Mishima Kiko was exploited by her own family. When she was little, her mother neglected her. After her mother remarried, Kiko was abused mentally and physically by her mother, stepfather, and younger stepbrother. She didn't belong to this family. Somehow, she disconnects from her family in Tokyo and moves to a seaside town in Oita. There, she meets a 13-year-old boy named Mushi. He has been abused by his mother and does not speak due to trauma from the abuse. Mushi reminds Kiko of herself when she was younger.
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
A world where it has been established that people routinely swing between slightly different parallel worlds... Koyomi Takasaki, who lives with his mother following his parents' divorce, enrolls in a local university prep school. Due to the atmosphere concentrated on studies and his social awkwardness, Koyomi is unable to make friends. One day, he is suddenly approached by his classmate Kazune Takigawa, who tells him that she has travelled from the 85th world where she and Koyomi are lovers.
Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)
A world where it has been established that people routinely swing between slightly different parallel worlds... Koyomi Hidaka, who lives with his father following his parents' divorce, meets a girl named Shiori Satō at the research institute where his father works. They both have a little crush on each other, but everything changes when their parents remarry. Koyomi and Shiori, convinced that they will never be together, try to jump into another world where they won't be step-siblings... There's no meaning in a world without her.
Minoyama
Tamura Yujiro and Hiyori have been married for four years. They look like a happily married couple, but, Hiyori secretly badmouths her husband on social media page "Husband Death Note."
Michiko Wataguchi
Jun Wataguchi lives a lazy, half-hearted life, not going to school, hanging out with half-witted delinquents, and begging money from his friends. His parents, who run a shipping business transporting earth and sand for reclamation by boat, manage to get by, despite the dwindling number of jobs and lack of successors over time. Jun showed no interest in his parents' business, and the father and son hardly ever spoke to each other. One day, one of Jun's friends is attacked by someone and an unexpected person emerges as the culprit.
Hanae Shoji
Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product, the island is close to receiving a 5 billion yen grant from the government, which is part of the goverment's policy to reinvigorate rural economy. The residents of the island are excited, but their peaceful days changes by the appearance of Mutsuo Komisaka. Keita Izumi and his friends Jun Tanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) and Rookie Police Officer Shinichiro Moriya are suspicious about him. One night, Keita Izumi's daughter goes missing. Due to that, Keita Izumi, Jun Tanabe and Shinichiro Moriya happen to kill Mutsuo Komisaka. They decide to hide Mutsuo Komisaka’s murder to protect the future of the island and their families. It turns out Mutsuo Komisaka was a psycho killer. Police officers come to Shishikari Island to catch Mutsuo Komisaka.
Hiyori (Kei Tanaka) is an ornithologist (expert on birds). His wife is Rinko (Miki Nakatani). She is the leader the minority opposition party. One morning, Hiyori is about to travel to an isolated island to watch birds on a 10 day trip. Before he leaves, Rinko asks him if she becomes the prime minister would he be inconvenienced. Hiyori then goes on his bird watching trip. During this time, he is completely isolated from the outside world. When he returns home, his wife Rinko is now the prime minister of the country. She is also the first ever female prime minister of Japan. Suddenly, Hiyori is now the first gentleman of the country. He decides to support his wife, but he finds himself caught up in unexpected circumstances.
Setsuko Goto
В разгар священного праздника Намахагэ мужчины, одетые в костюмы демонов, посещают дома с целью напугать детей и отругать их за плохое поведение. Сильно напившись, молодой отец Тасуку выбегает на улицу совершенно голым, свидетелем чего становятся все жители деревни. Опозорив не только деревню, но и местные традиции, Тасуку решает уехать в Токио. Через два года он возвращается в родной город, дабы помириться с бывшей женой и их маленькой дочерью, только вот это оказывается совсем непросто.
Miko Noshiro
Set at the Hotel Royal, situated in the marshland of Hokkaido, Japan, and follows the guests, the family that runs the hotel, and the hotel's staff. Masayo Tanaka is the only child of the family that runs Hotel Royal. She failed to enter an arts school and she now works at the hotel. She does not show her emotions to anyone.
Michiyo Muramatsu
Single father Kenichi has raised his daughter Miki alone for the past ten years, from when she attended nursery school until her graduation from elementary school. Kenichi is currently 30 years old. His wife Tomoko died at a young age and he has raised Miki alone since that time. While raising his daughter alone, he has encountered various problems.
