Erika Oda

An Okinawan woman kidnaps the teenage son of a U.S. Marine convicted of raping her when she was a girl.

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.

Based on the comic book by Marie Abiko.

Misaki visits her boyfriend Koichi in Okinawa, the southern island of Japan. To welcome the arrival of Misaki, Koichi's friend Jinsei holds a welcoming party at his house. At the party, Misaki learns from the wise granny about the legend behind the bag hanging from the fig tree and the local demon: Kijimuna, which deeply fascinate Misaki. Jinsei then introduces Misaki to a young female writer, Kagemi, who tells Misaki the darker side of the Kijimuna legend. As the local shaman and medium to the other world, Kagemi’s knowledge in local lore gives Misaki much more to wonder about. The quiet life in Okinawa takes a sharp turn with the arrival of Jinsei’s ex-wife Sanae, which leads to a tragic accident. Soon, the parties involved begin to see a vengeful spirit and their peaceful lifes turn into a nightmare.

당신을 여배우처럼 모시기 위해 준비했습니다. 꽃미남, 멋진 시나리오, 그리고 바닷가의 호스트바! 아무도 봐 주지 않는 공연에 좌절하는 거리 공연가 료헤이를 비롯한 7명의 젊은이는 저마다의 사정으로 마지막 희망을 찾아 호스트 클럽으로 흘러 든다. 큰 돈을 벌어 보겠다며 보증금까지 내고 어렵게 들어온 곳이지만 점장은 이미 돈을 갖고 사라진 뒤. 절망에 빠진 그들에게 건물의 원래 주인을 자처하는 카타기리가 나타나고, 그의 권유로 7명은 힘을 합쳐 호스트 클럽 'DOGDAYS'의 문을 열게 된다. 실수연발, 새내기 호스트들의 고군분투가 계속되던 중 카타기리의 손녀 치카가 심장병을 앓고 있다는 사실을 알게 된 그들. 치카를 위한 새내기 호스트들의 최고의 물 좋은 비즈니스가 시작된다.

Portrait of the Wind centers on Tamio Murase, a world-traveling photographer who came home to take over the family business after his father’s fatal heart attack. One day at the family photo studio, he finds a kindred spirit in Ayako and the requisite sparks fly between them. The initial portions of the film deal with their budding romance, and it isn’t long before the two become a serious couple, and Ayako is pregnant with Tamio’s child.

A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once infected, come down with the disease, which leads to death. They have no way of fighting against this infection filled with fear and despair. The media calls the disease the "Lemming Syndrome".

Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presented with an option: face another execution attempt or subject himself to their bizarre and dangerous experiments.

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.

죽은 사람이라면 누구나 1주일간 머물러야 하는 저승과의 경계 지역 림보. 이곳의 면접관들은 매주 월요일마다 찾아오는 죽은 사람들에게 살아온 생애 중 가장 행복했던 한순간을 선택하라고 말한다. 면접관들은 그들이 선택한 기억을 영상에 담아 1주일 뒤 영원한 시간 속으로 사라질 때 마음속에 간직하고 떠날 수 있도록 도와준다. 만일 하나의 추억을 선택하지 못한 자는 계속해서 림보에 머물 수밖에 없다. 면접관들 중 첫사랑의 연인을 이승에 남겨두고 1945년 필리핀 해전에서 전사한 모치즈키도 그런 경우. 한편 후배 면접관 시오리는 그를 사랑하는데...