Satoshi Isaka

Based on the comic book series by Yûsuke Aoyagi.

A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met for years, to write farewell letters to his family, relatives and friends...

1000人が24時間一緒に歩く“歩行祭”をモチーフにした映画『夜のピクニック』の、同じキャスト＆スタッフによるスピンオフ作品。高校最後の歩行祭を翌日に控え、それぞれの想いを抱く10人の若者たちのエピソードを綴る。

広告代理店のやり手クリエイター・佐久間俊介。彼は今、大手ビールメーカーの新商品キャンペーンを任されていた。だが、その案件はビール会社の副社長・葛城勝俊に破棄され無能呼ばわりされる。プライドを傷つけられた彼はその夜、葛城邸に向かい偶然、葛城の娘・樹理と出会う。彼女は葛城の愛人の子として生まれ、不遇な生活を強いられていた。葛城に恨みを持つ2人はすぐに意気投合し佐久間が犯人、樹理が人質を演じる“誘拐というゲーム”を画策する。

Ohara Koji is no ordinary Rookie. He is the Hanshin Tigers' secret weapon. Who would have thought that after two major shoulder injuries, 32-year-old Ohara could become a national sensation?

Ohara Koji is no ordinary Rookie. He is the Hanshin Tigers' secret weapon. Who would have thought that after two major shoulder injuries, 32-year-old Ohara could become a national sensation?

A hard-up locksmith and a vengeful computer nerd meet online, adopting the monikers Key and Gun respectively. Together they hatch a perfect heist against a consulting company -- Gun's former employer. At first everything goes perfectly. Gun's expert hacking from his laptop and Key's veteran touch quickly open the safe. Unfortunately, an overzealous security guard makes an unscheduled visit. After dispatching him, the two flee to the closest elevator, only to get stuck between the eighth and ninth floors

Japanese director Satoshi Isaka spins this taunt thriller about an ultra-ambitious reporter who soon finds herself on the receiving end of tabloid dirt. Popular television actress Hitomi Kuroki stars as Yuko, an ice-queen TV news editor who is approached by a mysterious man from the PTT Ministry. The man offers her proof, on videotape, that a major university is bribing a particular government official to overlook a massive media merger. The secret transaction has already resulted in the death of one investigator. Yuko promptly broadcasts the damning footage, and high-ranking bureaucrat Aso (Takanori Jinnai) is forced out of office.

The film centers on Riko Murakami, a tough-as-nails detective who is also the single mother of a young boy. At work, she has hit a wall investigating a grisly murder in a hotel room. In her private life, she sweats her son's impeding "park debut" -- when she introduces her son and herself to the young mothers of her neighborhood. Most give her strange almost hostile looks except Sachiko (Keiko Unno), who says her kid is in the hospital. While her son gambles about the playground, Riko and Sachiko exchange child-rearing war stories and soon become friends. Then she learns that the prime suspect of her case is none other than Sachiko's husband. Moreover, she learns that Sachiko's son was in fact the center of a kidnapping case several years ago and the child has been long thought of as dead. Her husband and the detective in charge of child's case both have their own secrets, and soon Riko finds herself and her son threatened.

A short, direct and to-the-point media-commentary thriller. A sleazy TV producer trying to exploit a quiet otaku (an obsessive hobbyist) whose hobby is electronic eavesdropping ends up getting a lot more than he bargained for when they eavesdrop on the wrong conversation and he prods said otaku into helping him "investigate" the lead, only to find out that some things (and people) are not always as they seem, when a minor altercation causes things to take a rather nasty turn....

A short, direct and to-the-point media-commentary thriller. A sleazy TV producer trying to exploit a quiet otaku (an obsessive hobbyist) whose hobby is electronic eavesdropping ends up getting a lot more than he bargained for when they eavesdrop on the wrong conversation and he prods said otaku into helping him "investigate" the lead, only to find out that some things (and people) are not always as they seem, when a minor altercation causes things to take a rather nasty turn....