Mrs. Hoshi (Toyo Hoshino)
옆집 대학생 '토오루'를 짝사랑하는 평범한 14살 여중생 '츠바메'. 그녀는 상냥한 아빠와 그녀를 따뜻하게 보듬어주는 새엄마와 함께 살고 있다. 하지만 부모님 사이에서 새로운 아이가 태어나고, 행복해 보이는 두 사람의 모습을 보며 '츠바메'는 소외감을 느낀다. 그런 그녀에게 있어 유일한 안식처는 서예학원 옥상뿐.
그곳에서 홀로 시간을 보내던 '츠바메'의 곁에 어느 날 밤, 누군가 찾아온다. 그녀의 눈에 들어온 건 킥보드를 타고 하늘을 나는 신비한 할머니?! 화려한 치장을 한 '호시바'의 모습을 보고 거리감을 느끼던 것도 잠시 '츠바메'는 점차 마음의 문을 열고 자신의 고민을 털어놓기 시작하는데...
Hikaru Tamayodo
Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces, a dull novelist and a legendary killer. Susumu Ichikawa, an obsolete writer with no manuscript at all, had another face - a legendary hitman. But the truth of the matter is... he had never shot a person. One day, he receives a murder request from a friend. Seeing this as an opportunity to achieve the ideal hard-boiled novel, he decides to hire a real hitman and demands that he report to him the assassination situation as it was.
Grandmother
루미 하야치네는 토노에 살고 있는 고등학교 2학년으로 초자연적 영혼을 꿈꾸고 그린다. 어느날, 사랑하는 할머니가 집을 나가며 말한다. "난 평생 하고 싶던 일을 하고 싶어." 학교에서 루미는 미래에 대한 압박을 받지만, 어떤 일을 할지 결정하지 못 한다. 친한 친구 기에가 도쿄에 있는 대학교에 가고 싶다고 하자, 루미는 주위 모든 사람에게 버림받았다는 생각이 더욱 강해진다. 하지만, 기에는 몰래 루미가 그린 그림을 대회에 출품했고, 이 작품이 상을 받게 된다. 이 일을 통해 루미는 자기 미래를 생각하는 데 필요한 자신감을 얻게 된다.
Keiko
“Magic Kimono” tells the story of middle-aged Japanese woman Keiko, who has been living in a shell for decades due to a family tragedy in Kobe. The modest act of eating and the sensations it gives us provided Keiko a lifeline to survive. Unwillingly, she joins a group of Japanese women traveling to Northern Europe to participate in a kimono show in the fairytale-like art nouveau world of Riga. During her performance, Keiko suddenly comes face to face with her husband, who disappeared twenty years ago and now wants to read-dress their relationship and who Keiko has become.
Esperanza
The space will be witness of dreams, hopes, disappointments and dramatic destinies of its residents, delivering an intimate human history of Mexico through the decades. La Habitación will reunite eight directors that will expose the reality of each historical period resulting in a profound and inspiring portrait of modern Mexico.
Hairi
인공지능 로봇을 신체에 접목해 삶을 연장시키는 사이버 기술이 발달하며 인간과 로봇의 경계가 무너진 가까운 미래, 강력 범죄와 테러 사건을 담당하는 엘리트 특수부대 섹션9. 인간과 인공지능이 결합해 탄생한 특수요원이자 섹션9을 이끄는 메이저(스칼렛 요한슨)는 세계를 위협하는 음모를 지닌 범죄 테러 조직을 저지하라는 임무를 받는다. 첨단 사이버 기술을 보유한 한카 로보틱스를 파괴하려는 범죄 테러 조직을 막기 위해 엘리트 특수부대 섹션9이 나서기 시작하고, 사건을 깊이 파고들수록 메이저는 자신의 과거와 존재에 대한 의문을 갖게 되는데...
