Osamu Sudo
Numada
Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy's Love manga one day…and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there–Urara, a seasoned BL fan–notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way.
Narahara
This work is a 12-year story of Mana, a woman who cannot accept the death of her best friend, staring at her as she tries to step forward while having deep sorrow.
Maehara Daiki
Sakai plays an extremely good-natured businessman. When he attends a marriage activity party in an attempt to start a happy family, he meets a swindler played by Mugi Kadowaki, and ends up being a part of the scam.
Chu-san
Kazuo Mido is a pastor at a small church. He lost his wife 8 years ago and raises his only daughter, a junior high school student, singlehandedly. When she is diagnosed with an illness, he undergoes a drastic change.
Mikio Hamano
Movie theater Asahiza has existed for almost a 100 years in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. Unlike other theaters, Asahiza plays old films and doesn't get a lot of customers. The manger of Asahiza, Yasuzo Morita, finally decides to close down the theater. When he is about to burn the old 35 mm films, a young woman named Rika Motegi suddenly appears and tries to stop him. Rika Motegi came to Minamisoma from Tokyo to save Asahiza.
In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.
Masashi Kinoshita
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.
Ohashi
Two outsider college students set up a secret society circle, "Moai," which aims to change the world. But one day, one of them disappears.
Sawaki Tatsuya is a fledgling photographer. He returns to his hometown Fukuoka to take care of his sick father Hideo, but is rejected by his father. Tatsuya meets Jinbo and Yui, who work as mediators between Japan and Nepal. He joins the Nepalese community through them, and while his world expands through these encounters, he also learns of the difficulties of foreigners living in Japan. Shot in the town where many Nepalese actually live, this drama casted authentic epalese as actors. The title “Masala” refers to a mixed spice, and is also used as a metaphor here for the diverse society.
Yuji Arai
Hiromi is a 26-year-old single woman. She is popular with guys. Her hobby and specialty is getting men to like her using small talk and a shy persona. If a guy confesses his feelings for her, Hiromi leaves them. Hiromi's sharehouse mate Akira and her friend Aya blame Hiromi, calling her "Kakure Bitch" (a type of women who uses innocence to flirt with men). Hiromi does not care. One day, she takes an interest in Tsuyoshi, who works in the same office. She becomes to like him sincerely.
Kyosuke Misawa
Мио потеряла родителей еще в детстве. Ее вырастила бабушка и теперь вместе они управляют маленьким семейным отелем в Нагано. После того, как бабушка тяжело заболела, Мио переезжает в Токио, где живет у друга отца. Он владеет сэнто, традиционной японской баней. Мио начинает помогать ему в работе, но однажды становится известно, что сэнто собираются снести.
Toshio Inoue
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.
Struggling scriptwriter Gota Yanagida and his wife Chika have been married for ten years and live with their daughter Aki. Gota suffers in his sexless marriage and tries to make his wife happy every day, but Chika is cold to him because he earns no money. One day, Gota is approached by a film producer about his story of “a high school girl who makes udon noodles at a tremendous speed.” He needs to go to Kagawa to write the screenplay and proposes a family trip there, and Chika reluctantly joins. However, a different film project has already been decided.
Tadaaki Hishinuma
Four pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is a former child prodigy who stopped playing when her mother died. One is a Julliard student. One is a new face and yet comes recommended.
Ikuo Kamimura
A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the distraught father begins to look for answers into his son’s death, what appears to be a tragic accident turns out to have been the result of multiple blunders by multiple people.
Goro Nakanobe
During turbulent economic times in Japan, Masahiko Washizu (Go Ayano) appears. He leads a foreign investment fund and he is criticized for being a vulture. Masahiko Washizu challenges to buy a bank with insolvent bonds and a company that is experiencing financial depression.
Mr. Naito
The series follow the story of a high school boy who lives in Tokyo, and his childhood friend, Hakatano Donko-chan, who is from Hakata and really talks in Hakata dialect! People around her sometimes get confused because of it, but her dialect makes them smile!
Kota runs into his old friend Chika on the anniversary of their friend's death. They plan to meet again in a year, but their feelings are complicated.
Hamada
О киллере из Токио по прозвищу Фэйбл, обладающем невероятными навыками, ходят легенды. Два молодых наёмных убийцы восхищаются им и мечтают когда-нибудь встретить своего кумира. Однажды босс приказывает Фэйблу на год залечь на дно в Осаке, где местные якудза в обмен на списание долга предоставят ему жильё, напарница станет его липовой младшей сестрой, и главное — киллер должен держаться подальше от криминальных дел и жить обычной жизнью законопослушного гражданина. На местности наш герой тут же обращает внимание на симпатичную девушку по имени Мисаки, которая помогает Фэйблу устроиться на обычную работу в офис.
Yoshida
Saeki works with death-row convicts as a prison chaplain. He tries to instill the prisoners with a sense of morality and help them become a better person. He is a good communicator with the death-row convicts assigned to solitary cells. Saeki agonizes over whether his words really touches the prisoners and whether he is doing the right thing. Saeki also faces his past which he wants to forget. --asianwiki
3 men fall in love with a woman. They change themselves to whom their love admires. The men become famous Japanese musician Yutaka Ozaki, popular American actor Brad Pitt and historical political figure Ryoma Sakamoto.
Tadashi Akino
High school student Naoki Tomura grew up in a remote area in Hokkaido. He meets piano tuner Soichiro Itadori in school and eventually decides to work at Itadori’s musical instrument store. Tomura gradually grows as a piano tuner through his interactions with the other tuners and musician clients
Shinozuka
An ex-journalist Masuda whose article caused a scandalous fatality now works at a small factory. He learns that his colleague Suzuki is a former convict who killed some children back in middle school. Trying to get back his old job, Masuda secretly starts to write a piece on Suzuki while befriending him. The more he learns about his colleague, however, the more Masuda remembers his younger self, a boy who triggered his classmate's suicide.
Asahina
In 1974, Morikazu is 94-years-old and his wife Hideko is 76-years-old. They live at a house in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The garden at their home is full of trees, plants and insects. Morikazu paints pictures of the creatures in his garden and also observes them. This has been his daily routine for more than 30 years. Morikazu and Hideko entertain visitors every day including a photographer and the couple living next door.
Sakakibara
Kuki Fumihiro is a son from a wealthy zaibatsu (conglomerate) family. His father raises him to become pure evil. Kuki kills his father to protect his adopted sister Kaori. Afterward, Kuki disappears. He undergoes plastic surgery and takes the identity of Koichi Shintani. He watches Kaori and faces the great evil that exists within the Kuki family.
Tsuchida works at a host club in secret to support her live-in boyfriend Seiichi, in order to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician. Seiichi is unemployed and falls into a slump, unable to write any songs. However, when Seiichi learns that Tsuchida became a mistress of a customer at the host club and that it was how she is earning their living expenses, he changes his mind and decides to find a job. Meanwhile,Tsuchida had an accidental reunion with Hagio, an old lover who she has been unable to forget.
