Hiroko Yakushimaru

Yasuo (Hiroshi Abe) grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira (later played by Takumi Kitamura). Yasuo's life seemed great at the time, but his life totally changed after his wife died in accident. Since that time, Yasuo, who never experienced parents' love himself, has to raise his son Akira alone.

A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, he finds himself surrounded by small happiness.

Sōra is a high school student who is basically invisible at school. He is friends with Chūya, who is an unpredictable character that often surprises those around him. Sōra and Chūya both have feelings for the same classmate, Kio Machida. The Machida girl refuses to come to class, because she doesn't want to dye her naturally brown hair black. Their school has unreasonable school rules, especially about uniforms, which include requiring all students to have black hair. Sōra and Chūya decide to stand up to change their school's black school rules so that Machida won’t have to repeat a year of school from missing too many classes.

Kazu works at "Funiculi Funicula" cafe. There is a mysterious rumour that if a customer takes a specific seat at the cafe, that customer can travel back to a time of their choice.

Хисаси и Маи должны были пожениться через три месяца, но Маи серьёзно заболевает и впадает в кому. Хисаси не сдаётся и не бросает свою невесту, парень не перестаёт молиться о её выздоровлении. Но когда Маи приходит в себя, она не может вспомнить ничего об их отношениях.

Провинциальный городок Камакура — старая столица Японии, где по сей день живы традиции и легенды. Говорят, в местном управлении полиции все еще функционирует отдел по делам лесных духов, а всех диких енотовидных собак в обязательном порядке регистрируют целыми семьями (вдруг среди них есть оборотни тануки). Ещё в Камакуре всегда любили селиться писатели. Оказался среди них и детективщик Иссики. C молодой женой они расследуют преступления и загадки, связанные с призраками, оборотнями и даже инопланетянами.

here is a small old-fashioned shop called ‘Fuji Family’ at the foot of Mt Fuji that is a convenience store in name only. It is run by three sisters who are known for their beauty. Dependable Oguni Takako (Yakushimaru Hiroko) is the eldest sister, free-spirited Nasumi (Koizumi Kyoko), the second sister, is the complete opposite of Takako in both personality and lifestyle, and tactful Tsukimi (Mimura) is the youngest sister. Although Nasumi lived and got married in Tokyo, she abruptly came back with her husband Kinoshita Hideo (Yoshioka Hidetaka), but died suddenly of illness eight years ago. Takako finally wed Haruta Masao (Takahashi Katsumi), with whom she has had an enduring but difficult relationship, this year. The newlyweds now live in an apartment nearby but Takako constantly comes to ‘Fuji Family’.

Onodera Yuriko sets off for Sweden where her husband, Major General Onodera Makoto, is stationed as a military attache in Stockholm during World War II. Called the "god of intelligence", Makoto is an intelligence officer of the Russian service of the Japanese Army General Staff. Fluent in Russian and German and trusted by the spies of many countries because of his integrity, his office would eventually become the most important Japanese intelligence post in Europe. From the day of her arrival in Stockholm, Yuriko helps her husband's intelligence activities. She encrypts the highly classified information obtained by Makoto and sends it in coded telegrams to the General Staff Headquarters in Japan every day. Husband and wife have jointly undertaken this intelligence work for confidentiality.

At the foot of Mt Fuji, there is a small old-fashioned shop ‘Fuji Family’ that is a convenience store in name only. It is run by three sisters who are known in the neighbourhood as beauties. Oguni Takako is the dependable eldest sister who supported the family in place of their parents when they died young and is the breadwinner who works at a department store. Uninhibited second sister Nasumi is the complete opposite of Takako in personality and lifestyle.

One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi. He had found his calling. After his resistant parents relented to their son’s pleas, Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi, the man dubbed a “wunderkind” and “genius” of the rakugo world. He soon realized however how hard the training was, and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living. Living with hardship and joys, Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world. A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream.

Sinbad: Sora Tobu Hime to Himitsu no Shima is an upcoming Japanese animated family adventure film inspired by Arabian Nights. The film is produced by Nippon Animation and Shirogumi, directed by Shinpei Miyashita and written by Kaeko Hayafune.

A small clinic in Kumamoto Prefecture begins accepting anonymous drop-offs of unwanted newborn babies at a residential building. The name of the controversial new program is "Stork Nest."

