Japanese movies from 2016
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- DirectorShunji IwaiStarsHaru KurokiCoccoGô AyanoNanami is an apathetic, part-time junior high school teacher, whose only solace comes from connecting with others on "Planet".
- DirectorAkira NagaiStarsMauro CaiazzaGaku HamadaMieko HaradaYoung mailman finds out he has no time left due to a terminal disease. Suddenly he is approached by a devil that offers him to live more time if he eliminates something from the world. Young mailman then thinks about his relationship with friends, ex-partners, family.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsHiroshi AbeYôko MakiSatomi KobayashiAfter the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsHidetoshi NishijimaYûko TakeuchiToru BabaTakakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred six years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is the only surviving family member from the case. Meanwhile, Takakura and his wife Yasuko recently moved into a new home. Their neighbor, Nishino, has a sick wife and a young teen daughter. One day, the daughter, Mio, tells him that the man is not her father and she doesn't know him at all.
- DirectorKôji ShiraishiStarsMizuki YamamotoTina TamashiroAimi SatsukawaThe vengeful spirits of the Ring and Grudge series face off.
- DirectorKeitarô MotonagaStarsMiho ArakawaJohn Eric BentleyJohnny Yong BoschThe DigiDestined have a good time in a theme park without Joe because he wants to study for his exams, while another infected Digimon, Ogremon, attacks Odaiba. Would Joe accept his responsibilities as a DigiDestined before it's too late?
- DirectorKeitarô MotonagaStarsYutaka AoyamaMiho ArakawaJohn Eric BentleyAfter seeing Meicoomon's abrupt transformation and killing of Leomon, Agumon and the other Digimon are kept isolated in Koushiro's office in order to prevent them from infection, but signs of infection begin to appear in Patamon.
- DirectorHiroaki MiyamotoStarsMayumi TanakaKazuya NakaiAkemi OkamuraLuffy and his pirates can't wait to board the glittering Sin City ship known as Gran Tesoro, but they soon find themselves in way over their heads.
- DirectorMichael Dudok de WitStarsEmmanuel GarijoTom HudsonBaptiste GoyA man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a big red turtle, which changes his life.
- DirectorKôbun ShizunoStarsMinami TakayamaKappei YamaguchiWakana YamazakiA spy infiltrated the Japanese National Police Agency, retrieving secret files of Britain's MI6, Germany's BND and America's CIA and FBI. Rei Furuya and a group of Tokyo Police PSB intercepted the spy during the getaway, and just before the major car accident, FBI Agent Shuichi Akai sniped and crashed the spy's vehicle. The next day, at the aquarium in Tokyo with the Ferris wheel, Conan and the Detective Boys found a woman with heterochromia iris who suffered memory loss and had a broken cell phone. Having decided to stay and help the woman regain her memory, Conan and the Detective Boys are under the watchful eye of Vermouth.
- DirectorSatoshi KuwabaraStarsShunsuke KazamaKenjirô TsudaGregory AbbeyYugi and Kaiba have a special duel that transcends dimensions.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRinko KikuchiRila FukushimaTomohisa YamashitaTo colonize Mars, 21st century scientists seed the planet with algae and cockroaches. 500 years later, the first manned mission to Mars loses contact with Earth, and a second spacecraft is sent to investigate.
- DirectorTatsuya OishiAkiyuki ShinbôStarsHiroshi KamiyaTakahiro SakuraiMaaya SakamotoFollows Araragi's encounter with the vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade and his journey back into humanity from being a vampire.
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsIsao HashizumeKazuko YoshiyukiMasahiko NishimuraFor her birthday, the grandma of a traditional Tokyo family asks her apathetic husband a gift: divorce. This shocks not only the incredulous husband, but the whole family, and they all will try to prevent the catastrophe at any cost.
- 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.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsTakeshi KitanoHidetoshi NishijimaSayuri OyamadaWhile on vacation with his wife, a writer begins following another man and woman who are guests at the resort hotel where he stays.
- DirectorYûichirô HirakawaStarsTamae AndôKasumi ArimuraYasushi FuchikamiStruggling manga author Satoru Fujinuma is beset by his fear to express himself. However, he has a supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.