Satomi
젊은 독일 여성 마리는 자신의 삶을 변화시키기 위해 후쿠시 마로 도망치듯 떠나온다. 클라운즈 포 헬프(Clowns4Help) 라는 단체와 함께 일하며 2011년 후쿠시마 원전사고의 생존 자들에게 기쁨을 전해줄 수 있길 바란 것이다. 마리는 오래 지나지 않아, 자신이 그 비극에서 고달픔을 덜어내는 임무에 전혀 적합하지 않다는 것을 깨닫게 된다. 하지만 마리는 거 기서 도망치기보다 성미가 고약한 사토미라는 이름의 노인 과 함께 지내기로 결정한다.
(2016년 제18회 서울국제여성영화제)
Costume Design
Years after she related to him the story of her parents’ death in a fire, for which – rightly or wrongly – she feels responsible, Japanese psychiatrist Dr. Sanada meets his former patient Azusa once again. Back then, she lambasted him for being wrong for the job. Back then, he let slip that she isn’t actually crazy. Now she’s a prostitute living in precarious circumstances in Los Angeles and is accused of murder, with her memories once again moving inexorably towards a fire. Sanada assesses her in the presence of an investigator who appears not to understand Japanese. Is Azusa now mentally ill for real? Was she back then? And why does the description of her tormentors upset him so?
Art Direction
Years after she related to him the story of her parents’ death in a fire, for which – rightly or wrongly – she feels responsible, Japanese psychiatrist Dr. Sanada meets his former patient Azusa once again. Back then, she lambasted him for being wrong for the job. Back then, he let slip that she isn’t actually crazy. Now she’s a prostitute living in precarious circumstances in Los Angeles and is accused of murder, with her memories once again moving inexorably towards a fire. Sanada assesses her in the presence of an investigator who appears not to understand Japanese. Is Azusa now mentally ill for real? Was she back then? And why does the description of her tormentors upset him so?
Editor
Years after she related to him the story of her parents’ death in a fire, for which – rightly or wrongly – she feels responsible, Japanese psychiatrist Dr. Sanada meets his former patient Azusa once again. Back then, she lambasted him for being wrong for the job. Back then, he let slip that she isn’t actually crazy. Now she’s a prostitute living in precarious circumstances in Los Angeles and is accused of murder, with her memories once again moving inexorably towards a fire. Sanada assesses her in the presence of an investigator who appears not to understand Japanese. Is Azusa now mentally ill for real? Was she back then? And why does the description of her tormentors upset him so?
Screenplay
Years after she related to him the story of her parents’ death in a fire, for which – rightly or wrongly – she feels responsible, Japanese psychiatrist Dr. Sanada meets his former patient Azusa once again. Back then, she lambasted him for being wrong for the job. Back then, he let slip that she isn’t actually crazy. Now she’s a prostitute living in precarious circumstances in Los Angeles and is accused of murder, with her memories once again moving inexorably towards a fire. Sanada assesses her in the presence of an investigator who appears not to understand Japanese. Is Azusa now mentally ill for real? Was she back then? And why does the description of her tormentors upset him so?
Azusa
Years after she related to him the story of her parents’ death in a fire, for which – rightly or wrongly – she feels responsible, Japanese psychiatrist Dr. Sanada meets his former patient Azusa once again. Back then, she lambasted him for being wrong for the job. Back then, he let slip that she isn’t actually crazy. Now she’s a prostitute living in precarious circumstances in Los Angeles and is accused of murder, with her memories once again moving inexorably towards a fire. Sanada assesses her in the presence of an investigator who appears not to understand Japanese. Is Azusa now mentally ill for real? Was she back then? And why does the description of her tormentors upset him so?
Director
Years after she related to him the story of her parents’ death in a fire, for which – rightly or wrongly – she feels responsible, Japanese psychiatrist Dr. Sanada meets his former patient Azusa once again. Back then, she lambasted him for being wrong for the job. Back then, he let slip that she isn’t actually crazy. Now she’s a prostitute living in precarious circumstances in Los Angeles and is accused of murder, with her memories once again moving inexorably towards a fire. Sanada assesses her in the presence of an investigator who appears not to understand Japanese. Is Azusa now mentally ill for real? Was she back then? And why does the description of her tormentors upset him so?
