In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to catch, so her husband has been far away from home to catch fish. To support herself and her children, Ito carries goods from ships like the other women in the village. Meanwhile, the residents encounter rising prices for rice. The women are unable to feed their family due to the high prices of rice. The women ask a nearby rice store to sell rice at lower prices, but it fails. The price of rice continues to rise daily. Due to an incident, Ito and the other village women step up to the plate.
Patalliro du Malyner VIII is the crown prince of Malynera, a kingdom that produces diamonds. Despite being ugly and mischievous, he is loyal and fair. Many enemies of the throne, including Malynera's Prime Minister, plan to get rid of him and take control of the rich nation. Patalliro, however, has the protection of Jack Barbarosa Bancoran, his haughty and extremely handsome bodyguard, who will protect him even from the latter's own lover, the beautiful bishonen hitman Maraich Juschenfe and other assassins.
After her parents divorced, Shima Sumitomo lived with her mother. She felt uncomfortable living with her stepfather and she was unable to hang out with people at her high school. Shima Sumitomo decides to move to Hokkaido where her father lives. At her new high school in Hokkaido, she meets classmate Gen Tatebayashi and Wao Sakurai. They are the two most popular boys at her school. A principle of her school is that "Gen and Wao are for everyone." If anyone breaks the rule, that person will be ostracized. Even so, Shima Sumitomo gets closer to Gen and Wao.
Monro
In order to find a missing university student, a detective and his buddy get involved with the owner of a modeling agency.
Takeo's mother
Двухметровый старшеклассник Такэо Года весит 100 кг. Одноклассники-парни обожают доброго верзилу Такэо, а вот девушки совсем не интересуются им, предпочитая его друга, красавца Макото Сунакаву. Однажды Такэо спасает ученицу Ринко Ямату от извращенца и с первого взгляда влюбляется в неё. Решив, что Ринко как и все её одноклассницы любит Макото, добродушный Такэо решает помочь девушке начать встречаться объектом её обожания, и ему совсем невдомёк, что Ринко влюблена вовсе не в Макото.
Sakura
10 лет назад в результате криминальных разборок из группировки Хирои Мунакаты остались только трое, и один из них, Такаси, отправился в тюрьму. Теперь якудза вышел и выясняет, что его дочь-старшеклассница вместе с подругой сбежала на небольшой остров. А там девушки практически сразу сталкиваются с эпидемией зомби — член той самой победившей группировки якудза смешал лекарство от простуды с наркотиками из украденной партии, умер, воскрес и превратился в плотоядное чудовище. Такаси с бывшей женой и старыми подельниками отправляется на поиски дочери, но на тот же остров бывшие конкуренты по криминальному бизнесу посылают своих боевиков убить предателя и вернуть украденное.
Detectives Shintarou Sakurai (Sho Aikawa) and Koichi Hikage (Susumu Terajima) are partners. They are also corrupt and often blackmail criminal groups and seize their money. One day, the Chief of Police becomes aware that 2.5 million yen in seized money is missing. He orders Shintarou and Koichi to bring the money in by tomorrow morning. Shintarou and Koichi are in big trouble. They then read an article about a pension fund embezzlement case involving 6 billion yen. The prime suspect of the pension fund embezzlement case spent most of that money, but he has 2.5 billion yen left.
Кацухиса Окуда – робкий, необщительный школьник. После окончания занятий в школе он обычно сразу возвращается домой. Но однажды на его пути появляется таинственный кролик… Кадзухиса следует за ним и попадает на репетицию школьного духового оркестра. Заинтересовавшись, он вступает в музыкальный кружок. После некоторых сомнений и тревог, Кадзухиса начинает понимать красоту и притягательную силу музыки. И вот наступает долгожданный день концерта…
Акинори Кимура и его жена Мико решают заняться яблоневым садом в родном городе Хиросаки. Из-за аллергической реакции Мико на пестициды, Акинори приходится выращивать яблоки без помощи химикатов. По этой причине их семья терпит серьезные финансовые трудности. Но чудо случается...