- DirectorHiroaki MatsuyamaStarsShun OguriKô ShibasakiTakayuki YamadaThis adaptation to a popular manga is the story of a contemporary teenager travelling back in time to the Sengoku period of the sixteenth century. There he meets with the historical figure Oda Nobunaga who instills in him the mission to deliver peace to Japan. Being aware that Oda may soon die, and the plot that accompanies the occurrence, the protagonist debates altering the outcome of what may yet come to be.
- DirectorShôko NakamuraStarsKotomi AiharaHaruki AikawaIori AshiharaA relationship between two high school second years, Licht Sajo, who is an honor student, and Hikaru Kusakabe, who plays in a rock band.
- DirectorKankurô KudôStarsTomoya NagaseRyunosuke KamikiAoi MorikawaSupernatural comedy about an unlucky high school student who dies in a bus crash during a school trip only to be press-ganged into a demonic rock band in Hell. Daisuke (Ryunosuke Kamiki) wants to confess his crush to his would-be girlfriend Hiromi (Aoi Morikawa), only to die unexpectedly and find himself in Hell. There Daisuke encounters the flamboyant Killer K (Tomoya Nagase), the lead guitar and vocalist of the infernal rock band known as Hells, and together they embark on a hard-rocking tour of the Afterlife in an attempt to get Daisuke back to the Land of the Living and the girl he loves.
- DirectorEiichirô HasumiStarsMasaki SudaKanna HashimotoKazunari NinomiyaThe story of the assassination classroom and their teacher target continues with the students' own conflicts, Korosensei's identity, and the fate of the world as the deadline for assassination approaches.
- DirectorShinnosuke YakuwaStarsOmar CanceddaChiakiMiki FukuiDoraemon and friends trying to save a boy name Kukuru and his tribe from Gigazombie who want to change history for his own sake in the ancient times.
- DirectorKeisuke YoshidaStarsGô MoritaGaku HamadaAimi SatsukawaGetting two stories in one, Himeanôru depicts the story of co-workers where one of them is gunning to make a cafe's waitress his. When the co-worker visits the said cafe to see the waitress his friend is yearning for, he also meets an old class-mate he has not seen in some time. In a twist and transition the waitress tells the visiting co-worker that she is being stalked by a man. That man is none other than the old class-mate.
- DirectorNorihiro KoizumiStarsSuzu HiroseShûhei NomuraMackenyuThe first part of the "Chihayafuru" trilogy. Chihaya is a high school student who loves Karuta, a traditional card game from Japan. Chihaya and her friends start a Karuta club at high school to become the greatest Karuta player in Japan.
- DirectorKôji FukadaStarsTadanobu AsanoMariko TsutsuiTaiga NakanoToshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.
- DirectorToru YamamotoStarsShunsuke KazamaMayu MatsuokaTakeshi TsurunoMitsuo is a boxer who prefers dogs but ends up looking after two cats that his brother rescues.
- DirectorTakahisa ZezeStarsKôichi SatôGô AyanoNana Eikura1989 is 64 Shouwa year in Japanese calendar, thus unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in Prefectural Police Department.
- DirectorHayato KawaiShô TsukikawaStarsNana KomatsuYûdai ChibaRimo HasegawaYu believes that she's in-love with the White Prince "Shirakawa". But every encounter with the abusive Black Devil "Kurosaki" who she hates, she gets one step closer to loving him.
- DirectorNorihiro KoizumiStarsSuzu HiroseShûhei NomuraMackenyuThe second part of the "Chihayafuru" trilogy following the Karuta tournament in Tokyo. Chihaya's team is ready for the national competition. However, she is disappointed to hear that her childhood best friend has quit the game.
- DirectorKôji MaedaStarsKanna HashimotoHiroki HasegawaMasanobu AndôYakuza underboss and schoolgirl Hoshi Izumi intends to become a regular student once again following a period of unleashing bloody revenge upon those who murdered the former yakuza boss. However, the fix is in when a classmate dies in a haze of drug-related circumstances. Izumi is compelled to redraw her machine gun and train it on a cadre of unsavoury businessmen, politicians and yakuza.
- DirectorShûichi OkitaStarsYûdai ChibaAkira EmotoKatsumi KibaA punk comes back to his family home on a small island when his girlfriend becomes pregnant.
