Yu Aoi

An medical student unwillingly assists in human experiments on American POWs during WWII and gets sentenced to death in the Yokohama War Trials. His wife fights for a reduction of sentence.

O ano é 1879. Jurados de vingança, Kenshin e seus aliados enfrentam o inimigo mais forte de todos: Enishi Yukishiro e seus comparsas.

In 1964, Momoko came by herself to Tokyo from her hometown. She met Shūzō and married him. They raised two children together, but Shūzō suddenly passes away. Momoko is dumbfounded by being alone again. She begins to go to the library and borrows books. This changes her life.

É 1940, e a população do Japão está dividida com a entrada do país na Segunda Guerra Mundial. Satoko, a esposa dedicada de um comerciante de tecidos, começa a suspeitar que ele está tramando algo. Logo ela é arrastada para dentro de um jogo, escondendo enigmaticamente suas intenções.

It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie. Sonoko does not know that Tetsuo makes sex dolls or Dutch wives. Sonoko has a secret too. She is about to tell Tetsuo what she has been hiding. Their marriage is already sexless. Will they make it?

Following the comic series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring the same cast, a young and relatively inexperienced man comes across a woman during his working day and sparks fly.

Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he barely communicates with anyone except Genzo, a young neighbour. Upstream, a large bridge is being constructed. Everyone is excited, but Toichi has mixed feelings about it. One day, Toichi meets a mysterious girl. Having no family and no place to go, Toichi lets her stay with him, but this encounter starts to bring about changes to Toichi's life.

Ruka é uma jovem garota cujos pais são separados e cujo pai trabalha em um aquário. Quando dois meninos, Umi e Sora, que foram criados no mar por dugongos, são levados ao aquário, Ruka se sente atraída por eles e começa a perceber que ela tem o mesmo tipo de conexão sobrenatural com o oceano que eles. O poder especial de Umi e Sora parece estar conectado a eventos estranhos que ocorrem cada vez mais frequentemente, como o aparecimento de criaturas marinhas longe de seu território e o desaparecimento de animais de aquário em todo o mundo. No entanto, a natureza exata do poder dos meninos e dos eventos anormais é desconhecida, e Ruka é atraída para investigar o mistério que cerca seus novos amigos.

A seventy-year-old retired school headmaster informs his wife and daughters that he has Alzheimer’s disease. They are all concerned, but react differently due to their individual situations. The family watches as the husband and father regresses due to the disease and loses his memory. Interestingly, there are sparkling moments of his life of which the man will not let go.

O fim do período Edo, quando a paz doméstica continuava por 250 anos, era muito flutuante, dependendo da abertura ou não do país. Um trabalho chocante abordando o problema da vida e da morte através de um ronin que é jogado pela onda dos tempos e pessoas relacionadas a ele, situado numa área rural perto de Edo.

Um aluno da quarta série investiga a misteriosa razão por trás do súbito aparecimento de pingüins em sua aldeia, que de alguma forma está relacionado ao poder de uma jovem que trabalha em uma clínica odontológica.

At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.

An unstable young woman pines for the ex-boyfriend who nearly beat her to death – and who has mysteriously disappeared.

To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and to help revive her late mother's tennis table club, a table tennis prodigy decides to take part in a mixed doubles table tennis tournament.

Em Tokyo, criaturas conhecidas como “Ghouls” vivem entre os humanos e os devoram para sobreviver. Alheio a eles, o jovem universitário Ken Kaneki leva uma vida pacata entre livros, até que um trágico encontro o coloca diante desses seres e o obriga a lutar por sua humanidade.

Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.

While a gang of high school girls randomly beats lone men at night, the photo of a young woman who has been declared missing is used to design a template which is painted on each wall of a small suburban town.

A recently divorced and traumatized man moves to Hakodate, Hokkaido and attends a vocational college to learn carpentry along with several other students who are in the same boat as he. When a couple of the guys go to a hostess club the man meets an unconventional girl who likes him and a relationship is born.

