Tae Kimura

A widower from Japan travels with his estranged son to England in order to fulfill his late wife's dying wish.

"Non-rem sleep" means deep sleep. Are the three mysterious short stories that we broadcast this time a dream? Or is it real? Dreams and reality, reality and unreality ... The mysterious bakarhythm world that goes back and forth between them is the "non-rem window."

Kayo is a probation officer who forges ahead with her job. Continuing to work closely with ex-convicts, she is assigned to Kudo who had committed murder. As she endeavors to rehabilitate him, Kudo suddenly disappears and emerges as a suspect in a case.

Newlyweds Nana and Shota move into an apartment. Two situations, different from the drama series, take place: "What if Shota attends the resident's meeting and not Nana?" and "What if exchange murder game doesn't begin?"

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.

After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.

The editor-in-chief of a literary magazine who is popular with women sets up a fake wife and bids farewell to his mistresses.

Cultures meet and values are learnt through the renovation of an inn.

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.

Ryosuke has a bright future. He just opened a successful restaurant and hopes to tie the knot soon with his alluring girlfriend. But then his father declares he has pancreatic cancer and his betrothed vanishes without a trace. In his father’s belongings, he discovers a secret diary, which starts with an ominous sentence: “Without remorse, I take a life …” Ryosuke is completely spellbound and reads on, discovering that the document is actually the confession of a murderer.

Mutsuko has been living on an island to which her grandmother and mother have restricted her from leaving. To Mutsuko, the symbol of her freedom was Dreamland, an amusement park on the mainland, but she learns it will be closing permanently this year. Meanwhile, Wataru returns to the island after nine years due to a job transfer. A pupil of his deceased father pays him a visit and tells him about a side of his father he did not know about.

In Neko Atsume no Ie, Atsushi Ito stars as Masaru Sakamoto, a novelist who moves to the countryside to try to combat a bad case of writer's block. While struggling to begin his next novel, Masaru spots a stray cat, which he decides to befriend. Masaru leaves food out for the pretty kitty, and before long his new home is covered in cats.

Ranmaru is a shy, dorky guy with a tongue that can analyze any element simply by licking an object, a skill that allows him to solve all manner of crimes. With his cute, but annoying sidekick Hikaru, plus the steadying hand of friend Kanji, Ranmaru solves a series of strange events at a failing hot spring resort deep in the mountains. Ranmaru falls in love with a doctor who saves his life. The loveable, endearing Ranmaru and his band of quirky pals team up to solve a nasty murder mystery that devastates the village.

Stories depicting ordinary people revolving around ceremonial occasions. Without knowing that the funeral is for a yakuza member, an undertaker holds the funeral service. Relatives bicker over the deceased's last will. A son insists on wearing a long jacket normally worn by bousouzoku biker gang to a coming of age ceremony. His parents try to stop him. A husband heads over to his pregnant wife. She got pregnant before they got married and his father-in-law is angry at him. A freeter man challenges a professional baseball player over a woman.

Senichi was born in 1964, when the entire nation was excited about the Tokyo Olympics. As an elementary student, Senichi won a footrace and got a taste of what winning felt like. Since then, Senichi takes part in various competitions including drawing and usually wins. He keeps struggling to win gold medals at competitions.

A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.

Based on the mystery novel by Yagi Keiichi, the former Deputy Prime Minister was investigated after leaving a national debt of 1,085 trillion yen, but charges were mysteriously dropped. Now, his granddaughter has been kidnapped. The ransom? Either 1,085 trillion yen- the same as Japan's national debt- or a formal apology and financial reconstruction plan from the former Deputy Prime Minister are to be prepared within the next seven days. Can the police save the young girl before the deadline?

Юри Касиваги – знаменитая пианистка, неожиданно прервавшая успешную карьеру. Впервые за многие годы она возвращается из столицы в свой родной город, расположенный на островах Гото. Она согласилась поработать учительницей музыки в местной школе, чтобы заменить ушедшую в декрет подругу. Кроме того, в ее обязанности входит руководство школьным хором девочек. Ученики в восторге от того, что им будет преподавать известная пианистка. Но Касиваги отказывается играть для них на рояле, а участницы хора, готовящиеся выступить на национальном конкурсе, возмущены тем, что она позволяет вступить в хор мальчикам.

После того как родители 14-летней Тэцуко (она же Алиса) развелись, она была вынуждена вместе с матерью переехать из столицы в провинциальный городок и перевестись в новую среднюю школу. Соседи оказались очень таинственными личностями и пристально наблюдали за переездом из окна. Да и знакомство с новыми одноклассниками оказывается не таким, как она могла себе представить — в первый же день её начинают игнорировать. Позже Алиса выясняет, что ей досталась парта ученика по имени Иуда, который, как говорят, был убит год назад, а таинственного наблюдателя проживающего напротив зовут Ханой. Но всё это неспроста. Как загадочное убийство связано с девочкой Ханой, которая живет по соседству, не ходит в школу и наблюдает за ней из окна?

A somber paranormal thriller that offers an original, exciting variation of the tale of two men with supernatural abilities, locked in a duel to the death. A battle between a man who can control people with a stare, and the only man he cannot control. When their fate cross, the survival battle begins. The two men with inevitable fate, who will survive?

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...

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.

Suzumoto and Sumi creatively master their independent lives while living in a park in Nagoya. In contrast, a middle-class family is caught up in pressure and routine. The two threads of the story gradually intertwine, until a tragic escalation occurs. Shot with a black-and-white documentary feel, yet highly stylized, the film analyzes the contradictions and pathologies of modern society.