Narrator (voice)
In EDO, the fabulous wonderland where only men exist, the most beautiful courtesan is Shiratori Dayū. His apprentice's suicide made him desolate, and he finds love when he meets the most popular and sexy candy boy, Furimatsu, at the "Candy Shop." However, the town of EDO bans romantic relationships, and a rare disease starts to spread.
Setsuko / Lucy
Setsuko, a 55-year-old single 'office lady' in Tokyo, is given a blonde wig and a new identity, 'Lucy,' by her young unconventional English instructor. 'Lucy' awakens desires Setsuko never knew she had. When the instructor suddenly disappears, Setsuko must come to terms with what remains--herself.
Oki
Psychological thriller connecting three different people in the mysterious vortex, trying to untangle the dramatic fight of border between the truth and fantasy. Rob, a former real estate broker, unemployed, starts following a strange Japanese woman, Oki, who constantly moves from house to house. He drags his roommate Wylie into the investigation during which they have to face the dark past and curse of Oki, while dealing with the history of their own.
Mitsuko Kajima
제2차 세계대전이 끝난 뒤, 펠러스 준장(매튜 폭스)은 맥아더 장군(토미 리 존스)과 함께 일본 전범을 체포하는 임무를 맡는다. 그 과정에서 펠러스 준장은 히로히토 천황도 전범으로 재판에 회부하려고 하지만, 천황이 신이라고 믿는 일본인들의 방해 공작으로 어려움을 겪는다. 옛 애인인 아야의 도움을 받아 천황의 숨겨진 진실에 접근해 가는 펠러스. 과연 그는 천황의 유죄를 증명하여 그에게 형벌을 내릴 수 있을까?
Hiroko Tada
남부러울 것 없는 외모와 인기, 돈까지 가진 이 시대 최고의 톱스타 ‘리리코’. 모든 여자들의 로망인 ‘리리코’에게도 치명적 단점이 있으니, 귀, 눈알, 손톱 빼고는 모두 가짜! 전신성형을 통해 온 몸을 뜯어고쳐 최고의 미모와 스타일로 연예계에 군림했지만, 타인의 장기와 피부, 근육을 불법 이식해 미용 의료행위를 하는 성형외과로 인해 ‘리리코’의 몸에선 수술 후유증 반응이 생긴다. 피부의 탄력이 줄어들어 점점 썩어가고, 얼굴과 몸에 검은 멍이 생기기 시작하는 ‘리리코’는 자신을 사랑하는 많은 사람들이 뒤돌아 설 것이라는 생각에 사로잡혀 괴로워한다. 결국 재수술을 하면 부작용으로 인해 얼굴이 더 무너질 것을 알면서도 자신이 이룬 최고의 자리를 지키기 위해 재수술을 감행한다. ‘리리코’의 성형 부작용이 빠르게 지속되면서 ‘리리코’를 대체할 수 있는 자연미인 신인 모델 ‘고즈에’가 등장하게 되고 ‘고즈에’는 ‘리리코’가 밟아왔던 톱 모델의 순을 그대로 밟으며 어느새 젊은이들 사이에서 대세인 신인 스타가 된다. ‘리리코’는 ‘고즈에’에게 최고의 자리를 빼앗길지도 모른다는 불안감에 휩싸이고 점점 더 몰락하게 되는데…
(segment "Heartquake")
In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.
Director
In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.