Reiko Mutsushima
After losing their restaurant in a fire, a husband and wife come up with a strange plan to rebuild their shattered finances: marrying the husband off to a series of lonely women and defrauding them.
Fumie
In 2004, singer-songwriter Matsumoto Tetsuya wrote an autobiography that included a section about his relationship with his troubled mother. Writer-director Nakamura Daisuke adapts that story to film with Shiwase Come On, his directorial debut. The film covers the marriage of Tetsuya's mother and yakuza father, his mother's drug habit, his stay at an orphanage and his reconciliation with his mother after becoming an adult. In addition to writing and performing the film's theme song, Matsumoto Tetsuya also composed the score to this touching film. In 2011, Shiawase Come On won Grand Prix at the 2011 Okuradashi Film Festival, a film festival dedicated to screening unreleased Japanese films.
Yoko Kogure
Due to the high suicide rate among youths in Japan, the government implements experiments to uncover the causes behind the high suicide rate. Children are selected and placed in a YSC facility under constant surveillance. At the age of 10, the children are then give a detonator with a red switch. They are told if they press the switch they will die immediately. Most of the children under the experiment, eventually presses the switch and dies. After the completion of the experiment 6 kids remain who did not press the switch. The 6 kids are; strong-minded Masami, weak Naoto, hot-tempered Hiro, impulsive Ryota, wheelchair bound Kimiaki and Aiko who is always thinking of her parents. These 6 kids survived even though they were pressured by project manager Tsukuda to press the switch.
Shinko (Karin Aiba) is a high school student from Hamamatsu. Due to university admission pressures, she struggles with her mother. She hasn't really made conversation with her mom in a year. Shinko's friend Misato (Mayuu Kusakari) then recommends to her to join the school's calligraphy club. Shinko is impressed by Teacher Yatsushiro's (Kazuki Namioka) words. Teacher Yatsushiro is the one who takes care of the calligraphy club. Shinko decides to join the calligraphy club.
Naoko
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.
Nanami Hoshino, a wealthy entrepreneur, marries potter Kim Jun-ho, and they both live a seemingly happy life until Nanami is killed by a biker on her way home. Now a ghost whose presence cannot be seen, she realizes that her death was no coincidence and seeks help from the elderly psychic Unten in hopes of saving Jun-ho's life.
Mika (Marie Ono), a Japanese-American woman, returns to her native Saitama hometown and becomes a therapist for a "nemuriba" ("a place to sleep").
Nanako
Sakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her suddenly decides to get married and move out. Through an unexpected set of circumstances, she winds up becoming roommates with an aging ladies’ man named Tony and a timid younger man named Kosuke.
College student Yu (Kobayashi Yuto) becomes friends with Fumie (Suzuki Sawa), a married woman who often comes to his store, but their relationship soon develops into something more. With very little romantic experience, he finds himself absorbed in this adult woman.
Tomoko Takagi
A Japanese couple honeymoon at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. That night the wife finds her husband's dead body and a video tape of the brutal murder. A NYPD Detective, first at the murder scene, attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery of the murder in the locked room.
Hiroko
Taishi lives with his father Kazushi. His mother left home when Taishi was very young and he barely has any memories of her. He believes that his mother left home to study in Paris. His favorite moments come once a week when he receives a letter from his mother. But one day, during Taishi's summer vacation, he learns that his mother isn't in Paris but in Shodoshima, Japan. Taishi then decides to take his pet dog with him and bicycle from his hometown of Yokohama all the way to Shodoshima. On his 500 kilometers trip to Shodoshima, Taishi meets various peoples and touches their hearts, while leaving behind small miracles. What Taishi doesn't know about his mother is that she suffers from memory loss and that's why she lives apart from her family. Taishi's father Kazushi soon learns that his son has left for Shodoshima and he sets out to find his son.
Sawa Uji
Гора Цуруга, расположенная в префектуре Тояма, возвышается на 2999 м над уровнем моря. Она известна своей неприступностью, и с древних времен считалась священной. Поэтому вплоть до 20 века, гора оставалась белым пятном на топографических картах Японии. Но в 1907 году военное командование призывает Сибасаки, известного топографа, и приказывает взойти на гору Цуруга, чтобы произвести геодезическую съемку. Сибасаки в компании с Тёдзиро, местным проводником, и группой смельчаков берется выполнить это опасное задание и установить на вершине горы тригонометрический пункт (тригопункт) — специальный геодезический знак, служащий опорной точкой для геодезических измерений на местности.
