Haruo Koishikawa
Movie based on the Emergency Interrogation Room series.
Tadashi Yokoyama
Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other – a struggling architect – as lucrative real estate for condos. Their eclectic collection of townsfolk customers show them the value of the bath goes way beyond a scrub and soak.
駒澤義男
Komazawa Yoshio
Adapted from the manga "Ichikei no Karasu” (イチケイのカラス) by Asami Rito (浅見理都). This special is a sequel to the movie of the same name.
Set in an actual forest said to be rife with supernatural phenomena, this next-gen horror film is based on witness accounts of people who saw "It" and the protagonists’ encounter with the mysterious "It".
Yoshiki Tominaga
Richard
Dako, Boku-chan and Richard commit their next con on Malta Island.
Hideo Sudo
A mystery which blurs the line between fantasy and reality. When unsuccessful teen novelist (Matsu Takako), is troubled with her latest novel, her editor is chief (Kamiki Ryunosuke) helps her write a mystery set in "A Christmas Carol" in which the Scrooge (Fumiyo Kohinata) is murdered.Just as she's about to go to sleep, relieved that she's finally finished writing, she realizes, "He's not the killer! He's not the murderer!. Just as she is about to contact her editor to rewrite the story, an incident occurs in real life.
Kazuhiko Nose
Se entrega una carta anónima al Departamento de Policía Metropolitana de Tokio. La carta establece que un criminal de un caso de asesinato aparecerá en la fiesta de cuenta regresiva Masquerade Night que se llevará a cabo en el Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. El detective Kosuke Nitta (Takuya Kimura) debe ir de incógnito y volver a trabajar en el Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. Allí conoce a Naomi Yamagishi (Masami Nagasawa), que trabaja como conserje. Sin ninguna información sobre el criminal, excepto que la persona estará presente, el detective Kosuke Nitta trabaja febrilmente para encontrar al criminal entre los 500 asistentes.
Akira Ikebe
At the end of the TV series of the same name, it is revealed that the husband works for the Public Security Bureau, and their marriage is a cover to keep her under surveillance. In spite of his mission, he falls in love with Nami and tries to convince her not to get involved in other people’s affairs. She is being monitored as a state-level security risk, and the bureau is unwilling to tolerate any more trouble from her. However, to save a friend, Nami runs out of the house and risks everything she has to confront the enemy. When she comes home, she finds her husband pointing a gun at her! A gunshot echoes through the quiet, upscale neighborhood…The movie picks up where the controversial ending of the drama series left off!!
Richard
Set in Langkawi, Malaysia, professional scammers Dako (Masami Nagasawa), Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide), and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) target the Fuu Family for their next heist. Raymond Fuu, who was the head of the Fuu Family, passed away and he left behind 10 trillion yen. Dako, Boku-chan and Richard scheme to gain the inordinate inheritance. --asianwiki
Shigezo Tachibana
Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.
Sekizo Uno
It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship, Yamato. One of the admirals, Yamamoto Isoroku, disagrees. He recruits the upstart and mathematics' expert Tadashi Kai who discovers there are discrepancies between the official cost estimates and the actual figures. They soon find out that they have stumbled upon a conspiracy.
Nabeshima Naomasa
Takeshiro Matsuura was a Japanese explorer who was the first person to document the inner reaches of what is now known as Hokkaido. He explored the area extensively during the mid 19th century and created a map of the island that included parts which had been ignored by earlier cartographers. He visited Ainu communities and compiled records of the large numbers of the population who had been conscripted for forced labor far from their homes. Matsuura suggested the name Hokkaido for the area
Richard
How much of a role does luck play in a person's life? Some people believe you create your own luck. Kingpin Akutsu Akira relies only on himself to get what he wants. Dako gets a taste of her own medicine when Akutsu cheats her of her money to avenge his friend, who was a victim of Dako's scam. Will Dako give in to her fate? How will she climb out of the rut this time?
Richard
In Hong Kong, Dako, Boku-chan and Richard take a huge amount of money from people who are greedy.
Moriyama Seiji
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into WWII.
Kazuhiko Nose
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi Yamagishi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each others differences, they also begin to build a trust between each other. Who is the murderer?
