Yukako Kobayashi

When theater director Naoko (Saori) holds auditions for the first production of her newly established all-female theater troupe, she is mesmerized by Haru (Arisa Nakamura), who barges into the old garage where they rehearse. Naoko chooses Haru to be the lead as she leverages her power as director to pursue the romantic connection that fuels her voracious creativity. However, as opening night approaches, jealous entanglements threaten the artistic and ideological aims of the project, as well as the relationship with Haru pulling Naoko from her womanizing ways. Based on her own semi-autobiographical novel Kokan, cult theater director and actress Junko Emoto makes her directorial debut in this playful drama relishing the toil and passion of a struggling creative life on and off stage. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

Through a coincidence Tozaki runs into Kurata, his first crush from high school. They begin a relationship, but Kurata's jealousy starts causing problems.

Hirofumi and Shinji are colleagues at the same advertising agency. Hirofumi works in IT, and Shinji is on the company's elite fast track. The two start off completely on the wrong feet, but as time passes they find themselves falling for each other.

Юмико Яно вместе со своими сыновьями, Ацуси и Токи, отправляется из Токио с прахом покойного мужа в его родной дом, расположенный в горной деревушке на юге Тайваня. Юмико, вышедшая замуж против воли своих родителей, после смерти мужа вынуждена полагаться только на себя. Ее сын Ацуси, ощущая себя «посторонним» в моноэтнической Японии, бунтует против общества и своей матери. Но в сельском доме, окруженные заботой стариков, которым пришлось пережить немало драматических политических перемен и стать свидетелями разрушения традиционной системы ценностей, мать и сын вновь находят то, что их соединяет. Отправляясь в путешествие на старомодном грузовике-дрезине, Ацуси познает окружающий мир по ту сторону дома и школы и приходит к пониманию того, что значит быть «сыном» и «старшим братом».

Ootani and Tachibana have been inseparable since high school. Now that they're in college, they live together, they're happy and everything seems prefect. But their little world is disrupted when they meet an old high school friend, Yuki, who seems to have a crush on Tachibana, making Ootani feel jealous and insecure. Will Tachibana really choose him over a pretty girl?

Kenji Shimamura has trouble being intimate with his girlfriend Noriko after a lifetime of watching his parents bicker over his father’s infidelity. After he spurns her advances, causing her to storm off in an offended rage, he decides it’s time to seek psychological help. Unfortunately that costs money and the best way to earn some quick cash in his family is to spy on his dad for his mother. He quickly discovers his dad has a young girlfriend named Yukari. Figuring the best way to deal with this gracefully is to come clean with Yukari he tells her all about their family and the real estate business his parents run together. Unfortunately, however, his plan backfires. Instead of being scared off Yukari applies for a job at the family business and befriends Kenji’s mother, setting up a chain of events that makes things awkward for everyone involved.

Live-action adaptation of the "Seikimatsu Bakuroden Saga" manga by Akira Miyashita.