Ogata Yoko
Tōko Muranushi is married and they have a lovely daughter. She doesn't have any major problems in her life. One day, Tōko meets her former lover, Akihiko Kurata, at a friend's wedding. They haven't seen each other in ten years. Tōko indulges in a sexual relationship with Kurata.
Eiko Tanaka
In 2030, AI is everywhere including the medical field, finance and security. Artificial intelligence has become essential in people's lives. They have come to completely trust AI, but artificial intelligence becomes out of control and it causes disaster.
A young girl, Sayaka, develops a heartwarming friendship with an old man named Hasu. Based on an award-winning novel by Ijuin Shizu.
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...
Mrs. Saito
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into WWII.
Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")
Six Stories based on Six Songs.
Enokida Trading Post is a second-hand shop run by Yojiro Enokida , whose personal mantra is, "Anything but garbage. We take it all." The shop serves as a gathering place for employees and regular customers, who come with troubles in hand. One summer day, part of the shop's sign falls down. Yojiro thinks this is a sign that something spectacular is about to happen, and indeed their problems take on lives of their own from that day onward.
В марте 1952 года единственный врач в деревне Шиба обнаружил труп Санако. Причина смерти - передозировка снотворного. Санако подозревалась в убийстве собственного мужа, поэтому сестра доктора Шибы Кана предполагает, что она покончила жизнь самоубийством из-за мучений, связанных с убийством своего мужа. Все, кто был в доме г-на Куроидо, являются подозреваемыми, включая всех членов семьи Куроидо, дворецкого, секретаря, горничных и так далее. Детектив Сугуро будет расследовать дело. Доктор Шиба будет ему помогать. По мере того, как они обыскивают вещи, выясняется шокирующий факт...
Mitsuko
Cultures meet and values are learnt through the renovation of an inn.
Akiko
Kuma is an author, a sex obsessive and a wheelchair user. Beautiful and volatile Ryoko is unlike anybody he’s ever met before. She barrages into one of his lectures, demanding to know why he only talks of sex, not love, before declaring her own affection. It’s the first of many inappropriate acts by Ryoko and the start of a relationship that is by turns sweet, strange and toxic. Ryoko hopes that she and Kuma’s love can change the world. What she fails to realise is that sometimes it’s the small gestures, not the grand ones, that feel most revolutionary.
Koto
Oei, later known as Katsushika Oi, was born the third daughter of Edo’s talented painter Katsushika Hokusai and his second wife Koto. Although Oei became the wife of a town painter for a time, her love of the paintbrush more than her husband spelt disaster and she comes back home to Hokusai from the family she had married into. This is how Oei starts to help her father out in his painting of the “insurmountable high wall”. Meanwhile, Oei can only talk to the painter Ikeda Zenjiro, who is her father’s student, about her pain and worries. Zenjiro has taken Edo by storm as Keisai Eisen, the master of ukiyo-e portraying beautiful women. He visits regularly because he admires Hokusai and secretly likes Oei although their relationship is like childhood friends. Oei respects her father whose paintings fascinated her and continues to work as a painter who supports him behind the scenes. When Hokusai’s masterpiece Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji was completed, she was also by his side.
(segment “Hammer”)
Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song.
요네자와 사유리
Mayu Daimon is a woman who does not remember her mother's face, and her father is the only person she has blood relationship in this world, but he is going to die soon. Mayu has just started a new life as a detective at the Criminal Investigation Division which deals mainly with murder cases soon, and has to handle with two corpses of old men continuously. One corpse found frozen buried in the snow and the freezing sea. Soon with a detailed investigation she finds out a connection between the two cases which seemed to be completely different at first glance. It was just the breach to open a history of an incident which had origin back to the 1960s in Aomori Prefecture. Growing more and more as a detective, Mayu has to unravel the mystery of a case which goes beyond time and space and which ends in Hokkaido with a result that no one expected.
Chieko
The Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love.
Eiko Segawa
Kozo Nakase attends meetings for single widowers looking to remarry. He meets Sayoko Takeuchi and eventually marries her. Not longer after their marriage, Kozo Nakase suddenly collapses and dies. Kozo Nakase leaves everything to Sayako. The rest of his family are left out of his will including his daughter Tomomi. Tomomi hires a private investigator, Honda, to find out more about Sayoko.
Kô Mittwer
The story of Henri Mitowa, a 93-year old Japanese monk, who wants to make a movie based on his own life.
Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
Загадочная авария в туннелях под мостом-шоссе Токио Бэй Аква Лайн ставит на уши все аварийные подразделения мегаполиса. Шеф МЧС Японии созывает всех, чтобы найти причину аварии, и возможные решения сложившейся проблемы. Они еще не знают, что это только начало. Огромное существо, известное как Годзилла, встало на путь разрушения...
