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- DirectorYukihiko TsutsumiStarsToshiaki KarasawaEtsushi ToyokawaTakako TokiwaChildhood friends continue their battle against a dangerous cult.
- DirectorYukihiko TsutsumiStarsQyoko KudoRyunosuke KamikiKôichi YamaderaIt is 2017 and a resurrected Tomodachi rules world. The prophecies of The New Book have all come true.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsHayato IchiharaMitsuki TanimuraKen'ichi EndôA set of twins -- one a hard-working student and the other a drifter -- team up with a dropout to unlock the secrets of the universe and to build one of their own.
- DirectorIsshin InudôStarsKyôko KoizumiJuri UenoRyô KaseAsako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat, CaVa, which kept her company for over 15 years, as her assistant Naomi watches on with concern. Naomi is a young woman in her early twenties, who has her set of worries about love and future. Then one day, Asako meets a new cat, Gu Gu, who brings new joy and vitality to her life. What is more, she finds potential for love in a man named Seiji. Like Asako, Naomi, too, embarks on a new life plan.
- DirectorMasayuki SuzukiStarsHaruka AyaseShin'ichi TsutsumiHiroshi TamakiA trio of Tokyo-based auditors set out to review the accounts of the city of Osaka and its affiliated agencies. The audit is proceeding well the trio head out for lunch one day. When one of them notices that he has forgotten his mobile telephone he returns to the offices they just came from to retrieve it. The office is empty, there are neither any employees nor any furniture. What is going on?
- DirectorKôzô MorishitaStarsHidetaka YoshiokaSayuri YoshinagaTomo Adachi2005 years ago in India, a boy named Siddhartha Gautama of the kingdom Shakya is born. At that time various kingdoms were continuously raging wars with each other. When the boy attained puberty, he associated with people from the lower class like Migaila a girl who was known as a thief. Siddhartha began to have doubts about the strict class system even though he is raised in luxury as a future king. Later, the powerful kingdom of Kosala attacks the kingdom of Shakya. Both sides fight fiercely. The commander of Kosala's army is the general's son Chapra. He is thought of as the most brave soldier in the kingdom of Kosala. Chapra was actually born into slavery but hid his background. By the general's order he came all the way up into his current position. Chapra wants to make a successful career for himself and Siddhartha abondons his family's wealth to find Tao. These two opposite persons meet in the war and changes the fate of their respective kingdoms.
- DirectorHisashi EtoSoichi IshiiJun KawanishiStarsNao ÔmoriNanako MatsushimaMana AshidaA series of short stories explore the connection of love between dogs and people.
- DirectorYoshinari NishikôriStarsKai InowakiHiroko YakushimaruJunko AbeWasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao himself turns part of the life of this former stray into an original story.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsKazunari NinomiyaKanata HongôKen'ichi MatsuyamaAfter trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsKazunari NinomiyaKen'ichi MatsuyamaYuriko YoshitakaKato's (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) death changes Kurono's (Kazunari Ninomiya) view of life completely. He decides to keep fighting until he earns 100 points so that he can bring back Kato. GANTZ calls back several other unwilling participants that were allowed to leave after scoring 100 points. Before Kurono succeeds in resurrecting Kato, he unexpectedly comes back. GANTZ and the fighters take on another enemy worse than ever before. To make matters worse, GANTZ starts acting up. GANTZ chooses the next target... this time it's not an alien but a human girl. Each unwilling participant in GANTZ's twisted game has a different motive for fighting, whether to protect a loved one or to do what they think is right.
- DirectorHisayasu SatôStarsMisa AikaYumika HayashiMika KiriharaA scientist taints his mother's scientific experiment with his own drug that transforms pain into a pleasurable experience. Unfortunately for the three women involved in the experiment, the drug works a little bit too well.
- DirectorKenji KamiyamaHiroyuki OkiuraStarsMichael DobsonYoshikazu FujikiSumi MutohA traumatized member of an elite para-military police force falls for the sister of a female terrorist courier who died in front of him on duty.
- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsTakao OsawaMasaya KatôKanae UotaniA raging god of battle and a master samurai duke it out in a series of sword fights in a remote temple.
- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsAya UetoKenji KohashiHiroki NarimiyaRaised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart.
- CreatorTatsuo YoshidaStarsIkuo NishikawaReiko MutôKenji UtsumiA scientist turns his willing son into a cyborg and sends him out into a post-apocalyptic world to hunt down his first creation, a homicidal robot dictator and his vast army of mechanical soldiers.
- DirectorHiroyuki NasuStarsHisato IzakiYûsuke IzakiAyana SakaiBased on Gô Nagai's manga, about mild-mannered teenager Akira Fudô, who merges with a demon to fight other demons.
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsZiyi ZhangJoe OdagiriHiroko YakushimaruAmechiyo (The banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised to human). This is an Operetta which includes comedy, singing and dancing, and a love story.
- DirectorSatoshi MikiStarsJuri UenoYû AoiRyô IwamatsuSuzume Katagura is a bored housewife who spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement she decides to give them a call.
- DirectorIsao YukisadaStarsSatoshi TsumabukiYûko TakeuchiSôsuke TakaokaEarly 20th century Japan. Kiyoaki Matsugae, a young aristocrat falls in love with a girl he grew up with; Satoko Ayakura, who is to be married to a prince of the royal family.
- DirectorShunsaku KawakeStarsYûya YagiraTakako TokiwaKatsumi TakahashiA Japanese boy is smitten and finally persuades his mother to give him permission to travel to northern Thailand in order to become an elephant trainer. He would be the first Japanese to become one should he succeed. He develops a bond with the giant creatures and soon enough is back in Japan where he does more for the animals. He also meets his girlfriend.
- DirectorYosuke NakagawaStarsKyôka SuzukiLeehom WangYû KashiiLian Song returns to her quiet life in Okinawa after finishing her work in Taiwan. Here, on Saturdays he goes to the laundry room, where he can see the woman he is secretly in love with. Her name is Yukiko, and she still suffers the effects of a broken heart, so when Lian gathers the courage to invite her on a date, it is quite obvious that she is not yet ready for a new relationship.
- DirectorMasaaki TezukaStarsYôsuke EguchiKyôka SuzukiHaruka AyaseAn accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd Special Experimental Company, under Colonel Matoba on a time-slip 460 years into the past, into 'the Age of civil War'. At the same time an imaginary-number anomaly thought to be caused by interference from the past begins eroding the present, opening up widening time-space 'holes' all over Japan.
- DirectorIsshin InudôStarsJoe OdagiriKô ShibasakiMin TanakaSaori is a young woman who struggles to make a living, with no financial or romantic prospects in her life. One rainy day, she receives a visit at work from a handsome young man called Haruhiko. He claims to be the boyfriend of her estranged father, Himiko, who now runs a seaside rest home for elderly gays. He tells her that her father is dying of cancer. Saori still harbors resentment toward her father for abandoning her and her mother years ago. However, Haruhiko makes her a financial offer she can't refuse, and she agrees to go and work at House of Himiko.
- DirectorSatoshi KonStarsMegumi HayashibaraTôru EmoriKatsunosuke HoriWhen a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
- DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsSatoshi TsumabukiMasami NagasawaKumiko Asô8-year old Yotaro gains a 3-year old step-sister, Kaoru, when his mother marries a jazz musician who plays in a club in Naha, Okinawa where they live. Before long Kaoru's father deserts them, and not long afterward Yota's mother becomes terminally ill. Her dying wish is for him to watch out for Kaoru at his grandmother's place on a small island off the coast of Okinawa. He fulfills her wish and becomes very protective of his younger sister who calls him "nee-nee." Thirteen years later Kaoru returns to Naha and comes to live with him as she starts high school. Yota works hard making deliveries of vegetables from an open-air market by day, and in a restaurant (he is a licensed chef) by night to save money to fulfill his dream of having his own restaurant. He also assumes the role of pushing for Kaoru's entrance to a university. This allows less time for his beautiful girlfriend Keiko, the daughter of a doctor and a medical student at Ryukyu University. It seems that Yota's dreams start to come together when Mr. Kameoka sells him a place for a restaurant. Yota works hard constructing the place, but just as he is to open, the real owner appears. Being swindled, Yota is left with a large outstanding loan. Keiko's father's plans do not include a working class son-in-law as he explains when he offers to pay Yota's debt. Although he refuses, Yota concludes he is not best for Keiko's future. Years later he continues to overwork even after the debt is paid and Kaoru starts university study. With her feelings of love for Yota growing deeper, they mutually decide to live apart.
