39-year-old Yuko is a high-achieving and proud woman whose career ambitions took her from a sleepy part of Amagasaki City, to Tokyo. When she loses her job due to her “high standards” attitude, she loses her drive to do anything and ends up retreating to her family home where she lives as a NEET with her laidback joker of a father, Ryutaro. For years, the two get along until her 70-something old man brings home Saki, his 20-year-old bride-to-be. When the younger woman shacks up with the two, a comedy of manners based, quite understandably, on a scandalised Yuko’s “you’re not my mom!” attitude ensues as the younger woman takes to mothering her but when crises occur, Yuko truly begins to evaluate just what a family can be.
On August 12, 2015, Hasegawa proposed to Ichiko. Ichiko is moved by Hasegawa's proposal and sheds tears, but the next day, she suddenly leaves home, seemingly shocked after seeing the TV news. Where did Ichiko go? Hasegawa reports the disappearance to the police, and the detective in charge of the investigation tells an unexpected story.
Nene Yamane
A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke (Kuranosuke Sasaki). The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s chawan (procelain tea bowl) called Houou, that has been missing.
Sayaka, a high school student, kills herself but the reason behind her suicide is unknown. She appeared to have led a normal life with her family. Her mother Rumiko seemed to have raised Sayaka with love and care. In reality, that does not seem to be the case. When the mother and daughter recall the same incidents that took place in the past, they tell very different stories.
Freelance writer Shigemi Ichikawa (Goro Inagaki) knows that he is having an affair with a popular novelist whom his editor wife Sae (Yuri Nakamura) is in charge of. But he couldn't tell his wife. He was also troubled by certain feelings that arose in him when he found out about his cheating. One day, at a certain literary award ceremony, Ichikawa was attracted to the content of the award-winning novel "La France" by high school writer Ai Kubo (Tina Tamashiro). I ask. If he exists, I want him to meet me...
Kaoru Takizawa
Hiroshi, who runs a mental clinic, has never recovered from the shock of his wife’s suicide. One day, Ayako, a mysterious patient comes to his clinic….
"DIVOC-12" is a project by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. to produce an omnibus consisting of 12 short films, aiming to enable creators, production staff, and actors affected by the coronavirus infection to continue to engage in creative activities.
Set in the near future, Rina lives a wandering life and she meets Ema. Ema becomes a mentor for Rina and Rina begins to work for Ema. Her job is called body works, which is to plasticize dead bodies for people who lost loved ones. Meanwhile, Ema’s younger brother Amane develops technology that is finally able to achieve immortality. Rina becomes the first recipient of the technology. She can now live forever, while having a 30-year-old appearance, but ...
(segment "Muse")
21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.
Kana Maeda
История о ликвидаторах аварии на АЭС Фукусима-1 после землетрясения у восточного побережья острова Хонсю в Японии 11 марта 2011 года, также известного как Великое восточно-японское землетрясение. Как руководству станции, так и обычным сотрудникам предстоит принять ряд важных решений и бороться с мирным атомом ценой собственных жизней.
Shigeko
China is tumultuous in 1921 when the famed Japanese author of "Rashōmon", Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, visits Shanghai as a correspondent. Here he encounters revolutionaries, courtesans and much more…
Yoko Inamura
Typically thieves enter a house, steal things and get out. This time an unsuspecting thief enters a home to steal as much as he can and instead is faced with an occupant inside the house. There is a woman within who is going to commit a murder. She is also about to set the place ablaze. The thief stops her and in the process the criminal becomes the one stopping a crime. The situation is connected to a case from some twenty years go.
Fuyuki is an established artist who runs several bars in Yokohama. One day, injured Shinji runs into his bar. He always idolizes Fuyuki as his elder brother. Shinji is a member of the charity group which looks after troubled young girls in Yokohama. Fuyuki decides to help Shinji who is in a trouble with Yakuza for helping an underage girl out of their prostitution business. In the midst of getting involved in this conflict, Fuyuki learns that his dearest love, Kyoko has a very short time to live, and he feels a strong desire to express his love for Kyoko in a painting...
Manami
At 2:46 PM on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant experiences a black out due to the aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The cooling system fails at the nuclear power plant and the temperature of the nuclear reactor rises. The worst case is coming. Scientists face an unexpected situation and government officials are confused by lack of information. Residents says goodbye to their hometown before evacuating.
