Haru Kuroki

A journey begins to trace the memory of a first love, transcending the time and borders between Japan and Taiwan over a period of 18 years.

Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However, her singing voice shakes the hearts of those who listen to her. It is a hymn of compassion played by Luca and the people.

Edo-era Japan. If you are familiar with the attitude of Sakamoto Junji, you don’t even need the cheeky welcome to understand that the samurais, nobles, and landlords in this jidaigeki will not be portrayed in the heydays of their glory. And so it is: our welcome party are two rogue vagrants making their living as “manure men”, turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local farmers. Enter Okiku, the only daughter of a fallen samurai, and amongst the overflowing piles of excrement, a well-nourished love story unfolds.

En un pueblo antiguamente pintoresco —y ahora dominado por un gran vertedero de basura—, un joven anhela liberarse del cruel destino que lo ata a su tierra.

Adapted from the manga "Ichikei no Karasu” (イチケイのカラス) by Asami Rito (浅見理都). This special is a sequel to the movie of the same name.

Mari es una joven con una enfermedad incurable a la que aún le quedan 10 años de vida. Entonces decide vivir a plenitud y nunca enamorarse.

Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product, the island is close to receiving a 5 billion yen grant from the government, which is part of the goverment's policy to reinvigorate rural economy. The residents of the island are excited, but their peaceful days changes by the appearance of Mutsuo Komisaka. Keita Izumi and his friends Jun Tanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) and Rookie Police Officer Shinichiro Moriya are suspicious about him. One night, Keita Izumi's daughter goes missing. Due to that, Keita Izumi, Jun Tanabe and Shinichiro Moriya happen to kill Mutsuo Komisaka. They decide to hide Mutsuo Komisaka’s murder to protect the future of the island and their families. It turns out Mutsuo Komisaka was a psycho killer. Police officers come to Shishikari Island to catch Mutsuo Komisaka.

Sawako works as a manga writer. Her husband of five years, Toshio is also a manga writer. On a summer day, Sawako begins to write her new manga. The story for her new manga deals with adultery. The manga describes Toshio having an affair with her editor and Sawako having an affair with her driving instructor. Toshio reads Sawako's manga with fear and jealousy.

Yoshiko ha cumplido los 40 y no tiene hijos. Trabaja en una editorial y disfruta de los pequeños placeres de la vida como almorzar con sus colegas más jóvenes o beber aguardiente en casa. Su vida es tranquila, con más que agradecer que por lo que sentirse mal. Un día le presentan a un chico 24 años más joven que ella con el que comenzará una relación.

When Chihiro was a baby, she suffered from eczema. Her parents tried to find a cure, but nothing worked. Her father's co-worker then gave him some water from a strange religious group. Chihiro was miraculously cured by the water. Her parents began to follow the strange religion and became fervent followers. Chihiro is now in the 3rd grade of middle school and she faces changes in her life.

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.

Hideki y Kana Tahara son una pareja de recién casados. Hideki está realmente emocionado por el futuro que le depara junto a Kana. Un día, una misteriosa persona visita la compañía en la que él trabaja. Pronto recibe un mensaje de un compañero, asegurando que la persona en cuestión se llama "Chisa", algo que impacta a Hideki. "Chisa" es el nombre que tanto él como su mujer han elegido para su bebé, pero sólo ellos están al corriente del embarazo de Kana. En cuestión de días, el compañero que transmite el mensaje fallece bajo extrañas circunstancias. La vida de Hideki cambia por completo de ese momento en adelante, viéndose implicado en una serie de misteriosos acontecimientos en los siguientes dos años de su existencia.

Job-hunting Daisuke heads to the Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia in Kita-Kamakura with a book signed by Natsume Soseki that his deceased grandmother left behind. He asks the beautiful shop owner Shioriko to authenticate the book. However, the book in question hides an unexpected secret from his grandmother.

A man, who is repaying a 30 million yen debt left by his brother, wins the 300 million yen lottery. He grapples with the question of whether money can buy him happiness.