A young woman is surprised to see that there is a bounty on her head on the Internet... A big reward is promised to anyone who would end her life before midnight. It is eleven o'clock in the evening when she sees the message. Does she have only one hour to live?
Mineko Kazikawa
A Middle-aged Japanese ex-pat journalist investigates child organ trafficking in Thailand and he uncovers a sinister network. In the darkest corners of Thailand, child prostitution and organ sales flourish. In order to save a child's life, another life must be taken. An outraged Japanese journalist and a passionate young Japanese NGO member attempt to save "children of the dark" from being consumed by arrogance and greed. However, the harsh realities of life intervene... Adapting Yan Sogil's book, which unflinchingly portrays the tragic realities unfolding today, filmmaker Junji Sakamoto directs a talented multinational cast to bring these stark events to life.
Miwako Kameyama
A former TV presenter is murdered. On the same day, two police officers from the Metropolitan police Special Mission Task Force, Sugishita Ukyo (Yutaka Mizutani) and Kameyama Kaoru (Yasufumi Terawaki), are guarding a female Diet member, Katayama Hinako (Yoshino Kimura). The pair identifies explosives and saves her life. From the clues left at the scene, Sugishita builds up his case and finds a connection between the murder of the TV presenter and the attempted murder of the Diet member. During a painstaking investigation, the savage murder case of a young overseas volunteer five years earlier emerges in the background, and the pair prevents indiscriminate murder at the Tokyo Big City Marathon event by suppressing the perpetrator.
A gonzo black comedy with six intertwining stories set in the streets of Tokyo about the ongoing battle between the Internet generation and the older generation.
Kayoko
Eiji Morioka is legendary fighter, he is the 3rd and last Japanese boxing medalist. His life story is told from the eyes of his daughter Haruko, who is involved in checkered life of Eiji. Touching true story full of love.
Sayoko
Physician Koichiro Kiby loses interest in work and begins drinking in a local park after the death of his wife. One day he encounters a girl who knows intimate details about his life. Now, he must unlock her mystery in this fantasy drama.
Misa Kurokawa
Токийский прокурор Кохэй Курю расследует простое убийство, которое с лёгкой руки высокопоставленного коррумпированного чиновника неожиданно для Курю превратилось в судебное разбирательство с широким общественным резонансом.
Симпатичный паренек Рюноскэ Кусуноки приезжает в деревню на Хоккайдо, куда его отец, правительственный чиновник, был направлен для устройства нового аэропорта. Кусуноки старший вынужден противостоять сопротивлению со стороны жителей деревни. Он должен убедить упрямцев принять его предложение. У его сына Рюноскэ тоже проблемы, он пытается вписаться в распорядок его новой школы. Вначале его врагом становится сын владелицы молочной фермы Кохей Цучида. Однако, в конечном счете, они становятся верными друзьями.
Kaoru's mom
Летние каникулы Каору начались с того, что ее мать ушла из дома. Сейчас, через двадцать лет, когда младший брат женится, она понимает, как много значило то далекое лето в ее жизни. В их семью вошла новая женщина, Ёко. На первый взгляд она кажется вульгарной и невоспитанной. Курит сигареты, хохочет по любому поводу, катается на велосипеде, позволяет Каору пить запретную кока-колу и слушать модные песенки. Постепенно между Каору и этой странной женщиной, так не похожей на ее мать, зарождается дружба. В конце лета мать возвращается, Ёко исчезает из жизни Каору, но ничто не проходит бесследно…
Hatsuko's mother
15-year-old Hatsuko (Higashi Ayu) lives with her elder brother in a humble town house. Their mother died when they were young, and the father disappeared. The brother (Shioya Shun) left high school before graduation to work at a factory, but spends their meager house-keeping money on adult entertainment. Hatsuko, who is poor and has no friends, finds emotional support in Mishima (Sano Kazuma), a boy in her class, who helps her with her study to go to a high school together. However, Hatsuko's brother causes trouble at the factory and gets the sack. Hatsuko gives up her dream of going to high school. In spring, the modest relationship continues between Mishima, now a high school student, and Hatsuko who works at a biscuit factory. One day, Hatsuko's long-gone father reappears. In a drunken frenzy, he sets fire to the house to go and rejoin the mother, leaving Hatsuko without a place to live. Hatsuko leaves the town on her own, drawing strength from the promise of marriage with Mishima.
