Kumi Takiuchi

Machiko can't shake the feeling of emptiness in her day-to-day life as a manager of a clothing store in Aoyama, Tokyo. One day, the casual words of Sayaka, a younger and charismatic store staff, stirs Machiko into creating a secret...

Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.

Tells the story of three bottom-dog boxers who gets used as punching bags. Pro boxer Suenaga Akira fell off the path to greatness but still tries to crawl his way to the top. Omura Ryuta is a youngster who grew up in foster care. Miyagi Shun, a TV celebrity with famous parents, takes a shot at boxing as part of a TV show. Three underdogs with very different back stories put their pride on the line as they exchange blows.

Documentary director Yuko portrays a school violence incident from three years ago that resulted in suicides, while she was teaching classes at her father’s cram school. As her documentary project progresses, Yuko discovers a hidden truth and becomes deeply involved in the lives of the families pained by that secret truth.

A four-part film done in the unique style of each director, Matusbayashi Urara gives a portrayal of a struggling actress named Machiko who lives in Kamata. Machiko is the central axis of the movie as the film comically depicts what it means to be a "woman" and an "actress" in society through showing the patterns of life as conducted by her and the people that surround her.

21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.

Женщина средних лет получает письмо от своей первой любви.

У Кэндзи Нагахары тяжелый период в жизни – из-за банкротства компании он потерял работу и развёлся. Кэндзи приезжает в родной город Акита на свадьбу своей бывшей девушки Наоко Сато. Увидев парня впервые за долгое время, Наоко предлагает ему секс на одну ночь, однако и после этого их отношения не заканчиваются.

Two girls dream of the same man. One remained in their hometown, went with Shiina and wants to revisit the happy times with him again. The other moved away, returned to move back in with her parents and establishes contact with Shiina and other friends. It may be that either a rivalry or a triangle is in the offing.

Based on the novel "Kanojo no Jinsei wa Machigai ja Nai" (literal translation: Her life is not at fault) by Director Hiroki, it is a powerful story of survivors, who are all trying to find their own silver linings in life.

Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song.

Starting in 1970s Hokkaido, the film charts the moral descent of Detective Moroboshi over three decades, the young cop quickly gets a bit too cozy with the other side of the law when his senior colleague Murai teaches him the ropes and ruts of the police business. Soon, he swaggers and rants through the streets of Sapporo a lean, mean, sex‐crazy bully, indistinguishable from a yakuza.

Девочка Нами - сирота при живых родителях: ее отец всецело поглощен мамой, а мама всю себя посвятила заботе о чужих детях. Единственный человек, который о ней заботится - старшая сестра. Однажды мама решает полностью посвятить себя благотворительности и бросает семью, папа замыкается в себе и сходит с ума на почве религии, а сестра сбегает с парнем, чтобы создать нормальную семью. Отныне ее воспитателем и самым близким человеком становится ведущий ТВ-шопа, который смотрит только на нее и видит только ее. Время прошло, Нами повзрослела и у нее появилось странное хобби - выслеживать таких же одиночек, как она сама, классифицировать их и наблюдать за ними. И среди всей этой огромной толпы одиноких, замкнувшихся и вырванных из социума людей, она привязывается к одному по неизвестной причине. Теперь он принадлежит только ей...он должен смотреть на нее и видеть только ее.

Long ago, a fallen Makai Priestess named Higari became too powerful and after tampering with powers no one should wield, she had to be stopped and was eventually sealed away by another Makai Priest named Sougen. Using his body and his own life, he created the Tougen Flute and sealed Higari shortly after his death. However, through a special ritual, those who seek Higari's power can resurrect her by replaying eight notes on the Tougen Flute to undo Sougen's seal. In the present, while Kouga Saezima has travelled to the promised land (Garo: Soukoku no Maryu), two fallen priests,Jabi and Rekka, will attempt to return Higari.

The wife of a wealthy man hires memory erasing agents to erase the memory of the young lover with whom he is having an affair, but soon realizes that the young lover will stop at nothing to keep the man's love for her alive.