Kumi Takiuchi

Machiko can't shake the feeling of emptiness in her day-to-day life as a manager of a clothing store in Aoyama, Tokyo. One day, the casual words of Sayaka, a younger and charismatic store staff, stirs Machiko into creating a secret...

Dos personas se conocen después de perder el último tren a casa, lo que lleva a una hermosa relación de cinco años.

Tells the story of three bottom-dog boxers who gets used as punching bags. Pro boxer Suenaga Akira fell off the path to greatness but still tries to crawl his way to the top. Omura Ryuta is a youngster who grew up in foster care. Miyagi Shun, a TV celebrity with famous parents, takes a shot at boxing as part of a TV show. Three underdogs with very different back stories put their pride on the line as they exchange blows.

Documentary director Yuko portrays a school violence incident from three years ago that resulted in suicides, while she was teaching classes at her father’s cram school. As her documentary project progresses, Yuko discovers a hidden truth and becomes deeply involved in the lives of the families pained by that secret truth.

A four-part film done in the unique style of each director, Matusbayashi Urara gives a portrayal of a struggling actress named Machiko who lives in Kamata. Machiko is the central axis of the movie as the film comically depicts what it means to be a "woman" and an "actress" in society through showing the patterns of life as conducted by her and the people that surround her.

21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.

The arrival of an intimate letter prompts a young woman to bring her mother on vacation to a small Japanese town, where someone special resides.

When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko surprises him by proposing that they have sex again. The one night stand is the new beginning.

Two girls dream of the same man. One remained in their hometown, went with Shiina and wants to revisit the happy times with him again. The other moved away, returned to move back in with her parents and establishes contact with Shiina and other friends. It may be that either a rivalry or a triangle is in the offing.

Tras el desastre de Fukushima, los habitantes de la ciudad intentan sobrellevar la tragedia, viviendo unas vidas de supervivencia en todos los sentidos.

Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song.

Starting in 1970s Hokkaido, the film charts the moral descent of Detective Moroboshi over three decades, the young cop quickly gets a bit too cozy with the other side of the law when his senior colleague Murai teaches him the ropes and ruts of the police business. Soon, he swaggers and rants through the streets of Sapporo a lean, mean, sex‐crazy bully, indistinguishable from a yakuza.

El punto de partida es una absorbente presentación de los personajes que ejercen como víctimas acosadas, los llamados “solitarios”. Repudiados de la sociedad de carácter huraño con los que Nami, la protagonista, no solo consigue conectar, sino que los admira como a auténticos ídolos.

Hace mucho tiempo, una Sacerdotisa Makai caída llamada Higari se volvió demasiado poderosa y después de manipular poderes que nadie debería ejercer, tuvo que ser detenida y finalmente fue sellada por otro Sacerdote Makai llamado Sougen. Usando su cuerpo y su propia vida, creó la flauta Tougen y selló a Higari poco después de su muerte. Sin embargo, a través de un ritual especial, aquellos que buscan el poder de Higari pueden resucitarla al reproducir ocho notas en la flauta de Tougen para deshacer el sello de Sougen. En el presente, mientras Kouga Saejima ha viajado a la Tierra Prometida, dos sacerdotes caídos intentarán regresar a Higari.

The wife of a wealthy man hires memory erasing agents to erase the memory of the young lover with whom he is having an affair, but soon realizes that the young lover will stop at nothing to keep the man's love for her alive.