Otani
Wataru, his woman Kotoe and daughter Shiori are ranchers and dairy farmers in Hokkaido in northern Japan. He is following in his father's footsteps. A visiting chef cooks an unforgettable meal with his ingredients, which prompts the family to open their own restaurant and reproduce the magic.
Michiko Oshitani, que vive en la prefectura de Shiga, aparece estrangulada en un apartamento de Tokio, y el dueño del piso se encuentra desaparecido. La policía tendrá dificultades para resolver el caso al ser incapaz de establecer relación alguna entre ambas personas.
Maeno Ryotaku (Kataoka Ainosuke) is a doctor of Buzen Province, Nakatsu domain. Aspiring to learn Western knowledge, he comes across a Dutch-language translation of the German medical text Anatomische Tabellen while studying in Nagasaki. After returning from Nagasaki, Maeno is invited by a doctor friend Sugita Genpaku (Niiro Shinya) of Wakasa Province, Obama domain to observe an autopsy.
Hakuro
El alquimista Edward Elric busca la manera de devolverle el cuerpo a su hermano Al. Pero tanto los militares como unos misteriosos monstruos le vigilan atentamente.
Tatsuro Tomita
To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and to help revive her late mother's tennis table club, a table tennis prodigy decides to take part in a mixed doubles table tennis tournament.
Doctor Dee (voice)
Mary es una niña que vive con su tía abuela Charlotte en el campo, donde no pasa casi nada. Un día sigue a un misterioso gato hasta el bosque y descubre un viejo palo de escoba y una extraña flor que sólo florece cada siete años en ese mismo bosque. El palo de escoba y la flor llevarán a Mary por encima de las nubes hasta llegar a Endor College, una escuela de magia dirigida por Madam Mumblechook y el brillante Doctor Dee. Pero allí suceden cosas terribles y después de mentir, Mary tendrá que arriesgar su vida para que todo vaya bien.
Haruhiko Jinno
Based on the German TV series "Der letzte Bulle."
Yoshiyuki Suzuki
¿Qué pasaría si un día nos quedásemos sin electricidad? Es más, ¿qué pasaría si esto fuese permanente? Esto es a lo que se enfrentan los Suzuki, una familia que vive en Tokio, alienada por el estilo de vida contemporáneo. Cuando la ciudad se quede sin energía, no les quedará más remedio que sobrevivir en otro lado, y de otro modo. Una película de aventuras con toques de comedia, que pone en duda nuestra propia existencia.
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!”
Shunsuke Tsuki
Lone wolf detective with an enormous personal grievance seeks to connect the mysterious death of his daughter to an urban legend of a villain who terrorizes Japan by insinuating himself into people's dreams and the collective psyche of the Japanese people.
Yukiko Makabe is the only female interrogator in a department full of men. Their job is to question suspects immediately after a crime, using interrogation skills and psycho-analysis to solve crimes. As the only female in the department, Yukiko has a different perspective and style from her colleagues. This brings her success in her interrogations of suspects, but Yukiko continues to be troubled by an unsolved cold case from years ago.
Atsushi Yadomi
Cinco amigos de la infancia se separan después de la muerte de Honma Meiko, compañera de juegos cercana de todos ellos. Yadomi Jinta, líder del grupo cuando eran niños, abandona la escuela secundaria y vive encerrado cuando inesperadamente comienza a ver al fantasma de Meiko, que solo puede interactuar con él y con nadie más. Ella ha regresado para pedirle a Jintan que cumpla el deseo olvidado que hizo cuando era niña.
Takayuki Suetsugu
Un fiscal y su asistente se encuentran involucrados en la investigación de un accidente en el que la víctima también estaba inmersa en un caso de soborno.
Tadashi Shitaragi
La división de investigación de delitos cibernéticos en el Departamento de Policía Metropolitana de Tokio encuentra un video en el sitio web "YOURTUBE". En el video, un hombre cubierto por un periódico, advierte que un incendio se pondrá en una empresa de procesamiento de alimentos. Pronto se detectan más denuncias de crímenes violentos. Geitsu es el tipo principal detrás del grupo "Shinbunshi", que ha publicado los videos. Solía trabajar como empleado temporal en una empresa de TI, pero fue despedido injustamente. Luego comienza a trabajar manualmente y se reúne con los otros miembros de "Shinbushi".
