Ayako Kobayashi

Based on a novel written by Sumithra Rahubadda.

At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.

スーパー銭湯のアイドルとして歌い続け、2020年には紅白歌合戦3年連続出場を果たしたムード歌謡グループ純烈。 歌謡界のスターダムである彼らだが、世を忍ぶ仮の姿を持っていた。 皆の憩いの場となる温泉施設の平和を守るヒーロー”純烈ジャー”としても人知れず温泉の平和を乱す悪と戦っていたのだーー。 ある時、全国の温泉でイケメンが行方不明になるという怪事件が多発し、巷で話題となっている。 しかし、事件性は見られず警察の捜査は見送られてしまった。 温泉の危機を感じ取った純烈のメンバーは独自に捜査を開始するのだが…。

A "Goze" is a blind entertainer who travels to various places singing stories while playing the shamisen (Japanese three-stringed lute). Becoming a goze due to her blindness at seven-years-old, Haru was strictly trained with a parent's affection by her once kind mother, Tome.

Noushin is a single mother who lives by her girl alone and has a peaceful life but when a foreign guy enters their life everything changes for them and new secrets reveal.

日本・トルコ合作映画。壮大なスケールで贈る真実の物語。二つのエピソードで構成。１８９０年、和歌山県串本町沖、トルコの親善使節団を乗せた軍艦エルトゥールル号が座礁して大破、海に投げ出された乗組員５００名以上が暴風雨で命を落とす。そうした過酷な状況下で、地元住民が懸命の救援活動に乗り出す。それから時を経たイラン・イラク戦争中の１９８５年、日本政府は危機的状況を理由にイラン在留邦人の救出を断念。テヘランに残された邦人は300名以上。そんな中、トルコ政府は彼らのためにある行動を取る。国境を越えた真の友情を描く感動作。第３９回日本アカデミー賞において、優秀作品賞と優秀監督賞をはじめとする１０部門で優秀賞を受賞。美術と録音部門は最優秀賞を獲得。

The Time of Your Life has an ordinary man at its heart. Desperate to feel different and to find a real human connection in a world consumed by social networks and mass advertising, the man embarks on a journey through rooms representing different milestones in his life. The rooms are transformed using powerful visual effects to create an increasingly vivid world for the viewer that disintegrates as quickly as it appears.

NHK連続テレビ小説として放映され、大ブームを巻き起こし、海外でも人気の高い国民的ドラマ「おしん」を映画化。おしんの少女時代に焦点を合わせ、苦しい家計のためにやむなく奉公に出された彼女がさまざまな苦難に見舞われながらも、たくましく生きていく姿を描く。おしん役は、オーディションで選出された新星・濱田ここね、母親役に上戸彩、父親役に稲垣吾郎と多彩な顔ぶれが集結。『星に願いを。 Nights of the Shooting Star』などで知られ山形県出身の冨樫森が監督を務め、極寒の山形県で全てのロケを行った。

Chiyo, a 59 year old mother of 4, had lost her husband seven years ago. She will soon lose her home so she is offered by her eldest son, Ryoichi to live with him and his family. But her children are disappointed to hear that Chiyo has decided to become a live-in housekeeper. Then her eldest daughter Setsuko announced that Chiyo has had an offer of marriage. It is from the widower Kurosaki who had been a friend to Chiyo's deceased husband. Kurosaki runs a small company and has no children but has enough life savings. However, second daughter Tomoe, and youngest child, Yoko, are opposed to it. The siblings begin to argue. Meanwhile, Kurosaki tells his sister Namiko that he has decided to remarry. She is furious because he refuses to tell her anything about Chiyo. Thus, she takes it upon herself to find out about Chiyo and soon has a confrontation with her. Around that time, Kurosaki’s company is about to go bankrupt...

A film adaptation of the great hit memoir of Shimada Yoshichi 'Saga no Gabai Bachan' which sold a total of 6.7 million copies for the entire series. He directed and wrote the script for this film. This tear-jerking and side-splitting work depicts the days of a boy and his "gabai (amazing)" grandmother who overcomes poverty with her bright nature and witty words. In 1958, first grader Akihiro (Morita Haruto) is sent to live with his grandmother (Kayama Yoshiko) in Saga Prefecture as his family struggles financially. He is initially bewildered by the unfamiliar countryside life, but grows into an energetic boy with the help of his lively grandmother.

辰村祐介には、勝哉、明子という幼馴染みがいた。中学生時代、大阪で三人は貧しいながらも助け合って生きていた。ある時、明子の義父・貞和と明子の関係、そし、貞和の死の真相に関する誰にも言えない秘密を抱えることとなり、その後は連絡をとりあうこともなくなっていた。 それから25年後、辰村祐介は大手広告代理店・東邦広告の営業部副部長となっていた。辰村の部署が、それまで取引のなかった大手メーカー、大東電機から、突然予算18億という巨額プロジェクトの競合の指名を受ける。 才色兼備の部長・立花英子、政治家の息子としてのコネ入社ながら仕事に関しては一生懸命な若手・戸塚英明、破天荒なところはあるがコンピューターの天才である派遣社員・平野由佳らと、コンペの勝利に向け邁進する辰村。そしてある日、そのプロジェクトが自分の封印してきた過去と繋がっていることを知る…。

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a prodigious ability to play any piece of music after one hearing. Keisuke Kisaragi whose career was abruptly cut short when he jumped in front of a bullet fired by a crazed gunman. The nerves in one hand were severed but he saved the life of Chiori. The tragic incident takes the lives of Chiori's parents, however, and Keisuke becomes her guardian. Not long after their return to Japan, Keisuke discovers Chiori's musical gift.

Master swordsman Akiyama Kohei’s simple life in retirement is jarred into violent sword action when he meets an elderly fencing instructor who may be the target of a group of thieves planning a major armed robbery. At the same time dojo master Daijiro saves the life of man who, although skilled in archery has an aversion to killing and a woman artist comes into town where she is in danger of being raped by one of the thieves. From the pen of noted author Ikenami Shotaro, creator of such classics as Bandit Ve. Samurai, Hunter In The Dark, The Last Samurai, and Hissatsu-The Professional Killers! Brilliant storytelling that leads to superb swordsmanship!

The samurai Akiyama Daijiro is asked to help a young boy who tries to bring the man who murdered his father to justice. In the course of their quest they uncover a plot by one of the clan officials that could change the course of history.

桜島を望む鹿児島の小さな港町で静かに暮らす山岡と妻の知子。漁師をしていた山岡は、知子が14年前に肝臓を患い人工透析が必要になったのを機に沖合での漁をやめカンパチの養殖を始めた。時代が“平成”に変わったある日、山岡は藤枝という男が青森の冬山で亡くなったことを知る。藤枝は山岡と同じ特攻隊の生き残りで、彼の死に山岡は愕然とする。

This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.

ゴローとさち乃との出会いは第三京浜だった。白いムスタングから放り出されたさち乃を助けたのが、バイクで走っていたゴローだったのだ。二人は同棲を始める。またムスタングを運転していた中年の男も、奇妙な同棲生活を送っていた。さち乃はクイーンエリザベスという名のスナックで働き始める。ゴローは喧嘩をしてバイトを辞めてしまう。ゴローが家を出たため、さち乃は中年の男と会うことにする。