Tomoko Nakajima

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.

At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.

A family believes they are aliens from other planets and tries to save Earth from impending calamity.

Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.

Супружеская пара вместе уже 50 лет. Однажды муж спрашивает жену, что она хочет получить в подарок на свой день рождения. Неожиданно она отвечает, что хочет развода, и тут же всё большое семейство погружается в хаос.

После смерти не состоящей в браке и бездетной Таки Такэси, ее молодой родственник, обнаруживает несколько страниц тесно написанных строк, в которых старуха записала свои воспоминания. Так он узнает правду о ее юности и работе домработницей и няней в семье Хираи в маленьком домике в Токио с красной остроконечной крышей.

В этом фильме режиссер Ёдзи Ямада склоняется перед своим учителем и образцом для подражания. Ямада был помощником режиссера на съёмках фильма «Токийская повесть» Язудзиро Одзу, семейном портрете, снятом после Второй мировой войны. В своем ремейке Ямада очень мало отклонился от шедевра Одзу, чтобы обновить историю старения пары Сукиси и Томи для сегодняшней Японии. Еще раз, пара решает оставить тихую жизнь в деревне, чтобы навестить своих детей и внуков в Токио. Оказавшись в столице, они обнаруживают, что ни у их старшего сына, доктора по имени Коити, ни у их старшей дочери Сигэко, которая работает в салоне красоты, нет времени для них: оба слишком заняты, заботясь о своих повседневных делах. Даже младший сын пошел своим путем. Старая пара чувствует себя одинокой и сбитой с толку в быстро развивающемся мегаполисе.

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.

Masato and his wife Keiko are a happy couple, with their children Eiji and Erina. He, she and Eiji are plunged into despair, after Eiji and Erina are involved in a car accident whereby Erina dies.

Towa lives in a peculiar sanatorium after committing suicide. Convalescing in sanatorium, she is informed that she has only 7 days to live. Isolated within their worlds, strange people live in this sanatorium and try to avoid making any contact with her. However, Kuroda a man who lost his power of speech feels sympathetic towards her and their every lovable things give true colors to the life and inspire Towa’s honest desire for the life…

Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried forest.

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself.

A reworking of MPD Psycho by the author of the original manga Eiji Otsuka edited from the TV show and newly-filmed scenes.

14-year-old Takuya lives in a rural town near mountains and rivers. His 29-year-old uncle Koji works as a graphic designer in urban Tokyo. Koji's father dies and Takuya is arrested for attempted robbery-the two young men must now face a crucial crossing in their lives. The concluding chapter to director Higashi Yoichi's "boy and river" trilogy, the film highlights contemporary themes like family, adolescence, and the healing properties of nature. The wild but beautiful Kuma River stars as a threatening symbol for the boy's rite of passage. Supernatural beings reign in the mountains above the village.

Что может быть печальней, если тебе пятнадцать и до тебя никому нет дела? Если ты завалила школьные экзамены, а мальчишки не обращают на тебя внимания? Девочке по имени Эцуко тоскливо и одиноко… До поры до времени. Однажды, увидев лодку, грациозно скользящую по морю, она понимает, что должно ее спасти…

Открытие учёного Тосиаки Нагасима обещало служить на благо человечеству. Но вскоре выяснилось, что вековой паразит всего лишь ждал своего часа, чтобы восстать и зажить самостоятельной жизнью. Они живут в каждом из нас, но только та митохондрия, что родом из Африки, которую назвали Евой, может управлять всеми остальными, как армией, где бы они не находились.

According to an ancient Japanese legend, mermaid flesh may grant immortality if eaten. However, there is a much greater chance that consumption will lead to death or transformation into a damned creature known as a Lost Soul (or Deformed Ones in the English dub). Mermaid Saga tells the tale of Yuta, an immortal who has been alive for five hundred years, who is wandering across Japan searching for a cure and meeting others whose lives have also been ruined by mermaid flesh in the process.

A film about a pregnancy

Live action adaption of Naoki Yamamoto's romantic comedy manga series.

The Kitao family is coping with the loss of the eldest daughter, Chizuko, who was killed in a freak accident the year prior. When the other daughter Mika is suddenly in a dangerous situation, Chizuko returns as a ghost to save her; reunited with her sister, Mika begins spending time with Chizuko again.

Tsugumi, who lives in a small seaside town, has been in delicate health from birth. Her parents spoiled her and she is rough and selfish. However, a few people are attracted by her beauty and unique character.

A young girl falls in love with a boy who died 100 years ago, and who wants to be reborn as a new born baby.

An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race. They start dating but then strange things then begin to happen to him, including a beating from the local yakuza. - Wikipedia

Ayumi Ishida won the Blue Ribbon for the Best Actress.