Masao Tsuzaki
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Masao Tsuzaki
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Haruko is a girl who prefers to cuddle up to her old-fashioned TV set. In this wondrous story, a television can transform into a man: and this is by no means the end of the strange cheerfulness.
Kanpachiro Ichikawa
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.
Mannosuke Koto
New student Kanji transfers to 6th grade 2 class, where Ayami Mutoi works as the homeroom teacher. Students begin to talk among themselves that they have seen new transfer student Kanji in a dream. Yuiko Koto also had a night mare. In her nightmare, a boy that looks transfer student Kanji appeared as a prince. Ayami Mutoi tries to keep that to herself. She actually likes the prince in her dream.
A collection of five short stories by Hoshi Shinichi
Nagahide Niwa
After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.
National Park Section Chief Hiroki Hayami
On Ishigaki Island, conflict brews over a large-scale bridge construction project. One day, Yajima (Sho Aoyagi), a public official from the Ministry of Environment, is sent to Ishigaki Island. Yajima announces to his colleagues that he is absolutely opposed to the bridge construction project and that he wil become a coral ranger who protects the coral reef there. This surprises his colleagues.
Oda Hironari
This is the continuation and final part of Double Face SP, the Japanese remake of the highly successful 2002 Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs. This special focuses on Police Inspector Takayama Ryosuke (Kagawa Teruyuki) who had been secretly supplying police information to the organized crime group, the Oda-gumi. Once a young street thug, Takayama was taken under the wing of Oda Hironari (Kohinata Fumiyo), the leader of Oda-gumi. Dressed, fed, and educated, Takayama was instructed to become a police officer and work as a mole for the group. Now, he is tasked to get close to Suenaga Mari (Aoi Yu), a daughter of an influential politician.
Two men, a detective and a gang member, infiltrate each other's organization. Soon they find their fates intertwined.
Kataoka
Otomo sale de la cárcel dispuesto a derrocar al clan Sanno, que lo dio por muerto años atrás. A esta venganza personal se suma una guerra entre familias rivales y, también, la ofensiva de las fuerzas de la ley contra el crimen organizado.
Yoji Kuramoto
The Eternal Founntain was broadcast as the Saturday Drama Special on NHK. Laywer Akio Yamauchi takes over the court-appointed attorney for Yoji Kuramoto who confesses to murdering his wife. While following Kuramoto's action in Yamanaka and being sure of his innocence, Yamauchi remembers his wife who passed away 12 years earlier.
Kotaro Haine (Yanni Yogi)
"Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney" traslada a la pantalla una popularísima saga de videojuegos ambientada en un futuro donde los juicios criminales se han convertido en desaforados procesos de tan solo tres días. Ante ese escenario, el joven abogado Phoenix Wright deberá sacar lo mejor de sí mismo para lograr resolver el misterioso asesinato de su mentor.
A comedy about a concierge at a plush hotel who deals with a series of unusual guests.
Joji Danda
Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi is hesitant, but when she pursues her lead she is visited by the ghost herself. And so the fun begins in the courtroom when Prosecutor Osano starts to cross examine.
Kenji Nishio
To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
Inukai
Tamotsu Inukai is a married middle-aged man with a wife, daughter and son. Mr. Inukai has a strong dislike for dogs, but while he is working on the island his family takes in a Samoyed dog to fill in the father's absence, the family decides to raise the dog. At first Mr. Inukai opposes the family taking the dog in, but he can't persuade his family to abandon the dog. When Mr. Inukai arrives back in Tokyo, he now has to has to live with the Samoyed dog. Can he?
Akari Dojima (Yukie Nakama), an illustrator, is the third daughter of Chairman Dojima, the head of a construction company. During her childhood, she had an accident which left her crippled and forced her to spend her life in a motorized wheelchair. The sudden suicide of Akari's father sets off a chain of events. Members of Dojima family and their servants are killed one after another and an investigation begins. After that, the body of their driver (Kitaro), who had hung himself, is found in the garage...
Tsunai Hashina
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.
