Michiko Hada
Nacimiento : 1968-09-24, Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
A young girl, Sayaka, develops a heartwarming friendship with an old man named Hasu. Based on an award-winning novel by Ijuin Shizu.
Akiko Yosano
A genius and reckless poet and a hard working musician are asked by the CEO of a children literature magazine to write a war song to send children into the battlefield.
Kyoko Kanbayashi
Suspicions fall on politician Tagane Seizo over the sale of nationally owned land to a social welfare service corporation back in 2010. Seizo Tagane is then given immunity for his testimony, but people become furious that he was not going to be prosecuted. A committee of prosecutors meets and concludes that Seizo Tagane should be prosecuted. An outstanding lawyer Yui Hitotsugi takes the prosecutor's position in the case with the help of the prosecutor Tachibana.
Masami Okazaki
The body of Shinsuke Maeda, a wealthy older man, is discovered in his garden. While at first glance it appears that he missed his step while exiting into the garden and hit his forehead on a flowerbed rock, it is established that a safe installed in the living room has been emptied. It seems that, the night before, Maeda left the hospital he was staying at of his own will and came home, and was robbed immediately after returning. His daughter Yumie Nagano insists that Chikako Inui, a woman her father had been seeing, must be the perpetrator. She says that Maeda was thinking of getting married to Chikako soon. However, Chikako finds Yumie and her husband suspicious. Troubled by debts incurred by opening their ramen store, they pestered Maeda and he pushed them away. She calmly points out that Maeda gave her a will in which he left all of the 50 million plus yen hidden in the safe to her, so she had no reason to steal from him.
Masami Okazaki
The dead body of Maki Tsujimoto, a popular stage actress, is discovered in a theater in Oji. After striking her in the back of the head with a bronze statue prop, the criminal laid the body on the floor and pointed a light at it, "directing" the crime scene as if it were a scene from a play.
Nozomi Iwashita
Shinichi Tominaga is a prosecutor, newly appointed to the special investigation division for the Tokyo district prosecutors' office. He is currently busy with a case involving suspicious donations to powerful politician Yohei Tachibana. Shinichi then receives a mysterious message from his friend Samon Kondo. His friend is in charge of space development at The The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The message talks about a scandal related to space development. Samon soon goes missing after sending the message. Shinichi begins to see a connection between the two cases.
Bakabon (Okarina) lives with his Papa (Ueda Shinya), Mama (Matsushita Nao) and younger brother Hajime-chan (Hayasaka Hirara). His bumbling Papa is a free spirit, hates lies and does not have a regular job while his beautiful, kind Mama lovingly watches over Papa. Honest and naive Bakabon and child genius Hajime-chan love him too. The family gets along well and lives happily. One trouble after another occurs around Papa and people get caught up in the uproar. Strangely enough, the bonds of the respective families deepen right after that. One day, when Papa is on a bus, an elderly lady gets a phone call. She is asked to bring money to her grandchild. It seems that she is being cheated in a “It’s me, It’s me!” scam. While the passengers on the bus are worrying for the elderly lady, Papa declares all of a sudden, “Leave it to me!” When Papa and the elderly lady get off the bus, she gets another phone call pestering her for money. Papa takes the phone and announces, “I’m Bakabon’s Papa!”
Etsu [Michiba’s wife]
In June 1945 Yamauchi Fusako goes alone to Manchuria where her husband, Setsuo, a second lieutenant of the Kwantung Army, is based. At that time, 200,000 Japanese had settled in Manchuria, a Japanese occupied territory, as settler communities. Fujita Hideo’s family worked hard to clear the wilderness, but the Soviets are lying in wait for an invasion of Manchuria from the North. Fusako is safely reunited with her husband at the headquarters of the Kwantung Army’s Fifth Training Squadron in Manchuria’s Dahushan. Setsuo also takes good care of his beloved wife, but his position is an instructor to the young soldiers who will eventually carry out suicide attacks. He wonders if he should have summoned her and speaks of these mixed feelings to his commanding officer, Michiba Kazuo, a first lieutenant. Michiba is concerned about Setsuo’s attempts to cherish his wife before the coming showdown on homeland. Fusako learns about life in Manchuria from Michiba’s wife, Etsu.
유키 요리코
Yasuko Hayasaka
Yukari es una chica normal de preparatoria, un dia cuando vuelve de la escuela un chico la observa y le dice que ella es especial para ser una modelo, aunque Yukari no sabe lo que esta hablando, lo sigue, y ahi descubre un mundo totalmente distinto; el mundo de la moda. Asi conocera a George un prestigioso modista que le cambiara la vida.
A boy from Tokyo moves to the countryside and has trouble adapting, falls in love.
Miwa Hanabusa
A year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical staff at Tojo University Hospital once again finds itself embroiled in a web of intrigue and scandal.The scandal occurs this time in the ER when a mysterious letter arrives for Dr. Kimiko Taguichi. The letter reads: “Chief Surgeon Hayami of the Emergency Center has a collusive relationship with a medical supplies maker. And the head nurse is in on it with him.” An unimaginable truth then awaits.