Gomi
После былых разборок Отомо залег на дно, однако ему приходится вернуться в жестокий мир якудзы…
Suzuki
После семейного скандала Наруми Касэ забирает мужа от доктора. Тот кажется совершенно другим человеком — тихим, спокойным и слегка дезориентированным. В это же время в округе происходит жестокое убийство семьи, подозревают дочь семейства. Репортер Сакурай отправляется на место происшествия и там встречает странного молодого человека, который ищет подозреваемую и просит журналиста стать его проводником в мире людей.
Osamu
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.
Tadao Oyama
In 1987, frustrated junior high student Takashi hates his uncool father hanging around their suburban home all the time, and is pestered by the area’s wannabe gangsters. But he’s interested in the girl next door, the bounteously-breasted Megumi. One day, Takashi hears a rumor that porn actress Kyoko Yokushimaru is coming to town for an autograph session at the only video store in town where Takashi and his judo friends always hang out. Their ridiculous but serious adventure begins. What will Takashi find after all the surprises and chaos? Recalling youth classics like Stand By Me, this is the debut feature of Shin Adachi, Japan Academy Prize-winning screenwriter of 100 Yen Love.
Kunioka
In a time when the main source of energy was still coal, there was a man who saw the future in oil. Young Tetsuzo Kunioka who hails from Moji, Kitakyushu, rides out into the oil business, but is faced with numerous challenges and competitors who stand in his way, including domestic suppliers and major western oil companies, or the "oil majors". But Tetsuzo never gave up, however despairing the situation was. He always found a way and paved a new road with his unconventional ideas, eccentric actions, and most of all, his caring heart toward his own men. That style of Tetsuzo's was not something that would ever change, even when the tides were against him in a war-lost Japan.
大泽义郎
Chizuru (Anne Watanabe) is the new teacher at Umega High School. Since her school days, she has played violin in an orchestra. One day, she listens to an amateur orchestra play at the local cultural hall. She is touched by their performance and decides to enroll in the orchestra, but there are 2 orchestras in town. Chizuru mistakenly enrolls in the orchestra which consists of elderly people. The members there are thrilled to have a young person join their group. Chizuru is unable to tell them she made a mistake and becomes the conductor for their orchestra.
Noguchi
The Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love.
Kozuka : Governor of Tokyo
Загадочная авария в туннелях под мостом-шоссе Токио Бэй Аква Лайн ставит на уши все аварийные подразделения мегаполиса. Шеф МЧС Японии созывает всех, чтобы найти причину аварии, и возможные решения сложившейся проблемы. Они еще не знают, что это только начало. Огромное существо, известное как Годзилла, встало на путь разрушения...
Yakuza Boss
Kiyotaka Sato (Shuhei Nomura) is a university student. He is sociable, but he looks like he doesn't have interest in those around him. During his summer vacation, Kiyotaka Sato plans to get his driver's license to impress schoolmate Matsuda (Yukino Kishii). At this time, a yakuza boss (Ken Mitsuishi) orders Todoroki (Kento Kaku) to get his driver’s license. Todoroki doesn't show his feelings outwardly. Later, Todoroki drives a car without a driver’s license and he hits Kiyotaka Sato. To cover up the accident, Kiyotaka Sato is placed in a car and taken to away. He arrives at an unofficial driving school. The driving school is run by the Uehara family. There, Kiyotaka Sato and Todoroki learn that they graduated from the same high school. They spend their summer at the driving school.
Keizo Fukui
Natsumi wants to become a photographer. She takes a bike which her late father left behind and goes to a forest to find a firefly she saw with her father. In the forest, Natsumi meets old mother Yasu and old son Jizo. They run a general store. Natsumi learns how to live in nature from them. She has happy summer days there. One day, Jizo tells her that he became estranged from his son in the past.
Koichi Noma
Set in the year 1969 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Kyoko Noma is a loving female high school student who takes part in campus protests. One day, she meets university student Wataru Domoto in the tea cafe Mubansou ("A Cappella"). Kyoko falls in love with him, but they get involved in an incident that leads to a shocking ending.
Gen
Hana, Toki and Toki’s daughter Toshi begin to live in the countryside. Hana’s nephew Akira, who just graduated from middle school, also lives with them. Doing farm work everyday, Hana and Toki get used to life in the countryside with help from couple Gen and Shiori. One day, Toshi and Akira decide to raise a cat to catch rats. A cat named Tom then begins to live with them.
(segment "Punished by Poseidon")
This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.
Hiroshi Fujita
A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost.
Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, prefectural government and media all receive a fax. The fax contains a threat that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline the helicopter will be dropped. 8 hours is given as the deadline. Making the situation even more dire, a young child is in the helicopter.
A failed director is trying to get his next movie off the ground, while dealing with his cranky brother and his estranged wife.
An omnibus recorded in a short film by five film directors with the motif of the song "Kai Band".
Colonel Sasahara
Азия, канун Второй Мировой войны. В наказание за проступок Като отправляют в школу шпионов "D-Kikan", которую основал лейтенант Юки. После обучения Като приступает к своему первому заданию: ему надо завладеть конфиденциальной "черной тетрадью". В ходе выполнения этого задания Като оказывается в неком городе, где ему приходится сражаться с Рин, шпионскими организациями Германии, Советского Союза и США, и даже противостоять армии Японии.
Noguchi
Каждую ночь хозяин закусочной занят своими клиентами. Однажды кто-то оставляет там урну с прахом. Кто это сделал? Случайно или специально?
Daigo Shikko
In a corner of Tokyo, a man named Natsuo lives as a yakuza and a woman named Natsuki works part-time. Although they rarely think about their families, they attempt to reunite with them. Brother and sister, father and daughter; the distance between them begins to shrink, but... This film portrays the dynamics of people trying to co-exist in nature and in the city. Even though two individuals may be insignificant in the context of a large society, one life meets another and they move forward. This is a movie about their small footsteps.
Yasugoro Inoue
Бейсбольная команда "Ванкувер Асахи" состоит из второго поколения японских эммигрантов, живущих в Канаде. Они играют в местной любительской бейсбольной лиге. Команда стала популярной благодаря своей приверженности честной борьбе. Но в обычной жизни игроки вынуждены противостоять дискриминации и бедности.
Фильм основан на реальных событиях и повествует о бейсбольной команде "Ванкувер Асахи", существовавшей в Ванкувере до начала Второй мировой войны. Информация о ней и бейсболистах хранится в Ванкуверском музее бейсбола.
Seiichi Nakamura
Хирано Юки — городской мальчик до мозга костей. Живет себе припеваючи, пока в один прекрасный день не проваливает вступительные. А потом его ещё и девушка бросает. Чем не повод напиться с друзьями? А в порыве чувств Юки может плюнуть на всю прошлую жизнь, и пойти работать в лес.
А что такого? Образование побоку, опыт не важен — желание есть, и нет проблем. Вот только поведясь на брошюру с красивой девчонкой, наш герой никак не ожидает, что работать придётся, да ещё в поте лица, дабы доказать, что ты не лыком шит. И ждут его приключения забавные и не очень. А что ещё может ждать неудачника, который умудрился утопить телефон в сломанном зонтике с водой, подвергнуться нападению пиявок и быть укушенным змеей в ухо?