(I will Soar to the Skies in my Wheelchair ) Hasebe Yasuyuki is living his life carelessly alone in his apartment, until one day, he jumps from the top of a building escaping a street gang and injures his spinal cord. And the doctor tells him that he can't walk anymore. His mother, Haruko, hurries to the hospital for her son, however Yasuyuki is on bad terms with her, so he asks her to leave him alone. There he meets an ill kid in the hospital named Ishii Daisuke who is living his life positively, and the store staff Katou Kumi, who always smiles even though she had a sad past. He gains confidence and decides to start his rehabilitation. After Yasuyuki is discharged from the hospital, he starts relying on everybody everywhere, so he falls into despair and starts thinking of committing suicide seeing no future for himself.

1964 год. Токио готовится к проведению Олимпийских игр. Город охвачен строительной лихорадкой и радостным возбуждением. На Третьей улице события разворачиваются не столь масштабные, но не менее красочные и увлекательные. Писатель Рюноскэ Тягава женился на Хироми, и теперь они оба воспитывают приемного сына Дзюнноскэ, и, к тому же, ждут прибавления в семействе. Вот только с творчеством у Тягавы проблемы. Его приключенческие романы уже не столь популярны, и его карьере угрожает загадочный конкурент. Между тем, Норифуми Судзуки, его жена Томоэ, их сын Иппэй и живущая с ними работница Муцуко Хосино постепенно расширили свою авторемонтную мастерскую. Муцуко, душа мастерской, влюблена в молодого доктора Котаро Кикути, которого она каждый день видит спешащим на работу. Однажды Хироми случайно находит телеграмму, которую спрятал Тягава. Кто ее послал? Кто такой новый писатель-конкурент? Добьётся ли Муцуко взаимности? И какое будущее ожидает жителей Третьей улицы?

Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao himself turns part of the life of this former stray into an original story. Setsuko, who runs a grilled-squid shop in a fishing village at the foot of the Shirakami mountains, decides to take in a large dog with a long, unruly fur that has shown up in town. She names the dog Wasao and showers it with affection, but Wasao at that time doesn't take to Setsuko.

Саэ, старшеклассница, которая поступила в колледж, чтобы готовится к сдаче экзаменов. Она надеялась поступить в токийский университет. Гохей посещает специализированную старшую школу, в которой обучают рыболовству. Он надеялся последовать по стопам своих отца и деда. Эти двое встретились и долгое время общались на расстоянии. И хотя их любовь сильна, у нее нет продолжения, нет развития. А 10 лет спустя с ними случилось чудо…

The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and has no love for her. The wife wants to go on a trip to get pregnant.

Yasushi and Yuka, who have both lost their spouses in the past, are brought together by fate and lead a happy life together, blessed with two children. Then one day, their new house, which the couple had painstakingly built together, catches fire due to Yuka's carelessness. Fortunately, no one in the family is seriously injured and Yasushi is relieved, but the shock of the fire causes Yuka to suffer from a neurological disorder called dissociative amnesia, and she is unable to remember even her own name. The doctor tells her that there is no clear cure in modern medicine, which shocks Yasushi, but she accepts Yuka in her current state and decides to walk with her again.

The story is set in Chiran, Kagoshima, the site of a secret base used to launch kamikaze missions during the war. At the time, a group of young girls known as the Nadeshiko Tai were gathered to help out at the base. The drama will be part documentary and it is based on the experiences of 78-year-old Shoko Nagasaki, a survivor of the Nadeshiko Tai.

High school student Kasumi Ogino is a member of the school choir and after years of praise for her singing voice thinks she is the absolute bee’s knees. When the object of her desires, classmate and photographer Junichi Makimura, asks Kasumi is he can photograph her singing she accepts, thinking this means she is beautiful as well. However the end result is a comical shot of Kasumi with her mouth wide open, which Makimura likes to a hungry salmon! Distraught by the ensuing humiliation, Kasumi quits the choir, until she is encouraged to return by an unlikely counsel - the brutish leader of thuggish rival all male choir, Hiroshi Gondo.

Токио, 1959 год. Рюноскэ Тягава, автор низкопробного чтива, мечтает написать роман, который получил бы престижную литературную премию им. Акутакава. Но жизнь не способствует творческим планам — его подруга Хироми исчезла, а его воспитанника Дзюнноскэ, к которому он так привязан, грозит забрать отец. В доме напротив, у автомеханика Судзуки, тоже не без проблем. Его сын Иппэй вовсе не в восторге от того, что с ними будет жить его кузина Мика, отец которой запутался в финансовых проблемах. Жизнь на Третьей улице не устает удивлять. Жена Судзуки встречает своего давнего возлюбленного; Хироми, как выясняется, работает в стриптиз-баре; некий человек, выдающий себя за представителя премиального комитета, обещает Тягаве победу за небольшую мзду…

An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.

