Kenji Kawahara
Nascimento : 1977-07-28, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
A short film shown exclusively to visitors of the Godzilla museum and Shin Godzilla statue at Awaji Island. The legendary figure of Godzilla was first confirmed at the beginning of the Meiji era when a typhoon hit Awaji Island. Godzilla, who appeared among the high waves, roamed the island, leaving tremendous damage in its wake.
Shuntaro Murase
Omnibus film that tells five stories from a radio station and its listeners.
(uncredited)
When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.
A story about a woman from Yanaka Village, Tochigi Prefecture, which was abolished by the government due to the Ashio Copper Mine pollution incident in the late Meiji Period. The drama depicts the struggle of the woman who gradually matures as a person through her encounters with versatile figures, including socialists and writers, after moving to Tokyo.
Um grupo de policiais deve proteger a vida do assassino de uma menina. A razão: o prêmio por sua cabeça vale um bilhão de yenes, pagos pelo avô da garota. Agora, dezenas de caçadores de recompensa querem cobrar o dinheiro.
The movie follows the life of an unpopular comedy duo. The duo, called "Boso Swimmers", have been working together for 12 years, but the duo sees little future in their comedy careers. They then begin to write their thoughts in a diary
High school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary for people who want to reach the dead.
A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.
Tokyo Sonata é o retrato de uma família japonesa aparentemente normal. O pai que bruscamente perde seu trabalho esconde a verdade de toda família; o filho mais velho que quase não pára em casa quer se alistar no exército de outro país; o mais novo, começa a fazer aulas de piano escondido dos pais, e a mãe, que sabe que seu papel é manter a família unida, não encontra suficiente vontade para isso. De alguma maneira, um profundo abismo aparece dentro da família, e se estende rápido e silenciosamente para desintegrá-los.
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...