Speaker
Tenei village is located in Fukushima prefecture's beautiful surrounds. It is 70 kilometers away from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. When the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant failed in March 2011, radioactive particles fell and contaminated the rice fields. But the farmers couldn't just abandon their land as they live on the land and wanted to protect it for future generations. The farmers decided to pursue scientific methods to secure food safety. They were on their own without Government assistance. This film documents their determination and efforts in overcoming an environmental crisis that had never been experienced before.
Izumi Nobuko
После кровавой бани в школе, устроенной Хидэо Симадой, и смерти матери от лап паразита Синити твёрдо решает истреблять непрошенных тварей одного за другим. Полиция находит маньяка-психопата, который может определять паразитов с виду, а Рёко Тамия продолжает свой эксперимент с материнством.
Motoko Ueno
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Motoko Ueno
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Hiroe Minami
Ichie is the owner of a dressmaking shop. Her grandmother started the shop and now Ichie runs the business. Her clothes are made with an old sewing machine and are very popular. Following her grandmother’s will, Ichie only makes clothes for individuals and turns down offers to turn her clothing into a brand.
Izumi Nobuko
Паразиты… Создания, живущие за счёт своего носителя, обладают совершенно нечеловеческой силой. Посланные небом должны проникать в мозг человека для полной власти над носителем. Но кому как повезёт… Именно эта неудача одного паразита спасает жизнь школьника Изуми Шиничи, живущего обычной жизнью. Но и эта же неудача делает его носителем этого загадочного существа, обрекая Шиничи на постоянную борьбу за выживание с другими, более сильными паразитами.
Chieko Hanawa
Каждую ночь хозяин закусочной занят своими клиентами. Однажды кто-то оставляет там урну с прахом. Кто это сделал? Случайно или специально?
Ranko Takigawa
Set half a year after the first season of "First Class." Chinami Yoshinari (Erika Sawajiri) begins work as a fashion designer. In the high-end luxury field, big money is involved and Chinami Yoshinari is again trampled over by other women. She attempts to get through by using her wisdom and toughness that she gained from experience.
Ryoko Nakaoka
Ayako Akaike
It isn't easy to find a dream to chase when you're young, but Mugiko has one: she can't wait to become an anime voice actress. Saving up for classes while she works part time in a manga store, she lives with her older, gambler brother after her father's death. When the mother she never knew turns up out of nowhere and moves in, it only causes irritation for the aspiring otaku. But when her mother just as quickly disappears, it leaves Mugiko (or "Sweet Pea") searching for answers, bringing her back to her mother's hometown to discover what happened to her mother's own dream.
Mitsuru Funaki
In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga Domain, who arranges for her to marry his son and heir, 24-year-old Yasunobu. But, Yasunobu is cold to his new wife, and he's more interested in swordplay than cookery.
Нинагава является влиятельным человеком в японской политике и главным по экономическим связям. Его внучку убивают. Подозреваемый — Киомару, у которого есть судимость за нападение и убийство девушки 8 лет назад.
"Daijobu 3 Kumi" depicts the interactions between new teacher Shinnosuke Akao, who was born without arms and legs, and the 28 students in his 5th grade class, told from the vantage point of school board member Yusaku Shiraishi
Taeko Yokomichi
1987 год. Ёноскэ Ёкомити покидает свой родной город Нагасаки и уезжает в Токио, чтобы учиться в столичном университете. Наряду с учебой, Ёкомити ведет в Токио активную жизнь, он пользуется популярностью среди своих сверстников. Однажды в автошколе он знакомится с девушкой Сёко.
Haruko Inamura
Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family of six. The father, Tatsuya, is the head of a university hospital's department of internal medicine. He lives with his wife Haruko, their three sons, and Tatsuya's mother, Shigeko. Although the Inamuras appear to be a happy family, Nobuko soon uncovers the truth.
Tamiko Hamasaki
Ейдзи работает тюремным служащим в Хокурику. В 53 года он теряет свою жену, которую очень сильно любил. Вскоре Ейдзи получает письмо от покойной с просьбой развеять ее прах над морем рядом с ее родным городом. Это кажется странным Ейдзи, потому что она никогда не говорила ни о чем таком при жизни, и он отправляется на родину жены, в Нагасаки, чтобы выяснить ее истинные намерения.