A university student attends a Japanese tea ceremony near her house with her cousin. There she has the Japanese tea ceremony in her life and it's there for her during moments when she is sad or happy.

During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct of his leader. Years after, his dying wife wish was for him to go back to his clan.

El niño y la bestia, la anterior película de Mamoru Hosoda, relataba el tránsito de un chico desde Shibuya a un universo sobrenatural. En el cine de Hosoda, el fantástico mezcla con la cotidianidad, algo que ocurre de nuevo en Mirai, película de una belleza conmovedora. En ella, el pequeño Kun aprende a lidiar con los cambios suscitados por la llegada de una hermanita gracias a unos viajes a un mundo fantástico.

Kuwahata Chokichi used to be a famous actor, but now he's suspected to be suffering from dementia. He is betrayed by his older daughter, Yukiko, her husband-cum-his-former-disciple, Ikuo, and Yukiko's lover, a mysterious driver, and gets sent to a high-class old folks' home. One day, Choukichi runs away from the home and wanders to the beach where he meets his younger daughter, Nobuko, who he had with his lover. Although he had thrown Nobuko out in the past, he begins to imagine seeing her as the image of Cordelia, who is the beloved daughter of King Lear, after talking to her. Gradually, his past memories start to come back to him, and Choukichi heads towards the world of insanity.

Takashi Aoyama (Asuka Kudo) tiene mucho trabajo por hacer y se esfuerza mentalmente demasiado. Se desmaya y se derrumba en una estación de ferrocarril. Cuando está a punto de ser atropellado por un tren, Yamamoto (Sota Fukushi) lo salva y habla con un dialecto de Osaka. Después de su encuentro con Yamamoto, Takashi recupera su brillante personalidad y obtiene mejores resultados en el trabajo. Un día, Takashi ve a Yamamoto subir a un autobús al cementerio con una expresión seria.

A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.

Up-and-coming manzai stand-up comedy duo Emi-Abi has lost consummate funny man Unno (a surprisingly touching Tomoya Maeno) to an accident, leaving conceited straight man Jitsudo (Ryu Morioka) to contend with his diminished career prospects as a bland, pretty face entertainer. Guided by his manager Natsumi (Haru Kuroki), who demonstrates stronger comedy chops than her own star, Jitsudo comes to learn the circumstances of his friend's passing, as well as the life-and-death stakes of a career in comedy. Demonstrating a careful balance of tone across tragedy and deadpan and gross-out humor, writer/director Kensaku Watanabe expands "Emi-Abi"'s hilarious premise into a strikingly assured meditation on artistic rivalry and self-actualization.

Nobuko trabaja en Nagasaki como comadrona. Su hijo murió tres años atrás a causa de la bomba atómica. En el aniversario de la misma, el día 9 de Agosto, su hijo se le aparece de nuevo.

Kyuta, un niño solitario que vive en el mundo de los humanos, y Kumatetsu, una bestia solitaria que vive en un mundo fantástico establecen una relación de maestro-aprendiz que se irá fortaleciendo con el tiempo. Superando su soledad, se darán cuenta cuánto se necesitan mutuamente. Su afortunado encuentro será el inicio de una aventura más allá de tu imaginación.

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.

Saori is a high school student at a provincial city. She is a member of playgroup at her school. Yoshioka begins to work at the same high school as a new teacher. Yoshioka performed in plays when she was in college back in Tokyo. Saori, Yukko, Garuru, Nakanishi, Akemi decides to compete in a play competition. Their goal is to make it through the regional competions, but Teacher Yoshioka tells them their aiming low and that they should think about the national competition.

Una adolescente que llega a un nuevo instituto escucha el rumor de la extraña desaparición de un antiguo alumno. Junto a otra chica del mismo colegio intentarán resolver el misterio.

Ichie is the owner of a dressmaking shop. Her grandmother started the shop and now Ichie runs the business. Her clothes are made with an old sewing machine and are very popular. Following her grandmother’s will, Ichie only makes clothes for individuals and turns down offers to turn her clothing into a brand.

The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".

