In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to catch, so her husband has been far away from home to catch fish. To support herself and her children, Ito carries goods from ships like the other women in the village. Meanwhile, the residents encounter rising prices for rice. The women are unable to feed their family due to the high prices of rice. The women ask a nearby rice store to sell rice at lower prices, but it fails. The price of rice continues to rise daily. Due to an incident, Ito and the other village women step up to the plate.
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.
Matchmaker
岩男(安田顕)がアイリーン(ナッツ・シトイ)を連れて久しぶりに故郷の村に帰省すると、死んだことを知らずにいた父親の葬儀が執り行われていた。42歳になるまで恋愛とは無縁だった彼がフィリピンから連れてきた妻は、参列者の動揺をよそに夫について回る。すると彼らの前に、喪服姿でライフルを抱えた岩男の母親(木野花)が現れる。 漫画家・新井英樹の原作を、この作品に大きな影響を受けたという『ヒメアノ~ル』などの吉田恵輔が映画化。『俳優 亀岡拓次』などの安田顕が、フィリピンの女性と結婚する主人公を演じる。すご味のある母親を『ハローグッバイ』などの木野花、謎のヤクザを『あしたのジョー』などの伊勢谷友介が好演。
Eiko Tanaka
北海道芦別市。今は古物商をしている、少々気難しい元病院長の鈴木光男は3月11日午後2時46分に92歳で他界する。光男が亡くなる直前から、各地に散り散りになっていた家族、光男の妹・英子や子どもたち・孫たちが芦別に集まって来るが、その中には清水信子という正体不明の女性もいた。やがて、終戦を迎えたはずの1945年8月15日の後も樺太では戦争が続き、そこで光男が旧ソ連軍の侵攻を体験していことが分かり……。
The movie features a tragic love story involving three main characters and spanning two decades. Lin plays an exchange student from Shanghai named Yue Lin. Ikeuchi plays a ski patrol member she meets in Yubari, Hokkaido.
Kinu Matsumoto
Go, Masao! describes the relationship between people and their dogs. Comedian Hideki Matsumoto and a labrador retriever named Masao are selected to appear on the travel corner segment of a TV animal program. Until Hideki Matsumoto and the labrador retriever Masao become popular, they help each other.
Ono-dono
The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.
Kayo (voice)
宮崎駿監督が「ハウルの動く城」以来4年ぶりに手掛けた長編アニメーション。海辺の町で暮らす5歳の少年・宗介は、クラゲに乗って家出した魚の子ども・ポニョに出会う。すぐに仲良くなる彼らだったが、ポニョはかつて人間だった父・フジモトによって海に連れ戻されてしまう。ポニョは父の魔法を盗んで再び宗介のもとを目指すが……。アンデルセン童話「人魚姫」をモチーフに、人間になりたい魚と少年の心温まる交流を描いたファンタジー。
Fumi Fujioka
世界情勢が緊張を帯びてきた昭和15年。ドイツ文学者の父・滋（坂東三津五郎）が、反戦を唱えたとして逮捕されてしまう。悲しみにくれる母・佳代（吉永小百合）と2人の娘（志田未来、佐藤未来）だったが、父の教え子や親類、近所の人たちに支えられ、明るく力強く生きていこうとする。
A Clerk at a cake shop
It is the second work of the Oita trilogy of Obayashi . Following " Nigori Snow ", Ise Masazo draws a song written by composers and songwriter "Farewell of 22 years old " as a motif and draws a story of love that spans two generations of mother and daughter.
Unholy Women (Kowai onna), is a composite of three unrelated half-hour horror movies. A compilation of 3 separate short horror films (Rattle Rattle, Hagane, The Inheritance) written and directed by Keita Amemiya, Takuji Suzuki, and Keisuke Toyoshima respectively. The first segment, “Rattle Rattle”, tells the story of a young woman who is pursued by an evil other-worldly being. The second movie, “Steel”, concerns a young man who agrees to take the sister of his boss out on a blind date, drawing him into a world more frightening than he ever dreamed possible. The third and final episode, “The Inheritance”, is a supernatural tale of a woman and her young son, scarred by abuse and psychological trauma.
Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried forest.
Toshiko Takarai
荒川区の超高層マンションで、一家4人の惨殺事件が起きる。その容疑者として石田（勝野洋）が指名手配されるが、捜査が進む内に惨殺された一家4人全員が 赤の他人同士だったことが判明し、事件は思わぬ展開をみせる。
After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues, Lt. Ando, tries to find out why the men decided to take the hospital hostage. Through flashbacks, relevant information is revealed to the audience. When the negotiations are finished, most things seem to be fine until they lose track of the criminals. Then, the story unveils from a different perspective, its roots in feelings of love and vengeance.
Commencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A Boy's Summer in 1945" (literally "A Beautiful Summer in Kirishima") is a lyric, novelistic drama set in the countryside in the last days before Japan's surrender ending WWII. Striking a welcome retro note in its languid pacing and delicate handling of seriocomic ensemble threads, handsome production is a natural for fests. It might also prove a cornerstone for retrospectives or ancillary releases of works by a helmer ("Preparation of the Festival," "Ronin-gai") who's long been appreciated at home but has won just limited attention abroad.