- DirectorYûichi FukudaStarsOsamu AdachiHirofumi AraiNarushi IkedaKyosuke still wears Aiko's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decide to get her panties back from Kyosuke. Kyosuke suffers from the loss and disappears. The biggest enemy yet appears in front of Kyosuke.
- DirectorKan IshibashiStarsKen AokiYôsuke EguchiAkira EmotoAfter receiving news about the death of his estranged friend, a workaholic IT company executive heads to his hometown to fulfill a promise he made.
- DirectorHideyuki HirayamaStarsJun'ichi OkadaHiroshi AbePierre TakiA Japanese journalist decides to climb Mount Everest.
- DirectorHiroki YamaguchiStarsMizuho AbeSeijirô NakamuraRay NishimuraGiko Nokomura is a delinquent girl and a senior in middle school. She struggles to kill zombies who were her classmates.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsAmi TomiteMariko TsutsuiFujikoJapan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.
- DirectorTakehiko ShinjôStarsKento YamazakiSuzu HiroseAnna IshiiA piano prodigy who lost his ability to play after suffering a traumatic event in his childhood is forced back into the spotlight by an eccentric girl with a secret of her own.
- DirectorNick DiLibertoStarsJoe DiLibertoNick DiLibertoShawn DonovanBeneath the decay of a dying world lives the Mad Doctor Mindskull. Using the planet's power of creation he has created the ultimate Weapon. Can mankind find a way to stop this Evil before time runs out?
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorHajime HashimotoStarsRyô RyûseiKenta SugaKyoko HinamiDora (Ryo Ryusei) and associates runs a badger game scheme to extort victims out of money. One day though, their target looks like an ordinary guy, but he tuns out to be a yakuza. Dora and his associates fall into a far darker world. Dora steps into a business that offers to take revenge on others by any means necessary.
- DirectorYukiko MishimaStarsTsubasa HondaGorô InagakiShizuka IshibashiBased on the novel Shojo by Kanae Minato, watch for the story of high school student Yuki who plans to see a dead body. She is more than just a little jealous of another student who has seen the corpse of a person. The morbidity has its origin in the life of young girls growing up, high school bullying, teenage rivalry and adult tyranny.
- DirectorKôichirô MikiStarsChizuru AzumaTetsuhiro IkedaMari IrikiA woman who works at a television station happens across a murder outside her home. Before dying the man relates that he was being watched prompting the woman to look further into the matter. She finds out soon enough that she likely committed a mistake by being involved. In fact, she feels she is being watched.
- DirectorShôgo KusanoStarsHaruna KawaguchiKento HayashiYasushi FuchikamiMaki, a creative executive with a deep-seated loathing for vegetables, meets Nagisa, a closeted gay vegetarian with amazing cooking skills and they end up as roommates. Being complete opposites, the two initially clash. But Maki falls for Nagisa and his food over time. As they begin accepting the other as they are, a unique relationship flourishes.
- DirectorDaisuke EguchiYoshifumi SasaharaTomohisa TaguchiStarsMasumi AsanoNobutoshi CannaSanae FukuThe season changes to winter. Makoto makes a decision in order to greet the spring that is waiting beyond.
- DirectorHiroshi HamasakiStarsMakoto FurukawaKana HanazawaSeiichiro YamashitaThe film retells the main story from the viewpoint of Hiroto Suwa, as he continues to support Kakeru and Naho's relationship. The film also features an original story which takes place after the events in the manga and anime series.
- DirectorAkihiko ShiotaStarsTasuku NagaokaYuki MamiyaYûmi AkagiWhen a successful, but tired Tokyo-based playwright who has sworn off easy women and casual encounters takes refuge in the countryside, his plans are disrupted by a horny woman who pedals fast into his life and is unrelenting.
- DirectorYoshifumi TsubotaStarsMasahiro ArakakiLily FrankyAkira FukuharaA blind conchologist who lives ion the island of Okinawa, Japan cures a rare disease afflicting Izumi who has washed up on the shore. having cured a rare disease through coincidence he is nonetheless besieged by numerous others who are looking to him for the treatment of their own ails.
- DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsNao HondaHono MiyabeNana SeinoGhosts of a creepy woman and a boy emerge whenever it rains.