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsKôji IshizakaNanako MatsushimaKikunosuke OnoeA web of deceit, adultery and greed manifests in Kon Ichikawa's remake of his own 1976 hit about a murder investigation that reveals years of hidden skeletons and a shocking family secret.
- DirectorKôki MitaniStarsKoji YakushoTakako MatsuKôichi SatôNew Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, a prostitute to handle, a bellhop to focus and a few things more.
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsTakuya KimuraRei DanMitsugorô BandôA look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
- DirectorMakoto BesshoKentarô MizunoKen'ichi ShimizuStarsRyô KatsujiAoi MiyazakiYûko KotegawaIt is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden sanctuary. The machine, which has preserved a beautiful girl named Tula from the past, is activated. Tula has a "mission" that had been entrusted to her by the past ...
- DirectorMayumi MiyasakaStarsKyôko FukadaShigeru IzumiyaAkemi KobayashiOne day, an angel materializes before Kato's eyes. While the angel seems like an average girl with a passion for gin and lime, she sports a pair of big white wings. Only lonely-hearted people can see her. She may seem ordinary, but this angel touches hearts and transforms lives.
- DirectorMakoto BesshoKôichi ChigiraMahiro MaedaStarsTakako MatsuEiji WentzJoe CappellettiWhen eleven-year-old Wataru is told he can change his destiny by entering a magic gateway into another world, he jumps at the chance. But on his quest to find the Tower of Fortune and be granted any wish, he must conjure up all his bravery to battle a world of demons, his own friends and ultimately himself.
- DirectorMasaki HaradaStarsAtsuko SakuraiHanako TakigawaHideaki TokunagaSeveral strangers experiencing difficulties in their lives decide to board the train leaving Osaka station at midnight to an unknown destination. The trip becomes a journey of self-discovery that will change their lives.
- DirectorNobuo MizutaStarsKenta SugaRyôko ShinoharaMasahiko NishimuraA boy suddenly can see a ghost after an accident, that will reveal the secret of his life.
- DirectorShin'ichirô SawaiStarsTakashi SorimachiRei KikukawaMayumi WakamuraEpic sweep and intimate details flow together to paint the story of Temujin, the man who became Genghis Khan.
- DirectorNatsuki ImaiStarsYui AragakiHaruma MiuraYûko AsanoMika is a fresh high school student who starts texting a mysterious boy. She is shocked when he reveals who he is - Hiro, a delinquent attending her school. What she doesn't know is that Hiro isn't as bad as he seems.
- DirectorMasayuki SuzukiStarsTakuya KimuraTakako MatsuHiroshi AbeKohei Kuryu returns to Tokyo and reunites with his former colleagues. He will be up against one of the famous lawyers in Tokyo to solve a new case and team up with his best partner, Maiko Amemiya.
- DirectorYoshitaka AmanoKon IchikawaAkio JissôjiStarsKyôko KoizumiSuzuki MatsuoHarumi OgawaBased on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this outstanding anthology delves into the surreal subconscious with ten madly imaginative, reality-subverting visions that range from wonderfully wacky to nightmarishly unsettling.
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoTôru EmoriKayoko KishimotoTakeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.
- DirectorKichitarô NegishiStarsYûsuke IseyaKôichi SatôKyôko KoizumiManabu Yazaki (Yusuke Iseya) lost his business and wife in Tokyo after the dot com crash. He returns to his hometown in Hokkaido during the middle of winter. Manabu Yazaki then takes the advice from a man and bets everything he has on a horse named Unryu. The horse loses. With nowhere else to go Manabu Yazaki turns to his older brother Takeo (Koichi Sato) who runs a horse stable and trains Unryu.Takeo, sensing his brother's troubles, reluctantly allows his younger brother to stay, but only if he he takes up a job at the stable.
