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- DirectorTakuya UchiyamaStarsKisetsu FujiwaraMinori HagiwaraGaku HosokawaThe story of a would-be actor, his larger-than-life classmate and their friends. Unfolding their past and present, Sasaki in My Mind looks head-on at adolescent sparkle and the pathos of bygone days.
- DirectorYukinori MakabeStarsNicole IshidaHayato KakizawaNaoki KawanoMakoto Kashiba is an elite bank clerk and works for a big bank at its Tokyo HQ. Due to a minor mistake, he is demoted to a small branch office in a country town. He is devastated by his situation. There, he meets beautiful Yoshino Ikoma, who runs a goldfish scooping store. Makoto falls in love with her at first sight.
- DirectorDaigo MatsuiStarsKisetsu FujiwaraKenta HamanoMarie IitoyoSix friends, who hung out together during their high school days, gather again after five years for a friend's wedding. The six friends are: Kazuki Yoshio, Tetsuya Akashi, Taku Sogawa, Taisei Tajima, Yusaku Mizushima and Kinichi Fujita. At the wedding, the friends perform an embarrassing dance routine for the bride and groom. The friends reminisce about their high school days and they believe their friendships will last forever.
- DirectorShûichi OkitaStarsYû AoiMunetaka AokiGaku HamadaMomoko is a woman who is seventy-five-years old and lives alone. She lives in Tokyo, but was not born there having arrived there over fifty years ago. She had met a nice man, been proposed to and accepted. She gave birth to two children before her husband had died. She was alone again until finding her way into a library one day. She soon found solace and companionship in the books and her life was changed. This is her journey.
- DirectorKazuya ShiraishiStarsShô AoyagiMiwako KakeiHiroto KanaiSet several years after The Blood Of Wolves and Ogami Shogo's death in the Western city of Hiroshima, the detective's plan to surround and control the yakuza low-lives has been implemented and is working. Much bloodshed and potential death has been prevented. However, the release of one criminal element places everything in jeopardy.
- DirectorJunta YamaguchiStarsKazunari TosaRiko FujitaniGôta IshidaA cafe owner discovers that the TV in his cafe suddenly shows images from the future, but only two minutes into the future.
- DirectorAnshul ChauhanStarsSeira KojimaWan MaruiHidemasa MaseGuided by her grandfather's WWII-era diary, Sora searches for a mysterious trove in the wilderness of her hometown. Meanwhile, a mysterious mute and backward-walking homeless man wanders into town who may be the catalyst to put her shattered relationship with her father back together.
- DirectorTakeshi FukunagaStarsKanto ShimokuraDebo AkibeEmi ShimokuraA coming of age tale about Kanto, a 14 year old boy, and a descendant of Japan's indigenous Ainu people, who struggles to come to terms with the recent loss of his father. One day, he learns about the small hole in the cliff in nearby forest that Ainu people considered a path to the other side of the world - where dead people live. Kanto decides to visit the hole, hoping to see his deceased father.
- DirectorAtsushi KaneshigeStarsYoshihiko InoharaShunsuke MichiedaNana MoriKazuki Suzumoto is divorced and he lives with his 15-year-old son Kouki. The father and son make a promise to each other. Kazuki promises that he will make a lunch box everyday for Kouki, who promises that he will never skip school.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsMala MorganGarrett CassellSen FujimaruIt follows a filmmaker who holds auditions for his next project. Several of the actors who fail to win roles participate as extras.
- DirectorNatsuki SetaStarsSora HirataMisato MoritaRiko NarumiHaruko meets Kenichi, who has just dropped out of high school, when she finds him collapsed on a bridge after he was beaten up. She's instantly smitten and thinks he's her destiny, but he is far more interested in Mayumi, the reason for the beating. Not your typical teenage romance, this perky, playful film will keep you guessing.
- DirectorTakayuki HiraoStarsHiroya ShimizuKonomi KoharaAi KakumaA famous movie producer gives her young production assistant a chance to direct his first film.
- DirectorKatsuhide MotokiStarsMitsuru FukikoshiTokie HidariShota IkomaIto has a husband and three children. Life is difficult and food is expensive. Rice, which is a staple of their diet, is expensive and becoming more dear by the week. Needing to feed themselves, the villagers pick up whatever labour they can. The women of the village are at their wits' end and take action.
- DirectorKan EguchiStarsJun'ichi OkadaFumino KimuraYurina HirateThe Fable/Akira Sato killed 5 men 4 years ago. He meets the girl injured back then in a wheelchair. She's staying with the 6th on his kill list canceled last moment. The 6th is now scamming/extorting people.
- DirectorMiwa NishikawaStarsKoji YakushoSeiji RokkakuYukiya KitamuraA lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.
- DirectorSara OgawaStarsMiyû OgawaHanada RunaHana, a high school girl, has been grown up in a foster home because of a crime her mother is said to have committed. As the oldest sister in the home, Hana takes care of a newly sheltered girl abused by her mother. A story of fragile girls living in a cruel world.
- DirectorMasashi AndôMasayuki MiyajiStarsShin'ichi TsutsumiRyoma TakeuchiAnne WatanabeThe last survivor of a band of warriors is enslaved in a salt mine. One night, savage dogs attack and a mysterious disease wipes out everyone at the mine. The warrior escapes with a little girl, while a gifted physician looks for a cure.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsYû AoiIssei TakahashiMasahiro HigashideA Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.