Taeko Koike
У Тору нет никакого желания найти свою любовь. Но однажды он встречает своего давнего друга Тацую и находит поэму, которая положила начало изменениям в его жизни. Решив, что эти два события — знак, он начинает искать свою любовь и вскоре знакомится с Наги.
Etsuko Sumiyoshi
Keitaro Masuyama runs Masuyama Psychic Office. Along with his team possessing special powers, they investigate small problems in the area. One day, class 2 psychic Atsushi Takahara is handing out flyers and meets Aoba. He falls in love with her, not knowing she also has special powers and a dark past. Meanwhile, Keitaro Masuyama investigates a kidnapping case that even has the police involved. Soon, Aoba becomes the suspect for the murder of her sister's husband and the murder is somehow tied to the kidnapping case.
Mamiko Shimao
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.
The urban legend that "Scissors-san", who cuts elementary school students with scissors, appears in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, has become a hot topic. Around the same time, fellow junior high school students, Chiba Akira and Minamiki Shuhei of the good friend group "Lemmings", have a plan to regain the days lost by the events that occurred in the summer of the second grade of elementary school six years ago.
Tomoe
Takashi runs a barbershop in a country town. Tomoe was Takashi's girlfriend back in his high school days. She visits him and they meet for the first time in 14 years. Tomoe is going to marry soon. She asks him to shave the back of her neck.
Mayumi Tada
Keisuke Ninomiya (Yu Yokoyama) works as a construction consultant. Through his work, he becomes acquainted with yakuza Yasuhiko Kuwabara (Kuranosuke Sasaki). One day, film producer Koshimizu brings a movie investment proposal to yakuza leader Shimada. Shimada decide to invest in the film and he assigns Yasuhiko Kuwabara to oversee his investment in the film. Film producer Koshimizu though runs away with their investment money. Keisuke and Yasuhiko struggle to get Shimada’s money back from Koshimizu.
Manami
Когда-то Рёта был известным писателем, но судьба сыграла с ним злую шутку – сейчас он незаметный частный сыщик, распутывающий мелкие будничные дела. Он многое потерял: похоронил отца, расстался с женой, забравшей при разводе сына. Но если его пожилая мать и красавица-бывшая как-то справились с этими трагедиями и живут дальше, то Рёта словно застрял в прошлом. Всё немногое, что он зарабатывает сыском, Рёта проигрывает, так что ему нечем даже платить алименты, не говоря уже о том, чтобы быть настоящим отцом для сына-школьника. Однако одна дождливая ночь может в корне изменить всю жизнь.
(segment "Winter Has Come")
This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.
Akiko
When Fujio, Yoshio and Akiko were children, they saw a fantastic "Ryoumou Deer," but nobody believed them. The three siblings lived in a mountain village.
Kaoruko Nishizawa
Seven stories centered around marriage.
Ayako Takasu
Detective Yoichiro arrives at a crime scene involving the brutal murder of three family members to find a young five-year-old boy hiding in the closet. The discovery of the young boy takes Detective Yoichiro back to his own tragic childhood when his parents were killed in a fire. Without any real clues, the murder investigation continues unsolved. That is, until another murder takes place one year later, this time with a mother and son as the victims. And evidence found at the scene links the killer to the murder that took place a year ago.
Центральный симфонический оркестр, когда-то прославленный, но распавшийся шесть месяцев назад по финансовым причинам, вновь собирается вместе. Косака, концертмейстер уже бывшего оркестра, приезжает на репетицию и обнаруживает, что она будет проходить в здании заброшенной фабрики, а из музыкантов приехали только неудачники, не сумевшие найти себе работу в других оркестрах. Остатки оркестра собрал загадочный дирижер Тэндо. Поначалу грубые манеры и необычные методы репетиции возмущают музыкантов, но постепенно они всё глубже погружаются в музыку. Между тем концертмейстер Косака узнаёт о прошлом Тэндо, и его неприязнь к дирижёру становится всё сильнее. Но тайна Тэндо будет раскрыта только в день, на который назначено выступление оркестра.
A lighthearted romantic comedy about different cultures.
Mayumi
High school student Aya Tsukimori becomes cursed and is unable to leave her school dormitory. Meanwhile, many students begin reporting ghost sightings at the school, while others go missing and are later discovered to have drowned mysteriously. Soon, Aya attempts to communicate with fellow student Michi Kazato, who begins investigating the disappearances of her friends.