Kataoka
Varios clanes yakuza se enfrentan en una lucha implacable por alcanzar el poder y la protección del Padrino. Durante muchos años, Otomo ha visto cómo progresaban sus colegas: de los tatuajes elaborados y las falanges seccionadas han pasado a las altas finanzas. Dentro de un mundo donde reinan la corrupción, la traición y la venganza, sus esfuerzos por llegar a la cima, o al menos sobrevivir, no tienen fin porque en ese mundo no existen los héroes.
Susumu Komiyama
Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending death marks the beginning of love and toleration.
中里右京
The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area owned by the chairman of Watsuji Seiyaku, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Japan, the tragedy suddenly breaks out. ”I have killed my granduncle!!” says Mako, who is loved by everybody in the Watsuji family. She has stabbed her granduncle, Yohei, to death. Soon after the domestic homicide, the entire family joining together in an attempt to make it look like a crime committed by somebody outside the family, begins to engage in imitative deception...
Michio Saito
A struggling writer and his engaged buddy hit the road for California wine country. Remake of the 2004 film 'Sideways'.
Masashi Okuno
On the outset, the Okunos seem like a normal happy family with father Tadashi and his two bright sons, genetics researcher Izumi and artsy Haru. When a series of arson attacks strike the neighborhood, clues left at the crime scenes seem to be somehow related to the Okunos. Izumi and Haru try to get to the bottom of mystery, slowly unveiling a tragic family secret that has come back to haunt them.
En el año 2015, Tokio es muy diferente de cómo era antes del siglo XXI. La secta de Amigo ha ido apoderándose poco a poco de toda la sociedad japonesa, y ha logrado que Kenji sea considerado culpable de los devastadores acontecimientos que tuvieron lugar el fin de año del 2000. Kanna, la sobrina de Kenji, ya es una brillante adolescente y no pierde la esperanza de poder reencontrarse algún día con su tío y demostrar su inocencia. Pero los planes de Amigo no cesan, y al peligro de su poder absoluto sobre Japón se suma una inesperada amenaza: la aparición del Nuevo Libro de las Profecías. Un libro semejante al que fue escrito por Kenji, pero que prevé un nuevo y desalentador futuro para toda la raza humana en el que Amigo se convertirá en un Dios. ¿Quién lo ha escrito? ¿Dónde está Kenji? Y sobre todo… ¿quién es Amigo?. Segunda parte de la trilogía que adapta el manga de culto 20th Century Boys.
Ringmaster
In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to steal from the rich and give to the poor. One day a circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for K-20’s crimes and becomes determined to clear his name. He teams up with K-20’s next target, a wealthy duchess named Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her detective fiancé (Toru Nakamura), to take K-20 down once and for all.
Captain
A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers!
Yamane
En 1969, Kenji y su grupo de amigos del colegio escribieron el Libro de las Profecías, una especie de juego en el que narraban cómo una organización maligna destruía el mundo y obligaba a un grupo de nueve héroes a hacerles frente para salvar a la humanidad. Años después, en 1997, Kenji tiene que dejar atrás su vida de rockero para trabajar en la tienda familiar, y ayudar a su madre a cuidar de su sobrina Kanna. Pero su nueva vida pronto dará un vuelco: en una reunión de ex alumnos le hablan sobre una peligrosa secta religiosa y su líder, quien se hace llamar Amigo...
Kenjuro Hasegawa
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
TV Reporter
Jiro es un universitario cuya vida es tan triste que no tiene amigos, novia o familiares con los que celebrar su cumpleaños. Un año, mientras se compra un regalo, conoce a una chica guapísima con la que pasa la tarde. Al llegar la noche, la chica dice que tiene que irse, no sin antes confesarle a Jiro que es un robot y que viene desde el futuro. El tiempo pasa y Jiro no la vuelve a ver... hasta su siguiente cumpleaños. Esa vez la chica parece haber venido para quedarse.
Masayuki Fukuda
Masato and his wife Keiko are a happy couple, with their children Eiji and Erina. He, she and Eiji are plunged into despair, after Eiji and Erina are involved in a car accident whereby Erina dies.
