The big New Year's Eve. A painter who has lost his wife while studying in the U.S. tries to complete a portrait of his dead wife before the New Year, but he just can't get the eyes right. Then he has a fateful encounter with a woman named Lynn, who resembles his wife, at the airport. The two of them get into a tuk-tuk, a three-wheeled cab known in Thailand, and embark on a journey to finish what they both want to finish. The two gradually become attracted to each other, but at the same time, their hidden pasts are revealed.
Michiko used to work as a live-in part-timer at an izakaya, but suddenly lost her job and her house at the same time due to COVID-19 pandemic. There are no new jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and diners and internet cafes are closed. Michiko is at her wits' end, but there in front of her is a bus stop that stands slightly brightly in the darkness, illuminated only by the streetlights.
Bi Tou
It follows a young man who dreams of becoming a general and Ying Zheng, whose goal is unification.
Kie's loud crying, echoes throughout the small coffee shop. Yumi gently watches over her. The manager of the coffee shop thinks he knows the reason for Kie's crying and tells her but... A girl power comedy!
Yumura
En un parque en una tarde lluviosa, un estudiante universitario de 19 años, Fumi, ofrece un paraguas a una niña de 10 años empapada, Sarasa. Al darse cuenta de su renuencia a irse a casa, Fumi la deja quedarse en su casa, donde pasa los próximos dos meses en paz. Se toman de la mano y parecen haber encontrado finalmente su lugar en el mundo hasta que arrestan a Fumi por secuestro. Quince años después, los dos solitarios se reencuentran, ambos aún sufriendo el estigma de ser víctimas y perpetradores de "un caso de pedofilia". ¿Le dará la sociedad un lugar al vínculo inquebrantable que han formado?
Tengu
Kei Watanabe (Kokoro Terada) es un estudiante de quinto grado de primaria que ha heredado la sangre del legendario cazador de yokai. Esto lo convertirá en la persona destinada a combatir a los yokai y así poder salvar el mundo de la destrucción.
Toshio
In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to catch, so her husband has been far away from home to catch fish. To support herself and her children, Ito carries goods from ships like the other women in the village. Meanwhile, the residents encounter rising prices for rice. The women are unable to feed their family due to the high prices of rice. The women ask a nearby rice store to sell rice at lower prices, but it fails. The price of rice continues to rise daily. Due to an incident, Ito and the other village women step up to the plate.
Takeshi
Following the 2009 financial crash, Waseda University graduate Takeshi lost his job in Tokyo and retreated to his family home in Sendai. While he resumed his role as heir to the family construction company with a diligent attitude, his hidebound father resents that his son left and that at the age of 35 Takeshi is still single. However, wider events will force father and son to overcome their differences as the Otsunahiki, a great tug-of-war featuring thousands of participants, will pull them together in a family tradition just as Takeshi meets Jiheyun, a beautiful Korean doctor on an exchange programme...
The ties of family bind people tightly as characters struggle with the push of their own ambitious urges and the pull of family commitments but the Otsunahiki ropes things together in a family drama rich with events and the culture of Sendai, that will tug and the heartstrings of viewers whilst providing to the desire to visit the beautiful and storied region.
Akira Kurosawa
While shooting the horror film Ghost Master, Akira Kurosawa, an untalented assistant director, is struggling. Continuing with the film sends him into a rage that awakens an evil spirt. Now possessed, Akira wreaks revenge on those who have been cruel to him on set, killing the cast and crew one by one.
Haruaki Kumegawa
A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the distraught father begins to look for answers into his son’s death, what appears to be a tragic accident turns out to have been the result of multiple blunders by multiple people.
Ryosuke Murakami
Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever. She heads back to the hypnotist for relief, but he is nowhere to be found. So Shizuka sets off on a journey around Japan to find him and break the spell.
Yasu
Un joven boxeador y una prostituta quedan atrapados en un plan de tráfico de drogas durante una noche en Tokio.
Masaya Takano
Living away from his family, a physical therapist sees his father entering the hospital he works at and watches him getting weaker, as his other patients’ conditions worsen.
Manjiro Hashiba
Baijaku Nakamura takes the lead in a film where he has to dodge pursuit from a hostile gang whilst also helping out a family of innocent people who run a noodle store. More importantly, this was one of Ren Osugi’s last films.
Shingo Mabuchi
Hikaru Tsutsui es un estudiante de secundaria tranquilo y modesto que renuncia a la compañía de sus compañeros de clase para pasar el tiempo leyendo manga, jugando videojuegos y viendo anime. Incluso la gente de su escuela ni siquiera sabe que existe. Está contento con vivir en su mundo en 2D, hasta que un día se le asigna limpiar en el grupo de la escuela con la hermosa Iroha Ikarashi y ella confiesa sus sentimientos hacia él. ¿El afecto de Iroha hará que Hikaru salga de su caparazón?.