미식헌터 토리코를 찾아 구르메 시장을 찾아온 소년 베크. 베크는 톰의 도움으로 토리코가 있는 한 섬에 도착한다. 겨우겨우 토리코를 만나 자신의 마을을 쑥대밭으로 만든 괴조 게롤드를 처치해 달라고 부탁한다. 토리코는 대가로 게롤드 고기를 받기로 하고 베크네 마을로 가기로 한다. 그리고 무사히 게롤드를 헌팅하지만 게롤드가 마을까지 내려온 이유는 따로 있다는 걸 알게 된다. 토리코는 게롤드를 마을로 몰아낸 원인인 코끼리곰을 헌팅하러 가기로 하는데…
Amaya
One week in one of the most exotic and picturesque cities of the world. The day of changes comes when Amaya meets a charming Englishman, Paul and it dramatically changes Amaya's perception of her cultural and personal identity.
One day, a mother who used to be hospitalized in Tokyo comes to Kashihara city in Nara prefecture to find her son. But the only clue she has is the digital camera which her son forgot at the hospital.
Yuichiro wants to be an film director but his widowed mother wants him to become a doctor. As radiation leaks permeate the city, he tries to clear his debts by signing up for a dangerous medical experiment...
Isuzu Hibino
Subaru and her twin brother Kazuma share a dream in becoming ballet dancers, but their passion is discouraged by their father. After Kazuma's death from a hereditary illness, dancing became Subaru's only happiness and she yearns to lose herself in dance. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she runs into cabaret owner Isuzu, who recognizes the talent in Subaru and trains her in her nightspot. But to become a professional ballerina, Subaru has to overcome harsher challenges than merely satisfying the cabaret drunkards. Spurred on by her rivaling dance companions, Subaru enters an international dance competition, to vie for recognition and a scholarship to any top ballet company in the world. Subaru and her companions soon discover that there are more to compete than the championship, and tests of friendship, betrayal and self-worth come one after another. Gradually the youngsters learn about themselves as dancers, as persons and as friends.
Recently appointed dean at a film school, Kimuro Hajime develops a special concern for one of his students, Daisuke. The brash, headstrong young man is fixated on with the Second World War. He feels a sense of frustration at the irrational sacrifice of young people's lives during the war six decades earlier. Daisuke finds that he can vent his frustrations to Kimuro, who experienced the war firsthand. Kimuro's wife, Emiko, is also troubled by memories of the war. She lost a loved one in the war and has never gotten over it. And Kimuro himself also has something from the past that he has yet to face. He believes that the burden of his unresolved past will eventually be the death of him. When Daisuke's neurosis causes him to quit school, life changes for all three of them.
Ruriko
전설의 보물이 감춰져 있다는 산골마을의 라이벌 부족인 겐지와 헤이케. 두 부족 간의 충돌로 바람 잘 날 없는 마을에 외로운 총잡이가 나타나고, 뛰어난 그의 총 솜씨에 두 부족의 리더들은 그를 자기편으로 끌어들이려 한다.
the President of Toraoh
일본 문화의 가장 유구한 전통 중 하나는 음식에 대한 담론이다. 주로 만화에서 즐겨 다루었던 음식이라는 소재는 국내에서 만화만큼 잘 알려져 있진 않지만 영화에서도 꾸준히 다루어져왔다. 는 일본 만화에서 자주 등장하는 전문가와 신인의 대결 구조를 차용하고 있는데, 재일교포 감독 구수연은 이러한 문화에 한국 음식이라는 색다른 소재를 끌어들이고 있다. 어릴 적 엄마의 비밀 소스로 만든 깻잎을 즐겨 먹고 자란 두 형제는 엄마의 갑작스런 죽음 이후 헤어져 전혀 다른 상황에 놓이게 된다. 형인 토라오는 한국식 고기 요리로 대결을 벌이는 TV 프로그램 ‘야키니쿠 배틀’에서 수많은 요리사들을 쓰러뜨리고 최강자로 군림하는 최고의 갈비구이 요리사로, 동생 타츠지는 곱창의 달인인 한노인 밑에서 작은 식당을 운영하며 대찬 여종업원과 함께 요리를 배우며 소박하게 살고 있다. 토라오의 레스토랑 체인이 한노인과 타츠지의 식당을 무너뜨리기 위해 음모를 꾸미면서 형과 동생은 자신도 모르는 사이 조금씩 서로를 향해 다가가기 시작한다. 된장찌개, 깻잎, 불고기, 곱창 등 우리나라에서는 그야말로 평범하기 짝이 없는 서민들의 음식이 이 영화에서 화려한 요리로 돌변하는 재미를 보는 것은 색다른 즐거움을 선사한다. 뮤직비디오나 CF를 연상시키는 현란한 카메라와 알록달록한 화면 속에서 의외로 음식 그 자체의 맛보다는 함께 밥을 먹는다는 것의 소중함을 일깨워주는 영화의 소박한 경구가 마음을 흔든다. (최은영 - 제11회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)
Comedy about a woman who finds a new life after she loses her busband.