Много лет назад старшеклассник Дзиро Савада был обвинен в проступке, которого не совершал. Преступление было несерьезным, но из-за отношения со стороны соседей парню пришлось покинуть родной город. Прошли годы, и Дзиро возвращается на родную улицу. Но только теперь на ней никто не живёт. После великого землетрясения 2011 года город брошен и лежит в руинах. Постепенно вслед за Дзиро сюда начинают возвращаться и другие его земляки. Про старые обиды уже никто не вспоминает, для каждого возвращение становится шансом начать жизнь с нуля.
Nobuya Satake
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."
Madoka
Based on a novel by Shinya Tanaka, this film is set in a quiet riverside town, where 17-year-old Tooma lives with his father and his father’s lover. Tooma witnesses his father’s sadistic behavior towards his lover and soon finds himself following in his father’s footsteps.
Tetsuo Machida
Kouta Fujioka is a 29-year old man who has a good family, including his father who always supports him, his mother who enjoys cooking, and his older sister with her bright personality. He also has a girlfriend named Etsuko Tanebe. Kouta wants people to eat delicious foods made by him and begins a job as an apprentice chef at a restaurant. One day, Kouta suddenly passes out and is sent to the hospital, where he is diagnosed with malignant lymphoma, completely changing his life. Given three months left to live, Kouta makes up his mind, with the support of his family and those he meets at the hospital, to accept his fate and "face a proper death".
Dr. Kirkland
Сюжет развивается в ближайшем будущем в Токио. Террористическая организация объявила войну всему миру. Она владеет более продвинутыми технологиями, чем любые правительства и оккупировала более половины планеты. Доктор Козабуро Намбу из Международной научной организации собирает вместе пять супергероев ниндзя, известных под общим названием «Гатчамен», чтобы остановить эту организацию...
Shohei
Несколько решающих дней из жизни классика японского кино Кэйскэ Киносьта (1912 - 1998). В конце войны он разочаровывается в кино и возвращается в родной дом в Хамамацу. Последующие события укрепляют его веру и помогают вернуться к любимому делу. Фильм посвящен 100-летию со дня рождения режиссера.
Kuroda
Происходит серия похожих взрывов в провинциальном городе. Последняя цель - маршрут общественного автобуса. Детектив Чайя преследовал подозреваемого и задержал его - таинственного человека с острым интеллектом и недюжинной физической силой. Подозреваемому назначили психологическое исследование, проведенное доктором Марико. После проведения психологической экспертизы, она выдвигает гипотезу: "Возможно ли, что этот человек родился без эмоций?"
Gomi
Криминальная семья Санно выросла в огромную организацию, чья власть распространилась на политику и крупный легальный бизнес. Амбициозный детектив Катаока при помощи тайных заговоров и грязных трюков провоцирует конфликт Между Санно и их давними врагами Ханабиши, надеясь, что они окончательно уничтожат друг друга. Но козырем в руках Катаоки может стать тот факт, что из тюрьмы готовится выйти Отомо, босс семьи, когда-то раздавленной Санно, которого многие считали мертвым. Неожиданное возвращение Отомо сеет еще больше лжи и предательства между семьям. Невозможно угадать, кто одержит верх в этой свирепой схватке за власть.
Shigeo Kawara
Go, Masao! describes the relationship between people and their dogs. Comedian Hideki Matsumoto and a labrador retriever named Masao are selected to appear on the travel corner segment of a TV animal program. Until Hideki Matsumoto and the labrador retriever Masao become popular, they help each other.
Goro Yoshida
Ходит по набережной одного японского города немного странная девушка с тележкой, полной разномастного кошачьего народца, и трубит в рупор: «Прока-ат кошек». Мальчишки зовут ее «кошачьей ведьмой» и драпают со всех ног — едва завидев. Соседка достает придирками… Родных и друзей нет — только кошки. Неужто она способна заработать себе на жизнь таким вот образом — и как это вообще возможно — сдавать и брать кошек в аренду?
Miku's dad
Сан и Ри — молодая супружеская пара. Они решили переехать из Токио к озеру Тоя, которое находится на острове Хоккайдо. Там супруги открывают хлебобулочный ресторанчик под названием «Мани». Сан печёт хлеб, а его жена Ри готовит пищу, которая прекрасно дополняет выпечку её мужа. Так как Сан и Ри готовят от всего сердца, то круглый год клиенты, уходя из их ресторана, чувствуют себя счастливыми.
In Tokyo, actress Touko leaves the filming set of her latest project and comes across three people by random chance: she gives a ride to a man named Nagano, whom she has never met before; at a small theater, runs into Kikuchi, a former screenwriter; lastly, meets Yasuko at the zoo.
Seikichi
Katsutoshi is forced to flee his hometown and ends up at a rundown nightclub called "Tokyo Playboy Club." His hot-headedness gets him into further trouble, and the club's waiter Takahiro and his girlfriend Eriko also get caught up in it as their underworld predicament worsens to the point of no return.
Kazuho Karita
Do criteria exist for the death penalty? Yusuke Mito, a law faculty lecturer who did not become a lawyer even though he passed the bar exam, the famous lawyer Kojiro Otomo who advocates the abolition of the death penalty, and the public prosecutor Mariko Nagase studied law together. Each have their own thoughts about the death penalty. One day, Otomo’s wife is murdered by someone. Shinzo Sabae who is resentful of a lawsuit that Otomo had been in charge of, is arrested as a suspect. Otomo reverses the stance he had had until now and seeks the death penalty against Sabae. This prompts Mito to make the decision to become a lawyer and stand in the court. However, the first case Mito takes charge of is the defence of Sabae, who murdered the wife of his good friend, Otomo…
Sumida's Father
Фильм рассказывает об истории любви двух подростков, существующих на самом дне общества. Действие разворачиваются после разрушительного землетрясения, произошедшего в Японии в 2011 году. Он — отчаянно пытается выжить, она — мечтает о семье, которой никогда не имела. Возможно ли остаться собой, когда мир вокруг тебя погружен во тьму, а смерть — самый лёгкий выход?
Эта история о том, как семью, державшую небольшую гостиницу на острове Миякэдзима, эвакуируют в Токио после извержения вулкана в 2000 году. О том, как она поддерживает душевную связь с любимым питомцем — собакой, оставшейся на острове, и не теряет надежды на возвращение в родные места.
Junichi Miyata
Дзюнити Мията один воспитывает сына и дочь. Дети выросли и собираются уехать учиться в Токио. Отец старается сохранить мужество, но все больше удаляется от своих детей. Он даже не может признаться им в том, что тяжело болен.
Ichiro Kaji
Сампо Симадзаки покорил высочайшие вершины мира, он знает все о красоте и суровой природе гор. Он мечтает разделить со всеми свое восхищение магией гор и, помогая отряду горных спасателей в качестве волонтера, всегда готов придти на помощь тем, кто попал в беду. Куми Сиина – новичок в отряде горных спасателей. Она усердно тренируется под руководством начальника отряда Ноды и Сампо, но когда дело доходит до реального спасения жизней, по неопытности терпит неудачу за неудачей. Она теряет уверенность в себе, впадает в депрессию. Внезапно в горах начинается буря, жизнь альпинистов-любителей, оказавшихся отрезанными снежной лавиной, висит на волоске. Отбросив сомнения, Куми вступает в неравную схватку с разбушевавшейся стихией. Узнав о том, что Куми в смертельной опасности, Сампо отправляется ей на помощь…
Nagata
In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the mountains. Even after hearing reports of the Japanese military's surrender, Oba dismisses the reports as propaganda and continues to launch guerilla attacks against the American soldiers, earning him the nickname "The Fox". Soon, even the American commander who's charged with the task of capturing Oba comes to admire his persistent enemy.
