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Nacimiento : 1963-01-18, Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshiko Higuchi
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.
Ikeda
Hiroshi, who runs a mental clinic, has never recovered from the shock of his wife’s suicide. One day, Ayako, a mysterious patient comes to his clinic….
The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous actors. In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.
The soldiers no longer know why they are at war, and when it even started. Daily and dutifully they march to the river and shoot at the opposite village from 9 to 5 – orders are orders after all. They’ve done so for decades. When private Tsuyuki is transferred to the marching band, people keep asking him what use music is in times of war.
Sawada
Mitsuko Kuroda is 31-years-old and single. She enjoys her life as a single woman. A big reason why she enjoys her single life is that she has counsellor "A" in her mind, which is her other self. Whenever she does not know what do, "A" gives her the right answers. She believes her happy and peaceful single life with "A" will continue, but she falls in love with Tada-kun. He is a salesperson and younger than her.
Cuatro jóvenes pianistas participan en la ronda preliminar de una competencia internacional. Cada uno tiene una historia diferente y única. La feroz rivalidad de una competencia internacional hace que estos pianistas se inspiren y se enfrenten hasta su último respiro. En el camino hacia la final experimentarán crecimiento, despertar y cambio.
Midori
Michitaro Sano’s wife passed away 18 years ago. Since her death, he has lived with his daughter Yumiko at their home. Now, Michitaro retires from his work. Yumiko though tells him to start doing housework. Michitaro is also surprised to learn that Yumiko has a boyfriend and is considering marriage. Michitaro is unsure how to handle his sudden abundance of free time. He then attends a local radio calisthenics group session.
Ocarina
Yoshika, una empleada de oficina de 24 años, está secretamente enamorada de su excompañero de secundaria Ichi, pero luego su colega Ni le pide a a Yoshika que sea su novia. Ella está emocionada pero ambivalente, ya que es la primera vez que un chico la invita a salir en su vida. Así que decide organizar una fiesta de reunión para poder volver a Ichi. Yoshika se angustia por lo que siente por Ichi y por Ni y por pensar en la dicotomía entre ideales y realidad.
Makiko Yamazaki
A 7 year love story between Ryota Hayama and Koharu Uemura from their first date to eventual marriage. Ryota and Koharu are high school students. Ryota is indifferent to people and says very little. Koharu is not afraid of to speak her mind and she has a bright personality. Since a game of rice bag jump, they begin to date. They date at a fast-food restaurant, realize they love each other at a family restaurant and finally swear their love on a dining table with white rice.
Tomogi Woman
Dos sacerdotes jesuitas, Sebastião Rodrigues y Francis Garrpe, viajan al Japón del siglo XVII que, bajo el shogunato Tokugawa, prohibió el catolicismo y casi todos los contactos extranjeros. Allí son testigos de la persecución de los cristianos japoneses a manos de su propio gobierno que desea purgar Japón de toda influencia occidental. Eventualmente los sacerdotes se separan y Rodrigues viaja por el campo, preguntándose por qué Dios permanece en silencio mientras Sus hijos sufren.
Prime Minister's Office staff
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").
笑子バアさん
At the foot of Mt Fuji, there is a small old-fashioned shop ‘Fuji Family’ that is a convenience store in name only. It is run by three sisters who are known in the neighbourhood as beauties. Oguni Takako is the dependable eldest sister who supported the family in place of their parents when they died young and is the breadwinner who works at a department store. Uninhibited second sister Nasumi is the complete opposite of Takako in personality and lifestyle.
Isoko
Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides not to use money at all. Takeharu decides to move to a small village in the Tohoku region. There, he encounters residents who are not so easy.
Aoi Maki
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.
Yoriko Onodera
Since their parents died at an early age, Susumu and Yoriko have lived together. Susumu is now 33-years-old and Yoriko is 40-years-old. Both of them have yet to marry. They are like most siblings and they rely on each other. One day, Susumu and Yoriko receive a letter that is sent to the wrong address.
Sachiko is an university student. Her nickname is Buko, because she has been negative about everything since she was young. Sachiko believes someday she will meet a man like in a romance manga. Her university life is boring and she spends her time reading romance manga in her room. One day, on Twitter, she meets a man who uses the user ID of Sparrow. He likes reading manga and looks like Johnny Depp. Sachiko makes a date to meet the man. She tries to change herself, but it's not so easy due to various unexpected incidents.
Gobble Queen
Un oficinista gris vive una existencia ordinaria y triste, con su esposa en coma y teniendo que cuidar de su hijo, pero en su interior esconde una oculta adicción al sadomasoquismo, obteniendo placer a través del dolor. Un día el hombre entra en un exclusivo y misterioso club de S&M, entrando en un mundo desconocido, donde encuentra a mujeres seductoras y dominantes. Ser miembro del club es por un año, y la única regla es que no hay derecho a cancelación, bajo ninguna circustancia. Al comienzo el hombre está encantado con la experiencia. (FILMAFFINITY)
Tajima
Although Nobuyoshi and Saki just got married and moved into a new apartment, their relationship still lacks spark. Things start to change as they meet a weird fortune-teller who also happens to operate tours to hell. Without further ado the young couple books a honeymoon trip which takes them to the most bizarre, colorful and fun vision of hell you could ever dream of.
housewife
One day, five kindergarten children suddenly disappear from a kindergarten in Tokyo, sending their teachers and parents into a panic. The five of them are connecting on trains and headed to an unfamiliar place for some purpose. Before their journey, they had made a promise to each other “not to cry no matter what happens”
Tome
Set in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture in 1954, movie tells the tale of 14 year old boys: their friendships, fights among friends, and rebellions against the school. It also tells the story of the adults who live around the boys. This is a nostalgic, bitter, and sentimental journey into lives in the post-war environment.
