukagawaStarsAoi MiyazakiTatsuya FujiwaraJun KanameDr. Ichito works at Honjo Hospital. His longtime friend Dr. Tatsuya Shindo, who comes from Tokyo, begins working at Honjo Hospital. In their university days, Tatsuya was referred to as "the conscience of the medical school". Ichito notices a difference in Tatsuya now, as he leaves work on time. Then, Ichito's senior colleague Dr. Nukita collapses.
- DirectorYûya IshiiStarsSatoshi TsumabukiKazuya KamenashiRyô Katsuji1918 -1942 , A Time Period passed . Vancouver Canada , a Japanese Community and the struggles and triumphs they faced , and the Spirit of a Baseball Team that won over many, and overcame barriers . A Story with history embedded in the Museum of Baseball in Vancouver Canada.
- DirectorKeiichi HaraStarsAoi MiyazakiMayu MatsuokaYûko TanakaAs a young man, Keisuke Kinoshita (Ryo Kase) carried his mother on a handcart across a mountain. He grew up as a hotblooded young man and was monitored by the military. He then joined Shochiku movie company, to eventually become a movie director.
- DirectorYôjirô TakitaStarsYasunari TakeshimaShôta SometaniJun'ichi OkadaA chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan.
- DirectorKiyoshi SasabeStarsAoi MiyazakiMasato SakaiMitsuru FukikoshiA husband is suffering from melancholia, and he wants to commit suicide. His wife, who is a cartoonist, forces him to quit his job for the therapy. The wife's optimism influence the husband, and they live happily ever after.
- DirectorDaisaku KimuraStarsTadanobu AsanoTeruyuki KagawaRyûhei MatsudaIn 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
- DirectorYûichirô HirakawaStarsJun'ichi OkadaAoi MiyazakiAtsushi ItôDeeply mired in debt, compulsive gambler Maya resorts to joining a scam ring to pay off his loans. While living in the gutters, he meets Hisako, a young woman tracing the story of her mother's past love with a comedian. In another parts of town, B-list idol Myako is on the verge of losing her job, but an opportunity suddenly appears that changes both her career and her relationship with otaku idol-chaser Yusuke. Meanwhile, power businessman Ryutaro is so inspired by his encounter with a homeless man that he too decides to begin a new life on the sidewalks. As a typhoon descends upon Tokyo, unrelated lives begin to cross over and a strange twist of fate befalls these quirky souls.
- DirectorJunji SakamotoStarsYôsuke EguchiAoi MiyazakiSatoshi TsumabukiA Middle-aged Japanese ex-pat journalist investigates child organ trafficking in Thailand and he uncovers a sinister network.
- DirectorYu NakaiStarsShogenAoi MiyazakiMickey KogaAn Okinawan sansen (3 stringed guitars) player named Ryo and his experiences growing up in Okinawa in 1968. Ryo meets an American military soldier named George, and they discover that they have more similarities than differences. The atmosphere of the film is heavily charged with discrimination and prejudice - Okinawans and Japanese (yes there is a difference-big difference in fact), US military and Japanese/Okinawans, officers and enlisted soldiers- and takes place with echoes of the civil rights movement lingering in the backdrop.
- DirectorYukinari HanawaStarsAoi MiyazakiKeisuke KoideMasaru MiyazakiWriter Misuzu Nakahara confesses her involvement in the 300 Million Yen Affair. In the chaotic days of the 1960s, Misuzu, a lonely high school girl from a troubled family, finds a sanctuary with her nihilistic brother Ryo and his friends, who pass day by day hanging around a shadowy café bar and indulging themselves in sex, drugs and alcohol. As the social unrest seeps in and their relationships gradually fall off, Misuzu gets drawn into a dangerous plot against the society set by one of the rebellious boys, Kishi - robbing a bank car of 300 million yen. The two accomplices set out for numerous rehearsals, and their hearts get closer secretly and quietly. On one rainy day, helped by coincidences, the heist goes successful to give a huge impact on Japan, but it only brings Misuzu a great sense of loss and sadness she had never expected.
- DirectorShinji AoyamaStarsTadanobu AsanoAoi MiyazakiMariko OkadaA.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once infected, come down with the disease, which leads to death. They have no way of fighting against this infection filled with fear and despair. The media calls the disease "the Lemming Syndrome".
- DirectorToru MatsuuraStarsYôsuke EguchiMasanobu AndôAoi MiyazakiShinsuke and Mari both share an unusual condition called synesthesia. Mysterious incidents and murders start to occur and Shinsuke suspects that Mari can be the next victim.
- DirectorHiroshi OkuharaStarsArata IuraAoi MiyazakiKumiko AsôDJ Richio wears sunglasses to hide a scar around his eyes. He is also haunted by nightmares of a childhood accident that led to his scar. Richio also dates Akemi. Meanwhile, Richio notices his girlfriend's younger sister Konomi taking an interest in him.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsShunsuke KubozukaShinnosuke MitsushimaKeishi NagatsukaFulfilling his filmmaking dream of 40 years, Nobuhiko Obayashi's luminous new feature "Hanagatami" delivers a timeless story of the pureness of youth beset by the chaos of war.
- DirectorKensaku WatanabeStarsMasatoshi NagaseAoi MiyazakiHirofumi AraiA story about a hitman named Hayamada who carries a distinctive red gun and his reason for his work, and how he came to be alone. His aim right now is to reach a destination, but he's late. Along the way, having injured himself in a vehicular accident, he runs into Miyuki, who as also become alone due to tragic events within her family. As Hayamada collapses from his injuries Miyuki takes him to a hospital.
- DirectorShun NakaharaStarsNozomi AndôAoi MiyazakiJun KunimuraTomie terrorizes an artistically inclined young girl and her widowed father, slowly integrating herself into the family.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsTakuro AtsukiKeiju KobayashiKin SugaiYuta, an absent-minded 5th-grader, is sent to spend the summer with his grandfather, whom Yuta's parents think is becoming senile and could benefit from Yuta's companionship. At first, Yuta thinks Gramps is a bit addled, too, but as he gets to know the old man better, he finds that his grandfather sees things quite differently from other people. The special bond that often develops between grandfather and grandson grows stronger and stronger until the magical and heartwarming finale.
- DirectorShunsaku KawakeStarsYûya YagiraTakako TokiwaKatsumi TakahashiA Japanese boy is smitten and finally persuades his mother to give him permission to travel to northern Thailand in order to become an elephant trainer. He would be the first Japanese to become one should he succeed. He develops a bond with the giant creatures and soon enough is back in Japan where he does more for the animals. He also meets his girlfriend.
- DirectorMasahiro TakadaStarsShô SakuraiYû AoiYûsuke IseyaThe lives of four art students change forever when gifted young artist Hagumi arrives at their school and befriends their group as each student experiences turbulence in love.
- DirectorIsamu NakaeStarsYûya YagiraErika SawajiriMari NatsukiAfter graduating from high school, Shiro is clueless how to proceed with his education. For the moment, he takes a small job at a local gas station, to much displease of his parents. His America-idolizing grandmother however gives Shiro all support, as she believes that "gas stations are a romantic place for wanderers". Grandmother is right about romance, when a girl called Noriko comes to work at the gas station too, after she broke up with her boyfriend. Shiro develops a huge crush on Noriko, and with this bitter-sweet first love, Shiro enters maturity.
- DirectorSang-il LeeStarsRyô KaseJoe OdagiriChiaki KuriyamaThe lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky, then cross paths again months later.