Rieko Saibara is a cartoonist and mother of a 6-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl. When she has a difficult time, she throws away her problems with laughter. Her husband Kamoshitda used to be a war camera man, but now he's addicted to alcohol. He struggles to overcome his problem, but keeps failing. Finally, they get divorced. After Kamoshida loses his family, he realizes how precious they are. He focuses on getting away from alcohol, but another disease comes to him. Even though Saibara knows that he can not make it for long, she accepts him back to her family again. Since then a happy, but short, time exists for the family of four.
Onigashira
War photjournalist Yasuyuki Tsukahara married popular manga artist Yuki Sonoda and had children. Because of Yasayuki's drinking problems the couple divorced. Yasuyuki is now coughing up blood, hospitalized, and violent. Even with all of these problems Yasuyuki can't give up drinking alcohol. His family gets tired. Yasuyuki is then hospitalized in an alcoholic ward. There he finds comfort living with other patients and having conversations with doctors. With the help of his family, Yasuyuki recovers mentally and physically, but his body has already paid a heavy toll.
Otome
Blessed with several large rivers, interconnected streams and springs, Japan's ancient capital, Kyoto, anoints the land with a bountiful source of water. In this tranquil setting, three women join the flow of a small community with the subtle presence of a spring breeze. Setsuko , the proprietor of a whiskey-only bar; Takako, the owner of a coffee shop along the waterway; Hatsumi, a maker of tofu so delicious it seems to spring forth from the clear water. Under their subtle influence, other townspeople gradually begin their own streams too: Yamanoha, a local worker for a furniture workshop; Otome, the owner of a neighborhood public bath; Jin, a young man who assists him at the bath; Makoto, a wayfarer about the town. Among their daily lives, there is Poplar, a small child with a perpetually friendly smile.
A senseless double murder resonates eight years later in four intertwined stories.
Manager
После окончания средней школы юная девушка Михиро переезжает из деревушки Ниигата в Токио, чтобы воплотить свою мечту и стать актрисой. Но сначала ей придется начать свою актерскую карьеру с порно-индустрии под сценическим псевдонимом Михиро. Фильм является биографией порноактрисы Михиро.
Norio Yajima
Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.
Zoudayu Asakawa
«13 убийц» (яп. 十三人の刺客 Дзю:саннин но сикаку?) — кинофильм режиссёра Такаси Миикэ, вышедший на экраны в 2010 году. Ремейк одноименного фильма 1963 года, снятого режиссёром Эйити Кудо. Действие происходит в Японии в 1844 году. Жестокий господин Нарицугу, брат сёгуна, приобретает в стране всё большее влияние и власть. Это грозит ей хаосом, разорением и даже ставит под угрозу существование самой системы сёгуната. Советник сёгуна господин Дой после долгих раздумий решает начать действовать и поручает надёжному и опытному самураю Синдзаэмону Симаде ликвидировать опасного властителя. Синдзаэмон собирает команду из двенадцати бойцов, достаточно хорошо владеющих отживающим искусством фехтования, и вырабатывает план нападения. Оно должно состояться во время поездки Нарицугу из Эдо в его владения в сопровождении большой свиты. Теперь основной задачей становится необходимость нивелировать преимущество врага в количестве воинов.
Fujiyama
Saru is a talented young locksmith who unlocks any kind of lock. He is, however, a complete fool when it comes to women. One day a girl Mayumi asks him to open a safe full of stolen money. Knowing nothing about it, Saru takes the money briefcase with Mayumi and finds himself with yakuza gangsters and also police in hot pursuit.
Kazuya Hasebe
A brother and sister leave the big city to live with their veterinarian father when their mother is hospitalized. As they are adjusting to their new life filled with natural beauty, they adopt an abandoned puppy. When it is discovered that the puppy is actually a wolf, they choose to return the baby wolf to its mother in the forest rather than let it live a life in captivity.
Policeman
Сати, жене популярного писателя Отани, приходится не только воспитывать сына, но и спасать семейный бюджет от вреда, нанесенного расточительным мужем. Чтобы выплатить его долги, она поступает на работу в бар. В нее влюбляются два постоянных клиента — молодой Окада, поклонник творчества ее мужа, и адвокат Цудзи, в которого она прежде сама была влюблена. Отани мучается ревностью, у него творческий кризис. Он предлагает своей любовнице Акико совершить двойное самоубийство…
Koji Ishida
Ито Кайджи безработный, бездельник, ворующий эмблемы дорогих машин и протыкающий шины. Но однообразная рутина меняется, когда к нему в дверь стучит человек в дорогом костюме. Гость представляется как некий Эндо, сборщик долгов. Причина его визита проста — Кайджи должен деньги, выступив заверенным лицом своего коллеги, Фурухаты Такеши, который на одной из работ изначально должен был 300000 йен, но прошло время и долг возрос до астрономической величины в 3850000 йен, так как сам плательщик пропал, вся тяжесть долга падает на Кайджи. Но Эндо предлагает ему выход из данной ситуации: сесть на борт одного таинственного корабля, на котором такие же должники как он будут играть в азартные игры, на деньги взятые взаймы у учредителей. Это единственный шанс отчаявшихся людей вырваться из цепких лап нищеты или же это билет в один конец?!
Riko's Father
Парень Хару не обращает на неё особого внимая и даже открыто встречается с другой. Однажды в кафе к Хару подсаживается Рика, она работает протезистом. Между ними завязывается дружба и даже нечто большее. Рику не волнует пол, для неё главное — любовь, а вот Хару раздирают противоречия.
For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack his most difficult programming code yet, the detective embarks for Shanghai where he crosses paths with a sniper, an informant, the head of the Blue-Dragon Mafia, and beautiful singer on the run, Meilan. As 507 stumbles deeper into a twisted quagmire of intrigue he discovers the sad truth behind the mystery.
Head Coach
В среднюю школу приходит новая учительница, и ей тут же предлагают курировать волейбольный клуб мальчиков. Но, как оказалось, эти мальчики никогда в волейбол и не играли-то, да и сама Тэрасима-сэнсэй не особо в нём разбирается. И вот, чтобы убедить ребят тренироваться и постигать азы волейбола, ей приходится заключить с ними сделку: если парни выиграют хотя бы один матч стартующего школьного чемпионата, она обнажит им свой бюст.
Shôsuke Kamikura
Цуоши Мацуоко, доктор в больнице Токио, неправильно диагностирует болезнь пациента как простуду. Но после внезапной смерти пациента, он понимает, что это - очень серьезная болезнь, которая может заразить население. Болезнь распространяется, начинается эпидемия. Мацуоко изо всех сил пытается узнать причину болезни и найти лекарство вместе с доктором Эико Кобэяши.