Naomi
1945-й год, война окончена, Япония побеждена. Но для большой группы японских эмигрантов в Бразилии война только начинается. Одни не верят в новости о поражении и сохраняют верность поверженному императору, другие хотят жить в новой стране по местным правилам — и становятся для своих соплеменников «грязными сердцами», предателями. Тихий фотограф, влюбленный в свою жену, переживает конфликт между чувством и долгом, мелодрама превращается в кровавый боевик, а локальные противоречия — в конфликт цивилизаций.
Toyo Taiga
Макото - трудный подросток с преступными наклонностями. Аи - примерная девочка из порядочной семьи. Однажды при случайной встрече Аи по шраму на лбу узнает в Макото мальчика, которому в детстве случайно нанесла травму, катаясь на лыжах. В этом шраме Аи теперь видит причину криминальных наклонностей Макото. Чувствуя ответственность, Аи проникается идеей вновь наставить его на истинный путь. В тайне от всех она организует перевод мальчика в свою школу Аобадай. Но ее усилия напрасны: после очередной стычки с полицией Макото исключают из престижной школы. Он попадает в школу Ханазоно, известную как заведение для трудных подростков, где кулаками быстро достигает авторитета и заводит дружбу с «королевой» Ханазоно Юки. Аи не опускает рук и, несмотря на возражения родителей, тоже переходит в эту школу. С появлением Аи Юки понимает, что влюблена в Макото, однако ее чувства не взаимны.
Kumi Muramatsu
In 2011, top-secret data on nuclear power is stolen from a university facility. At the same time, leaked information comes in about enriched uranium from the Korean peninsula. Sumimoto of the external affairs fourth division suspects that a conspiracy has been hatched to rock Japan-Korean relations.
Suzuki Tane
Erika Sawajiri plays Kimiko, the main character of the story who has died. Although the title implies that it is a story of a “wicked woman,” the original novel was divided into 27 chapters, one for each “testimony” by someone who knew Kimiko at some point in her life, providing a range of perspectives on what kind of person Kimiko was. ~~ Adapted from 1978 novel series "Akujou ni Tsuite" by Ariyoshi Sawako.
The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.
Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)
Действие происходит в ближайшем будущем... Адвокату Фениксу Райту для того, чтобы выступить в защиту и доказать невиновность своей клиентки Майи Фей, приходится столкнуться в суде со своим другом детства Майлзом Эджуортом, являющимся теперь Главным обвинителем. Нынешняя правовая система отводит на судебный процесс только три дня, прежде чем судья примет решение о виновности или невиновности обвиняемого. Поэтому оба мужчины должны использовать в полной мере свое ораторское искусство и доказательства для убеждения судьи. После суда Феникс Райт узнает, что Майлз Эджуорт арестован по подозрению в убийстве. Адвокат решает защитить своего давнего друга и узнает, что его противником в этом деле будет ни кто иной, как легендарный обвинитель Вон Карма, не проигравший за сорок лет работы ни одного дела...
Yoko
Сан и Ри — молодая супружеская пара. Они решили переехать из Токио к озеру Тоя, которое находится на острове Хоккайдо. Там супруги открывают хлебобулочный ресторанчик под названием «Мани». Сан печёт хлеб, а его жена Ри готовит пищу, которая прекрасно дополняет выпечку её мужа. Так как Сан и Ри готовят от всего сердца, то круглый год клиенты, уходя из их ресторана, чувствуют себя счастливыми.
The story is set against the beautiful scenery of Yamakoshi, Niigata, which is also known for bullfighting. Yanagiba plays a man named Satoshi who raises fighting bulls, while Kanjiya plays his deaf and mute daughter Mio. Osamu plays her fiance Maru, a charming young man from the lower part of town.
История семьи, где события разворачиваются на фоне железной дороги в области Тояма. За спиной машиниста поезда Тору сорок два года безупречной работы на местной ветке железной дороги, и сейчас ему остается месяц до пенсии. Он хотел бы посвятить остаток жизни своей жене Савако, которая всю жизнь как могла поддерживала его. Но Савако неожиданно заявляет, что решила вернуться к работе сиделкой, работе, которую бросила, когда вышла замуж и посвятила себя домашнему хозяйству. Тору возмущён. Рушатся его мечты о тихом семейном счастье. Но Савако непреклонна, она уходит из дома, устраивается на работу в хоспис, а вскоре и подаёт официальные документы на развод.