Восьмилетняя девочка Кокко живет в крошечной квартирке в Осако вместе со своей большой семьей: мама, папа, бабушка, дедушка и три сестры – Рико, Мако и Томоми. Каждый день вся семья собирается за круглым столом, чтобы пообедать и обсудить дела насущные. И хотя Кокко все любят, как самую младшую, она мечтает лишь об одном – побыть вдали от родственников, в одиночестве и тишине. А еще Кокко очень любознательна. Всякий раз, узнав новое слово, она записывает его в свою заветную тетрадку. И вот однажды дедушка учит ее новому слову – «воображать».
Aiko Hayakawa
Minori Oyamada, a put-upon editor at a travel-guide publishing company, is asked by an old friend to plan her forthcoming wedding party in Hawaii. After persuading her boss that it will be a work trip, Minori departs for Hawaii with the intention to find and marry a rich man. But when Minori arrives, she encounters three different men who complicate her original goal...
Michiru
Sachiko is an university student. Her nickname is Buko, because she has been negative about everything since she was young. Sachiko believes someday she will meet a man like in a romance manga. Her university life is boring and she spends her time reading romance manga in her room. One day, on Twitter, she meets a man who uses the user ID of Sparrow. He likes reading manga and looks like Johnny Depp. Sachiko makes a date to meet the man. She tries to change herself, but it's not so easy due to various unexpected incidents.
Han Yoo-ri
Зайдя домой, Исигами находит в комнате с зажженными свечами труп своей жены. А следом в квартиру вламывается двое неизвестных, но Исигами удается сбежать. Находясь в бегах, он встречает корейского репортера Кан Джи Вон, проявившую интерес к его тяжелому положению и предложившую свою помощь. Мужчина крайне удивлен тем, что свободно говорит по-корейски, ведь он уверен, что не знает языка, да и воспоминания какие-то смутные о прошлой жизни. Кто же он на самом деле? Считая себя обычным японским служащим, мужчина вскоре узнает, что на самом деле он кореец по имени О Джин У, участвовавший в разработке нового фармацевтического препарата...
Shoko Miyazaki
Одержимый мечтой об успешной карьере архитектор Риоата, его молодая жена и 6-летний сын кажутся идеальной семьей. Но герой теряет все жизненные ориентиры в тот день, когда узнает, что в роддоме, где родился его сын, подменили двух младенцев. Мальчик, которого Риоата с женой воспитывали, им не родной, а их собственный ребенок растет в семье со скромным достатком…
Yuko Adachi
After Kensuke graduated from college, he began to work at a company. He didn't get along with his co-workers and six months later quit his job. Since that time he has stayed in his home for 5 years. One day, Kensuke learns about men who enjoy dressing up as women through the internet. At first he feels uncomfortable about them, but he becomes interested in those men. He begins to exchange emails with cross-dresser Karen who has a charismatic personality.
Akane Nakazato
When Miro's transsexual friend Noripee dies, Miro and his friends from the gay bar 'Eden' are once again reminded of the discrimination they are constantly facing from society. They decide to convince Noripee's parents, who disowned her, to bury Noripee's body.
Keiko
Kota (Satoshi Tsumabuki) hears about an impending 1.5 billion yen gold bar heist from his friend Kitagawa (Tadanobu Asano), a former college classmate, and decides to take part. The gold bar sits in the basement of the HQ of Sumita Bank. Helping Kota and Kitagawa are bank security employee Noda (Kenta Kiritani), a North Korean spy pretending to be a college student (Shim Chang-Min), Kitagawa's younger brother Haruki (Junpei Mizobata) and a former elevator engineer (Toshiyuki Nishida). These 6 men are about to carry the boldest of schemes to bypass the bank's high-tech defense system.
Kanae Kurihara
Kinjiro, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, is a good-natured fellow who goes around the country helping farm families. At his new appointment in Usuki City, Oita Prefecture, he visits a tea-growing family he has known for a long time. There, he finds the family head's granddaughter Minori, who lost her job in Tokyo and has just returned home.
Natsuko Matsumoto
In May 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (or JAXA) launched an unmanned spacecraft of their own development to retrieve samples from an asteroid. Seven long years later, Hayabusa achieved its goal and was the first of any kind of craft launched from Earth to safely return samples of this kind to home base. The story was one of such great national pride for Japan, and in the wake of the tsunami and resulting tragedies in Japan it’s strong nationalistic message became the subject of no less than three rival films. Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s high-profile effort, simply titled Hayabusa (2011) starred the incomparable Toshiyuki Nishida. Most recently, Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012) was released to Japanese audiences. Slipping in between those two was Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home, concentrating on the people on the ground who helped return the probe safely.