- DirectorKoji SakabeStarsRyo AoyagiYasumasa KonishiAoi Miyazaki
- DirectorYoshihiro ÔsugiStarsWasabi MizutaMegumi ÔharaYumi KakazuNobita wishes to be a real hero. Doraemon uses his gadget, the Burger Director to make them a real movie superhero. Aron saw the five powers and abilities and asks them to help him save his planet, the planet Pokkuru. After their journey to the planet, the gang thought it was only Burger's doing but realizing that it is not a movie and they are actually fighting bad guys.
- DirectorTony OliverRyuichi YagiTakashi YamazakiStarsWasabi MizutaMegumi ÔharaSatoshi TsumabukiWhat will happen to Nobita's life after Doraemon leaves?
- DirectorAkihiko ShiotaStarsSatoshi TsumabukiKô ShibasakiKiichi NakaiA female warrior who was raised as a man joins a young samurai's quest to recover 48 of his body parts from 48 demons and to avenge her parents death.
- DirectorIzuru NarushimaStarsTatsuya FujiYoshihiko HakamadaKen IshiguroAs the Americans run Japan they also reserve the right to fly aeroplanes with nuclear weapons on board over the skies of the country. The Japanese mountains are often referred to as the Alps and it is here that a secretive US military aircraft with weapons of mass destruction crashes. The race is on for a group of journalists to climb the mountains and reach it. Yet, they are not the only ones aiming at securing the site for their own purposes.
- DirectorNami IguchiStarsHiromi NagasakuKen'ichi MatsuyamaYû AoiThe love story of a young male student and a woman lecturer at art college.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
- DirectorYasuo FuruhataStarsHidekazu AkaiYôsuke EguchiYûko FuekiAn unfortunate low-ranking samurai Hikoshiro decides to pray in a small shrine and ask gods for help. Unfortunately he accidentally attracts the attention of gods of poverty, pestilence and death.
- DirectorTatsuya HagishimaStarsTeppei KoikeHiroshi TamakiChiaki KuriyamaAsato (Koike Teppei) is a young man who returns to a slummy neighbourhood (referred to as 'The Street') to be near his Mum who is in prison. He is like the Empath in Star Trek, able to transfer other people's injuries and is unable to walk past a child with a grazed knee or broken arm without helping them. He is protected from street thugs by Takeo (Hiroshi Tamaki), another troubled young man who is a street thug and who has issues involving his father who is lying in a coma in hospital. The third member of their group is a young waitress, Shihi (Chiaki Kuriyama), who has her own secret.
- DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsRinko KikuchiRyô KaseShôsuke TaniharaThe Kildren, a group of eternally young fighter pilots, experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds.
- DirectorFumihiko SoriStarsHaruka AyaseShidô NakamuraYôsuke KubozukaIchi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains.
- DirectorHiroshi ChônoStarsNao MatsushitaTerunosuke TakezaiJuan de AguilaA romantic drama about two college students who fall for one another, only to take separate paths in life after graduation.
- DirectorJae-young KwakStarsHaruka AyaseKeisuke KoideRisa AiA lonely university student develops a romance with a beautiful interesting woman, who turns out to be a cyborg from the future.
- DirectorYôichi SaiStarsKaoru KobayashiKippei ShînaTeruyuki KagawaAs a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers, training guide dogs (seeing eye dogs). When he grows to an adult dog, he is taken to a guide dog school, by a friendly, yet firm trainer Satoru Tawada. Although Quill is a little slower than the other dogs at the school, he seems to have an unusual 'empathy' and remarkable patience with his trainers. Tawade decides that Quill would be the ideal guide dog for Mitsuru Watanabe, but Wanatabe, a lonely and ill-tempered middle aged man, isn't as enthusiastic - he would "would rather sleep than be dragged around by a dog.". From here, the story is narrated by Wanatabe's daughter, Mitsuko, and slowly, Wantanbe is rehabilitated, venturing into the outside world, and learning, not only to trust other humans, but the animal at his side who guides him.
- DirectorTetsuya NakashimaStarsKoji YakushoAyaka WilsonSatoshi TsumabukiAn old grumpy man called Onuki visits an heir in search of a book. The girl reads the book everyday as if it is all new and,in fact, to her it is. As she has already forgotten it the day repeats again for her with the story as if anew. There is something about the man that she remembers however. Thanks to her the old man's compassion and kindness multiplies.