Uma família japonesa perfeita. No dia de seu aniversário a matriarca pede um presente: o divórcio! Importante: RAKUGO-Comédia "Stand-Up" japonesa, onde um único comediante faz monólogos e interpreta vários personagens de uma história. Tem suas origens no séc. XVII. NATTÔ-Alimento com grãos de soja fermentados, com textura bastante viscosa e de forte cheiro. É um alimento consumido há séculos pelos japoneses e chineses, oferecendo excelentes propriedades no combate a doenças cardiovasculares.

O marido de Mizuki, Yusuke, se afogou no mar há três anos. Quando de repente ele volta para casa, ela não fica muito surpresa. Em vez disso, Mizuki se pergunta o que o fez demorar tanto tempo. Ela concorda partir em uma jornada guiada por Yusuke.

Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa, uma estudante transferida para a Ishinomori Middle School, ouve um rumor estranho de que um ano atrás, "Judas foi morto por outros quatro Judas" na Classe 1. Ao investigar, Alice descobre que a única pessoa que pode saber a verdade Hana, a colega de Alice, vive ao lado dela na "Casa das Flores" de que todo mundo tem medo ... Ansiosa para saber mais sobre o assassinato de Judas, Alice entra na Casa das Flores para perguntar ao recluso Hana mais informações sobre o Judas. assassinato e porque ela é uma reclusa. O encontro casual de Hana e Alice os coloca em uma aventura para resolver o mistério do "menor assassinato do mundo".

O fanático revolucionário Shishio Makoto zarpa em seu navio couraçado em sua tentativa de iniciar uma guerra civil no Japão para derrubar o Governo Meiji, levando Kaoru com ele. Para impedí-lo a tempo, Kenshin treina com seu antigo mestre para aprender a sua técnica definitiva.

Kenshin vive tranquilamente com Kaoru e seus amigos, mas é chamado pelo Imperador do Governo Meiji. Dez anos atrás, Shishio Makoto, um ex-assassino tal como Kenshin, havia sido traído, incendiado e deixado para morrer na Batalha de Toba-Fushimi. Ele sobreviveu e vai para Kyoto e se reúne com seus guerreiros numa conspiração para derrubar o novo governo. Contra a vontade de Kaoru, Kenshin aceita relutantemente ir até Kyoto para ajudar a evitar que o país entre em uma guerra civil.

Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father footsteps?

Goemon Ishikawa steals a golden statue from Yukari Kukai with female thief Neko no Me Ogin, but Private Detective Shinkuro Akechi chases after Goemon Ishikawa and Neko no Me Ogin. Detective Shinkuro Akechi discovers that there is a code hidden within the golden statue. The code reveals the location where gold is hidden. Meanwhile, outlaws gather under Goemon Ishikawa.

2977, em um futuro que a humanidade foi expulsa da Terra, após anos de batalha. O planeta se tornou um dos recursos mais valiosos do universo, mas é controlado pela coorporação Gaia Coalition. Os humanos exilados tentam voltar à Terra para descobrirem os segredos que lá estão escondidos. A bordo da espaçonave Arcadia, o pirata exilado, Capitão Harlock luta, junto com sua fiel tripulação, pela liberdade dos exilados e pelo retorno à Terra. Em um futuro onde a desesperança toma conta das pessoas, Harlock encontra um menino e o abriga em sua nave. No entanto, esse menino foi mandado para assassina-lo.

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.

An aging couple decide to leave their quiet lives in the country to pay a visit to their children and grandchildren in Tokyo. Once there, they discover that neither their oldest son, a doctor named Koichi, nor their eldest daughter Shigeko - who runs a beauty parlour - has time for them: both are too busy attending to their everyday concerns. Even the youngest son went his own way. The old couple feel lonely and bewildered in the fast-paced metropolis.

This is the continuation and final part of Double Face SP, the Japanese remake of the highly successful 2002 Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs. This special focuses on Police Inspector Takayama Ryosuke (Kagawa Teruyuki) who had been secretly supplying police information to the organized crime group, the Oda-gumi. Once a young street thug, Takayama was taken under the wing of Oda Hironari (Kohinata Fumiyo), the leader of Oda-gumi. Dressed, fed, and educated, Takayama was instructed to become a police officer and work as a mole for the group. Now, he is tasked to get close to Suenaga Mari (Aoi Yu), a daughter of an influential politician.

