Fusako Urabe

Una exprostituta que no oculta su pasado empieza a trabajar en un puesto de comida en una pequeña ciudad costera y a consolar a las almas solitarias que pasan por allí

A socially-distanced college reunion, an unusual rapport struck between a food delivery man and a patron, a bus-stop encounter, and a blind woman scammed into thinking her brother is sick constitute the stories of Mayu Nakamura’s COVID-era quadriptych—a work that encapsulates the newfound anxieties of loneliness, insecurity and the struggle for connection within the depths of the pandemic lockdown. Tied together by the remarkable performances of actress Nahana, who embodies the various female characters across the film’s differing narratives, Nakamura’s episodic feature delves into the lives of women in COVID-era Japan, finding profundity and human connection amid the unlikely encounters of strangers.

Yuji Takanashi is a university philosophy professor who can't swim. Making awkward justifications to himself about the relationship between water and people, still he decides on the spur of the moment to enroll in a swimming class. There he encounters the teacher Shizuka Usuhara, who ignores his last-minute hesitation and enrolls him.

Contada en tres movimientos, es una colección de historias protagonizadas por personajes femeninos que trazan las trayectorias entre sus elecciones y arrepentimientos. Un triángulo amoroso inesperado, una trampa de seducción fallida y un encuentro que resulta de un malentendido.

Three people from a former theater club get back in touch for the first time in 20 years during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of them have led completely different lives, but an absent woman continues to cast a shadow over them. This story takes place over one night, and explores the themes of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic and connections between people.

In the time after Naomi’s parents suddenly die, she happens to meet and bond with the popular actor Morinori Tokito who lives in the same apartment building.

Haru, de 17 años, emprende un largo viaje a través de Japón para buscar respuestas en una ciudad donde, en 2011, el devastador tsunami se llevó a su hermano y sus padres. Este viaje lleva a la joven, todavía atormentada por la pérdida, desde Hiroshima a Tokio, Fukushima y Ōtsuchi, donde una vez estuvo su hogar. En el camino se encuentra con otras personas y las historias de sus pérdidas.

The semi-autobiographical story of a underground comedian in Tokyo, with a cast that features acts performing in the underground circuit today.

Asako es una joven de 21 años que vive en Osaka. Se enamora de Baku, que es un espíritu libre, pero éste desaparece de repente. Dos años más tarde, Asako vive en Tokio y conoce a Ryohei, que se parece mucho a Baku aunque tiene una personalidad totalmente diferente. Asako acaba enamorándose de Ryohei.

Suffering from heartbreak and asthma, 23-year-old Toshiyuki pushes the limits of his body to chase the ghost of his recently deceased boyfriend against the black-blue backdrop of Tokyo’s cityscape. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

Yuki is a 2nd year high school student. She volunteers at a paediatrics ward for her summer vacation, because she wants to witness the moment a person dies. She got that thought after feeling envious of a transfer student's story of seeing a friend's dead body. Yuki has friend named Atsuko. She was bullied in the past and has anxiety issues. She volunteers at a nursing home for her summer vacation, hoping that she will gain courage if she sees the moment a person dies.

A small yet moving dance film that follows Machi—who cannot speak nor hear—her best friend, and a wanted man with whom Machi falls in love with.

Drama sobre el desastre del terremoto causado en Japón en 2011. (FILMAFFINITY)

A nostalgic human drama based on Dazai Osamu Prize winner Tsujiuchi Tomoki's novella. Set in a declining coal-mining town in 1950s Fukuoka, the story depicts a rambunctious but pure-hearted young boy in love with an older woman. Director Hirayama Hideyuki and writer Chong Wishing, both from Begging for Love (Ai o kou hito), join hands again to make this film. Michiyo (Koyuki) has left Tokyo for Fukuoka with her son Mamoru (Ikematsu Sosuke) after divorcing her husband. The story follows Mamoru's memories of his time spent with the notorious rebel Shinichi (Ishida Takuya), who stood up for him against bullies.

A young man moves from the countryside to Tokyo, while experiencing hardships and happiness, in his pursuit to become a comics artist.

Una pareja está a punto de casarse. En plena fiesta, delante de todos los invitados, sale a la luz que el novio tuvo un affaire en el pasado. Esa noche no estuvieron juntos... En esta película, somos testigos de una historia de amor frívola y fugaz, protagonizada por hombres y mujeres de unos veinte años, que se desarrolla en una noche en Yokohama; o quizás se trate de un estudio metafísico del amor. ¿Qué aportarán sus conclusiones al final? ¿Serán sorprendentes o ridículas? Ópera prima de Ryusuke Hamaguchi.

The movie revolves around Mitsuba, who studies traditional art of rakugo. Rakugo is a form of comical story telling, sometimes referred to as sit-down comedy. Even though Mitsuba is mediocre at best, he ends up teaching three students.

A group of high school girls learn to play the game of curling.

Yuko is a Japanese girl who was taken hostage in Iraq while volunteering there as an aid worker. Finally released and back in her hometown, Yuko finds herself ostracized as a national disgrace by society that sees her helping a country other than Japan, and the embarrassment of getting captured but not killed, as things of which to be brutally ashamed.

Kazuo Murata is a detective who has lost his wife and eventually the meaning of his existence.

Yuichiro is a college student whose sister went missing 15 years ago. That traumatic event hangs over him like a pall as he wanders Japan's S&M clubs. But his younger brother claims to be able to sense their sister with his "antenna".

Mashike, a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Nobuo Honma is a 63-year-old sake producer. He has lived with Yasuo since his wife died two years ago. Yasuo is his youngest son to whom he has entrusted his trade. Every day Nobuo goes for a walk which leads him to a fish-breeding center, located in the mountains. He fills his loneliness by attentively observing the development of thousands of little fish poured into the pool. The second anniversary of his wife's death approaches. Nobuo insists on the presence of Ryoichi, his elder son whom he hasn't seen for a long time. Nobuo and his two sons, along with their partners, gather for the commemoration. Unspoken feelings resurface and clash with each other.

Meet NIPPORI Ayumu, an 80 year-old man, who, due to a serious heart condition, has spent sixty years of his life confined to his house. One morning, he wakes up believing himself to be twenty again. In his mind, he has become the youthful young man that he once was. However, reality fails to keep up with his illusion, and everything around him seems to be quite different from what he is used to. So, he decides that he is simply dreaming. As his reality becomes his dream, his unhappy world turns into a life enriched with happiness and expectations for the future. Ayumu is now enjoying his life to the full again.