Writer
Comedy about a woman who finds a new life after she loses her busband.
Director
Comedy about a woman who finds a new life after she loses her busband.
Ine Hatano
미무라 신노죠는 쇼군의 밥에 독이 있는지 검사하는 '독미(毒味)' 사무라이다. 그는 자신이 하는 일에 회의를 느끼고, 동네 아이들에게 검술을 가르치는 일을 하고 싶다는 꿈을 꾸고 있다. 하지만, 어느 날 신노죠는 독미관을 하는 도중 독을 먹고 심한 열병을 앓다 깨어난다. 그리고 시력을 잃게 된다. 신노죠를 걱정한 아내 카요는 신노죠의 앞으로의 일을 부탁하기 위해서 마을의 고관 시마다를 찾아지만 시마다는 그녀의 부탁을 들어주는 대신 그녀에게 반강제적인 성상납을 강요하고, 이를 오해한 신노죠는 아내와 이혼을 하기에 이른다. 하지만 이후 썩어빠진 고위간부가 아내를 농락했다는 사실을 알게 된 신노죠는 시마다에게 결투장을 보내게 되는데.
Mother
신비로운 푸른 회색빛 눈동자를 지닌 소녀 ‘치요’는 가난 때문에 언니와 함께 교토로 팔려가게 된다. 자신이 게이샤가 될 줄은 꿈에도 몰랐지만 그녀를 시기하여 함정에 몰아넣는 ‘하츠모모’(공리)에게 겪은 갖은 수모 속에서 유일하게 친절을 가르쳐준 회장(와타나베 켄)을 마음에 담고 게이샤가 되고 싶다는 희망을 품게 된다. 마침내 그녀를 수제자로 선택한 마메하(양자경)에게 안무, 음악, 미술, 화법 등 다방면에 걸친 혹독한 교육을 받고 최고의 게이샤 ‘사유리’(장쯔이)로 사교계에 화려하게 데뷔한다. 은근히 그녀를 사모하는 기업가 노부(야쿠쇼 코지)와 남작을 비롯한 많은 사람의 구애도 거절한 채 회장을 향한 사랑을 지켜가던 사유리. 하지만 더욱 집요해진 하츠모모의 질투와 전쟁의 혼란 속에서도 회장을 사랑하는 마음을 잃지 않았던 사유리는 게이샤란 세상의 모든 아름다움을 가질 순 있어도 사랑만큼은 선택할 수 없다는 사실을 깨닫게 되는데…
Empress Kojun
Biographical film depicting Japanese Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) during the final days of World War II. The film is the third drama in director Aleksandr Sokurov's trilogy, which included Taurus about the Soviet Union's Vladimir Lenin and Moloch about Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler.
Chika IV
When her husband is hospitalized with tuberculosis, Chika has a series of three relationships: with a teacher in her hometown, with a student in Tokyo, and with an aging gangster.
Kayo
Saya
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
Toyoko Masukawa
The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
Chikako Ishizu, the Detective
Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with Kazuki, a young man who works with her. His sister is killed and a boy named Masaki suspected but the police don't arrest him. Junko tells Kazuki about her powers and takes revenge.