Kenshin Himura ficou conhecido como um dos melhores assassinos do país. Porém, cansado de tanta matança, ele abandona sua espada durante uma batalha e jura que não matará mais ninguém. Sua arma é recolhida por um dos derrotados e, passado algum tempo, uma série de assassinatos relacionados ao tráfico de ópio começam a acontecer. Himura passa a ser falsamente acusado de assassinato e sua promessa de nunca mais tirar uma vida é testada.

A young woman travels to Ireland. She comes across unexpected meetings, inspiration and even miracles.

An outwardly normal schoolteacher preys on suicidal women to slake his overwhelming thirst for human blood.

A disillusioned Natsume arrives at Coin de Rue, a popular Tokyo pastry shop, begging for work. Aiming to become a high-calibre pastry chef, she is determined to overcome both her past and the challenges ahead. Pastry critic Tomura is a frequent visitor to Coin de Rue. Moved by Natsume's persistence, he slowly begins to confront his own painful past aided, of course, by mouthfuls of tasty pastries.

Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.

Flowers examines the lives of six women across three generations, from the Show period all the way through to the present day.

Seguindo seu sonho, JP, o Suave, torna-se um piloto e ganha fama e fãs por causa de seu estilo retro, bem como os acidentes frequentes e espetaculares que se envolve devido as corridas que participa. JP fora preso, no passado, por participar de corridas arranjadas, cujo agiota ainda tenta coagir a ele e seu mecânico - Fresbee -, e pagar para que percam corridas no circuito. Durante a etapa de qualificação chamada Linha Amarela, o motor de JP explode, e à beira de desistir, ele descobre que, por votação popular, qualificou-se para a corrida sem regras chamada Linha Vermelha depois que dois outros motoristas desistiram. A razão por trás disso é que o governo do Robômundo, o planeta militar onde acontecerá a corrida final, se opõe ao evento e ameaça todos os participantes. Neste meio tempo, JP envolve-se com Sonoshee McLaren, também corredora e antigo amor platônico dele, e conhece Trava e Shinkai, dois ex-militares do Robômundo que agora são piratas intergalácticos com seu Speedmaster.

Nodame e Chiaki mutualmente decidem que seria melhor se separarem para que possa praticar para uma competição próxima. No entanto quando as coisas não saem do seu jeito, ela fica impaciente e deprimida. Enquanto Nodame está afastada a ex de chiaki, a pianista Rui retorna para tomar o seu lugar. Para piorar a situação, Rui e Chiaki são determinados para tocar a música dos sonhos de Nodame com Chiaki O concerto em G de Ravel.

A história de um irmão insensato e de sua irmã mais velha, uma moça bondosa que continua a acreditar nele, mesmo quando toda a família o vê como um estorvo. Um dia, um incidente põe fim à relação entre eles, e o irmão se encontra sozinho e devastado. Quando eles finalmente se reúnem, a irmã descobre que seu irmão está lutando contra uma doença fatal.

Depois de ser abandonada pelos pais, Miyori de 11 anos fecha seu coração para o resto do mundo e nega qualquer forma de relações humanas. Ela foi confiada aos cuidados da avó dela que vive perto de uma floresta. Miyori dá um passeio na floresta onde ela pensa sentir um senso forte de solidão, onde parece não ter nada. Porém, ela logo encontra coisas incríveis e gradualmente percebe que a floresta é um lugar que tem mais do que aparenta ter...

Based on Saibara Rieko's manga, Ike-chan to Boku (a.k.a. Good Bye My Secret Friend) tells the heartfelt story of a young boy named Toshio and his imaginary friend Ike-chan. Toshio's floating blob of a friend has two big eyes and a mouth, and changes colors and sizes depending on the mood. When Toshio is sad, she turns small. When Toshio makes friend with a girl, she turns bright red from anger. Ike-chan stays by Toshio's side as he grows older, but the day he finds his first love, Ike-chan disappears from his life. Child actor Fukasawa Arashi (Helen the Baby Fox) takes the leading role in this affecting fable about childhood, friendship, and growing up from director Ohoka Toshihiko. Popular actress Aoi Yu voices Ike-chan.

Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman.

Os diretores Michel Gondry, Bong Joon-ho e Leos Carax dirigem, cada um, um segmento deste tríptico sobre a vida em Tóquio do século XXI.

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.

Mirume is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri, an almost 40 year old art teacher at his university. Yuri isn't your typical college professor, having a quirky sense of humor and unpredictable personality. When Yuri invites Murume to her studio, she playfully seduces the still naive 19 year old student. Things become more complicated when Mirume discovers that Yuri is married to a much older man....

A Japanese Class B war criminal sets out to take full responsibility for the execution of American Airmen.

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in the single room because of her high risk of committing suicide. Sakura tried to talk to the nurses and doctors but they didn’t listen to her. Under the circumstances another patient Miki, who suffers from an eating disorder, leads her to understand the unknown world. But, Sakura is looking for the way to get back to the real world as soon as possible.

A viagem mística de um mago curandeiro pelo interior do Japão. Baseado num famoso mangá de mesmo nome, trata-se de um dos poucos filmes live action do mestre Katsuhiro Ôtomo, criador de "Akira".

Tomoya Kishida is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato. This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their university film club, to saying their last goodbyes. Though in love with each other, neither had the courage to confess their feelings before it was too late.

Na cidade do Tesouro a vida pode ser doce ou brutal. Isto é a pura verdade para nossos heróis Black e White, dois meninos rebeldes de rua que tomam conta da cidade, lutando constantemente contra o vilão do velho mundo Yakuza e criaturas alienígenas assassinas que pretendem destruir a metrópole.

Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro (Yagira Yuya) decides to put off college and work at a gas station instead. Shy and introspective, Shiro understands he is at a turning point of his life, but is unsure of what lies ahead. Though his parents disapprove of his decision, he has the support of his flower child grandmother (Natsuki Mari) who declares that a gas station is a romantic place for life's drifters. Surely enough, soon a new co-worker, college student Noriko (Erika Sawajiri), drifts into Shiro's life. He falls headfirst into a bittersweet first love that ushers him into the world of adulthood.

Jovem garota de uma pequena cidade do interior do Japão volta seu olhar para o passado a fim de entender como a família perdeu a fortuna quando decidiu construir uma vila para turistas no Havaí.

Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.

Em abril de 1945, Yamato, o maior e mais poderoso navio de guerra do mundo, parte em uma missão suicida, deixando para trás sua cidade natal onde as cerejeiras estavam no ápice da florada. O único desejo dos aproximadamente 3000 tripulantes a bordo era proteger seus entes queridos, suas famílias, amigos e seu país. Para filmar esta obra-prima, foram gastos mais de 600 milhões de yens na construção de um cenário que é a réplica exata dos 190 metros da proa à popa do Yamato, algo sem precendentes na história cinematográfica japonesa. Um elenco de astros japoneses sob a direção de Junya sato dá vida à história original de Jun Henmi (Otokotachino Yamato).

Tetsumu, an introverted youth, realizes he has a natural ability of communicating with elephants. This prompts him to leave for Chiang Mai in Thailand to become Japan's first elephant trainer. Having found his place in the world, Tetsumu develops into a strong, confident young man. He returns to Japan with the dream of building a green "paradise" for his ivory-tusked friends. Meanwhile, he starts a career as an elephant trainer for touring shows. He meets Emi, a woman seven years his senior and falls in love.

Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement in her life, she decides to give them a call.

Fuki who lives with her grandfather Shoei in Taketomi Island, Okinawa, dreams of becoming a photographer. In her childhood, her mother Masami left Fuki to live in Tokyo. Although Masami has not come back, Fuki receives birthday cards from Masami every year on her birthday. On Fuki's fourteenth birthday, Masami promises to confess everything when Fuki becomes 20 years old. After her graduation from high school, Fuki moves to Tokyo to work as a camera assistant. Fuki starts off her hectic life in Tokyo, and soon, her nineteenth birthday comes. As usual, she receives a birthday card from Masami. A year later...

One of the true classic's of anime's much-loved robot genre.

