Yorie Yamashita

A genius forensic scientist pushes around one of her students while investigating a case.

An insensitive man whom nobody takes seriously. A girl who is too sensitive to what others think to live freely. When the paths of the two crossed unexpectedly. The serendipity brings their life into unusual directions. Will they find a true love?

Shuichi Tsujiyama (Takumi Saito) is a broke private investigator. While on a job assignment, he is about to catch a crucial moment by taking a picture, but Naomi Arai (Fumi Nikaido) misunderstands the situation. Shuichi Tsujiyama and Naomi Arai struggle physically. Because of this, Shuichi Tsujiyama misses his crucial photo opportunity. Kimie Hasenuma (Mari Natsuki) is a housekeeper who has been employed by Naomi Arai for many years. Kimie Hasenuma asks Shuichi Tsujiyama to be Naomi Arai’s bodyguard.

La historia gira en torno a Nishimi Kaoru, un estudiante de primer año de Preparatoria que tiene que mudarse a Sasebo, en Nagasaki, para vivir con sus familiares después de que su padre muera. Allí conoce a sus compañeros de clase, Kawabuchi Sentaro, que es temido por todos porque tiene aspecto de delincuente, y Mukae Ritsuko, que es amiga de la infancia de Sentaro. A través de ellos, se enamora del piano y las técnicas de jazz. Por otro lado, Kaoru se ve envuelto en un cuadrado amoroso, pues se enamora de Ritsuko, pero ella está enamorada de Sentaro, quien a su vez está enamorado de Fukahori Yurika, una estudiante de 2º curso.

Dollmaker Haruhiko Kasukabe, nicknamed Haru-san, lost his wife Ruriko in an airplane crash 22 years ago and has been living with his only daughter Furi since then. It is the day of Furi's wedding. However, Furi only told Haruhiko about the wedding a month before. Since the bridegroom had some trouble at his overseas job, he was only able to return to Japan the day of the wedding, so Haruhiko has not met him even once. What kind of man did Furi choose to marry, and why did she hide such an important thing for so long...!? Haruhiko, worrying over all this, shuts himself in his room and decides not to go to the wedding... then, something completely unexpected happens to him. His late wife Ruriko appears before him. The truth is, she has appeared at Haruhiko's side many times before. What could be Ruriko's goal...

One evening, a married couple comes to the Itami Law Office. Narumi Suzumura, six months pregnant, and her husband Takuya have come to ask Itami to take the case of Narumi's mother, Kimiko Torii, indicted for the murder of her second husband, company president Takefumi Torii. Kimiko married Takefumi 19 years ago, making him Narumi's stepfather. The couple are questioning whether Kimiko had the intent to kill...

A novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room in her apartment. They begin to investigate incidents involving former residents, and eventually discover the shocking truths lurking inside the building.

The body of a young woman is discovered in a park in Tokyo with all her organs removed. The case is assigned to Detective Inukai, a usually cool and unemotional detective known for seeing through the lies of others. But Inukai has a young daughter in need of a kidney transplant, so when the first crime is followed by two similar crimes, Inukai is caught between his roles as a detective and a father.

Shu Kubota is killed by someone with a baseball bat. A metal bat and an old toy are found at the crime scene. Detective Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) with the special investigation unit goes to the crime scene to investigate. There, Detective Yoshito realizes that he made the old toy about 10 years ago when he worked at the public relations divsion of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Department. Detective Yoshito decides to solve the case by himself and without the help of his partner Detective Chinami (Kaho Minami). --asianwiki

Yuji Akahoshi trabaja en un programa de televisión. Un día recibe una llamada de una amiga que le cuenta que una compañera de la empresa de cosméticos donde trabaja ha sido apuñalada hasta morir. Akahoshi pronto descubre que Miki Shirono, quien también trabajaba en la empresa de cosméticos, desapareció la misma noche que se produjo el asesinato. Akahoshi intenta aclarar el misterio tras Miki Shirono.

Arrangement instructor Makiko Norita (Yukie Nakama) displays a dignified smile, but she also makes bitting remarks. Nevertheless, with her magic arrangement skills, arrangement instructor Makiko Norita makes people happy. Based on the book "Jinsei ga Tokimeku Katazuke no Maho" by Marie Kondo (published December 27, 2010 by Sunmark Publishing,Inc.). Marie Kondo is a cleaning consultant and developed popular "KonMari Method" for organizing and storing household items.

High school girl Madoka may look pretty and cute, but there is another side to her. She can exact revenge, land a good punch or a kick and not care about limits. She opts to inflict pain, coerce and blackmail a virgin when she is sensually touched on the train. She begins making his life hell.

After suffering a serious illness as a child, Yukari Tokino is able to see the dead.

A pawn shop owner in Osaka is murdered, but due to a lack of conclusive evidence the police lists the man's death as a suicide. Detective Sasagaki, who investigated the case, can't forget the dark eyes of the main suspect's daughter Yukiho and the pawn shop owner's son Ryouji. As time goes by, more mysterious deaths surround Yukiho & Ryouji. Detective Sasagaki still unable to let go of the pawn shop owner case discovers startling details about Yukiho and Ryouji ...