- DirectorRyosuke HashiguchiStarsLily FrankyTae KimuraMasaaki AkahoriIn 1993 Kanao and Shoko are a Tokyo couple awaiting the arrival of their first child. Although both have studied art, Kanao works as a shoe repairman, which doesn't stretch his rather laid-back style, and Shoko works in a small publishing firm. Their home life is marked by some clashes between her attempts at regimentation, including scheduling their sex life on a calendar, and his flirting with other women. Kanao is offered work as a courtroom sketch artist and becomes a witness to the most sensational murder trials of Japan through the next eight years. He must cope with the ugliness and breakdown in civility he encounters. Shoko also re-discovers her artistic side as she confronts the dark side of life when struggling with depression over the loss of a child and the dysfunctional aspects of the lives of her mother and brother.
- DirectorTsutomu HanabusaStarsShôsuke TaniharaMuga TsukajiKeiko KitagawaA young cook is kind-hearted but chubby and ugly. One day, he get a "Handsome Suit" that make a good looking guy, and try to change his own life.
- DirectorKatsuyuki MotohiroStarsKô ShibasakiTôru NakamuraYuqi ZhangA Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial arts school.
- DirectorKimura HisashiYukihiko TsutsumiStarsToshiaki KarasawaEtsushi ToyokawaTakako TokiwaYears after a schoolboy writes a book of prophecies, a mysterious super-villain uses it as his master-plan of world destruction.
- DirectorShinsuke OnoStarsAkira EmotoYûya EndôTaizô Harada
- DirectorChris NahonStarsJun Ji-hyunAllison MillerLiam CunninghamA vampire named Saya, who is part of a covert government agency that hunts and destroys demons in a post-WWII Japan, is inserted in a military school to discover which one of her classmates is a demon in disguise.
- DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsStephanieHikari MitsushimaMichiko GodaiWhen a woman is hired to clean another's house the last thing one expects is for the maid to be invited to a live performance by her employer, but that is how these two begin their relationship. There is an extra and unclaimed ticket and the women attend the performance. Now they both are aspiring opera singers so a rivalry ensues and along comes a game of one-upmanship. Which of the two enemies will see her dreams fulfilled and come out on top?
- DirectorTarô HyûgajiStarsReo YoshitakeRina HatakeyamaKeiko MatsuzakaSet during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsNana EikuraEita NagayamaAkira EmotoA young woman is diagnosed with breast cancer but keeps the information from her boyfriend. When he finds out, he decides to plan a wedding even though she only has one month to live.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsBae DoonaArata IuraItsuji ItaoA life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.
- DirectorTakehiko ShinjôStarsMao InoueMasaki OkadaNatsuki HaradaTakuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves so that she can easily move on. What he didn't know is that he is under-estimating her.
- DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsYûya YagiraMisako RenbutsuDaniel GarciaA group of teenagers take a sick girl to a hospital only to find out it is a horrific labyrinth.
- DirectorMika OhmoriStarsNoriko AoyamaHideko HaraNoriko IriyamaRen Osugi plays a middle-aged salary man whose life falls apart when he's laid off from his job, but finds solace in adopting a stray cat.
- DirectorKazuya MurataShingo NatsumeStarsVic MignognaMaxey WhiteheadAlexis TiptonIn the lost holy land of Milos, the Elrics search for the truth behind an unknown form of alchemy. What secrets are hidden in Milos? Riddles must be solved and dangers faced before the truth can be found.
- DirectorGisaburô SugiiStarsKyôko FukadaTetsuya TakedaRei DanIn Edo period Japan, yokai monster Tofu Kozo always balances a tofu on a tray or he will vanish into the air. One day, he is accidentally transported to the present modern day.
- DirectorDavid GelbStarsJiro OnoYoshikazu OnoMasuhiro YamamotoA documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.
- DirectorNoboru IguchiStarsAya KiguchiHitomi HasebeTakumi SaitôAfter receiving robotic implants, two sisters compete as assassins.