Satoko Kurita (Haruko's mom)
Mikio (Masato Sakai) is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is diagnosed with depression. Mikio's wife is Haruko (Aoi Miyazaki). They have been married for 5 years. Haruko draws comics for work, but they do not sell well. She mainly relied on Mikio for support. Meanwhile, Haruko did not notice any changes in her husband. She begins to blame herself for not noticing any signs. Mikio's depression derived from his work. His company has been pressing him to quit the company. After Mikio quits his job his condition improves, but the dynamics of their relationship changes.
Innkeeper
An abandoned car is discovered near a camping ground and inside it is the body of an identified middle-aged man and a dog who seems to have died months later. This is the story of the life of the loving and faithful dog and his owner told from the dog's point of view. City hall employee Kyousuke Okutsu is assigned to uncover the man's identity for a proper funeral. As he investigates the situation, he remembers his late family and his own dog's unfailing loyalty.
Angel
В жизни Эрины Акиямы (Мао Иноуэ) произошла ужасная трагедия: когда ей было всего четыре месяца, ее похитила бывшая любовница ее отца, которая после аборта лишилась возможности иметь детей. В течение почти четырех лет Кивако Нономия (Хироми Нагасаку) растила девочку как свою собственную дочь, и маленькая Эрина, воспитывавшаяся под именем Каору, считала похитительницу родной матерью. Когда Эрину нашли и вернули родителям, она испытала страшное потрясение, а родная семья так и не стала для нее до конца родной. Лишь достигнув совершеннолетия, благодаря случайной встрече с журналисткой, знавшей ее в детстве, она пытается разобраться в своей судьбе, в том, как ей поступить, чтобы не повторить ошибок ни своих родителей, ни той женщины.
Yasuko Tanaka
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.
Yoriko Shimizu
Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.
Shizuka Takei
Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. Some of his colleagues become so jealous they are resentful and waiting patiently for the perfect opportunity to crucify him. Soon they get their chance as Dr Toma considers performing a controversial operation…
Ruriko
Ринко двадцать-с-чем-то лет, она живет в большом городе, где серьезно изучает секреты нескольких кухонь и готовит себя к карьере шеф-повара. Но однажды она просыпается и обнаруживает, что бой-френд исчез, попутно прихватив все, что смог унести, включая банку маринованых огурцов, приготовленных по секретному бабушкину рецепту. От горя она теряет голос и решает вернуться к матери, в маленький городок ее детства. Там она открывает весьма необычный ресторан. Без меню. Для одного посетителя в день, желания которого она угадывает.
Receptionist Yoshiko
Она всего лишь надувная кукла, которую холит и лелеет малосимпатичный владелец. Ежевечерние предания утехам с искусственной женщиной столь чувственны, что в один из дней оживляют ее. Очаровательная девушка, чей разум по-детски наивен и чист, начинает постигать окружающий мир. Блуждая по городу, она знакомится с симпатичным продавцом видеомагазина и влюбляется в него.
Akemi Ohtake
Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant medical intern, Keisuke Soma. But, Soma and the villagers reconsider their opinion when they learn about a shameful incident from Dr. Ino's past. Now the once-respected doctor must account for his past actions.
Kohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with discovering the ancient country of Yamataikoku. His obsession sprouted from a day when he discovered ancient ceramics while repairing railroad tracks. Now completely blind, Kohei relies on his wife (Sayuri Yoshinaga) to guide him through the country and read the maps in their pursuit of Yamataikoku.
Yuriko Kamimura
Главный герой картины — молодой виолончелист Дайго, оставшийся без работы. Вместе с женой он перебирается из мегаполиса в родной городок в провинции, где ему предложили работу в некоем агентстве, как будто туристическом. Однако, оказывается, это — похоронное бюро, и Дайго предстоит обмывать тела покойников, наряжать их и готовить к переходу в лучший мир. С большим удивлением герой понимает, что справляется со своей новой работой очень хорошо.
Reiko
«Убитая» изменой бойфренда, Эбби и сама не могла объяснить, как очутилась в Токио. Одинокая и потерянная в чужом городе, она не спешит обратно домой. Новые яркие впечатления помогут заглушить боль предательства и начать жизнь с «чистого листа». От нечего делать Эбби устраивается на работу в ресторанчик, где гостям предлагают попробовать самый изысканный суп рамен. Видя, какой магический эффект оказывает этот суп на посетителей, она мечтает научиться искусству приготовления этого супа. Она умоляет гениального повара — сушиста, взрывного и тираничного японца, взять ее в ученицы. Капризный японец вдоволь поизмывается над Эбби, но откроет ей главный секрет: главный ингредиент супа — это целая вселенная чувств, подаренная поваром каждому посетителю.