Totaro
27-year-old Hatsumi Takimoto is a former teacher and now waitress. She holds a secret. Three years after her boyfriend died, she receives a letter from him. After meeting a former student, Hatsumi Takimoto confesses about her past.
Yamato Ari
Natsumi is proposed to by Yamato, a man who aims to become a fisherman to succeed his father. Her grandmother Kiyo, who raised her since a young age, broke her legs and uses a wheelchair now. Kiyo lives in a facility where Natsumi visits to tell her about the wedding. Natsumi suggests the idea of Kiyo walking along the wedding aisle with her, which encourages the week Kiyo. With that mindset, Kiyo regains hope and try to get better with the help of Natsumi
Yuta
Takaya Yoshida
Mijika encourages her girlfriend, Tomoko to lose her virginity in more ways than one. Tomoko, a germaphobic basket case, blushes, but is inspired by her new ticket-taker position at a porn film theatre. Trouble ensues when the third wheel confesses his eight-year-old love for Mijika.
Iwabuchi
In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi, living together in a cave on a small island in Okinawa. The two men are deserters from their armies; yet both vow never to harm another human being again. Hiromi looks after the deserters until another soldier appears and the peace of the cave is shattered. It leads to the death of three of them and a fascinating mystery that isn't solved until the present day.
Ryotaro
Mami rarely leaves home since she dropped out from middle school. She has been escaping reality by immersing herself in copying her favorite manga and illustrations in her room full of books and comics. Her father, Eisuke, worries a lot about her ever since he divorced with her mother, Mika.
Three childhood friends reunite over a murder case.
Makita
Mika works as a nurse by day; by night she entertains covetous men at a girls’ bar. Shinji is blind in one eye and ekes out a living as a construction worker. Young and grown-up at the same time, they both lead a lonely existence, but somehow their paths keep miraculously crossing under the Tokyo sky. Can loneliness be experienced together?
Koki Yoshioka
Taro's business failed and he got divorced. He also left his family's home. 5 years later, his oldest daughter Natsumi, second daughter Yuka and ex-wife Junko still live in the same house which Taro left. One day, Taro, who has been having difficulties paying his rent, visits his daughter Natsumi's office to ask for a loan. Natsumi is the bread winner for the family since he left., so she becomes angry at him. Later, Taro arrives at his former house unannounced and begins to live there.
Atusi Sitara
En un discreto suburbio japonés, Toshio y su esposa Akié llevan una vida tranquila junto con su hija. Una mañana, un viejo amigo de Toshio llega a su taller, después de haber pasado diez años en la cárcel. Para sorpresa de Akié, Toshio le ofrece trabajo y alojamiento. Poco a poco, el recién llegado se va entrometiendo en la vida de la familia, enseña a la niña a tocar el harmonium y se acerca cada vez más a Akié. (FILMAFFINITY)
Seiji Hayami
At the end of the 21st century, the world is plagued by a mysterious virus and unusual weather. Genius scientist Dr. Kisaragi creates an android with the code name “Cutie Honey” (Mariya Nishiuchi). The android is unique in that it possesses human emotions. To save mankind, Cutie Honey goes up against an evil organization.
Sosuke Kitami
Esta película cuenta una historia sobre un hombre que brutalmente asesina a una pareja casada y deja la palabra "Ikari" ("Anger") escrita con su sangre. El asesino se somete a cirugía plástica y huye. En tres lugares diferentes en Japón, aparece un extraño. La gente sospecha que el extraño podría ser el asesino.
Journalist
Godzilla, fuerza destructiva insondable para el hombre, resucita en el Tokio de hoy en día para acosar de nuevo ala civilización. Un país aún atormentado por las secuelas de un desastre natural, experimenta de repente el horror catastrófico de Godzilla. Apremiado por la muerte y la desesperación, Japón deberá encontrar el poder para superar este desafío. Primera película de Godzilla realizada en Japón desde "Godzilla: Final Wars" (2004) de Ryuhei Kitamura, dirigida por Hideaki Anno ("Evangelion") y Shinji Higuchi ("Attack on Titan").
Jean Kirstein
Tras la aparición repentina de unos gigantes caníbales que se apoderan del mundo y lo dominan, los hombres intentan protegerse construyendo enormes murallas y encerrándose en su interior. De este modo, viven aislados y completamente privados de libertad.
