Jirô Akagawa

Shuichi Tsujiyama (Takumi Saito) is a broke private investigator. While on a job assignment, he is about to catch a crucial moment by taking a picture, but Naomi Arai (Fumi Nikaido) misunderstands the situation. Shuichi Tsujiyama and Naomi Arai struggle physically. Because of this, Shuichi Tsujiyama misses his crucial photo opportunity. Kimie Hasenuma (Mari Natsuki) is a housekeeper who has been employed by Naomi Arai for many years. Kimie Hasenuma asks Shuichi Tsujiyama to be Naomi Arai’s bodyguard.

Хоши Изуми ещё только учится в школе, однако в прошлом возглавляла небольшую группировку якудза. После того, как она отомстила убийце своего дяди, банда была распущена. Теперь Изуми живёт обычной жизнью - учится в школе, подрабатывает в кафе менеджером. Однако, спокойная жизнь длится недолго, и опасность снова настигает Изуми.

Some students decide to set up a play written by one of their classmates, who has commited suicide. The play is based on a tragic and mysterious legend about a love affair between two teachers at the school long ago. Some girls then accidentally stumble over some information about the legend, and the girl who commited suicide. Shortly after, the girls start turning up dead in seeming accidents.

A detective film by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi. Made for TV.

People from all walks of life (a high-school student, a middle-aged businessman, a yakuza chief, etc.) all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3 months earlier in a shipwreck. They are instructed to go to a small island in the Inland Sea that evening. At the stroke of midnight, the lost ship emerges from the sea and they are given a brief time to say their final words to their lost loved ones, before the deceased must once again board the ship and it sinks back into the depths.

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.

Based on Akagawa Jirou's popular book series about hapless detective Katayama Yoshitaro who lives with his sister Harumi and their cat Holmes, which has a sixth sense when it comes to solve mysteries. In this stand alone OVA the aftershow party of Harumi's acting troupe becomes the showplace of murder and tragedy. Luckily Yoshitaro brought Holmes along.

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.

A university student Hitomi falls in love with a middle-aged man Okawa, who was the lover of her deceased mother. Hitomi's feelings shift back and forth as she is not sure whether it is true love or just a realization of her mother's romantic dream...

A 19-year-old girl Hiroko Terasawa working in a matching agency promises her client Masakazu Sekine that she'll pose as his fiancée for a remarkable cash reward. Hiroko moves to Sekine's mansion and prepares to attend the family's meeting. However, this only turns out to be a prelude of a bloody fight over the family's legacy.

While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya (Noriko Watanabe) meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession and while being chased by unknown people, Atsuko tries to solve the mystery of her family origins...

Miho Nakamichi, an orphan adopted by Haruko, dreams to star in a musical. One day, Haruko promised Miho that she could go on a journey to find her real father, "Daddy-Long-Legs", who sends a bouquet of flowers every birthday, once she can wear a special pair of pointe shoes. The day finally arrives and Miho's small adventure begins.

Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being.

Студентка Наоми Араи готовится к переезду в Америку. В Японии ей осталось жить всего неделю, и именно эти семь дней должны стать самыми запоминающимися в ее жизни. Служанка решает защитить юную госпожу от неприятностей и нанимает частного детектива Цудзияму, чтобы тот присмотрел за девушкой. Результат оказывается совершенно противоположным — Араи попадает в настоящую детективную историю.

Идзуми Хоси, наивная и стеснительная старшеклассница, теряет отца в автокатастрофе. Девушка ещё больше замыкается в себе, но тут к ней в гости является делегация местных «братков» во главе с мужественным красавцем Сакумой, младшим боссом семьи Медака. Увы, старший босс отошёл в мир иной, а последним его прямым родичем был отец Идзуми. Теперь только хрупкая девушка может спасти небольшой, но гордый клан, который теснят наглые конкуренты, позабывшие законы чести якудза. Узнав, что смерть отца не была случайной, Идзуми откладывает учебники и провозглашает себя восьмым кумитё семьи Медака. Фамильные гены и отцовский характер, поддержка верного Сакумы и преданность новых «младших братьев» быстро помогают новой главе клана разобраться в незнакомом мире.