The mayor is found dead in the river in a small town known for its hot springs. It's assumed that he fell to his death, but his nephew just cannot understand why his uncle would have gone there by himself to begin with. When he cleans up his house, he finds his uncle's diary and tries to find out what exactly happened.

Mieko (Hitomi Kuroki) is a housewife with some problems. Her husband (Masahiko Nishimura) is indifferent to her and her daughter Sayako (Hiroko Kurisaki) refuses to go to school. One day, Mieko meets Kaori (Tae Kimura) who is divorced. Mieko and Kaori worked at a same company years ago. Kaori tells Mieko that how she was swindled out of money by a man and, because of this, Mieko loans money to Kaori. Due to the loan, Mieko, herself, begins to do part-time work at a convenience store. While at work, Mieko catches a shoplifter Yukimi (Shizuyo Yamazaki) in the convenience store. It turns out, Mieko and Yukimi get along great. Mieko, Yukimi and Kaori decide to go to a karaoke room together. At the karaoke bar, the women hear the song "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple and decide to form a rock band!

By chance, Watabe (Goro Kishitani) meets subordinate worker Nakanishi (Kyoko Fukada) at a batting center. A friendship occurs which leads to a heated love affair. Watabe then learns that Nakanishi is the prime suspect of a murder case that occurred 15 years - the murder of her father's ex-lover. The statue of limitations for that murder case is soon to expire ..

A rookie editor Hatsumi Takeda becomes an editor of Fujio Akatsuka who is known as the king of gag manga. Hanging out with her, Akatsuka sees through Hatsumi's talent to be crazy, and they gradually become great partners...

A series of short stories explore the connection of love between dogs and people.

Men and one woman have drifted to an uninhabited island. The only woman will try to survive by taking advantage of her own sexual attractiveness.

Spurred by the disappearance of a newly-wed husband, three women in post-war Japan are drawn into a murder mystery.

An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno (Koji Yakusho), who is set to retire himself, is charged with the investigating the missing person case. Det. Yobuno quickly finds more mysterious as he delves into the case, but a woman named Keiko Fukumura (Eri Fukatsu) surfaces who may hold the key to case.

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.

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.

Office drone Arisu finds his own life imitating the mystery novels of his favourite writer when his wife disappears and he finds he is being pursued by a sinister figure in a rabbit suit.

The year is Seitoku 2 (1712), and Japan has a new ruler. But Ietsugu, the 7th Tokugawa shogun, is only four years old. The power vacuum this creates has Edo Castle roiling in political intrigue and personal positioning of all kinds.

Учёные вычислили, что Япония уйдёт под воду в течение сорока лет из-за того, что тектоническая плита, находящаяся под Японским архипелагом постепенно перемещается на запад. Однако доктор Тадокоро, который возглавляет группу по исследованию океана, вычисляет, что это произойдёт через 338,58 дней. Он показывает результаты своих исследований Премьер-министру и другим. Правительство ему не верит. В то время как на территории Японии начинаются разрушительные землетрясения и извержения вулканов, в точности, как и предсказывал Тадокоро.

The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.

A series of short stories all about dogs.

Ночная смена в муниципальной больнице. Когда из-за нелепой ошибки один из пациентов неожиданно умирает, главврач принимает решение закрыть дело и поставить ложный диагноз. Все, кто дежурил в эту ночь, имели полное право считать, что этот инцидент - самое неприятное из того, что могло случиться.

Муж и его умирающая жена, успешный гипнотизер, специалист по рекламе, группа из трех грабителей и наемный убийца. Жизни этих совершенно разных людей оказываются связаны друг с другом самым загадочным образом.

Хана и Алиса — две лучшие подруги и вместе учатся в одной школе. На станции они замечают мальчика и обе влюбляются в него. Однажды, когда Хана тайно следовала за мальчиком домой, она увидела, как он врезался в стену и упал в обморок. Когда он приходит в себя, она решает выдать себя за его подругу, а его самого убедить в том, что у него амнезия.

After surviving from an incident of Cruise ship hijacking, both doctor Tamaki and the boy injured in the incident, Ryota Inamoto, suffered from different degrees of PTSD. Meanwhile, Doctor Chiharu Kanbayashi's wife is about to give birth to their first children. Would these doctors and patients succeed in overcoming their problems and welcome a happy new year?

Three friends have become masters of the "Go-Con": Japanese group dating. But after playing the game so long, they begin to wonder if their love lives are going nowhere.

Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down.

После смерти люди попадают в некое своеобразное чистилище: такие же, как и они, отбывшие в мир иной советники помогают им вспомнить самые впечатляющие моменты земной жизни. Рассказы людей становятся основой некоего фильма. Но не все люди обладают хорошей памятью. Кто-то вообще ничего не может вспомнить и ему нужно просмотреть видеозапись своей жизни, а кто-то, наоборот, хранит в памяти даже незначительные мелочи…

Сакико с детства обожала считать деньги. Окончив колледж, она устроилась на работу в банк. В окружении несметного количества денежных купюр Сакико была просто счастлива. И вдруг банк грабят, а Сакико берут в заложницы. Во время погони машина, где были девушка и грабитель, заехала в лесную чащу, опрокинулась и взорвалась. Преступник погибает, девушка чудом остаётся жнва, но после этого происшествия теряет память. … По прошествии некоторого времени Сакиио узнает из новостей, что похищенные преступником 500 миллионов иен не найдены и считаются сгоревшими вместе с машиной. В этот момент к девушке возвращается память о происшедшем. Заодно она вспоминает и о том, что чемодан с деньгами вылетел из машины во время катастрофы и наверняка спокойно лежит себе где-то в лесу. Сакико решает разбогатеть самым легким образом — найдя чемодан. Но легкий путь к большим деньгам оказывается горазд на ухабы!