- DirectorMipo OhStarsMoeko EzawaKenta KiritaniJun Kunimura45-year-old nurse and mother Yoko lives with her only daughter Tsukiko. The duo has a tight relationship that resembles more best friends rather than mother and daughter. Tsukiko's father passed away before she was born and since that time Yoko has always stated Tsukiko's father would be the first and last man she will marry. One evening, Yoko, who is drunk, brings home 30 year old Hattori Kenji and they both sleep outside on the porch. The next morning, Tsukiko becomes confused by the situation and becomes even confused when her mother announces that she will marry the much younger Hattori Kenji. Kenji, who has dyed blond hair, used to be a chef, but doesn't currently hold a job. Tsukiko is shocked by the situation and runs over to her neighbor/landlord Saku's home. Tsukiko then shuts herself off from her mother and her new boyfriend. Meanwhile, people around them try to repair Yoko and Tsukiko's relationship, but there's also a secret between Yoko and Tsukiko.
- DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsHiroshi AbeYui AragakiJunpei MizobataA man is stabbed to death in Tokyo's Nihonbashi area. The victim staggers with the knife still in the wound for eight minutes before collapsing under the winged statues of two Kirin on the famous Nihonbashi bridge. The suspect, on the other hand, is now in coma, having fled the scene and been hit by a truck. On hearing this news, his girlfriend, Kaori Nakahara, insist that he is innocent. The case falls to Kyoichiro Kaga, a brilliant detective. Kaga realizes that behind this apparently open-and-shut case is a tangled web of mystery involving both victim and suspect, and their families. What was the victim thinking as he died? Will Kaga unravel the mystery at the heart of the case?
- DirectorYoshihiro NakamuraStarsSatoshi TsumabukiEita NagayamaTsutomu YamazakiIt is eighteenth century Japan and the residents of a poor town lead a typically meagre life. Then nine residents, which include Juzaburo, hatch a scheme to improve their lots by running a pawn and loan business with the proceeds being distributed among the townfolk. However, the plan is risky with such commerce and profiteering being frowned upon in a society with a caste system. Based on a novel by Isoda Michifumi, The Magnificient Nine features a cast of well-known Japanese cinema familiars.
- DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsKasumi ArimuraNanami AbeMorio AgataFact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.
- DirectorTakashi NakamuraThe story takes place before WWII at a photo studio on top of a hill. Many people visit this studio to have their photos taken. One day, a couple comes, but the wife is so shy that she always lowers her head. The owner of the studio tries all kinds of tricks to get her to smile and eventually succeeds. One year later, the couple comes again, but this time they bring their daughter along. She always looks grumpy, and again, the owner has to try everything to get her to smile. Thus starts a long-running relationship between the girl and the owner, and time passes to years and then decades.
- DirectorMamoru HosodaStarsKoji YakushoAoi MiyazakiShôta SometaniWhen a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.
- DirectorSunao KatabuchiStarsNonAva PickardKenna PickardA spirited 18-year-old woman is married off to a man she barely knows as she combats the daily struggles of living in Hiroshima during World War II.
- DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsRyunosuke KamikiMone KamishiraishiRyo NaritaTwo teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
- DirectorMasakazu FukatsuStarsToshimi WatanabeUtano AoiYuriko HaraThis film was inspired by a real-life story of a Japanese father who for the three years his daughter spent at high school prepared daily bento lunch boxes for her leading to delicious, interesting or offbeat creations. In all cases, he put an effort into equipping his daughter with sustenance for school.
- DirectorTaichi IshidateNaoko YamadaStarsMiyu IrinoSaori HayamiAoi YûkiA young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.
- DirectorYukihiro MiyamotoAkiyuki ShinbôNobuyuki TakeuchiStarsSuzu HiroseMasaki SudaMamoru MiyanoIn this sci-fi tinged story of young love and teenage turmoil, a mysterious glowing ball offers Norimichi a second chance at securing his dream date.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsLily FrankySakura AndôKirin KikiOn the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
- DirectorHiromasa YonebayashiStarsHana SugisakiRyunosuke KamikiYûki AmamiBased on "The Little Broomstick" by Mary Stewart, a strange flower grants a girl magic powers.