Jean Kirstein
La humanidad está bajo el terror de los titanes, una bestia en la que hace festín de carne humana. Eren Yeager, un joven decidido a hacer el cambio cuando él mismo podría transformar en uno de ellos. Él es la última esperanza de la humanidad
Kanichi
Kanichi works at wet tissue company in Mito, Japan. He runs into Gondo. 10 years ago, Gondo was fired from his job as a teacher for secretly filming others. He is now with Mihari who works as a hostess. He took away her away from Tokyo. Kanichi falls in love with Mihari at first sight and takes her away from Gondo. Meanwhile, due to a female student on the video Gondo secretly shot, an unexpected disturbance is created.
Mitsu Tamura (Kyoka Suzuki) is the mother of 7 sons. Her sons are sent to the battlefield and 6 of her sons die on the battlefield. To mend her broken heart, she talks to 7 paulownia trees which she planted whenever one of her sons left for the battlefield.
Wataru
Kaido
Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long distance relationship, but their relationship breaks down.
Nagaoka
Nagaoka is a former high school teacher. He decides to start a school with an ideal learning environment. To achieve this goal, he struggles to make money by running a bar and a publishing company.
Fujii
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.
Yuta
Ichiko vive en Komori, una pequeña aldea del nordeste de Japón. Se mudó a la ciudad en una ocasión, pero se sintió perdida allí y regresó. Sin supermercados ni tiendas de comestibles cerca, para vivir en Komori es necesario alimentarse de la tierra. Ichiko cultiva su arroz, trabaja la granja y prepara comidas con alimentos de temporada recolectados en las montañas y campos vecinos.
Watabe
Kyoto in April. A timid and shy student, Watabe, is struggling to make friends and spending lonely days in a university. Concurrently, student life for Satomi Kumahori has also been hard, due to her overweight appearance. For Satomi, it is only Watabe who talks to her kindly and does not make fun of her. One day she takes advantage of Watabe and starts to live off him, literally like a parasite. While Satomi is using him as a slave, he falls in love with Nako, a girl he meets at work. At the same time, he accidentally learns about Satomi's past.
Kenta Shimazu
Former high school classmates, now adults, hold jealous thoughts, hidden intentions and lust for revenge. Graduates from a high school have held reunions since they graduated 10 years ago. The high school itself is located 2 hours from Tokyo by train and past reunions were held by different teams for different areas. An upcoming reunion is the first time where everyone will gather again.
Yuta
Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.
Tras perderlo todo en una catástrofe provocada por un tsunami, la niña de diez años Hana es adoptada por un pariente lejano de 26 años de edad, Jungo Kusarino. La pareja vive como padre e hija compartiendo un profundo sentimiento de pérdida. Entre las profundas nieves de Hokkaido, Jungo y Hana tratan de llenar sus vacíos corazones hambrientos de amor entrando en un mundo prohibido.
Takeda
Dos jóvenes hermanos, Kentaro y Keiko Saeki, empiezan a buscar información sobre su abuelo, que murió en las Fuerzas Especiales del ejército japonés durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Descubren que su abuelo, Kyuzo Miyabe, estaba aterrorizado por la muerte y obsesionado por mantener su vida. Según algunos de sus antiguos compañeros de combate fue un genio, según otros un cobarde. Kentaro y Keiko descubrirán una impactante verdad mantenida en secreto durante 60 años.
Tamaki Miyano
Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".
Tamaki Miyano
Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".
Masaru
Set 10 years after "Kids Return." Shinji and Masaru have graduated from high school with different paths in their lives. Shinji attempted to become boxer and Masaru a yakuza. They both tried to rise to the top of their respective fields.
Unosuke Hotta
La esperada y curiosa adaptación japonesa del western “Unforgiven” (1992) de Clint Eastwood encabezada por el director japonés Sang-il Lee (“Villain“, 2010) nos presenta su primera teaser. Esta versión se va a llamar con el nombre de japonés de “Yurusarezaru Mono” o el mismo “Unforgiven“. El protagonista será Ken Watanabe al que ya le hemos visto acompañando a Tom Cruise en el año 2003 con “El último samurai“, y ha trabajado con el propio Clint Eastwood en el año 2006 con “Cartas desde Iwo Jima“. Esta vez volverá a ser un samurái, aunque uno más violento todavía, que vive jubilado en la isla norteña japonesa de Hokkaido con su esposa, pero será sacado de la jubilación para un último trabajo. Koichi Sato (“Ace Attorney“, 2012) hará el papel correspondiente a Gene Hackman, y Akira Emoto (“The Floating Castle“, 2012), el de Morgan Freeman.