白石智子
Ayumi Hidaka
The suicide of a female teacher 15 years ago was actually a murder. A new investigation team, spearheaded by Mizorogi, is formed based on new information turned in to the police. Obsessed about cracking cases right up till the statute of limitation, Mizoguchi has a bitter thought about a 300 million yen case that has reached the statute of limitation... When he goes to investigate the male high school student(s) whom the woman had taught and other persons related to the deceased, he sees an unexpected connection with another case...
Hayato, a boy in the 6th grade, hides the secret that he can't swim. Every summer, he pretends to be sick, so he could avoid school swimming tournaments. But, as it is the last year in the elementary school, he can't escape from swimming practice and is forced to participate.
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2008 Spring Special" presents five tales.
1. Sakki Yori mo Ii Hito - starring Ito Hideaki.
2. Kore……Mite…… - starring Toda Erika.
3. Hinodedori Shouten Machi Ikiiki Day - starring Funakoshi Eiichiro.
4. Sukitōtta Tsuitachi - starring Kitano Kie.
5. Flashback - starring Sakai Masato.
Dr. Nakazono
Un error médico provoca la muerte de un paciente en un oscuro y solitario hospital. Doctores y enfermeras, lejos de responsabilizarse, intentarán ocultarlo, aunque no tardarán en descubrir que su error tendrá unas terribles consecuencias. Diferentes pacientes morirán en extrañas circunstancias, con unos síntomas que desafían cualquier explicación médica.
Shizuko Shinozaki
Yuka (Michiko Hada), a document appraisal engineer at the Institute of Scientific Research, sees a young woman fall from a building. By the time Yuka rushed to the scene, the woman was already dead and had something like a suicide note in her hand. You can feel the clearness of the character settings.
A biographical film of war photographer, Taizo Ichinose.
Masumi Nakamura
Kintaro is a reformed delinquent, the former leader of a biker gang who has gone straight. Working at a construction company, his unorthodox tactics cause trouble with his colleagues. He is transferred to a tiny countryside branch, where he butts heads with his lazy superior until the two men discover a plot by the competition to put the construction company out of bussiness. With the help of his old biker friends, Kintaro prepares to confront the masterminds behind the scheme.
Crimson
Filme centrado en las relaciones entre cortesanas y hombres poderosos en el marco de suntuosos burdeles de Shanghai en 1880.
A love story between a timid woman and frustrated ballet dancer.
Un jornalista en el terremoto de Kobe en 1997 recuerda un viaje que hizo cuando era un niño junto con su familia. En él, navegó desde Awaji hasta Beppy para enterrar las cenizas de su hermano mayor, asesinado en la recién terminada II Guerra Mundial.
Yuko Kurita
Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya.
Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by the newspaper's owner, along with the young Yuko Kurita, to provide recipes for the "ultimate menu".
Taki
Based on the real-life story of American rower Tiff Wood (Colin Ferguson), an athlete determined to realize his goal of winning gold at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Wood's dream is shattered when the U.S. boycotts the games, and he must refocus his life towards making the team four years later, with the odds against him.
Movie adaptation of a novel by Rampo Edogawa.
Shizuko
Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts, his publisher shows him a newspaper with an account of events just like his forbidden story. As the film progresses, fantasy and reality intermingle in a tale that draws heavily on influences from Poe and Stoker's Dracula. The film's strongly Expressionistic direction skillfully combines a variety of media (animation, computer-generated imagery, grainy black-and-white fast film stock, color negatives) for artistic effect.
A scramble of love and friendship that unfolds painfully and refreshingly, mainly on a university campus. A vivid spectacle of youth runs at full speed towards the motorcycle race that takes place around the woman of your dreams!
Película de terror directa a vídeo que supuso el debut en la dirección de Hideo Nakata, más conocido por ser el director de The Ring. La película se divide en tres historias: - Historia 1: The Cursed Doll (La muñeca maldita). Alguien llama a Satomi en sus sueños. Cuando sigue a la voz, encuentra una muñeca que parece ser la fuente de una muñeca en el que se encuentra el espíritu de su difunta hermana. - Historia 2: The Spirit of the Dead (El espíritu de la muerte). Tras la muerte de su marido, una mujer realiza un viaje a un camping con su hijo, la escapa familiar será interrumpida por la aparición de un espectro femenino que cree que el chico es su hijo y le pertenece. - Historia 3: The Haunted Inn (La pensión encantada). Tres chicas deciden tomar unas vacaciones en una pensión tradicional japonesa. Desconociendo la tragedia que allí tuvo lugar, encontrándose con la presencia de fuerzas espectrales que les forzarán a repetir los sucesos de aquel fatídico día. (FILMAFFINITY)
New graduates Ohara, Kitamachi and Tachikawa take part in the battle of job-hunting, so as big companies recruiting talents and potentials. Interviews, tests and activities with odd ideas are carried out. Ohara looks successful in getting an offer from a famous TV station but he is surprised to know he is being set up. With his intelligence, he soon gets the offer, but things never go the way as expected...