Miyuki is a single mother with a 10-year old boy Keiji. She is eager to make him a child model. Eventually, Keiji begins to get jobs rather constantly. But Keiji himself doesn't like the job much. He only does it because it pleases his mother, who hates empty pages in the schedule book. One day they attend a big audition. While Keiji wins first stages of the audition, he begins to feel distance from the mother. It makes things worse for him when she has a new boyfriend..
Misa Aikawa
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.
Megumi Nonomura
A writer retreats to a secluded suburban house to work on her new novel. But her attention is instead occupied by her archaeologist neighbor's newly discovered mummy and a ghostly presence in her house.
Midori Iwata
One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer ..... and it escalates!
Miyuki Amagasa
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.
Yakuza film directed by Hiroki Matsukata.
Ohsawa no tsuma
Семья Сасаки на грани катастрофы. Муж, Сётаро, работает дома и влюблен в свою работу немного сильнее, чем следует, а его красавица-жена Минако влюблена в своего сослуживца тоже немного сильнее, чем следует. Все злятся друг на друга по поводу и без. У сослуживца жены, однако, есть и другая любовница. Та отслеживает их адюльтер, заявляется к Сётаро и вываливает на стол перед ним пачку компрометирующих фотографий… И вот уже детям, Тору и Мари, приходится осознать дикий факт: мама хочет уйти из дома. Однако в доме Сасаки целых три пианино, и уже совсем скоро выступление на конкурсе, где мать и дочь должны сыграть в четыре руки. Чем ближе выступление, тем больше музыка влияет на происходящее. И постепенно Брамс объясняет, кому что делать…
Kimiko Fukaura
Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to pretend to be part of the gang. Surprisingly, the hostages soon enjoy doing so. On that strange day, the bank becomes a tropical paradise...
This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.
Self - Host
A documentary exploring the history and influence of the alternative manga magazine, Garo, with various artist and director interviews.
Yumiko Yoshimura
«Ты счастлива с ним, мама? Отец умер, ничего не сказав» - это письмо, победившее на конкурсе самых коротких писем матери в стране. Маки написала эти строки после смерти отца и адресовала матери, бросившей её в детстве. Брат Хироси, случайно увидев письмо, отправил его на конкурс, где оно победило. После смерти отца Хироси нашел мать Таэ, которая заведует баром в Токио. Она очень хочет увидеть Маки...
The ephemeral and vivid brilliance of three men and a woman run through Yokohama.
In 1995, a mental hospital is erected near the Japanese Ministry of Finance, located adjacent to the grave of Taira no Masakado. A young male nurse by the name of Jin’ya Yanase is obsessed with the legend of Taira no Masakado and more importantly, the spirit of his evil subordinate Yasunori Kato. Slowly, he becomes possessed by Kato's spirit, who wants to use him as a new host to revive in the modern world. Keiko Tatsumiya (the heroine of the original story), is an old woman living homeless on the streets of Tokyo. When she senses the presence of Yasunori Kato, she must regain her resolve to face the demon-god and vanquish his spirit once and for all.
Mayuko Hisamura
Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan.
Rei
A look a the lives of two sex workers in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. In addition to their working life, the film also looks at their private lives. Rei is acting in an amateur theatre company (along with the receptionist from Ayumi's escort service), while Ayumi is living with her student-boyfriend as he struggles to finally get accepted to college.
Kiriko
The misadventures of Junko, a schoolgirl who unwittingly sets off a catastrophic chain of events after being caught using her friend's train pass.