Marianne
A group of disparate characters find themselves trapped overnight on a island somewhere off the coast of mainland China. The circumstances force them to overlook their preconceptions of one another, and they forge a kinship that goes to the heart their identities.
A film based on two short stories by Shiina Makoto. Tadon is the story of a cab-driver who spends his days listening to his passengers' conversations. Chikuwa is about a writer who faces a creativity bottleneck.
A large, dinosaur-like monster has risen from Tokyo Bay and attacked the city. As the government collapses into chaos, the people of a rural town in Fukui Prefecture, from whose perspective we see the entire movie, watch as the events unfold on TV. Some decide to run for their lives, some take it as a sign of the apocalypse, some go completely crazy, but most of the townspeople wait and watch, and wonder where the monster will head next.
Takako Nakaura
라디오 드라마 극본 공모에 당선된 미야코는 설레는 마음으로 자신의 대본이 녹음되는 모습을 보러 간다. 그러나 리허설까지 마치고 순조롭게 준비되던 방송은 왕년의 스타 성우 노리코(도다 게이코)의 고집으로 엉망진창이 되어 간다. 노다가 자신의 극중 이름을 난데없이 '메어리'로 바꿔달라고 요구하자, 남자 주인공도 생방송 중에 무단으로 이름을 바꾼다. 게다가 이상하게 변해가는 대본과는 달리 음향 효과가 전혀 준비되지 않아 스탭들은 좌충우돌하는데..
Saki
Filmed somewhat in documentary style, it follows three girls over the span of one day and night in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Jonko runs a group of high school girls involved in paid dating, Raku is a street dancer, and Togo was brought up in the US and back in Japan for one year wants to escape to New York. Their contact with the world of talent scouts and yakuza places them in danger.
Tami Ohsawa
Hamanaka Koichi returns to his wife Hisako and family in a sadder, run-down section of eastern Tokyo after having run away from home years before. He gives no explanation of his absence and his family asks no questions. It is only through the questions that a young writer named Asakura, who is secretly in love with Hisako, poses of local shop owners, that we learn that Hamanaka's disappearance may be related to the fact that the woman everyone thought he would marry, Tami - who runs the cafe across the street from the Hamanaka electric store - had ended up tying the knot with another man who died soon thereafter.
Making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly
Suzukino
사랑, 그 희망의 날개짓... | 사람들은 꿈을 꾸고 사랑을 한다 모든 것이 무너진 폐허에서도... | 2005년, 당신의 여름을 사랑으로 채울... 이와이슌지의 감성대작 “너의 꿈을 이룰 수 있다면...내 목숨조차 아깝지 않아”가상의 시대. 일본은 세계 최강국이다. 일본의 엔화는 세계에서 가장 높은 가치를 가진 화폐이고 그 엔화를 벌기 위해 각국의 불법 이주민들이 도쿄 변두리를 가득 채운다. 사람들은 그 이주민들을 “옌타운”이라 부르고 이주민들은 일본을 “엔타운”이라 부른다. “엔타운”에 사는 “옌타운” 창녀 ‘그리코’. 어느날 그녀를 찾아온 나비같은 소녀 ‘아게하’. 그리고 그들을 오빠처럼 돌봐..
Fujimoto's mother
There still stands a famous apartment building where such prominent manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka once lived, worked, and shared experiences.
Akemi Tanaka
14 year old Nakamura is sexually abused by her stepfather. She invents a friend who is coming to her rescue when she really needs it.
Tanaka is a yakuza who collects 'protection money' from establishments. He has just been released from jail, where he had spent eight years, and finds out that his boss wants to get rid of him. Tanaka is not an archetypal yakuza; he travels by public transport. But he does have two mistresses: Ayumi, who runs a nightclub, and Yoshie, a brothel-keeper. When Tanaka's boss ends up in hospital, second man Kurauchi exerts increasing pressure on Tanaka. Tanaka deliberately has himself wounded by a fighter to dodge several of Kurauchi's demands.