Yasunari Kawabuchi
Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his auto repair shop, though now he shares his home with Junnosuke, an orphan he's taken under his wing at the urging of pretty Hiroi, who continues to manage a nearby tavern. Chagawa dreams of publishing a successful novel and settling down with Hiroi and Junnosuke, but his day job running the candy store keeps him busy, and Hiroi mistakes his tight schedule for a lack of interest in her. Hiroi has also embarked on a secret career as a burlesque dancer, which isn't doing much to improve her opinion of men. At the Suzuki household, seven-year-old Ippei isn't happy to be sharing the house with a guest, his distant cousin Mika who is the same age but far more demanding. Mutsuko, the apprentice female auto mechanic, is still staying with the Suzukis, and she's becomes the object of the affections of Takeo, a downbeat young man who is studying cooking.
Takayuki Suitsugu
La película continúa desde Hero SP, cinco años después de que Kuryu Kohei fuera transferido a la isla de Shinigaki. Kuryu Kohei vuelve a la sucursal DA de Tokio, donde todo parece no haber cambiado en absoluto.
A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight – this is a town in the country where time comfortably passes by. But this former paradise is now being stirred up by a fight amongst its people over constructing an airport. This is a tale of three young people exploring youth and friendship as they reach out into the sky.
Goro Toyama
"Say Hello for Me" is a love story and talks about three people's childhood friendship and their reunion after 15 years of separation.
***Sainou-dama A talentless young musician receives a spam email advertising "Talent Balls"--three lollipops which when eaten will awaken your hidden talents and turn you into a savant. However, what awakens within him turns out to be far from what he expects. ***Virtual Memory A women is understress at her job and goes to a store that offers her a machine that allows her to live other peoples memories. What happens when she starts selling hers? ***Funsadan Kyouiku A new teacher finds that her pay is based off her popularity with the students, so she starts to create problems for herself to solve. ***Gozen 2-ji no Chime A writer gets a call at his front gate every day at 2 am, but no one believes him. And then a murder happens and none of the cameras pick the criminal up. ***Kaisou Densha An old man revisiting memories on the subway.
興水
Shogo Muroyama
Kaneko Teppei es un joven japonés normal y corriente. Trabaja a tiempo parcial, hace vida en Tokyo e intenta descubrir qué le espera en la vida. Finalmente, tras armarse de valor para ir a su primera entrevista de trabajo, es acusado por una joven colegiala de haberla manoseado en el metro. Él proclama su inocencia desesperadamente, pero a la policía sólo le interesa forzarle a hacer una confesión falsa, pagar una multa y cerrar rápidamente el caso. Antes de que se dé cuenta de lo que está pasando, su persistencia en afirmar su inocencia le sumirá en una odisea kafkiana de burocracia judicial.
An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night. His tools of the trade are the same in either job: acupuncture needles that leave no trace.
Goro Honda
Sayuri Honda (Miki Nakatani) claims she has no interests in love affairs. She refuses to take things as they are for she fancies her harbor town of Nagasaki as Lisbon, Portugal. But on Christmas, encouraged by the season of romance, she tries to materialize her once-in-a-lifetime love with the man of her dreams.
Tabuchi
After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost form however only his most trusted friends can see him, and his meddling in the lives of the living results in the return of Ozzy and a long dead team of American baseball players who drowned off the shores of Kisarazu. It's down to Bussan and the Cats to save the day and restore the town to order, but can Bussan bring himself to say bye-bye once and for all?
Yasujiro Sato
Tomoya Kishida is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato. This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their university film club, to saying their last goodbyes. Though in love with each other, neither had the courage to confess their feelings before it was too late.
白井良介
The sudden death of a journalist stirs up young editor Noriko's curiosity. While investigating the case, Noriko uncovers the dark secrets hidden behind the journalist's death and its relationship to a popular female novelist.
Ryoichi Fujimoto
Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he straggles home... defeated, and saddled with debt. Awaiting him are his old friends, a caring sister, a disgruntled father ...and a bowl of noodles. Namely, "udon" noodles. The town is built around udon, sustained by udon, nationally famous for udon.