Takio Kagenuma
A story of the unexplainable things that inflict sheer terror on human beings and how they leave victims psychologically devastated. It is as much a true horror film as it is a psychological drama.
Naoko meets Yusuke while staying on an island for medical treatment. Yusuke's graceful athletic figure captivates her eyes and she falls in love with him. But their relationship is soon broken after Yusuke's father dies while trying to save Naoko from drowning. The memory of Yusuke leads Naoko to the track, and six years later, they meet each other again at a Marathon competition. Naoko decides to become a manager to help Yusuke, a gifted runner, and they embark on training together to heal their sorrows from the past.
Hiroyuki's father
Haruna is a lively tomboy in the 5th year at elementary school. One day, while playing with Hiroyuki, a boy whom she has known for a long time, they play a game of putting their private parts together. A sex education lesson given by a new teacher, Yagi, makes Haruna suspect that she might be pregnant.
Yukari always wanted to become a flight attendant and has just been hired by Japan Airlines. However, due to an unexpected mistake, she has also been recruited to the company's basketball team (the JAL "Rabbits") despite being a lousy at basketball. Forced to divide her time between job training and playing basketball, Yukari makes an increasing amount of mistakes in both areas. Frustrated, she nearly gives up on her dream career, but somehow finds the strength to keep trying both in the skies and on the court.
Realtor (segment "Interior Design")
Три совершенно разные истории, общее у которых лишь одно: место действия — мегаполис Токио. Первая «Дизайн интерьера» повествует о молодых людях, приехавших покорять столицу Японии. Акира мечтает стать выдающимся кинематографистом, а его девушка Хироко ищет свое жизненное предназначение и находит его неожиданно фантастическим образом. Вторая «Дерьмо» о «существе из канализации», безумном получеловеке-полузвере, пожирающем исключительно цветы и деньги и терроризирующем весь город. И последняя «Сотрясающийся Токио» о парне Теруюку. Он хикикомори. Так в Японии называют молодых людей, стремящихся к изоляции от внешнего мира, ведущих затворнической образ жизни. Все меняется, когда в дверь Теруюку стучится любовь в образе симпатичной разносчицы пиццы...
At a high school in the city of Yokohoma the baseball team trains to go to the top. There are struggles, hardships and successes and not all of it is due the star pitcher or batter and those in the centre of attention. There are rewards to being the great, but it is a long way to the top and they know it.
A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “good guys.” The father Nobuo, and his son Tamio, are unable to mature, unable to break the parent-child roles, have no sense of responsibility, and keep holding on to the past. The pair is overwhelmed by all the colorful characters around them telling them what to do. They go to strenuous and humorous efforts to make Tamio’s wedding an event to remember.
Mastsushima
Coach Fujitani
Tomoki Sakai is your average junior-high student. Fascinated by the diving skills of Yōichi Fujitani, an elite athlete born into a family of former Olympic divers, Tomoki joins the Mizuki Diving Club (MDC) where Yōichi trains. However, the club is in the red, and its very survival is under question. Beautiful Kayoko Asaki has just returned from the US and joins the club as a new coach, with the mission to save MDC. Her goal is for the club to produce an athlete capable of competing in the Olympics. She brings in Shibuki Okitsu, a skillful diver with a wild streak from Tsugaru. Meanwhile, Kayoko discovers that Tomoki possesses a unique ability called "diamond eyes" and inspires him to begin serious training. Tomoki, Yōichi, and Shibuki have to overcome personal problems and struggle through conflicts and setbacks in the sport to achieve their dreams.
lawyer
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to life once again.
Himself
A behind-the-scenes look at Sion Sono’s 2005 film Noriko’s Dinner Table.
Toshiyuki Fujita
Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days then decide either to ‘execute’ or ‘pass over’. Today, again, in the rain, he waits. His subject, her death due in seven days, is Kazue Fujiki. She works for a manufacturing company in the complaints department. Exhausted after her day, she emerges from her office. It’s time for the Reaper to go to work.
Chief Iizuka, who works at the Cultural Center, misunderstands two chorus groups with similar names and double-books the concert hall on New Year's Eve. Although they talk to each other, neither of them gives up a step and develops into a big problem. Iizuka, who has lived his life with a "no-nonsense" attitude, finds himself in the middle of two groups and at a loss for words.
"Shadow of Sand" - Set in Tokyo in the 1980's. Yukie, a young woman lives with the vision of the lover she has murdered. After his death he continues to appear in her room. Yukie maintains her usual life, trying to avoid discovery of her crime until a new lover turns up.
Yuki
Taro is a 12-year-old into baseball and radio, especially "Music Express," a song-request show. Sound quaint? But it is 1977 and a small town in Hokkaido, a more innocent, pure-hearted time and place, we are told. Taro, however, has a blood disease that lands him in the hospital where his aunt is a nurse. Rounds of tests, transfusions and injections sap his spirit, despite the kindness and dedication of his young doctor and the Doctor's hospital-director father. The latter, a music buff who broadcasts classics over the hospital's PA system, asks Taro to relieve him as DJ — and soon the boy is ensconced in the hospital director's well-stocked library-cum-studio, spinning popular J-Pop tunes. He also becomes acquainted with Tamaki, a girl he first calls "the mummy" because of her bandages and full body cast — she was injured in a traffic accident. He later changes his tune when she is revealed as a cute 13-year-old — for him, an older woman...
There is an old love hotel in Tokyo's Shinjuku district where couples can rent a room by the hour for romantic assignations. However, few of its regular customers seem to come there for sexual encounters; the hotel has become a hangout for rootless teenagers, senior citizens looking for a place to relax, and kids that play under the watchful eye of its owner...
Igarashi / Zhang
A youth drama in which a young man visiting Busan, South Korea falls in love with a Japanese woman. Debut film directed by Masaharu Take.
Yuji
An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.
Shigeo
Kenji Shiraishi is involved in the trafficking of illegal immigrants from China to Japan. One such case leaves an immigrant child to be an orphan. Instead of selling him along with others that arrived, Kenji flees with the boy to look after him and make an attempt at everyday life. The people after the boy, unexpected encounters with long-lost family members, and his vengeful nature are standing in the way of his future.
Kanzou, Shinichi's uncle
250 лет тому назад. Соэцу, мелкий ростовщик, убит жестоким самураем Синдзаэмоном, и его тело было сброшено в Касанэ-га-фути — омут извилистой реки, где, согласно легенде, тот, кто упадет в воду, никогда снова не всплывет на поверхность. 20 лет спустя Синкити, красавец-сын Синдзаемона, случайно знакомится с Тоёсигой, дочерью Соэцу, и они влюбляются друг в друга. Когда Тоёсига умирает от странной болезни, Синкити обнаруживает, что он не только не может избежать таинственных несчастий прошлого и неумирающей любви к нему Тоёсиги, но и вынужден посмотреть в лицо страшной правде, которую хранит Касанэ-га-фути.
Customer at bar
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
Sumida Masayuki
The script won the 2006 TV Asahi contest for new scenario writers. The story is about the secret game between two childhood friends. In that game, Kurokawa is a princess and her friend Mizushima is her servant. They promised to keep on playing the game until someone finds about it.