- DirectorDaigo MatsuiStarsYû AoiMitsuki TakahataShôno HayamaGraffiti featuring Haruko Azumi in spray-painted "Missing Girl" posters appear on walls in town. At the same time, the rise of a gang of vicious high school girls with random attacks on men. Are they connected? The story goes viral.
- DirectorMasao AdachiStarsHiroshi YamamotoUkan AbetaShôichi HondaWithout saying any word, a man decide to get on hunger strike, creating a great mess around him and also media attention. An adaptation of one of the most famous Kafka's tales but nowadays in Japan.
- DirectorMasafumi YamadaStarsTsunenori AokiRinka IchishimaRyôsuke IkeokaThe Kisigari students return to Heavenly Host Elementary where if you die, the memory of you will forever be lost.
- DirectorHiroshi KatagiriStarsLance HenriksenDoug JonesSimon PhillipsDevelopers searching for a location to build a new resort are trapped in a subterranean WWII bunker, where they are confronted by an ancient evil.
- DirectorHiroaki AndôStarsMamoru MiyanoMikako KomatsuHôchû ÔtsukaThe second part in the Ajin trilogy on high schooler Kei, a demi-human with the power of immortality who in the eyes of both the general public and governments, is a rare specimen who needs to be hunted down and handed over to scientists to be experimented on for life.
- DirectorShigeaki KuboStarsJoshua WaltersRyôhei AbeLeon Shibli AhmadChiku is a devastated and dangerous town with 5 gangs fighting fiercely. Mugen and the Amamiya Brothers clashed, leading to Mugen disbanding.
- DirectorKazuki AkaneStarsYuri LowenthalKate HigginsDawn M. BennettThe Ark Fleet has been destroyed, and a significant number of the enemy's troops have been wiped out due to its crash landing. As the remaining forces of the Knights of St. Michael regroup in order to launch a final assault on Castle Weisswolf, the W-0, along with their new ally Ashley Ashra, stand ready to intercept them. Meanwhile, with his Geass out of control, Shin moves to erase his younger brother's existence once and for all. But Akito, having promised Leila that he will come back alive, refuses to accept such a fate, and the two clash in their final battle.
- DirectorHideaki AnnoShinji HiguchiStarsHiroki HasegawaYutaka TakenouchiSatomi IshiharaJapan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.
- 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.
- DirectorSang-il LeeStarsKen WatanabeMirai MoriyamaAoi MiyazakiA grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.
- DirectorYûki YamatoStarsNazuki AmanoMickey CurtisMasami HoriuchiNatsume - a teen fashion model from Tokyo - feels empty after having moved into a country town with her family. One day, she meets Koh, heir of Shinto priest family and finds herself falling under the spell of a selfish yet handsome boy.
- DirectorMiwa NishikawaStarsMasahiro MotokiPistol TakeharaEri FukatsuA recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief, or lack of it, in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.
- DirectorJoji MatsuokaStarsTamae AndôToshiki AyataMansaku FuwaFollow the stories of ordinary individuals with a lot on their plates. As they pore over their worries, Master serves up homely delights and timely life advice. And as other customers begin to console one another, a family is born.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsSôsuke IkematsuNoémie NakaiMasaki SudaAn update to the "Death Note" series in which a mysterious notebook contains deadly powers.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsFumi NikaidôKento YamazakiMegumi AbeErika captured a photo of a handsome guy and told her friends that he is her boyfriend. Upon finding this out, the boy proposed to go with her pretense as long as she acts as his pet dog.
- DirectorHiroaki AndôStarsMamoru MiyanoMikako KomatsuHôchû ÔtsukaWith Sato rendered powerless, Kei Nagai hatches a plan. However, before that plan can come to fruition, it already begins to come apart at the seams, as ajin extremists make their move, and Sato's frightful true form becomes known.
- DirectorKeisuke ToyoshimaStarsMasahiro HigashideTsurutarô KataokaNana KomatsuA vigilante squad made up of a clerk, an underwear thief, an elderly salaryman, and a cute girl get more trouble than they bargained for.