Ooejo Agricultural High School is located in Hokkaido. Most students are from families involved in agriculture and their dreams are to continue working in agriculture. Meanwhile, Yuugo (Kento Nakajima), who graduated from a prestigious middle school, applied to the Ooejo Agricultural High School just because the school has a dormitory. Yuugo, who grew up in the city, finds himself in an unfamiliar environment at Ooejo Agricultural High School, surrounded by nature and animals. Yuugo is also the only one who doesn't know what type of career he wants to pursue. Yuugo becomes impatient. He goes through struggles everyday, but he also gets to know the other students and rural life in general. He begins to grow as a person.

Ambientada en los años anteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial nos muestra la vida cotidiana de una pequeña y humilde familia que vive en Tokio, la capital japonesa. La historia comienza cuando Takeshi encuentra una colección de diarios que escribió su ya difunta tía Taki Nunomiya. A través de esos íntimos escritos, tanto el joven Takeshi como el espectador, van conociendo la realidad que vivieron sus familiares antes de que estallase la guerra. En 1920 Taki es una jovencita que trabaja como doncella para la familia de los Hirai. Masaki, el padre, es el empleado de una compañía de juguetes y vive junto a su mujer Tokiko y su hijo de cinco años. Un día Tokiko recibe la visita de un viejo amigo, lo que provoca una aventura extramatrimonial. Mientras todo eso ocurre, Taki lo observa en silencio.

Ambientada en los años anteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial nos muestra la vida cotidiana de una pequeña y humilde familia que vive en Tokio, la capital japonesa. La historia comienza cuando Takeshi encuentra una colección de diarios que escribió su ya difunta tía Taki Nunomiya. A través de esos íntimos escritos, tanto el joven Takeshi como el espectador, van conociendo la realidad que vivieron sus familiares antes de que estallase la guerra. En 1920 Taki es una jovencita que trabaja como doncella para la familia de los Hirai. Masaki, el padre, es el empleado de una compañía de juguetes y vive junto a su mujer Tokiko y su hijo de cinco años. Un día Tokiko recibe la visita de un viejo amigo, lo que provoca una aventura extramatrimonial. Mientras todo eso ocurre, Taki lo observa en silencio.

Depicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing poems at the age of 92 and published her first collection of poems "Kujikenaide" (″Don't lose heart″) in 2009, which sold over 1.5 million copies.

A strange phenomenon takes place. A beautiful flower blooms on a selected woman's body and that flower is called the "Shanidar". When the Shanidar is in full bloom, the flower produces a substance which is then sold at a high cost to develop new drugs. Kenji Otaki works as a researcher at the facility where the Shanidar is grown.

Majime, 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?

Cuando era poco más que una adolescente, Hana se enamoró de un Hombre Lobo. Puede parecer extraño, pero durante trece años fueron inmensamente felices, y tuvieron dos hijos: Yuki y Ame, que nacieron también con la capacidad de convertirse en lobos. Tras la repentina muerte de su esposo, Hana decide mudarse al campo para así criar a sus hijos en un entorno tranquilo, donde sus extraordinarias facultades no sean descubiertas. Sin embargo, al crecer, Yuki y Ame deberán decidir si quieren vivir como humanos o como lobos. Un hermoso cuento salido de la imaginación de Mamoru Hosoda, que ya nos maravilló con The Girl Who Leapt Through Time y Summer Wars.

Kenji stutters and suffers from interpersonal blushing. After his mother's death, he lives with his violent father, but cannot stand it, so he takes a live-in job at a barbershop to get out of the house. On the other hand, Shinji's father committed suicide when he was young, his mother abandoned him and he grew up with a wild personality. The two, who may or may not have similarities, meet by chance and are trained by Horiguchi, a former boxer, to become professional boxers. A coming-of-age story about love, loneliness and facing oneself.

In Tokyo, actress Touko leaves the filming set of her latest project and comes across three people by random chance: she gives a ride to a man named Nagano, whom she has never met before; at a small theater, runs into Kikuchi, a former screenwriter; lastly, meets Yasuko at the zoo.