Based on the comic Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi
An anthology exploring the meaning of the Japanese greeting goaisatsu.
Director
An anthology exploring the meaning of the Japanese greeting goaisatsu.
Ritsuko
A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho. He quickly becomes aware that her life is in his hands when he learns she is hiding from the yakuza.
Moeko
Ryoko, a free-spirited 23-year-old woman, quits her job after being caught having an affair with a co-worker and finds herself on the street. She comes to Tokyo, relying on her aunt Moeko, a career woman who works as a manager at a major city bank. The two, who have completely different personalities, quarrel constantly whenever they see each other.
Tsuruko Miura
On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings of joy and sadness. These include a newlywed couple, an expectant mother, and lovers who must say farewell because the boy is called to serve in the army. Each of these people, like others in the city, hoped to live with their dreams for ‘tomorrow’. But tomorrow never comes for them, as their lives are brought to an abrupt and unexpected end. Knowing how the story ends, in this case, doesn't detract from it at all; rather, it enhances the emotional impact, which is further heightened by the poignant musical score from Teizo Matsumura. 'Ashita' is the first film in Kazuo Kuroki's 'War Requiem Trilogy,' which also includes 'Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima' (2002) and 'Chichi to Kuraseba' (2004).
Chikako Koga
Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter. Outwardly, his family seems really happy, but in reality Yuichi enjoys sex with everyone but his wife Chikako. One day, he gets a phone call from a woman named Sanae, an old elementary school classmate of his.
Noriko Kimura
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
Reiko Caine
Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, who have flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make a living by trafficking marijuana under the pretext of selling tea leaves, but they are in a foreign land where they don't speak the language well.
The story revolves around a hardcore Onyanko Club fanatic who decides he wants to kill the girls to prevent the young, cute idols from getting old and married - in a sense, to preserve their youth for eternity.
Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential news-story.
Mitsuko Ishii
On the night of August 19, 1980, a bus was set on fire by the vagrant Hirofumi Maruyama at the Shinjuku West Exit Bus Terminal. In the burning flames, Mitsuko, who was exhausted by her affair, suddenly thought of suicide. As a result, she escaped too late from the bus and suffered a serious injury. From there, she was hospitalized for a long time. As she gradually recovered, the wife of her affair partner, Soroku Sugihara, died of cancer. Soroku proposed to Mitsuko again, and they lived together. Due to Soroku's mounting debt, they decided to flee to Tojinbo. With the desperate persuasion of her acquaintances, Mitsuko regained her desire to "live again."
Kayoko Ise
A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.
Young Girl's Mother
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.
Kumako Onizawa
비 오던 어느날 밤, 한 자동차가 부두를 질주하다 그대로 바다로 돌진해 빠져버리는 사고가 발생한다. 차에 타고 있던 것은 늙은 남자와 젊은 여자였고 그 중 젊은 여자만 간신히 목숨을 건진다. 하지만 그녀는 결국...
Kaoru
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.
Ine
영화 속 노래의 후렴구이기도 한 ‘에에쟈나이카’는 새로운 사회적 분위기가 만들어지던 에도 말기에 발생한 대중적 운동, 또는 현상을 폭넓게 지칭하는 말이다. 격변의 에도 말기, 한 가난한 농부가 미국에서 일본으로 돌아온다. 겨우 고향으로 돌아왔지만 그는 다시 한 번 힘든 시기를 보내야 한다. 당시 일본 사회의 급격한 변화를 여러 인물과 사건을 통해 스케치하듯 그린 작품.
(2017년 한국시네마테크협의회 - 이마무라 쇼헤이 회고전)
Sugiko Emori
Intellectual collegue professor Sasa becomes obsessed with beautiful Sugiko, a virgin. Eventually, luring her to a love hotel.
