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- DirectorMichael AriasHiroaki AndôStarsKazunari NinomiyaYû AoiYûsuke IseyaTwo boys defend Treasure Town and Yakuza try to take over and clear it for new development.
- DirectorEiichirô HasumiStarsRyôsuke YamadaMasaki SudaMaika YamamotoThe Earth's moon is suddenly 70% smaller and permanently crescent shaped by a devastating and unknown force. For the students of E Class, Kunugigaoka Junior High School, the being responsible is known, as their teacher. The strange and very supportive entity has given the Japanese government a challenge to save the Earth from destruction. It wants to be the teacher of the class with the lowest expectations for success, in anything. The students, armed with special weapons that only harm their teacher, must find a way to kill him before the end of the school year. If not, summer break will be canceled by the end of the world.
- DirectorNatsuka KusanoStarsSeitaro IshibashiYuri IshizakaKuniaki NakamuraTrendy and self-centered Aya partners with shy Sachiko to co-write a radio play. Aya's condescending attitude towards her colleague complicates the cooperation between the two women.
- DirectorMichael Dudok de WitStarsEmmanuel GarijoTom HudsonBaptiste GoyA man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a big red turtle, which changes his life.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsKimiko IkegamiMiki JinboKumiko ÔbaA schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyunosuke KamikiHiroyuki MiyasakoChiaki KuriyamaA young boy is chosen as the defender of good and must team up with Japan's ancient spirits and creatures of lore to attempt to destroy the forces of evil.
- DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsShin'ya TsukamotoTomomi MiyashitaKazuhiro NakaharaA fear-obsessed freelance cameraman (Shinya Tsukamoto) investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo.
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsRentarô MikuniMichiyo AratamaMisako WatanabeA collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsYumi AdachiKazunari AizawaAkaneA former hospital director runs an antiques shop in Ashibetsu with her family.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsSôsuke YamazakiKen'ichi HagiwaraChikako OkamotoColorfully edited vignettes of young characters having fun in the town of Onomichi.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsSatomi KobayashiToshinori OmiMakoto Satô9th-graders Kazuo (boy) and Kazumi (girl) take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsRyô AmamiyaAiko AsanoTadanobu AsanoIt is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara Yasufumi Hayashi) hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsHitomi KurokiTsurutarô KataokaNorihei MikiThe film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsTakehiro MurataSaki TerashimaMiyoko AkazaFour people are murdered in an apartment block, but none of them seem connected.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsTomokazu MiuraBengalAtsuko SudôA story of two men, one recently bereaved, the other with a wife in a coma. From the popular song.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsHikari IshidaTomoko NakajimaToshinori OmiFollows two sisters, one clumsy and ignored, the other a perfect child. After the latter dies in an accident, she returns as a ghost to guide her little sister.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsSaburô BôyaIzumi HaraYasufumi HayashiSummer 1937 Japan begins a war with China. Militaristic moods are growing in the country. A group of Japanese schoolchildren do not understand the militaristic hysteria of adults.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsYasuko TomitaToshinori OmiYumiko FujitaLonely and love-struck, high-school student Hiroki pursues one girl but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his lonely psyche, or real? An intricate triangle develops, and the viewer can't quite be sure what is happening until the whole story is neatly resolved at the end.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiTetsuo ImazawaStarsRyôichi TakayanagiMakio InoueEiko MasuyamaAn 11-year-old boy who goes to Africa with his father in 1941. Because he is Japanese, the father is detained by the British. The boy joins up with a beautiful native girl, and the adventure begins.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsSatomi KobayashiKisuke YamashitaToshie NegishiAfter reading a newspaper article about a town being destroyed in a fire, Eguchi begins to recall the summer he spent there writing his thesis. It's a beautiful canal town, the "Venice of Japan." As he arrives, he is greeted by the daughter of the Kaibara household, Yasuko. The rest of her family seems mysteriously absent. On his first night, Eguchi hears the stifled sound of crying. He attempts to find the source, and is soon drawn into the conflict that is tearing the family apart. While he likens the town to a dream, some of the inhabitants do not share his feelings. There is a sense of being stuck in time, with ruin and death the only future.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsTomoyo HaradaRyôichi TakayanagiToshinori OmiA high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
- DirectorYuki TanadaStarsMasataka KubotaKôji OhkuraYûko Ôshima26-year-old Hachiko Hojo works as a train attendant on a Romance Car, but doesn't have the self-confidence for a romance of her own. An encounter with a thief sends Hachiko on a journey to find her estranged mother and herself among the tourist attractions of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture.