Seishi Yokomizo
The movie is part of the Kindaichi TV movie series. Kindaichi is played by actor Goro Inagaki. The character's grandfather began with the written word. Kousuke Kindaichi started life in the novels of Seishi Yokomizo, written and set in post-war Japan. Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, Kindaichi is still very much a unique character, giving the Japanese their very own literary hero-detective. Young Hajime Kindaichi is a young man with bad dandruff and worse dress-sense (decades before Columbo), who wears a trademark, scruffy sunhat. He also happens to be better than the police at deductive reasoning. Having gained publicity for solving a high-profile murder case, the detectives allow him to work with them again. This story is slimmer than the twisty plots of Inugami and Village, but is graced by the presence of Chiaki Kuriyama (Battle Royale, Kill Bill Vol. 1, The Great Yokai War) in the title role.
Yasunari Kawabuchi
Dejando su hogar de provincias, la adolescente Mutsuko llega a Tokyo en tren para trabajar en una importante compañía de automóviles, pero se encuentra con que es contratada en un pequeño taller regentado por Norifumi Suzuki. El temperamento irritable de Suzuki se mantiene más o menos controlado por los instintos maternales de su esposa, Tomoe, y su joven hijo Ippei crea un vínculo inmediato con Mutsuko como si fuera su hermana mayor. El taller Suzuki está prácticamente a la sombra de la Torre Tokyo según se va levantando sobre el horizonte durante su construcción en 1958.
Our story begins with two losers, Mitsuru and Maki, driving down the road with a drugged and kidnapped little girl in the back of their car. They owe lots of yen for drugs and a kidnapping scheme seemed to only possible way to get the money. The problem is, that when they call to make ransom demands, the people state that their daughter died a year ago, so who the hell do they have in their custody? The kidnappers are holed up in an old school, turns out it was the school that Mitsuru used to go to and it's now abandoned. Or, SEEMINGLY abandoned.
Yukihiko Akiba
Shinku is a compelling drama that focuses on the strange relationship that develops between two people who find their lives irrevocably changed as a result of a horrible multiple homicide. The first person traumatized is the lone survivor of the terrible family bloodbath, a girl who grows up to be a pretty college student. The second person affected by this heinous crime is the daughter of the murderer, a young girl who ends up becoming a tattooed bartender. A full decade after the crime, the killer is finally going to be executed, and the surviving member of the massacre decides to reach out and befriend the murderer's daughter. A tentative, odd sort of friendship blossoms between these two people, both of whom seem to have little in common personally, and every reason in the world for not wanting to meet. Yet they do, but not without reservations. And really, is this friendship quite what it seems? Or is it all part of some twisted plan for vengeance?
Shingo Uesugi
Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minami's dream is that her school's baseball team will participate in the national Koshien High School Baseball Tournament. The twin brothers make a pact that they will take Minami to the tournament.
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Shinnosuke and Misawa are joint managers of a Bonsai shop. Suddenly Shinnosuke's childhood friend Haruko turns up. She has split up with her boyfriend and finds herself out on the streets. Shinnosuke starts to like her and really wants to cheer her up, but he can't manage to express his real feelings or stop picking up other women. Misawa is dumbfounded by Shinnosuke's behavior but also has complex feelings of love for his friend.
Nanboku Tsuruya IV
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.
Shouichi Kitajima
Dr. Noguchi
Cuando Mio muere, deja atrás a Takumi y Yuji, que se deben apañar solos. Sin embargo ella prometió que volvería durante la siguiente estación de lluvias. Cuando llega ese momento y mientras paseaban, Takumi y Yuji se encuentran a una mujer que es idéntica a Mio. No recuerda nada, pero dada la promesa que les hizo la aceptan como Mio, y ella también y se va con ellos. Para recuperar la memoria, ella le pide que le cuenten cómo se conocieron y se enamoraron. (FILMAFFINITY)
Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.
Yasumi Suzuki
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.
Yoshioka
Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater, and rock music, and develop their project into a school road block. This plan however catches the attention of television stations and newspapers, and soon even the cops became involved in this teenage adventure.
Dr. Kozuki
El futuro no pinta nada bien. Japón se ha impuesto a otras superpotencias pero su población se resiente: demasiada contaminación. En un mundo agonizante sobrecargado de individuos desesperanzados surge la esperanza: las neocélulas, un descubrimiento reciente del que podría depender la supervivencia de la raza humana. Como no todo puede ser tan fácil ni tan bonito, a raíz del estudio de las neocélulas, aparece una nueva raza humana: los neo-sapiens, quienes no terminarán de encajar entre los "humanos normales" y buscarán su destrucción ...pero surgirá un héroe dispuesto a interponerse entre los neo-sapiens y los humanos, alguien conocido como Casshern
Kosuke Tabuchi
When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisarazu Cat's Eye. Their funny adventures range from playing gigs to solving a mystery surrounding counterfeit money, but Bussan's impending death is never far away.