Otsuyanokata
도쿠가와 이에야스의 성을 포위하고 있던 다케다 신겐은 저격수에 의해 중상을 입는다. 신겐은 자신의 죽음을 3년 동안 비밀로 하라는 유언을 남긴채 숨을 거두고, 그의 동생인 노부카도는 신겐이 살아있는 것처럼 보이기 위해 신겐과 비슷한 외모의 카게무샤를 내세운다. 무식한 좀도둑이었던 카게무샤는 신겐처럼 행동하며 신겐의 소실들과 손자까지 속여넘긴다. 인자한 영주로 변한 그가 백성들의 존경을 받기에 이르자 신겐의 아들인 카츠요리는 초조해하는데...
Sayoko Morisaki
Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objects to the idea. One day, someone leaves behind a six-year-old child at their door, claiming that Shinsaku—or four other men—is the child's father! Sayoko and Shinsaku set out on a journey to find the real father.
Mariko
Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs than on her schoolwork. She finds herself torn between a former boyfriend who's the tough, insensitive-but-sexy, type, and a new acquaintance who's more sensitive to her feelings, but who still acts childishly selfish at times. Will she choose one of them, or decide to go her own way?
Hitomi
Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.
Akemi Ogawa
The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
Ikuko Ishikawa
준은 22세로 부모로부터 물려받은 바를 경영한지 3개월이 되었다. 가게를 도와 주고 있는 것은 어렸을 적부터 친구인 케이코이다. 하지만 어머니는 그에게 "케이코와 함께 하는 것은 너에게 좋지 않은 일"이라고 말한다. 아버지는 준에게 케이코가 강간 당해 귀가 먹었다고 이야기하자 준은 아버지를 죽인다. 돌아온 어머니는 자수하겠다는 준을 말리는데...
Fujiko
Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido town.
Hirobe is a lonely man. After witnessing her girlfriend die with a terminal illness, he wanders through the city like a shadow. One day, he meets Masako and they begin an affair. Masako is in an unhappy marriage with Yazawa, who is also cheating on her with a younger lover. The tension builds up to an unforgiving, yet quiet climax...
Tae
료마는 막부 쪽의 자객에게 저격 대상이 된 것뿐만 아니라 근황의 주류파들에게도 저격 대상이 된다. 1867년 11월 새로운 정치를 세워야 한다는 킨노파와 현 권력을 유지하고자 하는 사바쿠파의 일대 충돌이 일어나는데, 료마는 킨노파에 속해있다. 그리고 료마는 우연히 알게 된 여자 반이 사바쿠파의 테러 그룹인 신센구미의 멤버인 토미타 사부로의 여자인 것도 모른채 친하게 지낸다.
Tomiko Ohashi
법학부에 다니는 대학생 에토 켄이치로. 아메리칸 풋볼 선수로 활동하면서 오하시 토미코의 가정교사를 한다. 그러나 머지않아 풋볼을 그만두고 사법시험에 전념. 토미코는 단기대학 합격 기념으로 켄이치로를 스키장으로 초대. 그곳에서 토미코와 관계를 맺게 되는 켄이치로. 토미코와의 관계를 유지하면서 사회적 지위를 다지기 위해 친척의 딸인 야스코와 결혼을 결정한다. 토미코에게 결혼 사실을 말하자 토미코는 임신 5개월이라고 한다. 동반자살을 강요하는 토미코의 목을 졸라, 시체를 묻어버리는 켄이치로. 야스코와의 결혼 후, 풋볼 시합이 출전한 켄이치로에게 두 명의 형사가 다가온다.
Etsuko
Yukie, Koichi and Akira are rogues looking for a place to crash. They move into a house which Etsuko (Kaori Momoi) inherited from her parents. Soon after getting settled, the hippies slip into a communal lifestyle. They eat, have sex, and generally share everything together.
A young outlaw can’t escape his rebellious past despite connections to a well to do family.
A rebel youth joins a duo of entertainers only able to communicate by gesturing; when the female performer is suddenly abducted, he and Takeru must take action.
A Japanese girl and a French boy make strides in overcoming the cultural barriers that prevent them from fully expressing the love they have for one another.