Akito has been the ears and voice of his mother, Reiko, since he was a child. Reiko was born deaf and has long dreamed that her son would become a professional pianist. Akito is studying to enter a prestigious music college, but he begins to have doubts about his talent. One day, he meets Izumi, a deaf girl who plays in a street band. He is attracted to her positive nature, but his mother disapproves, fearing Izumi could hinder his success in "a world with sound." Reiko insists Akito focus on his piano, but her expectations burden him. Then Akito begins to question his mother's attitude towards life as well as his own when he discovers something new about her.

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. Some of his colleagues become so jealous they are resentful and waiting patiently for the perfect opportunity to crucify him. Soon they get their chance as Dr Toma considers performing a controversial operation…

Naoko conoce a Yusuke mientras se queda en una isla para recibir tratamiento médico. La elegante figura atlética de Yusuke cautiva sus ojos y ella se enamora de él. Pero su relación pronto se rompe después de que el padre de Yusuke muere mientras intenta salvar a Naoko de ahogarse. El recuerdo de Yusuke lleva a Naoko a la pista, y seis años después, se reencuentran en una competencia de maratón. Naoko decide convertirse en gerente para ayudar a Yusuke, un corredor talentoso, y se embarcan en un entrenamiento juntos para curar sus penas del pasado.

Hanako is a mother, who was not enthusiastic when her husband took in two foster children some years ago. He died not long afterward, leaving her alone to care for the youngsters, Koya and Torataro, a task that she rose to with a passion. As the two boys graduate from high school, Hanako has become not only a devoted parent but the neighborhood's most reliable mother in the Osaka style: strong, responsible, irreverent. After the two boys leave school they also leave home, though Torataro continues to work in the family factory. Koya secures employment at a restaurant, where he is forced to put up with the bullying of an older colleague. Unable to take it any more, he runs away, and Hanako and Torataro look for him. They eventually find him pursuing his dream of becoming a professional musician.

Matsuko fue asesinada a los 53 años cerca de un río próximo a su apartamento. Un sobrino suyo investiga el caso y va reconstruyendo los episodios de la desgraciada vida de su tía. Estuvo nominada a nueve premios de la Academia de Cine Japonesa (director, actriz, sonido, banda sonora, iluminación, dirección artística, guión, montaje y fotografía) y obtuvo tres: mejor actriz (Miki Nakatani), mejor montaje (Yoshiyuki Koike) y mejor BSO (Gabriele Roberto & Takeshi Shibuya).

LIFE IS JOURNEY is an anthology of four stories about people who live in solitude, but who yearn for togetherness. Each day brings chance meetings and reluctant partings, joy and pain. The first vignette, "Life", portrays half of a woman's life in one-scene, one-cut, nine-minute sequence. "N" is a comical take on a man abandoned by his lover. "Ya" explores the bond of female friendship as one woman consoles a brokenhearted girlfriend. In "Nowhere", a man and a woman roam the streets of a foreign land in search of lost time.

Fans of Kamaitachi no Yoru gather to shoot a film based on the game until one of the cast members is killed.

Los secuaces de "El Arca de la Verdad", una secta apocalípitica, provocan una masacre que deja más de cien muertos. Tres años después, los familiares de los asesinos se reúnen como cada año en el lago donde vivían las víctimas, para conmemorar su muerte. Pero no podrán volver a la ciudad sin antes pasar por la casa, donde antaño sus parientes habían planeado los atentados. Allí encuentran a un joven que formó parte de la secta, pero que en el último instante desertó para no participar en la matanza.

Risako, a model, is poisoned at a fashion show. After Detective Kariya finds out that Onishi, the PR manager of the apparel maker sponsoring the show, was being blackmailed by Risako, Kariya interrogates him. While his lover, a model named Haruka, worries, the doubt regarding Onishi is cleared up. Several months later, a bride is killed by being burned alive inside a locked room.

Una joven estudiante amante de los libros descubre que todos los libros que ha elegido en la biblioteca han sido previamente elegidos por una misma persona. Cuando descubre quién es conoce a Seiji, un joven que está aprendiendo el arte de fabricar violines.

An archery club on retreat in Hokkaido is forced to rescue their teacher who is kidnapped.

The film opens as a jury is about to acquit a defendant -- a bar hostess who pushed her ex-husband path of an oncoming truck, supposedly in self-defense. Just as everyone seems to be in agreement over the woman's innocence, one juror voices second thoughts.

Taeko Okajima es una joven de que pide permiso de vacaciones para poder regresar a casa a Yamagata, el pueblo de su cuñada, y donde de niña vivió los momentos mas felices de toda su vida. En el transcurso de su viaje a la granja de sus familiares y a su posterior residencia, Taeko ira recordando su pasado en el colegio, mientras vive intensamente su presente, sin saber bien qué hacer con su vida y si acceder a las presiones de la familia para casarse con el granjero Toshio con el que le une un poderoso afecto.

Yawara Inokuma is a girl who aspires to an ordinary life but due to her innate talent is forced to practice judo by her authoritarian grandfather, Jigorou Inokuma, with the aim of achieving the championship in Japan and the gold medal in the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. Because of the pressure from her grandfather she has a generally bad attitude about judo, avoiding it as much as she can. However, over time she comes to understand why her grandfather loves judo and appreciates it more.

Una mujer empieza a trabajar en una oficina de impuestos. Su primer caso será investigar a todo un especialista en evadir impuestos. La historia se complicará por la simpatía que le despierta el supuesto delincuente.