The Story of the 1 Litre of Tears special takes place after the events in the main drama. The Special takes the view of Asou Haruto who is remembering life the way it used to be before the events of the last episode of the series.

It's 2007 and the Japanese Ministry of Finance have calculated that the economy will collapse in two years' time. They intend to prevent this by sending home appliance designer Mariko back in time 17 years using a time machine she accidentally invented. However, things don't go as planned and Mariko's daughter, Mayumi, is also sent back to find her mother and save Japan's economy.

In the early morning of January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck, and Tadao Furuichi (Hidekazu Akai), who was running a camera store in Kobe City, lost his friends, his house, and his property. Tadao is busy volunteering for the reconstruction of the town, and one day he comes across his own golf bag that survived the earthquake. Feeling a miracle, Tadao decides to challenge the professional golf test before he turns 60.

Приближается третья годовщина смерти Буссана, и Бемби начинает слышать таинственный голос, который твердит: «Построишь "его" — он придёт». Тогда Бемби решает собрать старых друзей, чтобы вернуть Буссана к жизни и сказать ему «бай-бай» как положено.

Mortality and death seen through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive fascination with death. His teacher, Koichi is also grappling with the issue of mortality as he deals with the impending death of his ailing father, who has decided to spend his final days in the family home. As the story progresses, Koichi finds unexpected solace from his grief by letting his troubled student visit and meet with his father in the hopes that he will understand the meaning of life and death.

Послевоенный Токио, задолго до небоскребов и неоновых огней. На Третьей авеню живет пестрая публика. Писатель-неудачник, торгующий сладостями и мечтающий стать классиком. Вспыльчивый владелец автомастерской, который верит, что однажды будет президентом автомобильной компании. Очаровательная владелица местной забегаловки, пытающаяся забыть свое прошлое. Старушка из табачной лавки, следящая за модой со страстью подростка. Все они соседи, и отношения между ними непросты и очень забавны.

Принц Амечио изгнан из небесного царства своим отцом, который боится, что сын затмит его своей красотой. Скитаясь по Земле, прекрасный принц Амечио встречает странную девушку. Как потом выясняется, это никто иная как сама Принцесса Енотов (Танукихиме), хитрых бестий. Вскоре Амечио попадает в плен к енотам, а его отец подсылает к нему своих придворных, чтобы они убили его.

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

Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has killed his mistress.

На дворе лето 2003-го года, а Буссан и не думает умирать! Мало того, у него масса планов на будущее: пить пиво с друзьями, играть в бейсбол... и не только! Ещё посетить новое заведение босса Ямагути, вновь встретиться с Айкавой Сё и даже устроить в Кисарадзу масштабный рок-фестиваль! Это лето будет головокружительным!

The protagonist is a woman (Hiroko Yakushimaru) who is a sales manager at the Japanese branch of a famous French shoe brand. The protagonist is obsessed with a Hong Kong singer called Eakin Cheng and frequently goes to Hong Kong. However, she herself has an ambition to change the company's marketing policy (and if she can't change it, she will launch a new brand herself), so she goes to Hong Kong to plan this and that. However, this comes to light, and as it goes against the wishes of the head office, a feud is brewing between the two.

A drama about a nurse starring Hiroko Yakushimaru

Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a 'good' Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student. The film is less a realistic exploration of gay life than a fairy tale of three young Japanese trying to construct an alternative to the sexual and familial roles given to them by a society turning increasingly emotionally barren.L.

Eiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As an immigrant to Tasmania, he has been won over by the island's immense natural beauty, and he is conscience-bound to oppose his former employer's ecologically unsound practices. He is also estranged from his grown son, who still resides in Japan. When his son comes to Tasmania for a visit, he must face the challenge of renewing their relationship.