After serving a jail sentence, a former leading yakuza (Takaaki Ishibashi) has gone straight. He has married and is now holding a regular job. However, he is continually harrassed by a police inspector who cannot forgive his past. Meanwhile a major gang war erupts. With his former gang in danger of being exterminated, will his loyalties draw him back in?
Kohei
A look at the problems two couples, Kohei and Kinuko, and Manabe and Hijiri, have in their relationships, and the solutions they try to devise as a way out.
Kunio Hamada
El fantasma de una escolar acecha a una mujer divorciada y a su joven hija tras mudarse a un viejo edificio.
Chiharu Kanbayashi
After surviving from an incident of Cruise ship hijacking, both doctor Tamaki and the boy injured in the incident, Ryota Inamoto, suffered from different degrees of PTSD. Meanwhile, Doctor Chiharu Kanbayashi's wife is about to give birth to their first children. Would these doctors and patients succeed in overcoming their problems and welcome a happy new year?
Young film star Ken Mihara is about to fall from stardom. His rise as a celebrity is solely credited to his onscreen counterpart, Keiko, who recently announced her retirement from acting in order to get married. Feeling frustrated and helpless, Ken turns to alcohol as he begins to provoke fights, attempts to lure a girl into bed, and argues with his wife, who came to visit him at the studio. All she says is thank you and leaves Ken puzzled. Ken Mihara, once a budding young star, takes a job as an extra. Although he's past his prime, he still manages to infuse a young filmmaker with the motivation to pursue her dreams as a director.
Maki is a talented copper plate artist, however, just before her first gallery show, she gets struck by a truck. When she comes to she is at home. When she ventures outside, the city is deserted and she knows something is deeply wrong. Each day repeats; she wakes up at 2:15 in the afternoon. Gradually things start change, the phone rings, and she finds that she is not alone...
An alcoholic civil servant wakes up under a cherry tree in Tokyo next to a bar hostess with whom he's impulsively made a suicide pact. Though he's now changed his mind, he agrees to travel with her to Hokkaido, her preferred site for ending it all.
Kiku-chan
A Japanese drama based off the book by Naoko Uozumi
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Un cuarentón viudo, a propuesta de un amigo, convoca un casting para una inexistente película con la intención de encontrar una nueva esposa, pero se embarcará en una relación donde las torturas y el dolor físico formarán parte de su vida.
Dr. Kawajiri
Una mujer está investigando la misteriosa muerte de su novio, cuando le llegan los rumores de una cinta de video maldita según la cual toda aquella persona que la ve muere una semana después. La pista la lleva hacia la ex esposa del fallecido y a su hijo, pero hay un problema: están desaparecido
Etsuko - a typical Japanese high school student, who's unlucky in love, an academic failure, and plain bored with life. That's until one day, the view of a boat gliding gracefully in the sea inspires her to take up the oar. Since she's rejected by her school's all-male rowing team, she decides to form her own all-women team. Nothing will ever be the same again.
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During a quest to find a Taiwanese father's grave, disturbing memories of child abuse are aroused.
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Biwako is a vain, middle-aged actress who witnesses a brutal murder. Realizing that the very public life of the woman makes their sole witness vulnerable to the killers, the police assign two officers to safeguard her until the trial. In the interim, the lives of Biwako and everyone around her are changed in unexpected ways.
Hirasawa
Sho Aikawa plays a police detective whose dark personal history makes it impossible for him to stay within the limits of the legal system. But he is not just a detective; he is also a husband who has to explain to his wife how he got blood on his sleeve. And the criminals he pursues turn out to be as imperfect and oddly human as he is-and just as determined to protect their own families. This is the first of Kurosawa's films to pay homage to 1970s American gunslingers like Dirty Harry and reinvent them for modern Tokyo.
Witnesses of a murder. Remake of Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon.