Takashi Sagawa
Coming of age story about a boy and his mother.
Tatsuo Sugawara
Когда вы приходите в салон или парикмахерскую, внимательно присмотритесь к вашему мастеру. Его движения плавные или порывистые, а в руках у него что: ножницы с феном или скальпель? Вы доверяете этому человеку едва ли не самую важную часть своего тела. А с накладками будьте особенно осторожны…
Mitsuru Sada
Молодого человека Тэппэя Канэко ошибочно обвинили в сексуальном домогательстве в общественном транспорте. В Японии в таких случаях подозреваемые обычно сразу признают себя виновными, договариваются с жертвой и выплачивают штраф. Если дело до ходит до суда, то со стопроцентной вероятностью вина будет доказана, обвиняемый сядет в тюрьму и получит клеймо на всю жизнь. Тэппэй же, несмотря на уговоры полицейских и адвоката, продолжает утверждать, что он этого не делал.
A tattoo changes a woman. A tattoo changes a man. Tattoo is everything ... Asami, a woman who breaks into an affair with a man who has a wife the name is Ninomiya, a man who leaves the house apart from his wife and is inviting a self-development seminar to live today. The two who atoned for the past and asked for salvation met by chance. Asami, who decided to carve a tattoo by her own choice, entrusts her skin to a genius skin carver, Kokari. Eventually, a splendid woman's tattoo leaps on her back, which dramatically changes herself. Tattoo greatly changes Ninomiya's way of life and captivates the sculpture that dreams of the completion of tattoos. Eventually, the fate of men and women who were tossed by tattoos began to fluctuate greatly.
Comedy about a woman who finds a new life after she loses her busband.
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.
Kaoru, a wealthy woman whose youth is fading, abandons the hustle and bustle of the city to live a peaceful life in a house on the coast. There she takes care of an old deaf, dumb and blind man as if he were an insect, a child or a pet. He can’t do anything for himself, so she feeds him and accompanies him on his walks. This strong mutual dependency offers Kaoru an escape from society and allows her to free herself from restrictions imposed by common sense.
Takashi, an unemployed young man, is entrusted with a "catch ball shop" by a stranger he meets in the park. While accepting people's feelings through catch ball, Takashi himself remembers the important things that he had forgotten.
A child suddenly disappears in a small village and his mother desperately searches for clues.
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.
Morihiro Kagawa
Four beautiful sisters are entrusted with taking care of Kinjiro, a giant salamander and national treasure. Rumors spread that Kinjiro is an impostor, so a genius x-ray technician is sent to run some tests.
Asakura
Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought together by chance when they inadvertently team up to thwart a bank robbery. Recognizing the potential of their combined talents, they decide to form a bank-robbing gang themselves, just for the fun and romance of it. Their heists are played out swiftly and coolly, less like robberies than performance art. Eventually, the foursome's good-natured crime streak is interrupted when a man from one of their pasts creates a whirlwind of extortion and double crossing.
A young reporter is covering the mysterious case of a child found dead with missing internal organs.
Lizard
After inadvertently killing his girlfriend, a man flees Macau for Thailand in an attempt to cope with his guilt, and avoid possible arrest. But the relocation doesn't prevent his problems from following him, as his new friends could be potential enemies.
Prison warden
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, the story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case. Homosexual tension and explosive violence drives the story which delivers some weird and fascinating visuals.
Kazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same company, has fired him according to the company policy regarding redundancy. However, Shinobu soon gets remarried to Sakamoto depriving Kazuya of a place to stay. He then meets Sachiko who works in a salon where sexual pleasure is offered to men. They promise to have a date on the next Sunday by the sea.
Chief Shimada
The lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky, then cross paths again months later.
"Gina K" tells the story of the daughter of a famous stripper, who reveals her family history so she can stand proud as a vocalist. On stage she's feverish, but when she comes down she's just another girl.
Японский военный блокбастер про то, как террористы захватывают военный корабль, на котором расположено американское секретное оружие. Их цель – уничтожить Токио, чтобы, стерев с лица земли старую империю, начать возрождение новой Японии.
Tetsuzo Shimabara
Старшеклассница Норико живёт в Тоёкаве с родителями и младшей сестрой Юкой. В когда-то дружной семье теперь все стали друг другу чужими, и надеяться на понимание со стороны родителей не приходится. Норико чувствует, что задыхается, и её единственная отдушина — виртуальные подруги на сайте Haikyo.com. Однажды Норико собирает чемодан и, не сказав никому ни слова, отправляется в Токио, чтобы встретиться со совей родственной душой — девушкой под ником Ueno Station 54. Через полгода 54 школьницы одновременно бросаются под колёса поезда метро, и Юка начинает подозревать, что это как-то связано с исчезновением сестры. Она проводит небольшое расследование и тоже уезжает в Токио.
Niwa
Fukawa Sensei
Киото. 1968 год. Между молодежью из местного клуба карате и школы, где учатся корейцы, идет постоянная вражда. Но сердцу не прикажешь – «каратист» Косукэ влюбился в сестру вожака корейцев Кён Чжи. Чтобы ей понравиться, парень начинает учиться корейскому языку и игре на гитаре, надеясь когда-нибудь сыграть любимую песню Кён Чжи о ее родине. Благодаря знакомству с девушкой, Косукэ находит друзей среди корейцев и понимает, что их и японцев многое разделяет…
Yamaoka
Haruo returns to his hometown for his mother’s second marriage, where he happens to meet his first love Miyuki for the first time in eight years. Miyuki is back in town with her daughter Chiharu, after leaving a failed marriage.
Policeman
Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After this, a string of murders start happening all around the two girls, as if some crazed serial killer was following them. At the scene of each crime, the perpetrator leaves a black lip print, and is subsequently dubbed "The Black Kiss.
In this excursion into Tokyo's dark side, a sexually repressed woman finds liberation by turning tricks at night a sex worker is taken by surprise when her ex drops by and a sex blogger finds strange kinship with a loner.
I (Ken MItsuishi), documentary video maker, saw a guy named YUDA (Kazuma Honda) in middle of Tokyo. I was curious about Yuda and begun following him around, but one day he disappeared with my video camera. A couple months later, a lady name Michi Nakamura (Yukiko Okamoto) came to my office. She had the strap of my video camera that Yuda stole from me, and said she saw the address that was on the strap, so she came here. I asked her about Yuda, and she told me that he was dead. Right after she left my office, she was hit by a car, I visited her in hospital and she begins to tell me about the mysterious story of her and Yuda.
Hisaki Shimazaki
Seikichi, makes his living fishing from a small boat off the coast of Okinawa. He and his 12-year-old grandson Akira live in a small, tree-lined village in the northern part of the island which is surrounded by a white-sand beach and plots of pine and flowering bushes. On the cliff that skirts the shore sits an open-air burial ground containing the skull of a kamikaze pilot who was shot down during the last days of World War II. When the wind blows through the bullet hole in the skull, it produces a whistling sound. The locals call it the "Crying Head."
(segment "Apartment")
This horror anthology is featuring nine independent episodes, each 30 minutes long, that are revolving around bad karma and terror.