間もなく50歳を迎える梶村祐作は、28年間連れ添った妻に逃げられ、自殺願望を持つようになっていた。そんな祐作のもとへ1本の電話が掛かってきた。かつての友、水田健一郎からだった。水田の妻・雪子が危篤状態だという。祐作は水田の帰郷の願いを聞き入れ、古里の臼杵へ戻った。祐作は雪子の瀕死の姿を見て、28年前の思い出が蘇ってきた。3人で過ごした青春の日々…。雪子は祐作に恋していた。それに気付いていながらも応えられなかった祐作。雪子に恋をしていた水田。そして今、一つの結末を迎えようとしていた…。
Tomiko
Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day.
Asakura
Melodrama about the life of a mentally handicapped young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.
Asao's Mother
朝男の頭の中は「女とヤリたい」でいっぱい。そんなモヤモヤが彼を異常な行動へ駆り立てていく。 『みんな〜やってるか!』は、ビートたけし監督による日本映画で初コメディ映画監督作品。1995年2月11日公開。 「北野武」名義も含めた場合は5作目に当たる。それまでは「北野武」名義で映画監督を行ってきたが、本作は初の「ビートたけし」名義での製作となった。そのため「ビートたけし第一回監督作品」と銘打たれる(日本国外では、北野武名義の作品となっている)。 多くの映画評論家からも黙殺されたが、淀川長治は「斎藤寅次郎、マック・セネットの再来」と評価した。
Patient's Wife
A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor try to keep the secret of his terminal cancer from him, Buhei gradually comes to realize the truth of his condition, leading him on a journey of despair, anger, and, ultimately, acceptance.
Kohei has been afraid of racing ever since his brother died in a motorcycle accident a few months ago. He has talent on the running track, but always starts late and never wins. Then he decides to repair his brother’s motorcycle, despite his father’s strong objections.
Shizuko Ohnuki
In the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a sniper. After the news reaches Japan, the CEO's lawyer, Yamamoto, receives a visit from two men that attempt to steal the deceased CEO's will. This is witnessed by two detectives, Tsuzuki and Ōnuki, but they fail to catch the perps. Yamamoto hands the detectives a set of keys before he stops breathing. Tsuzuki and Ōnuki now have to investigate Kurata's murder...
Chief Nurse
A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and the friendship that develops between his wife and his former lover.
Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left. Through her responsibility lies in taking care of her girls, she finds purpose in providing a man innocent of a false murder charge and in the process discovers love for the first time in his arms.
Renko Watanabe
Momoko Watanabe—a student who, upon visiting a shrine in order to wish good luck on a friend of hers, witnesses a murder in the forest...and she knows the culprit! Unfortunately, she doesn't have it in her to tell anybody about it, and to make matters worse, said aforementioned friend gets accused of the murder.
Shinsyun Ku
A film about the substantial population of Koreans living in Japan, and the love affair between Kayako, a Japanese girl, and Im, a Korean.
「男はつらいよ」シリーズ第21作。熊本県・田の原温泉で、やることなすこと裏目に出てしまう地元の青年・留吉（武田鉄矢）に、“人の道”を大真面目に説く寅さん。ところが宿賃がなくて、さくらが迎えにやってきてオカンムリ。今度こそはと反省の日々を送るが、さくらの同級生で幼なじみのSKDの踊り子・紅奈々子（木の実ナナ）に夢中になって、レビューに通う日々が始まる。一方の奈々子は、このまま舞台を続けるべきか？ 結婚して引退すべきか？ で、真剣に悩んでいた…
Tomoko Abe
A model must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity.
One day an innocent-looking girl in white clothes appears on board of a ramshackle boat The owner of the boat, Okin, decides to let Mari stay with him without asking her any questions. Turmoil ensues with the reaction of the crew when the runaway girl starts working alongside with them.
Sawako
Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a scout and overseer of Ginza bar hostesses, receives an urgent phone call from Sawako, a hostess at the bar Rie, and rushes to Tokyo International Airport to meet her. When he arrives she is gone. At the bar he learns that Tabuchi, a steady customer, had been quite friendly with Sawako and may know something. Tabuchi claims he knows nothing and Kagari lets the matter drop. Over time Kagari learns from Takijima, a businessman, that Sawako is in a hospital in Yokohama. Takijima explains that he found her in Singapore working as a street girl and brought her back to Japan. Sawako had lost her memory after being subjected to narcotics. Kagari swears to find the person responsible.
野村芳太郎監督の人情喜劇。北海道から上京してきた萩本欽一扮する青年と、坂上二郎扮する都電の運転手との嫁取り話。舞台は都電というところがこの映画のみどころでもある。今陽子はキラーズをようして「星空のロマンス」と「恋人の讃歌」を熱唱。そして皆川おさむがピンキーとともにでて「黒猫のタンゴ」を二人で歌っている。また坂上二郎の昔の恋人役で中山千夏が出てきて「あなたの心に」が流れる。そして、この年に丸善石油の宣伝「おーモーレツ！」で一世風靡した小川ローザも出演している。
Osugi
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
Miyako
The story of a selfless mother and her family throughout the decades, from th 1920's to the 1960's.