A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest for the elusive insect and along the way meets the mysterious Sayoko, a former dominatrix and habitual wrist-cutter who delights in rubbing wasabi into her wounds.
There are no heroines, there are no heroes. The six girls in this film are victims of their own excess and lack of worth. The film is set in a Drug Rehabilitation Centre. The girls are rehearsing the play 'Death of Domomata' for the annual Christmas Eve recital. On the morning before the recital, Tobe, who plays the leading role, dies suddenly. How do the girls left behind manage to go on with the show and how do they cope with Tobe's death?
An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives doing nothing. They actually don't want to work. When they hear 'in India one can live without working' they take it seriously. They begin to raise the money to go to India by doing anything but working, such as ripping off stamps from others' letters to sell, robbery at the bank which itself went bankrupt, etc.
Midori
Sachie abre el restaurante Kamome en Helsinki. La especialidad del menú son bolas de arroz onigiri. Sin embargo, su único cliente es Tommi, un finlandés obsesionado por el anime Gatchaman. Un día dos chicas japonesas llegan para ayudar a Sachie. El número de clientes se incrementa gradualmente, pero parece ser que el restaurante solo atrae gente con problemas, a quienes las conversaciones con Sachie y sus sabrosos platos les servirán de ayuda.
Kayo
'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryuichi Hiroki, Miwa Nishikawa, and Suzuki Matsuo.
Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.
Gold Claw
When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, Honey teams up with the seemingly cold police woman Natsuko Aki and hot shot journalist Seiji Hayami as well as battle the four "claws" of the Panther Claw gang to save her uncle and the rest of the city.
Behind the scenes of the 2004 film "Cutie Honey". Extra on Blu-ray Box.
A young department store worker discovers a magical lantern which contains the spirit of Tsuboi, a genie who has just one last chance to help someone on Earth.
Bengoshi
Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to enjoy living with a submissive husband. Minako, who works for a construction company, loves her job and is progressing in her successful career, while her husband eagerly takes care of the house and the kids. He buys groceries, he cooks, he does the laundry – constantly. The couple’s arguing intensifies until Minaka files for divorce. Their older daughter Mari isn’t that upset by her parent’s problems as she’s more interested in the piano piece she’s got to play with her mother at a concert organised by her music school; admittedly, she’s also rather interested in her music teacher. But her younger brother Toru feels betrayed by his mother and can’t manage to reconcile himself to his father’s role as a housewife. A partial reconciliation occurs at Minako and Mari’s concert, where their entrance on stage is met with loud applause.
Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the department. Her partner, though a well-respected and experienced detective, has grown complacent after unsuccesfully pursuing these cases that many consider an exercise in futility. With her upper class breeding, her colleagues don't expect much from her either, but she suprises them all with her motivation and astounding powers of deduction. Well-constructed mysteries and colorful characters abound in this stylish and edgy police drama.
Tokyo Blood is an omnibus film of 4 short stories featuring various characters entrapped in Tokyo landscapes.
Colleague voice actress
A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.
The prestigious private Sakuraryo Gakuen, which has a 90-year tradition, has now lost its glory to the ground, and the back organization of the athletic club, the male “Black Warriors” and the female “Red Warriors”, have made use of them. One girl, Oda Yoko, who has transferred to such a school, sneaks into the principal's room to find out the truth of the death of her best friend, Atsushi Katayama
Women on Train - Botan
Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside working as a con-man. After a run-in with a local gang of yakuza, he is invited to join their ranks, where he makes the mistake of falling for a boss's mistress. Wataru stays with the circus and works hard to regain its former glory
An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must allow prospective buyers to trek through their home during business hours.
A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection committee.
片や会社の社長でデザイナー、片やスポーツマンでモデルという道を歩む生まれも育ちも異なる2人の高校生の友情を描く。 One is a designer and company president, the other an athlete and model. Although on different paths in life and from different backgrounds, in high school these two were once good friends. This movie tells the story of their friendship.
Oyoshi, maid (uncredited)
Basada en un hecho real. Hachiko es un perro de raza akita que es adquirido por el profesor Ueno, docente en la Facultad de Ingeniería Agrónoma de la Universidad de Tokio. Todas las mañanas, Hachiko acompaña a su amo hasta la estación de Shibuya, donde éste coge el tren para ir a su trabajo. Por las tardes, Hachiko regresa a Shibuya y espera a su amo a la puerta de la estación. Un día el profesor Ueno sufre un ataque cardíaco en el aula y fallece en el acto, y Hachiko acude día tras día a la estación para esperar a un amo que ya nunca más volverá.
Based on the comic by Mako Takami.
Customer at a club
Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential news-story.
Action film about a bank robbery.