Soldier with one leg
1947 год. Япония оккупирована американцами. Группа энтузиастов собирает джазовый ансамбль. Парни пробуют играть музыку, которая в годы войны находилась под строгим запретом. Музыканты совершенствуют мастерство. Но даже тем, кто так любит американский джаз, нелегко найти общий язык с бывшими врагами…
Three short films with the theme of death and dead ends in common.
Matsunaga
An ordinary salary man, Junosuke, goes in search of his lover, Miharu, who disappeared one night when she handed him the key to her room, and promised to be back in five minutes. She had only gone out to buy apples at the nearby convenience store, because Junosuke has one for breakfast every morning. Slightly drunk from the cocktail he had had earlier, Junosuke falls asleep, and wakes up the next morning to find that Miharu had never returned.
Three storylines interweave in Border Line. Kurosawa (Murakami Jun) finds himself driving a taciturn young man named Matsuda (Sawaki Tetsu) halfway to Hokkaido, after accidentally knocking him off his bike; their fragile bond can last only so long. The housewife Aikawa Misa (Aso Yumi) tries desperately to hold her family together when her husband gets laid off and her son is so frightened of bullies at school that he throws up in the car; she’s reduced to taking a McJob in a convenience store. And Miyaji (Mitsuishi Ken), who collects debts for a yakuza gang, gets into trouble when his partner Kitajima puts personal need above duty.
Masaki Fukuhara
Hiroshi Hamano, a professor at a medical university, is found dead. Going by the results of the autopsy, it appears he committed suicide by jumping off a roof, but going by eyewitness testimony and physical evidence at the scene, Detective Kamei suspects murder. A ticket for a train trip around Japan is found in the professor's pocket. However, nobody then could have known the shocking truth hidden behind the tour the dead man was supposed to attend...
Hana is a nineteen-year old expectant mother. She travels with her grandmother's ashes to her grandmother's house. Hana's mother, who gave birth to Hana when she herself was a teenager, now resides in the home. They are on the outs with each other, but are forced to stay with each other when Hana's boyfriend fails to show.
17 year old Tokyo pizza delivery boy Kosuke crashes his bike into photographer Reiko and breaks her expensive camera. He promises to deliver homemade pizza to make up for her broken camera. After discovering that Reiko has moved 1,200 km away to her hometown of Nagasaki things become trickier, but Kosuke decides to fulfill his promise anyways by borrowing a moped from his workplace.
Shoji Kurita
Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and closeted—but nothing compares to the chaos that arrives when Asako, a troubled woman with a history of psychiatric problems, abortions, and casual sex, asks Katsuhiro to conceive a child with her.
Doctor
Two young women and a sex date who turns out to be an alright guy. What follows is a classic love triangle, however so skillfully played that most of it comes out rather fresh.
The fourth movie in the highly sucessful Eko Eko Azarak series. Following the events of the second movie, Misa discovers, along with the rest of Japan, the strength of her newly acquired powers when she and her friends are attacked in the woods…
Emotionally withdrawn strip club dancer Ayako has never recovered from her mother's suicide when she was young. She begins a relationship with patient potter Daiji, but leaves him behind when she quits her job and returns to her home town after a 10 year absence.
Man with Cell Phone
13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.
Kôzu, Yoshiyuki (Sadatomo's Father)
It is 1980. Sadatomo is at a secondary school in a small town. His parents barely take any notice of him. The strict teacher Kobayashi has hung up a 'humanity index' in the classroom, divided into the categories 'delinquents', 'scum' and 'people'. In each category he has hung name-cards of pupils. One day Kobayashi finds out that Sadatomo and his friends have stolen some things from a shop for fun. Their fathers are informed and as punishment, the children have to write a 'self-critical' essay of no less than thirty pages. For the first time, Sadatomo is beaten by his father. Shocked, he writes a piece entitled 'I am an onion', in which the teacher thinks he can detect a first sign of humanity. That is the start of a confusing situation in which it gets hard to distinguish lies, truth, justified self-criticism and opportunist wheeler dealing, even for the boys.
Kimio Komatsu
The movie is absurd, and a thoroughly original take on the morale in Japanese society. The images are beautiful, and the people are as cold as the snow that surrounds them. The take on Melville's "Samoraï" from -67 is obvious, but Kobayashi turns the image around and portrays the killer as the weakest person in the movie - haunted by his demanding wife and the moaning contractor, who is one of the most mysterious characters ever portrayed in a movie.
Michio's Uncle
A young teen's father dies, and he is sent to an orphanage. He's teased because he stutters almost runs away, until a beautiful, androgynous boy, Yasuo (Sora Toma), convinces him to join the choir.
A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.
Yukio Saito
Reunited by the death of a friend, a group of former schoolmates reassess themselves and their earlier times together.
A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out near the area. Fortunately, the terrorists did not capture Togashi, the dam controller, and he is the only person who can rescue those hostages from the terrorists...
Komiyama
A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that night, however, he finds her laying dead on the floor. In a panic he buries her body deep in the woods and tries to return to his ordinary life. One day, he thinks he spots her walking down the street. Is his mind playing tricks on him, or has she somehow returned from the grave?
Shigeo
Рассказ о нескольких отверженных: шофере автобуса, подозреваемом в совершении преступления, двух детях-сиротах, их кузене - случайном студенте. Судьба, однажды случайно соединившая героев в одной точке, сводит их вновь.
It depicts the fierce battle between the Shanghai Mafia, who is trying to expand its power with sneaky hands, and Kuroiwa, the young head of the former Ryuo group.
Director
Мужчина, семь лет назад потерявший жену, решает найти себе подругу жизни. С помощью приятеля, близкого к шоу-бизнесу, он организовывает кинопробы, которые, на самом деле становятся смотринами девушек разных возрастов и их вредных привычек. И находит, что искал…
Natsuishi
Rika, a bright, attractive, and driven young woman, is intent on marrying her dreamy boyfriend Seiichi Ono who is not only tall and handsome but also an up-and-coming executive. One day, Ono abruptly dumps her.
Detective Tsukimoto kills his partner following a botched robbery and falls deep into debt and despair. After losing everything at the horse races, he is kidnapped by yakuza and offered a chance to clear his debts by putting his life on the line in a game called Cambodia Roulette.
Video shop customer
Все газеты пишут о загадочном убийце по прозвищу Четырехглазый — из-за его запоминающихся очков. Полиция сбилась с ног, а вот выследить убийцу посчастливилось Хинано, сестре одного из полицейских. Впрочем, что-то удерживает ее от того, чтобы пустить полицию по следу убийцы. Может быть, это любовь?
Goto
Tomonori is a third rate model and very unhappy with her demeaning job of handing out leaflets. Unfortunately she doesn't have too many options. One day she gets drunk and starts a fight at a party where she is working.
Salaryman
История молодой девушки, отправившейся учиться в Токио. Она не привыкла к жизни в большом городе. Она общается с ребятами из университета, покупает новый велосипед, и восхищается запахом цветущей вишни. Юзуки знакомится со своей соседкой и вскоре они становятся подругами. Она застенчива на занятиях, она смущается, когда преподаватель спрашивает, почему она выбрала именно этот университет. Девушка вступает в клуб ужения на муху. И, наконец, ей нравится длинноволосый молодой человек, работающий в местном книжном магазине.