Sae Ishihara
Yuki Yamane
10 years ago Hide, a college student, meets Yuki Gakuko, an older woman, through work. They become lovers with Hide falling hard for Yuki Gakuko. The following year, Yuki abruptly announces one day that she is going to marry another man. This devastates Hide. Hide eventually finishes college and finds a job, but his yearning for Yuki leads him into depression and alcoholism. Meanwhile, Yuki is involved in a car accident and suffers a life altering injury. Now, 10 years later the two former lovers come across each other once again. They are both shells of their former selves ...
Ino
Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.
Tomiko Muro
Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.
Miyuki Ota
Dr. Hattori and her husband watch footage of brain surgery experiments with Manchurian, Russian and Japanese guinea pigs that had been found in the basement of a wrecked hospital. Out of the blue, there is a white light and when they look back, they see they children Ota Miyuki and Kaori staring at the light. Years later, Miyuki vanishes from the Tama Medical University Hospital and her sister Kaori, Miyuki's boyfriend Motojima and detective Hirasawa are seeking her. However, Miyuki and the teenagers Kazochi, Takumi, Hattori and Rieko have been submitted to a nightmarish experiment by Dr. Hattori and her team with tragic results.
Kiwako Matsuzono
The story of a strange living situation in a 2LDK apartment in suburban Tokyo. There are five residents ranging in age from eighteen to twenty-eight. They are not in any way romantically involved with one another, but one can see subtle hints of affection and friendship among them. In the end, however, none of them really know each other.
Mariko
There is a darkness in Fukie's body that grows and spreads to all who touch her life.
Tomoko
Adapted from a sex-stuffed cult novel, LALAPIPO (a play on the phrase “A Lot of People”) follows divergent seedy strands of sexual and narrative spaghetti through the sticky Tokyo night. There’s a chubby freelance writer who’s so obsessed with masturbating to the sound of his upstairs neighbors going at it that he forgets to deal with his own love life and when he finally does have sex he is immediately filled with self-loathing. The upstairs neighbor’s story then splits off like an amoeba: she’s an office lady seduced by a “talent scout” who is falling down the sex industry ladder, moving from hostess, to massage girl, to private karaoke attendant. The talent scout’s story then splits off and runs in its own direction, revealing the sorry state of this young pimp’s soul. From there, the movie takes more and more time to consider the lives of more and more characters until the entire Japanese sex industry is filled with the wailing of lost souls.
Hanako is a mother, who was not enthusiastic when her husband took in two foster children some years ago. He died not long afterward, leaving her alone to care for the youngsters, Koya and Torataro, a task that she rose to with a passion. As the two boys graduate from high school, Hanako has become not only a devoted parent but the neighborhood's most reliable mother in the Osaka style: strong, responsible, irreverent. After the two boys leave school they also leave home, though Torataro continues to work in the family factory. Koya secures employment at a restaurant, where he is forced to put up with the bullying of an older colleague. Unable to take it any more, he runs away, and Hanako and Torataro look for him. They eventually find him pursuing his dream of becoming a professional musician.
The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Chiyoda Ward's Miyakezaka district, the 122.7 kilometers long Route 246 passes through Japanese trendsetting areas such as Aoyama, Omotesando, Harajuku, and Shibuya, on its way to Numazu City in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Gyeong Ja
In 1974, during the height of the recession, a Japanese Korean family relocates to Tokyo to raise money and seek better treatment for their ill son.
Maizuru
История восхождения маленькой деревенской девочки на пьедестал красавицы Хигураши-ойран, которой восхищались все без исключения. С детсва она обладала не простым нравом, что вызывало много сложностей и провоцировало появление завистников и недоброжелателей. Но, не смотря на это, красавица-куртизанка смогла подняться до статуса ойран, оставив позади всех конкуренток. Постепенно, она становится самой популярной женщиной Квартала. Богатый и влиятельный самурай изъявляет желание выкупить ее и сделать своей женой. О чем еще может мечтать куртизанка? Но вот есть одна проблема…. она беременна и с ребенком расставаться не хочет.
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.