Ryoko Shinohara

What's the biggest event for a couple? A wedding! The goofy but earnest Akito Ishikawa and the always cheerful Haruka Nitta are about to tie the knot. Thanks to the help of their wedding planner Nakagoshi, they've finally made it to the day of the wedding.

Kaori is a single mother and she raises her high-school age daughter Futaba. Her daughter is in a rebellious phase and ignores her mother. Kaori decides to take measures to communicate with her daughter and also get some revenge. Kaori creates messages in her daughter's bento meals.

Kaoruko and Kazumasa Harima are a separated couple with two children. They plan to divorce once their daughter, Mizuho, enters elementary school. One day, they receive devastating news of their daughter falling into a coma after a near-drowning accident at a pool. The doctors declare her brain dead with no prospect of recovery and the couple must decide if they should donate her organs to others in need or to wait until her heart stops beating.

A group of friends from high school days reunite for once more time before one of them dies from cancer.

The film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri Yoshinaga fled with her two sons from the Russians to Hokkaido. In 1972, her son played by Masato Sakai returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.

Akira Mochizuki survived a kidnapping as a child. Now, she's a detective, and there are signs that the kidnapper may be back again after 20 years.

Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a terrible price. Natsumi goes back to the Investigation #1 of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to take on the organization, but Natsumi becomes involved in a new case. She gets closer to the final enemy.

Se dice que su poder es comparable al de las Armas Ancestrales, la "carta de triunfo" de la Marina, "La Piedra Dyna", fue robada. El responsable es el temido y terriblemente poderoso, ex-Almirante de la Marina, un hombre llamado "Z", quien se cruza en el camino de los Piratas del Sombrero de Paja. El Cuartel General de la Marina se mueve hacia adelante para hacer frente a esta conspiración, que es capaz de hacer temblar los pilares del Nuevo Mundo. Por otra parte el ex-almirante Aokiji, persigue a los Sombreros de Paja por el Nuevo Mundo, mientras estos deciden enfrentar a Z y a su tripulación con su increíble poder.

Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi is hesitant, but when she pursues her lead she is visited by the ghost herself. And so the fun begins in the courtroom when Prosecutor Osano starts to cross examine.

A new female detective joins the special investigations team and dives into some of their hardest cases in this follow-up to the series 'Unfair.' Just as a girl asks the team for help finding her missing father, a man calls to say he has four hostages and makes a cryptic request.

After detective Natsumi Yukihira brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case, Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in the body of the victims. The fingerprint of Natsumi's ex-husband, freelancer journalist Kazuo Sato, is found on the the body of a victim and Kazuo is placed on the most wanted list. Soon after, Kazuo finds Natsumi and hands her a USB memory stick. The device contains information on a secret organization within the police department. Kazuo tells Natsumi that the series of murders are warnings and suspects become the next victims. Natsumi is then arrested as a suspect. Tokyo prosecutor Katsuaki Murakami appears at the Nishimonbetsu Police Station to investigate.

A series of murders of beautiful girls occur in Tokyo not long after the end of the war. Also the daughter of a retired actress, Yuzuki Yoko, has gone missing. In the meantime, a religious cult that claims to shut away misfortunes in a box has been gaining popularity, displaying an eerie aspect. Yoko's daughter is alleged to have been run over by a train, and taken into a research institute situated in a gigantic box-shaped building. A private detective Enokizu (Abe Hiroshi), a writer Sekiguchi (Shiina Kippei), a journalist Atsuko and a police detective Kiba each pursues their own case, and Chuzenji (Tsutsumi Shinichi), an owner of a secondhand bookshop, "Kyogoku Do" suspects that all cases are linked to the box-shaped research institute.

When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption and finds herself in grave danger.

Ichiro Hanada is a mischievous boy who gains the ability to see and talk to ghosts after a near-death experience. (live-action adaptation of the manga )

New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, a prostitute to handle, a bellhop to focus and a few things more.

Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with the unusual ability to see people's memories. They are hired by the impossibly pregnant woman's sister to find the woman's missing husband and lay this whole matter to rest. In the end, they need the help of Kyogokudo to exorcise the family curse.

***Fushiawase wo Anata ni (We Bring You Misfortune) A woman sees a company called "Fushiawase wo Anata ni" (we bring you misfortune) promoting a new sales concept: giving its clients misfortune to motivate them to seek greater happiness. ***Kuuhaku no Hito (Blank Person) A woman wakes up in her bed every morning not remembering the events of the past night, and finding that someone has moved around the things in her room. ***Jigoku wa Manin (Hell Is Full) As there is no more room in hell, the evil/sinful find they cannot die. ***Kako kara no Nikki (Diary from the Past) A struggling author chances upon a diary which changes his life. ***Aketekure (Open Up!) A woman's husband dies in a car accident, but that same evening he is heard pounding on the door for someone to let him in.

Momoko (Kyoko Fukada) es una joven solitaria que vive en su propio mundo construido sobre la época rococó francesa y que tiene una visión muy particular de las cosas. Pero su mundo de disfraces y máscaras pronto se ve trastocado por la llegada de Ichigo (Anna Tsuchiya), una gamberra motorizada que, al contrario de ella, prefiere el estilo norteamericano y necesita estar rodeada de gente en todo momento. Para ello se inventa una leyenda urbana que la hará sentir importante y gracias a la cual juntará una pandilla propia con Momoko. A partir de ese momento ambas iniciarán una inseparable amistad que las hará ver el mundo de forma diferente. Adaptación de una novela de Novala Takemoto (autor de las novelas Lolita).

Blessing Bell sigue los pasos de un hombre que podría ser la persona desafortunada de mayor suerte en el mundo. Una fabrica cierra dejando a Igarashi sin empleo en su primer día de trabajo. Más tarde, en ese mismo día, lo arrestan por asesinato. En la prisión conoce a un hombre que habla con su esposa muerta. Y así... Parece no haber termino para las aventuras de Igarashi. Pero en cada uno de los incidentes, Igarashi mantiene una cara inexpresiva, como un Buster Keaton japonés. Y la ironía de la indiferencia del personaje principal, mientras enfrenta estos inesperados eventos, parece sugerir la manera de Sabu de ver la vida con humor y sardónica observación.

Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.

A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics employee who rallies his coworkers to save their jobs by increasing sales. They do this by developing the VHS standard. They battle with Sony and their standard and ultimately prevail.

When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.

An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each other again in the Florence Cathedral after 10 years.

Un trío de aprendices ninjas son enviados por su maestro a ejecutar peligrosas misiones secretas. La amistad, forjada durante sus años de entrenamiento, les previene de cualquier problema entre sí. Pero, tras un trágico e inesperado acontecimiento, dos de ellos seguirán caminos diferentes antes de regresar para la más peligrosa e imposible misión.

Three friends have become masters of the "Go-Con": Japanese group dating. But after playing the game so long, they begin to wonder if their love lives are going nowhere.