- DirectorDaisuke MiuraStarsKasumi ArimuraSakurako MizukiFumi NikaidôLooking for jobs, five young friends regularly meet at one's apartment. Judging and gauging one another by their ability to land job pits the friends as also competitors. When one of the friends finds work the remaining four feel abandoned and the relationships are not the same anymore.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsTahar RahimConstance RousseauOlivier GourmetWhen an assistant to a daguerreotypy photographer falls in love with the latter's daughter the relationship mirrors the art form as love and pain combine.
- DirectorKeishi OtomoStarsShun OguriSatoshi TsumabukiMachiko OnoDetective Hisashi Sawamura (Shun Oguri) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police is tired, behind and dealing with the departure of his ungrateful wife. Having lost his family, he now deals with both the serial murders or who is apparently punishing his victims. The horror comes courtesy of the manga, Museum: The Serial Killer Is Laughing In The Rain.
- DirectorTakahiro MikiStarsSôta FukushiNana KomatsuMasahiro HigashideOn the way to his university in Kyoto, a 20 y.o. man falls in love with a woman on the train. He tells her. They start dating. She has a supernatural secret.
- DirectorYû IrieStarsRyunosuke KamikiMugi KadowakiToshiki AyataSet in the early 21st century with the population decimated by bio terror. Two kinds of humans now exist. One is the Nokusu who were infected with a virus but survived, consequently they carry an antibody. Most are young, healthy and have high intelligence, but they have a high sensitivity to ultraviolet rays and are active mostly during the night. The other group are the Kyurio. They survived by never having the virus. The Nokusu discriminates against the Kyurio. Tetsuhiko Okudera (Ryunosuke Kamiki) is a Kyurio. He was born in a poor village. He isn't happy with being a Kyurio and wishes he could be a Nokusu. Yui Ikuta (Mugi Kadowaki) is Tetsuhiko's childhood friend. She tries to revive the poor village.
- StarsRisa TanedaMitsuaki MadonoKeisuke KômotoThe cyborgs regroup. Donning their combat armor, they fight seriously once again to defeat the power of the storm and its cause, the Cowboy.
- DirectorKunihiko YuyamaStarsTyler BunchJames Carter CathcartDaniel J. EdwardsA mystical Pokémon by the name of Volcanion must accept Ash's help to rescue the Azoth Kingdom.
- DirectorBat for LashesGael García BernalAnurag KashyapStarsRadhika ApteKathryn BeckJustina BustosA global anthology film featuring innovative love stories from the some of the world's most visionary directors.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTôma IkutaEita NagayamaTsubasa HondaA young undercover cop tries to get back with his former love, while unraveling the mystery behind the head of the police force. Meanwhile he has to protect the boss' daughter.
- DirectorTetsuya MarikoStarsYûya YagiraMasaki SudaNana KomatsuAt some point beating and ravaging others becomes a routine pastime when two kids go on a rampage. Taira picks his target of men and goes for broke, while Kitahara puts down his camera long enough to instead go after women. There is enough blood shed during the course of one night to paint a mural of red for the whole city to see.
- DirectorRyôta NakanoStarsRie MiyazawaHana SugisakiAoi ItôA strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.
- DirectorKôichirô MikiStarsJôji AbeKazuyuki AijimaDuncanSayaka works as a property agent. One day after work, she finds a man, named Itsuki, collapsed outside her house. She takes him in and they start to live together. Itsuki teaches her about cooking and plants, but holds many secrets.
- DirectorKô MatsuoStarsYûichi NakamuraRyohei KimuraToa YukinariFollows the decisive battles in Thunderbolt sector around the debris of Side 4 during the One Year War, between Earth Federation's prototype Full Armor Gundam and Zeon's prototype Psycho Zaku.
- DirectorYukihiro MiyamotoTatsuya OishiAkiyuki ShinbôStarsHiroshi KamiyaTakahiro SakuraiMaaya SakamotoIn the spring of his second year of high school, Koyomi Araragi met the beautiful vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade. Koyomi saved Kiss-shot, who was on the verge of death with all four of her limbs cut off, but only at the expense of becoming her minion and a vampire. "In order to go back to being a human again, you must take back all of Kiss-shot's limbs." After receiving advice from Meme Oshino, an expert in the supernatural, Koyomi prepares to go into battle. Awaiting him are three powerful vampire hunters-Dramaturgy, a giant vampire hunter who is a vampire himself. Episode, a half-vampire who wields an enormous cross, and Guillotinecutter, a quiet man who specializes in killing vampires. Will Koyomi be able to take back Kiss-shot's limbs from the vampire hunters? Amidst the soft spring rain, the curtain rises on this fateful blood bath.