Kasaki the hitman needs to set scores with his target Ri after the syndicate hunts him and blackmails his childhood friend to kill him.
Japanese anthology follows the depressing lives of several people just trying to keep going in a nihilistic world.
Detective
Белый воротничок Ямашито узнает, что его жена ему изменяет. Однажды он возвращается домой и убивает супругу. Ямашито попадает в тюрьму, где его единственным другом становится обыкновенный угорь. Через восемь лет он выходит на свободу и начинает новую жизнь в небольшом поселении…
An ex-boxer working for a game parlor owner gets caught up in a complex blackmail operation he doesn't understand. Before long he's caught between two yakuza bosses and a mysterious thief who motivation is unknown. Add in the boss' daughter who has a crush on him and watch him struggle to make sense of it all and come out alive.
The Husband
Нагико, с детства влюбленная в каллиграфию и роман Сей Сёнагон «Записки у изголовья», сбежала от жестокого мужа, чтобы в одиночку наслаждаться жизнью, литературой, менять любовников и искать моделей для совершенствования искусства написания текстов на мужских телах. Ее английский любовник Джером убеждает Нагико использовать моделей как бумагу для своих произведений. Следуя совету молодого красавца англичанина, в голове ее зреет грациозный план отмщения ее бесчестному издателю, и она посылает ему книги — тринадцать любовников, тринадцать тел, тринадцать книг, последняя из которых — Книга Смерти…
Punk Man
An industrial section of Japan got the name of Yentown as many immigrants come to make money and hope to go home rich. A small group of people in Yentown try to work together to survive, there is a girl named Ageha who has no family, Glico the hooker, Fei Hong a poor immigrant from Shanghai, Arrow an ex boxer from the US and Ren the mysterious guy who seems to know too much about guns. Fortune shines upon them when they find a cassette that we'll get them rich but along with money trouble will always follow.
Yasuo Matsumura
Выйдя из тюрьмы, якудза Ясуо узнаёт от бывшего соратника, что его босс убит, а банда прекратила существование. Однако Ясуо не верит товарищу и отправляется на поиски подставившего его босса, предварительно поручив старому знакомому Кэндзи заботиться о своей психически неполноценной сестре Юри. Однако, Кэндзи не всегда так спокоен и уравновешен, как кажется на первый взгляд.
A detective and his partner track down a call girl with information about a drug cartel. After taking her into custody, they are attacked by cartel members. The detective and the woman manage to escape, but they are soon hounded by a professional hitman hired to eliminate them and recover the heroin stolen by the woman.
Kurata
One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, is troubled by her parents' separation and decides to choose one of the boys to run away with.
Kasu Abe
Вот уже два года прошло с тех пор, как жених Хироко трагически погиб в горах, но она всё не может забыть Ицуки. Находясь в гостях у его матери, из школьного альбома Хироко узнает адрес, по которому Ицуки проживал в родном городе, и решает отправить туда письмо, хотя знает, что дом тот давно снесли и теперь на его месте пролегает шоссе. К своему изумлению Хироко получает ответ c подписью Ицуки.
A close look at the inner workings of Japan's political underbelly.
Kiryu
A dragon fish is stolen by Tetsu Tobiyama and biologist Thomas Earwing seeks its return. Poo is led to Natsuro after she worms her way into a top secret file at Delta headquarters for information.
Private Sakata
It's Christmas Eve in Tokyo as Ichiro is moving into his new apartment one month ahead of schedule. As he is getting settled in, two strangers enter the apartment and are surprised to find him there. They begin complaining that he is upsetting their plans for a Christmas party to be thrown in the apartment that night before attempting to kick him out.
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths and eventually battle Hiruko.
The unexpected death of Fujishima Motoharu, president of a medium-sized firm, triggers a fierce battle over his estate inheritance among family members.
A Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around him in order to sustain the relationship.
Jiro
Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a yakuza boss while he serves out a prison sentence. As she grows into her new role, she manages to assert control and increase the influence of her organization. But when her husband is released from prison, she finds him a changed man, lacking the character necessary to be a powerful yakuza leader. Conflict ensues and their marriage is challenged by a desire for power.
Young man B
Соседка семьи Тора-сана, Акэми, которая была уже героиней серии «Мужчине живётся трудно. Фильм 33: Задыхающийся в ночном тумане Торадзиро» (1984), убегает от своего мужа, который интересуется только работой. Тора-сан следует за ней в Сикинэдзиму и пытается вернуть ее домой. При этом он встречает группу одноклассников, которые едут на встречу со своим учителем начальной школы, что является отсылкой к фильму Кэйсукэ Киношиты «Двенадцать пар глаз». Тора-сан присоединяется к ним и влюбляется в учительницу.
Родители Гэна приезжают в Токио проведать своего сына, который работает в фотоателье, мечтая стать профессиональным фотографом-художником. В этот день Гэн не смог уйти с работы и встретить родителей. Пожилые люди, привыкшие к тишине провинции, окунаются в водоворот городской жизни. Внезапной удачей для измученных путешественников становится встреча с нежной и хрупкой Нобуко, подругой и сослуживицей Гэна. Она помогает им добраться до квартиры, где живёт их сын. Горько родителям видеть неуютную и тесную комнатушку, отсутствие необходимых вещей. Старики отдают сыну свои последние деньги. После их отъезда Гэн и Нобуко решают купить фотокамеру, необходимую для осуществления мечты молодого человека.
Jiro
The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially experience difficulties as modern Japan encroaches on their world. The setting is World War II, and conflicts have already arisen when the military police come to take Seburi men away into the army. Still following their own customs that can be harsh at times, and are particularly cruel to women (women must give birth alone and unaided, a woman's adultery is punished by burying her up to her neck in the earth and then leaving her for days), the Seburi are mainly treated with fear and animosity by the non-Seburi townspeople of the region. Along with the hardships arising from cultural clashes, nature's own vagaries present other challenges to the Seburi -- who still lived in tents until the 1950s. Winter avalanches and snowstorms cause as much havoc as the tensions engendered by the slow encroachment of the modern world.
Тора-сан вступает в спор со своим дядей и снова отправляется в путь. В Кюсю он встречает молодую женщину по имени Кэйко и застенчивого зоолога Сабуро и пытается играть в сватовство между ними, когда они все возвращаются в Токио.
Shūhei
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.
После смерти друга и коллеги по бизнесу Тора-сан навещает дочь этого человека, а затем отвозит её в Токио, чтобы она могла подготовиться к экзамену в вечерней школе.
Лили, певица, знакомая уже нам по двум предыдущим сериям, в которую Тора-сан влюблялся в «Мужчине живётся трудно. Фильм 11: Незабудка Торадзиро» (1973) и в «Мужчине живётся трудно. Фильм 15: Зонтик Торадзиро» (1975), посылает Тора-сану письмо, информирующее его, что она неизлечимо больна. Тора-сан устремляется на Окинаву, совершая свой первый в жизни полёт на самолете, чтобы быть рядом с ней и излечить её.
Based on the comic by Housei Hasegawa