Ryota
A murder takes place. In order to prove his innocence, prime suspect Ryota imprisons Akane in his room. Akane, who suspects Ryota committed the murder, happened to be at the murder scene. Ryota begins to think out what happened, but becomes nervous that he won't be able to prove his innocence. Akane then offers to help Ryota. Using a computer and smartphone they work together to prove his innocence.
In the inner chambers of the Shugun's castle, 3,000 men attempt to vie for the affection of the female shogun. Based on the 4th-6th volumes in the manga series "Ooku" by Fumi Yoshinaga.
Omnibus film "Bungo Sasayakana Yokubo" features 6 different short stories set under 2 different themes ("Mitsumerareru Shukujotachi" & "Kokuhaku Suru Shinshitachi").
Fukuda
Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, this boldly erotic yet movingly tender portrait of a group of vulnerable, variously wounded people — a depressed housewife, her high-school-aged lover, and his best friend, who is struggling to provide for himself and his senile grandmother — whose intersecting lives yield both sorrow and a fragile, yet enduring, hope for a brighter future. (TIFF)
Takuya Ôura
A prison officer hands in his resignation after his wife's death, to drive to the port where she wants her ashes scattered at sea. Eiji (Ken Takakura) works as a prison officer in Hokuriku. At the age of 53 Eiji loses his wife who he loved the most. Eiji then receives a letter from his dead wife which requests that her ashes be spread by in the sea next to her hometown. Her wife never mentioned such a thing while she was alive. In order to find out her real intentions, Eiji heads to his wife's hometown of Nagasaki with his homemade camper van.
Segawa
Basada en la autobiografía del escritor japonés Yasushi Inoue, la historia se centra en un famoso escritor que debe cuidar de su madre, la cual sufre demencia, y con la que no mantiene una buena relación. La hija menor del escritor intercederá para mejorar la relación entre su padre y su abuela.
Takumi Mori
Industrial Hitachi City is the location for this post-3.11 drama. Still recovering from the tsunami, Shiori receives news of her husband’s accidental death, which marks the start of a personal recovery that mirrors the town’s for Shiori as well as forgiveness of surviving coworker Takumi.
Tamaki Miyano
Saya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a distinguished background. They work on cases by postulating the "SPEC" of the unknown criminals and then deduce the criminal's unknown "SPEC" to make arrests. A mystery occurs when bodies are found on a cruiser in the ocean. Saya Toma and Ryo Kase of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are brought in to solve the case.
Huyuki Yajima
A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run away. Yashima's lover Kaori comes from Fukushima and tells detectives that he is absolutely not a criminal. Meanwhile, Detective Kyoichiro Kaga's (Hiroshi Abe) investigates and uncovers a point of contact between the dead body and Yashima. A hidden fact of the victim is revealed which even his children did not know about...
Umezo
Katsutoshi is forced to flee his hometown and ends up at a rundown nightclub called "Tokyo Playboy Club." His hot-headedness gets him into further trouble, and the club's waiter Takahiro and his girlfriend Eriko also get caught up in it as their underworld predicament worsens to the point of no return.
Kento
Shima (Mirei Kiritani) is a second year high school student. She has already become the youngest ever winner of a "new writer award" for poetry. Yet, she keeps it a secret that she is a writer at school. Shima has developed feelings for fellow second year high school student Kento (Takahiro Miura). One day, Kento confesses his feelings for her and they begin to have a relationship. Shima has difficulties understanding other's emotions and can't understand Kento's feelings. Soon afterwards, Kento decides to break up with Shim...
The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. During the summer, their teacher is invaded by a group of rival ninjas culminating in a race to ring a bell on top of a mountain.
Furuya
Space Battleship Yamato nos situa en el año 2199, cinco años despues que apareciesen unos misteriosos alienigenas llamados Gamilas y empezasen a atacar a la Tierra con meteoritos gigantes y dejar su superficie totalmente inhabitable por culpa de la radiacion post-bélica. A la raza humana apenas le queda un año de vida cuando se recibe un enigmatico mensaje proveniente del lejano planeta Iscandar, asegurando que poseen un artilugio capaz de eliminar la radiacion de la Tierra y ofreciendo su ayuda a los humanos. Decididos a salvar el planeta, las Fuerzas de Defensa reconstruyen el acorazado espacial Yamato para poder realizar el increíble viaje que les llevara a mas de 150.000 años luz de distancia en busca de un desconocido planeta que puede ser la ultima esperanza para la raza humana y para la Tierra.
Wabisuke Miyazawa
Flowers examines the lives of six women across three generations, from the Show period all the way through to the present day.