Behind the scenes documentary about the filming of "Hana & Alice", which began as a series of shorts promoting Kit Kat

The shock of her fiance's sudden dissolution of their relationship causes university student, Miki, to lose her voice. While recuperating in a hospital in her hometown of Hakodate, she learns of the tragic life of her deceased mother, Kaoru, from her grandmother.

Nanako is an ordinary high school girl who lives with her mother, who is a taxi driver. One day, suddenly she has a younger brother - Nanao, the son of her late father's mistress. While Nanao's mother is being put in jail, Nanako's mother decides to take care of him. Nanako doesn't like it at all. Everything Nanao does irritates her. Shortly afterwards, Nanako's mother becomes very sick. In fact, she doesn't have much time left. Since she is in hospital, Nanako is forced to live with Nanao alone...

***Fushiawase wo Anata ni (We Bring You Misfortune) A woman sees a company called "Fushiawase wo Anata ni" (we bring you misfortune) promoting a new sales concept: giving its clients misfortune to motivate them to seek greater happiness. ***Kuuhaku no Hito (Blank Person) A woman wakes up in her bed every morning not remembering the events of the past night, and finding that someone has moved around the things in her room. ***Jigoku wa Manin (Hell Is Full) As there is no more room in hell, the evil/sinful find they cannot die. ***Kako kara no Nikki (Diary from the Past) A struggling author chances upon a diary which changes his life. ***Aketekure (Open Up!) A woman's husband dies in a car accident, but that same evening he is heard pounding on the door for someone to let him in.

Ana e Alice passam a maior parte de suas horas juntas, são amigas inseparáveis. Até que um dia eles se interessam por dois meninos que os encontram no trem. Hana fica obcecada por um deles, a ponto de segui-lo aonde quer que ele vá. Em um desses acompanhamentos, o menino bate com a cabeça e Hana decide convencê-lo de que ele sofre de amnésia e que ela era sua namorada. Hana terá a ajuda de Alice para traçar seu plano, mas ela não conta que Alice também terá sentimentos...

A writer (Hidetoshi Nishijima) who has an artistic crisis purchases a stack of diaries written by a teenage girl (Yû Aoi) who is fatally ill. Living in different time lines both are able to communicate via writing diaries…

Tadao Kuramochi, an ordinary salaryman, decides one day to reach for his dreams and start his own wrestling federation. Tadao must succeed to save his family on the verge of collapsing.

A former idol becomes a teacher at the high school she graduated from, but her new career is threatened by an expose book her ex-manager is planning to publish.

He can't control himself inside of him. Hidenori, a Japanese-Korean, hasn't seen his family in a few years. He doesn't want to go to school but just wander the streets. He always grins at a trifle. When he is caught stealing and he feels pain as his finger is cut off, he just smiles. He murmurs "Should I commit suicide?" in front of his dead sister. Yumi, an obsessive-compulsive girl, has a sticky finger. A boy who wanders the Sybuya. They join Hidenori's reckless plan by chance. They plan to stow away in order to show Korea to his sister, who has never seen the motherland. Three people who are out of this world and the dead go toward Hakata.

The making of 'All About Lily Chou-Chou' starting from its conception as an interactive story that played out on a BBS

Uchiyama Kaede and Shiina Kasumi used to be best friends. Now in high school, Kasumi grew more popular than Kaede, which has led her to continually bully her ex-best friend. One day after school, Kaede meets Kishida Takumi, a bike thief who's especially talented in picking locks. She asks him for a favour: if he could possibly open the key to the school roof. Meanwhile, the arrival of a new teacher seems to bring changes to the school.

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of fictional pop star Lily Chou-Chou.

Sachiko vive com a mãe que já tentou suicídio e falhou, após o término com um namorado; o pai já havia abandonado as duas muito tempo antes. Com apenas 12 anos de idade a garota envolveu-se com um professor e o caso foi descoberto; ele fugiu para outra cidade e agora os dois trocam cartas. Agora com treze anos a estudante não consegue mais ir à escola e consegue fazer amizade apenas com pessoas excluídas da sociedade, talvez os únicos que conseguem compreende-la.