Yoshiaki Umegaki

때로는 울고 웃고 좌절하며, 매순간을 살아남기 위해 분투하는 우리는 모두 운동선수와 다름없다. 코헤이와 유타카의 삶 또한 운동선수의 그것과 다르지 않다. 수영코치 코헤이는 외로움을 잊기 위해 결혼을 해 가정을 꾸렸다. 그러나 갑작스러운 아내의 이혼 통보로 그의 인생은 다시 외로움에 잠식되어간다. 그런 그의 인생은 게이 청년 유타카를 만난 뒤 변화한다. 그러나 이혼남과 게이 청년과의 만남은 그다지 순탄치가 않다.

The body of Kazuyoshi Kawagishi, a construction company worker, is discovered stabbed to death in Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo. Detective Masanao Ushio of Shinjuku West PD begins an investigation and finds that the murdered Kawagishi was an honest person who didn't have any troubles. Kawagishi worked for a company in Kofu City in Yamanashi, leaving behind his wife and daughter on Awaji Island in Hyogo. He seems to have started working as a laborer 3 years ago, having fallen on hard times when the company went bankrupt. Saeko Kawamura, Ushio's reporter friend, calls him wanting to talk about the case. According to Saeko, Kawagishi was one of the survivors of the "bus hijack arson case" that happened three years ago. In the bus hijack arson case, a man who was hallucinating under the influence of dangerous drugs set fire to an intercity bus going to Shinjuku and departing from Kofu Station...

A bioterrorism incident occurs at a university in Western Australia. Chris and Piers from BSAA's anti-bioterrorism unit head to the scene to investigate, and they cooperate with former S.T.A.R.S. member Rebecca, who is teaching at the university. On the scene, they meet a mysterious young man named Tyler Howard…

A rookie editor Hatsumi Takeda becomes an editor of Fujio Akatsuka who is known as the king of gag manga. Hanging out with her, Akatsuka sees through Hatsumi's talent to be crazy, and they gradually become great partners...

Teru (Yuya Endo) has been brought up in a hill town and spent his childhood conquering the slopes on his bicycle. Being a cycling fanatic, who resents defeat, he joins Kamegaoka High School, which used to boast a powerful cycling club. There he meets Hatomura (Yuichi Nakamura), an ace of the club who wants to turn around the club which has deteriorated to the point of dissolution, and Yuta (Hiroki Suzuki), an aloof cycling genius with unshaken confidence in his speed who does not allow others to follow him. Meeting a rival that is faster than him for the first time, Teru joins the club in order to challenge them. His only interest, however, is his own cycling speed. Joining the club teaches Teru the importance of teamwork to support the lead cyclist and to place priority on the victory of the team. --AsianWiki

Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.

까칠한 아저씨 긴과 여자를 꿈꾸는 남자 하나, 십대 가출 소녀 미유키는 하루하루 대충~살아가는 홈리스들. 흰 눈이 내리는 화이트 크리스마스에도 언제나처럼 쓰레기를 뒤지던 그들은 버려진 아기 ‘키요코’를 발견하게 된다. 키요코가 하늘이 보내준 천사라 생각한 홈리스 트리오는 아기천사에게 따뜻한 집을 찾아주겠다는 불타는 사명감으로 길을 나서는데...

Interviews with Satoshi Kon, voice actors and others about the acclaimed 2003 Japanese animated film.

Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through his journey, Daisuke meets a number of interesting people, including friendly truck driver Sumire and a mysterious mountaineer girl.

Saeko Machida is a high school girl with a crush on a boy in her class named Yuichi Kimijima. Becoming obsessed with him, she tries to gain his attention and win his affections, but there's no such luck. One day, she meets a strange man at a flea-market who gives her a red liquid, telling her that if she splashes it on Yuichi, her wish will become true. She acquiring the liquid, certain that the liquid will cause Yuuichi to love her. Saeko finally gets the courage to confess her love to Yuichi, but he rejects her. Disappointed, she splashes the liquid on Yuichi, but that liquid actually causes him to shrink about three inches in height.

두 고교생 남녀의 영화만들기를 통해 미래에 대한 희망과 두 사람 사이에 싹트는 사랑을 그린 청춘 판타지 영화. 감독은 모모요의 과객(百代の過客)의 하라 마사토로 독립영화의 세계에서 70년대부터 주목을 받았지만, 이번 작품으로 상업영화에 데뷔, 이 작품으로 97년도 일본영화감독협회 신인상을 수상했다. 각본은 나카지마 고로와 하라 마사토가 공동 작업했으며 촬영은 바바 준이치가 담당했다. 주연은 이 영화가 영화 첫 데뷔작인 인기 아이돌 히로스에 료코와 신인인 마르시마 츠토무가 맡았으며 히로스에 료코는 이 작품으로 제21회 일본 아카데미상 신인상을 수상했다.

Miharu Tamaki is about to move to Nagasaki due to his parents' divorce. As his final summer vacation in Tokyo draws to a close, he is drawn to an inscription on a high voltage tower reading "Musashino Line Tower 75". With his friend, he resolves to find Tower 1.

Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.

Space Investigator Justy arrives on Earth in pursuit of a dangerous bio-weapon, Debora, which has the ability to attach to living things and to control their consciousness and pass on to others through bodily contact. The only way to capture Debora is with a kiss, so Justy commandeers the body of a young man, Masayoshi, and has him kiss any person she suspects of being possessed by Debora.

Keiko, a young, newly hired weather woman, is eager to give her channel's flagging ratings a boost. She decides a panty shot might do the trick, so during her forecast she lifts her skirt, thereby capturing the attention and the hearts of viewers. Keiko's stunt creates such a stir of excitement over the weather report that viewers begin religiously turning in to see what she'll do next. However, this showboating routine earns the ire of Kaori, the beautiful and ambitious daughter of JTV's chairman. Jealous of her success and aching to take over the weather report, Kaori is willing to do just about anything to get what she wants.

훗카이도에 거대한 운석이 떨어지고 삿포로에는 곤충처럼 생긴 괴생물 집단이 출현한다. 가메라는 괴생물 집단과 싸우지만 거대한 괴생물 ‘레기온’으로부터 치명적인 공격을 받고 쓰러진다. 마음의 교감을 통해 가메라에게 힘을 주던 아사기와 어린이들은 죽은 듯 움직이지 못하는 가메라의 힘을 되돌리기 위해 마음을 하나로 모으는데…

Based on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969.

The bus driver Nakatsuka Yukihiko saw in his dream the sexual fantasies involving one of his regular female passengers - Noriko Otomo. On the other hand, she sees the same dreams.

A young widow becomes an SM call girl to pay off the debts accumulated by her yakuza husband. She's a depressed woman, merely going through the motions of existence, subjected to every cruel whim concocted by her clients. She's dedicated to the misery - even finding comfort in it - stumbling through life like a zombie.

A drag queen doctor named Peter conducts experiments on patients which end up in anguish!