Kita no mandokoro
Chacha, the woman of the blood of Nobunaga, who loved with Hideyoshi, and feared Tokugawa.
A yakuza must take care of some children from a nursery
Born into a wealthy family, 17-year-old Masato (Emoto Tasuku) has never been deprived of material comforts, but his distant relationship with his parents leaves him empty and rebellious. Telling himself that his real mother is actually a woman who kidnapped him as an infant, Masato takes off to Okinawa to find her. Curious to learn more about her (Matsuyuki Yasuko), he ends up staying to work at her restaurant. As the two grow closer over time, an ambiguous relationship develops, not quite mother and son, not quite lovers.
"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku". Kayokyoku is a catch-all term to describe the music that defined two generations of post-war Japan. Although the term survives, it has a strong connotation with a simpler, pre-"Economic Bubble" era when Japanese people shared a common identity in the reconstruction of their nation.
Mayumi Sasaki
История первой любви корейского юноши, вынужденного вместе с отцом-профессором на время переехать в Японию, и японской девушки-художницы. Их чувства пробуждаются внезапно и, несмотря на языковой барьер, легко и трогательно. Но, к сожалению, людям редко удаётся сохранить это самое первое и самое чистое, как и первый снег, чувство… Разлука, непонимание — преодолимы ли они?
Kinu Murozono
Kitahara Shuji, an ordinary business man turns into a spy for his town's war against a neighboring town in a Dystopian society.
Макико Учида прибывает в порт Южной Японии в надежде найти судно, которое может отвезти её к месту, где 60 лет назад обрёл покой корабль Императорских Военно-Морских Сил Японии — «Ямато». Дело в том, что она — дочь офицера, который служил на этом корабле. Неожиданно встретив армейского товарища своего отца, девушка узнаёт историю о сражении за Окинаву.
Тору Кодзима и его друг Кодзи — молодые студенты. Их объединяет одна общая вещь — им обоим нравится встречаться с женщинами старше себя. Кодзи — плэйбой крутящий романы сразу с несколькими женщинами, молодыми и старыми, тогда как Тору — романтик, ищущий свою единственную избранницу.
Higuchi Ichiyo is the first female professional novelist in Japanese literature. This tanpatsu drama is a biography of her personal life.
Yoko's Stepmother
Making her way through life by forming superficial relationships, Yoko keeps everyone at arm's length, whether it's her father and stepmother or Hajime, the owner of a small bookstore who could be the father of her unborn child. Yoko seems most at home when she's riding the train, speeding around the city with only her thoughts to entertain her.
2004 film
After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a rustic primary school. He struggles to get through to his students, until he creates a class project to raise fireflies to fly over it once again. All students, even the reserved girl Hikari (Risako Sugaya), become passionately involved in the project. However, it brings them into conflict with parents and the school, one problem after another stands in his way.
Hatsuko Kim
He can't control himself inside of him. Hidenori, a Japanese-Korean, hasn't seen his family in a few years. He doesn't want to go to school but just wander the streets. He always grins at a trifle. When he is caught stealing and he feels pain as his finger is cut off, he just smiles. He murmurs "Should I commit suicide?" in front of his dead sister. Yumi, an obsessive-compulsive girl, has a sticky finger. A boy who wanders the Sybuya. They join Hidenori's reckless plan by chance. They plan to stow away in order to show Korea to his sister, who has never seen the motherland. Three people who are out of this world and the dead go toward Hakata.
Eri Yuki
Дворняжка Куро прожила в школе более 10 лет. Это тихое и понятливое существо стало свидетелем побед и трагедий её учеников Рёскэ Кимура, Юкико Игараси, Кэндзи Морисьта. Повзрослевшие выпускники чувствуют ответственность за жизнь своего маленького друга.
Молодой преуспевающий боксер Тайти Асихара готовится к очередному чемпионату, когда ужасная автокатастрофа вдруг отнимает у него способность ходить. Желая хоть как-нибудь тренировать ослабевшее тело, Тайти посещает многие спортивные клубы, но везде получает от ворот поворот. Его мечты разбиты, он остается безработным и не видит никакой цели в жизни. Волей случая он устраивается работать уличным торговцем, и однажды ночью на городском рынке встречает девушку по имени Самако. Та приглашает его к себе на работу – в синтоистский храм, при котором открыта секция айкидо. Тренер секции, мастер Хираиси, принимает Тайти без колебаний. Сэнсэй приучает его к главной мысли: «твоя коляска – это часть тебя», и постепенно Тайти становится непобедим, даже будучи инвалидом.
