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- StarsMasato SakaiAya UetoMitsuhiro OikawaAn idealistic banker takes on corruption and wrongdoing at his corporate bank. He must use his financial expertise, his instincts about human nature, and his skills of improvisation to try to stay one step ahead of his powerful enemies.
- StarsMasato SakaiAnne WatanabeRyô NishikidoDetective Date Kazuyoshi appears gentle by day, pouring efforts into each case. By night, his anger towards criminals transforms him into a cruel punisher, raising questions about justice and evil.
- StarsYutaka TakenouchiBakarhythmNao MinamisawaEdawakare is the driver of Sen Taxi. His taxi is able to take passengers back to the past to a time they request.
- StarsTetsuji TamayamaTomokazu MiuraShôta MatsudaShiomi Eiji is a florist. He is a single man with a young daughter named Shizuku. One day, he invites a blind woman seeking shelter under his shop awning to come in out of the rain. A surprising tale gradually unfolds as the story of their budding love transforms into a complex web of lies and dark motives. Nothing is as it seems at first, and each of the characters is burdened with their own painful secrets.
- StarsYasuko MatsuyukiKôji YamamotoWakana SakaiElementary school teacher Suzuhara Nao decides to abduct Michiki Rena, one of her female students, after discovering that she is being abused by her mother.
- StarsToshihito KokuboGrowing up in Japan transcends generational differences. The five Sato siblings are coming of age and trying to find their way in the world in modern-day Japan. Asahi (Satoshi Tsumabuki), Satoru (Eita), Hikari (Hikari Mitsushima), Haru (Tasuku Emoto) and Tadashi (Shuhei Nomura) must all face their own challenges of academics, employment, unemployment, social strata, friendships.
- DirectorYoshihiro NakamuraStarsYûko TakeuchiNao ÔmoriTeruyuki KagawaAoyagi meets an old friend and ends up framed for the murder of the prime minister.
- DirectorKenji UchidaStarsMasato SakaiTeruyuki KagawaRyôko HirosueA failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.
- DirectorYoshihiro NakamuraStarsMasato SakaiMakoto AyukawaMiki MizunoA son quits his job and is persuaded by his father to head off to a cottage in the remote mountains. Together, the two of them manage to get through their days while wearing old jerseys left by a deceased grandmother. The following summer, the two once again leave the stifling heat of Tokyo, as if escaping to the mountain cottage. However, the next summer is very different.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKenji SawadaKeiko MatsuzakaShinji TakedaA family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu IrinoDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
- DirectorShunji IwaiStarsHayato IchiharaShûgo OshinariAyumi ItoThe problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsYûya YagiraAyu KitauraHiei KimuraIn a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi YamaguchiA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsArata IuraErika OdaSusumu TerajimaAfter death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.
- StarsTae KimuraJun MihoMokomichi HayamiAme Sakurai is in junior high and lives with her father, who is a butterfly collector in search of the Troides Magellunus. One fateful day, he decided to take a trip to Taiwan in hopes of catching the elusive specimen. Unfortunately, something goes wrong and Ame is left with only memories of Father. Memories that seem to have allowed him to return as a spirit guide for Ame.
- StarsMei HataHirofumi ArakiRikiya KurokawaSorimachi plays the part of Daichi Sawamoto, a newspaper reporter who has always prioritized his work over his family. When his wife suddenly leaves him, he finally notices the love he has been receiving from his son. Just as he decides to answer back, it is discovered that his son has leukemia. Igawa plays Sawamoto's wife, Eikura plays a pediatrics specialist, and Ihara plays a doctor.
- StarsHidetoshi NishijimaKarinaSei AshinaKinue is a saleswoman in the futon section of a department store. One day, she suddenly gets transferred to the women's clothing department, even though she herself is lacking in fashion sense. Her new boss Miki, soon introduces Kinue to the tough reality of the fashion world. Through this job, Kinue learns about the meaning of life, love, and work.
- StarsHiroshi AbeNozomi OhashiYuriko YoshitakaHaruo is finally released from prison after completing his sentence. With nine years worth of prison gratuities in hand, he stops at a restaurant to enjoy a good meal, but all of his money ends up being stolen. With nothing left, he spends the night at a net cafe, and he manages to look up his old friend from his yakuza days. When Haruo visits the next day, he learns that his old girlfriend Mariko was living with another man, but later died of illness. Haruo, who had committed murder 9 years earlier to earn the money for Mariko's medical treatment, is shocked and angered. He decides to track down that other man, who runs a bakery with his wife and daughter Sachi. Haruo later runs into Sachi at the park, but he has yet to find out the truth about her.
- StarsMasaki AibaYûkaYukiya KitamuraThe story revolves around a 23-year-old man named, Masamune Kazama. During high school, he had a girlfriend four years older than him, but she suddenly leaves to go abroad. Six years later, he receives news that she has passed away. In addition, she secretly gave birth to Masamune's daughter. Now the five-year-old daughter, Koharu, is returning home to Japan, and Masamune must raise her.