- DirectorShoji KubotaStarsNoriko KijimaYuki MamiyaYasushi FuchikamiPrivate detective Kogoro (Kouta Kusano) receives a request from Naoko (Yuki Mamiya). She is the daughter of a family that runs a large hospital. Naoko wants private detective Kogoro to investigate her fiance Endo (Yasushi Fuchikami) and whether he is having an affair with university student Teruko (Noriko Kijima).
- DirectorMotonori SakakibaraKunihiko YuyamaStarsMao InoueRyohei SuzukiAkio ÔtsukaA stranded little cat tries to find a way to back home.
- DirectorJunji SakamotoStarsNaomi FujiyamaIttoku KishibeMari HamadaAn elderly couple is offered to meet with their dead son by strange people in exchange for herbal medicine.
- DirectorTatsushi ÔmoriStarsSôsuke IkematsuMotomi MakiguchiTakuya MatsumotoIn a series of segments two different and contrasting high school students share experiences in their young lives as they idle away the extra time on their hands. One is serious and the other is brash and their encounters with each other's perspectives and others in town forms a moment in time that may be all too fleeting.
- DirectorYoshinari NishikôriStarsNaoki KobayashiShô AoyagiTomoko TabataIn 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various clans which want the high-quality steel made there.
- DirectorKeishi OtomoStarsTôma IkutaMasaki OkadaChiaki KuriyamaCompany tries to make a science fiction murder mystery using the worst caption translation methods in history. Can their elite detectives learn to understand one another well enough to inform the audience of the outcome? Paying into audience will be in resulting of climax.
- DirectorNobuhiro YamashitaStarsJoe OdagiriYû AoiShôta MatsudaA recently divorced and traumatized man moves to Hakodate, Hokkaido and attends a vocational college to learn carpentry along with several other students who are in the same boat as he. When a couple of the guys go to a hostess club the man meets an unconventional girl who likes him and a relationship is born.
- DirectorMasato HijikataStarsHaruka AyaseMao DaichiCharlotte Kate FoxWho among us does not spend a portion of the time daydreaming or fantasizing? The difference is that for most when it comes to romantic fantasies the subject of our thoughts is unaware of it - or at least is not a telepath. See what happens when the rich heir to a corporate throne happens to be telepathic and responds to the vivid fantasies and sentiments of an office lady working for the company.
- DirectorHitoshi YazakiStarsRiko NarumiSôsuke IkematsuTakumi SaitôThe movie is set in 1969, when Japanese students were enmeshed with campus riots, anti-war rallies, and the growth of subcultures in music, cinema, literature, and theater. Influenced by the atmosphere of the time, the protagonist, Kyôko, a senior at a high school for girls, forms an "Anti-Uniform Committee" and joins a rally at a university. However, Kyôko hates herself because she knows she is only copying others. One day, she is wounded at a rally, and realizes she has been taking campus riot for granted. Fleeing from the riot police, she runs into "A Cappella," the café where she meets and falls in love with a college student, named Wataru. She undergoes a sexual awakening and loses her virginity. Things seem to be going well with Wataru, but then she witnesses something she cannot believe... This film depicts the emotional rollercoaster of being a teenager. Love, hurt, betrayal and rebellion all play a role. "A Cappella" is a coming-of-age tale, where one finds something important and grows up by losing it
- DirectorTakahisa ZezeStarsKôichi SatôGô AyanoNana EikuraIn 2002, a new kidnapping case takes place. The kidnapper introduces himself as "Sato" (sugar) and demands twenty million yen for ransom.
- DirectorToricoStarsLisa NakamuraTakeru SatohShunsuke Kazama14-year-old Midori is the constantly abused chore girl for a freak show. Things begin to change for her after a dwarf magician joins the freak show, but not always for the better.
- DirectorYuki TanadaStarsTatsuya FujiSei AndôLily FrankyHe is rejected by his sister when the brother floats the idea that their father move from his house to her apartment. The father has other ideas however and shows up unannounced at her doorstep with his belongings. She has little space, a boyfriend she lives with it and does not need a cranky father.