Mieko's Mother
9-летняя Миэко с родителями, бабушкой, сводными братом и сестрой живет в маленькой гостинице, где для гостей отведена всего одна комната. По пути из школы, она спасает мальчика по имени Нотодзима, который становится единственным постояльцем «Гибискуса». Потом уезжают в Америку мать с сестрой, отправляется на уборку ананасов отец. На Миэко сразу сваливается столько забот! Постирать, приготовить еду, доставить отцу пришедшее ему письмо. А на дворе летние каникулы. Миэко и ее друзей ожидает немало приключений.
Hana is a nineteen-year old expectant mother. She travels with her grandmother's ashes to her grandmother's house. Hana's mother, who gave birth to Hana when she herself was a teenager, now resides in the home. They are on the outs with each other, but are forced to stay with each other when Hana's boyfriend fails to show.
Rume
A boy who suffers from impaired hearing and a young girl pianist try to solve the mysterious connection between a series of murders and the boy's entangled memories.
A seeing-eye dog (Shiro) is granted one wish by his former owner. He chooses to become a human for a short time so he can find the girl who trained him as a puppy. While attempting to get to know her (as he runs along behind her and sniffs for her around town) he eventually falls in love with her.
Aya's Mother
Молодой госслужащий У-ин скучает от работы в офисе и от своей жизни. К тому же он влюблен в красноволосую Мию, которая не обращает на него никакого внимания. Блуждая по порносайтам, У-ин находит видеочат с красноволосой девушкой по имени Асако и начинает общаться с ней.
Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano and the young Nakahira. Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.
An officer struggles to solve a murder case despite being at odds with his lieutenant. Officer Tetsubei discovers the body of a man whose face has been crushed and his fingerprints erased. Tetsubei describes the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body, including his own theory, and is angered by Lieutenant Yukari. That night, Tetsubei visits the shop of Kanako, whom he has a secret crush on. There, Mizutani, Kanako's husband, who has been missing for seven years, appears.
The third and final V-Cinema sequel.
In this startling psychological thriller from Japan, Mami (Hijiri Kojima) is a teacher who meets Tomo (Koji Chihara), a psychotic criminal with a short temper and no visible means of support. Amour fou blooms between them, and a year later they're living together, with Mami taking part as Tomo abducts, tortures, and kills one of their neighbors. Eventually the cycle of crime goes too far for Mami and she leaves Tomo, but several years later, he arrives at her home to disrupt her life with her new husband. Hysteric was directed by Takahisa Zeze, who previously received critical acclaim for the film Kokkuri. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Chikako's mother
Kawamoto works and lives in a dilapidated pool hall which also serves as a rehearsal space for him and his friend Chikako. They seem contented to while away their hours doing nothing much at all. Meanwhile, an old pool shark meets some people from his past that he is none too happy to see again. How will this affect their private haven?
Hama-chan accompanies Su-san on a business trip to Okinawa in the middle of the recession, but Su-san remains in low spirits over business matters.
Midori Chiaki
Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking place on the very day of his daughter's examination and the all important interview.
Можете себе представить, что неожиданно на улице вас остановит незнакомый мужчина и сообщит, что он ваш отец? С героем этого фильма по имени Хироси как раз это и произошло. Хироси уже за тридцать; он преуспевающий служащий компании. У него прекрасная жена, собственный дом и чудесный сын. Хироси был воспитан матерью и с самого детства был уверен, что его отец давно умер. И вдруг, откуда ни возьмись, появляется незнакомец, неопрятного вида, объявляющий себя его отцом. В момент этой странной встречи Хироси ещё не подозревал, как изменится его жизнь…
Kuramoto
A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She meets others looking for a new start in life, including a former salaryman with whom she begins a furtive romance...
A fifteen year old boy travels through the Amagi Pass, he encounters some strange people, one of them is the geisha Ozuka Hana. After a murder takes place, the police searchs for the culprit.
Immoral Affairs (Fukigen na kajitsu) is a Japanese film made in 1997 and directed by Katsuo Naruse.It centers on two characters: Mayako, played by Kaho Minami, a young women who is not content with her husband and begins to have many affairs with other men, and Kiriko Okabe, played by Isako Washio, a woman whom she befriends. Mayako's husband is played by Jinpachi Nezu.
Anzu's Mother
A young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time, taking over his body to infiltrate and study humanity in order to find the reasons why our civilization is doomed to future destruction. He replicates the spirit of another alien in a girl that he meets, and together they use their video cameras to document modern urban Japanese society.
An odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts to him, decide to go to northern Japan in search of the boy’s mother, and the detective’s buddy Hisashi joins them later.