When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved in a scintillating game of strip rock-paper-scissors with some guy clad only in a pair of boxer shorts and Mickey Mouse ears, he is less than happy. When the stranger tries to make a run for it, a fight ensues between the two men, and they accidentally tumble down several flights of a concrete stairwell. One hurried ambulance ride later, the copywriter finds himself in a private teaching hospital equipped with the latest gleaming gizmos. Meanwhile, a young internist (Hiroko Yakushimaru) girds herself for her first emergency room case -- the battered copywriter. After giving a curt bow and a nervous "Good Evening," she accidentally jams a syringe into his bloody wound. Soon the absurdity of their situation, along with their medical misery, binds the two men and their blundering nurse together.

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.

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.

В голодное послевоенное время старшеклассникам школы Мацуяма открывается новая вселенная мировой культуры, внутренней свободы и раскрепощённости, любви и искренности. Учителя преподносят им урок стремления к свободе и от феодальной зависимости, и от рабского подчинения оккупационным властям.

Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.

A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.

Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.

A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron died in her arms one night. The real-life drama gradually comes to mirror the story of the play being performed by her.

A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.

За основу сюжета фильма взята древняя легенда. Существовал клан мертвых, который хочет отомстить клану Сатоми. Были убиты шестеро главных, но седьмая, принцесса Сидзу, сбежала, и теперь за ней начинается охота. Принцесса же так просто сдаваться не собирается, ведь только она вместе с восьмеркой избранных самураев может уничтожить клан…

Студентка Наоми Араи готовится к переезду в Америку. В Японии ей осталось жить всего неделю, и именно эти семь дней должны стать самыми запоминающимися в ее жизни. Служанка решает защитить юную госпожу от неприятностей и нанимает частного детектива Цудзияму, чтобы тот присмотрел за девушкой. Результат оказывается совершенно противоположным — Араи попадает в настоящую детективную историю.

Идзуми Хоси, наивная и стеснительная старшеклассница, теряет отца в автокатастрофе. Девушка ещё больше замыкается в себе, но тут к ней в гости является делегация местных «братков» во главе с мужественным красавцем Сакумой, младшим боссом семьи Медака. Увы, старший босс отошёл в мир иной, а последним его прямым родичем был отец Идзуми. Теперь только хрупкая девушка может спасти небольшой, но гордый клан, который теснят наглые конкуренты, позабывшие законы чести якудза. Узнав, что смерть отца не была случайной, Идзуми откладывает учебники и провозглашает себя восьмым кумитё семьи Медака. Фамильные гены и отцовский характер, поддержка верного Сакумы и преданность новых «младших братьев» быстро помогают новой главе клана разобраться в незнакомом мире.

Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills, creating a force of psychic Nazi student enforcers, Yuka and her friends vow to stop her. But behind it all is a mysterious force that will put Yuka's powers to the ultimate test!

Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader from Kyushu, enrolls in a prestigious high school in Tokyo. Plans are made for him to live in his uncle's house, part of which is rented out while his uncle is abroad on business. A realtor's mistakes leaves Tasiro sharing the house with Kei Yamaba, the most beautiful girl in the school, who is also his classmate. There is the risk that their unexpected 'co-habitation' will be discovered by the school authorities.

Человечество переселяется в космос и, чтобы контролировать взбунтовавшиеся умы, государство вводит новые меры контроля: проверки подростков на телепатию, экзамен на зрелость, выращивание детей из пробирок и многое другое. За управление людьми отвечает суперкомпьютер- Мать Элиза, также проверяющая подростков на зрелость и пресекающая любые попытки сбежать с планеты Терра. Главный герой — Джомми Маркшин в 14 лет отправляется, как и все подростки, сдавать экзамен на зрелость. Но здесь его поджидают внезапные открытия — перед экзаменом компьютер стирает экзаменуемому память и отправляет человека в другой мир. Такие условия Джомми не по вкусу , поэтому воспользовавшись предоставленным космолетом он улетает на другую планету- Арисака, и именно там знакомится с другими представителями мутации Мью, их лидером и очаровательной мышкой, владеющей телепатией.

Действие фильма начинается в конце 70-х годов ХХ века в Японии. Во время учений японской армии, группа военных, ночью, во-время передислокации попадает в аномальную зону, после чего попадает во времена самураев, когда Япония была в состоянии междоусобных войн, шел передел территорий. Командир одного из подразделений японской армии, подружившись с одним из правителей, решили с помощью современного оружия, которое естественно тоже попало в те времена, завоевать всю Японию.

Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for which he is responsible. Years later, Ajisawa is forced to return to the scene of the tragedy for his new job as a claims adjuster where he is subsequently arrested for his suspected involvement. But the threat of jail time is the least of his worries as his former organization comes gunning for him.