Man's Lover in TV Drama
Takashi and four of his classmates, fourth-grade students, cannot succeed in doing a back pullover around a horizontal bar. Their gym teacher warns them: they have one week to succeed; if they resign now, then, tomorrow, facing life difficulties, they will always run away and become bums. Furthermore, all five must succeed, if one of them cannot do it, then all of them fail. Takashi is really worried and wonders if he won’t be always the loser who couldn’t succeed in the back pullover bar exercise.
After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.
Ran
Masamichi Toyama is a loyal husband with a bad gambling debt. Mobsters out for the money track him down, beating him and raping his wife. Desperate for revenge, he makes himself a sword and sets out to wreak havoc. When he meets the Gonin, a group of five female thieves, his luck only gets worse. Run, Sayuri, Shiho, Saki and Chihiro are fast-shooting, strong-arm women. Not only that, but they're more than prepared to take on an army of gangsters. Unfortunately for them, they stole the ring Masamichi wanted for his wife, and now he's more likely to hunt them than join their cause.
Yukawa
Девочка бродит по зданию школы, в которой она училась в начальных классах. Эта школа давно заброшена — и говорят, что в ней водятся привидения.
A V-Cinema effort from the mid-90s starring Show Aikawa and Misa Aika. Misa Aika plays Miyuki, a high school girl who is a computer nerd. She is contacted by someone on the net who calls themselves an "angel". Meanwhile, an AV cameraman, Yoichi, has fallen in love with Miyuki at first sight, and devoted himself to filming her secretly. However, as he films her, Yoichi begins to notice other strangers who have an interest in Miyuki.
Эдо конца XVIII века – мир веселых кварталов, театров, лавок, торгующих фривольной литературой и живописью; мир высших правительственных сановников, мир цензуры, запретов и казней. Куртизанки, живущие, словно в позолоченной клетке, в квартале Ёсивара; художники, там же черпающие свое вдохновение; актеры кабуки – все они пользуются невероятной популярностью у горожан и вызывают непримиримую ненависть властей. Посреди этого красочного, шумного, пряного карнавального водоворота неожиданно вспыхивает звезда яркого и самобытного художника Тосюсая Сяраку.
A youth romance that fantastically depicts the unstable emotions of high school girls who refuse to transform into adults
An undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his apartment and rape his wife, Nami, while looking for the drugs they claim he stole from them. Afterwards Nami attempts to commit suicide, but after being rescued by a mysterious yakuza she decides to infiltrate the gang and get revenge.
Jiro becomes a happy instructor but a shocking suspicion was raised by Owada who took the place of his parents.
Detective Suwon was involved on the war on drugs in Yokohama because of his mischief.
Nami Tsuchiya
Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and see the sights. What Jiro doesn't know is that this woman isn't who she says she is. She's on the run from her Yakuza boyfriend, and Jiro is going to be unwittingly entwined in the situation.
Adaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.
Nami Muraki
A policewoman (Megumi Yokoyama) investigates the apparent suicide of a college coed. The prime suspects include the girl's professor, who may have been having an affair with her, and the professor's wife, who frequents lesbian bars. Gruesome axe murders and mutilations ensue, leading Yokoyama to a shocking discovery.
A man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.
A mother and her daughter move from the urban sprawl of Tokyo to the remote island of Ishigaki in the Ryukyu archipelago, and try to adapt to life there.
Jinpachi Nezu who lost both his wife and daughter during a feud against the yakuza 10 years ago while he was an accountant for their organization. One day he comes across a young idol and rescues her from being kidnapped by the yakuza.
Jiro
Фантазия по мотивам творчества и личной жизни поэта и художника Юмэдзи Такэхисы, в которой нашлось место и призракам, и легкой детективной интриге, и рефлексии на тему поиска идеала красоты.
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths and eventually battle Hiruko.
Junko Mihara is full of mysterious charm and is involved in ambitious work.
First television special.
A carnivorous monster lives on the island of Sipang. A group of office ladies band together to fight it.
During the Vietnam War era, the influx of American soldiers to Okinawa boosted the local economy and introduced many bars and nightclubs. With exhausting displays of energy, Sai presents a whirlwind romance between a local rocker and the daughter of a mixed American-Okinawan marriage.
A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.
Sanae Ebino
Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter. Outwardly, his family seems really happy, but in reality Yuichi enjoys sex with everyone but his wife Chikako. One day, he gets a phone call from a woman named Sanae, an old elementary school classmate of his.
A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.