- DirectorHitoshi ÔneStarsTakeru SatohRyunosuke KamikiNana KomatsuMoritaka Mashiro, a junior high student, forgets his notebook in class. His classmate Akito Takagi, notes Mashiro's drawings in it and asks him to become a manga artist to his stories. Mashiro declines. Takagi incites Mashiro to meet with Miho Azuki, Mashiro's crush, and tells her the two plan to become mangakas (manga artists). In response, Azuki reveals her plans to be a seiyuu (voice actress). Mashiro proposes to her that they should both marry when Azuki becomes a voice actress for the anime adaptation of their manga. The two then start creating their manga, under the pen name Muto Ashirogi, in hopes of getting serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump.
- DirectorAkira OhsakiStarsYûmi GotôMiyoko InagawaTsuyoshi ItôTakeshi not only fails at his chosen career as a film director, but also at home. Kicked out by his wife, he moves in with his ill brother. While Takeshi's wife pushes for divorce, he is dead set on saving the marriage. Even lovely Ryoko cannot divert his attention - or so he thinks. A black-and-white tale of life, love and personal growth.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsShôta SometaniAtsuko MaedaRoy 5tionOver one day at this love hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo - where guests have the choice of staying for a short time or overnight - the dreams and desires of these characters intersect while aspiring for something greater.
- DirectorMasaharu TakeStarsSakura AndôHirofumi AraiYôzaburô ItôA 32-year-old woman living with her parents meets a boxer and finally starts a life.
- DirectorRyosuke HashiguchiStarsTamae AndôLily FrankyRyô IkedaAtsushi is a civic construction worker who was widowed following a random murder. Toko's husband is neither interested in her nor in how his mother treats his wife. Shinomiya is a lawyer whose homosexuality has lead to mismatched love. The three separate stories tread a thread of hope, love, rejection and abandonment. Three relative cinema newcomers act in roles for which they were auditioned and specially hired.
- DirectorMomoko AndôStarsSakura AndôMiyoko AsadaBengalSawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family of an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him.
- DirectorYuki TanadaStarsTokio EmotoYûya EndôIni Kusano17 year-old Hiruma is desperate to get laid and takes out his sexual urges on Anpai, a fat boy who has "boobs." His classmate Tomono, a sickly loner, is in a serious relationship with their married teacher.
- DirectorShingo WakagiStarsSakura AndôArata IuraGuamaTerako is a young woman without a job. She has an affair with Iwanaga who is married. His wife is in a coma. One day, Terako's friend kills herself. After that, Terako sleeps all day long and wakes up only when Iwanaga calls her.
- DirectorTaichi IshidateStarsRisa TanedaKenichiro OhashiMinori ChiharaSet one year later after the events of the anime series with an all new original story.
- DirectorTaichi IshidateStarsLeraldo AnzalduaClint BickhamJoanne BonassoRetells the events of the anime series into one film.
- DirectorShunji IwaiStarsYû AoiAnne SuzukiShôko AidaAlice transfers to a new school, where students believe that one student per school year is cursed, whom they call Judas Iscariot. Alice is deemed the new Judas, but what happened to the former Judas?
- DirectorShiori KazamaStarsMasaki SudaTôko MiuraAoi MorikawaAt the age of 5, girl's mother dies in a car accident. Ever since then, the girl closes herself within. In high school, she borrows a famous Film from a boy, a graduate of the movie study club. The film was a favorite of her mother. When the girl tells him that she wants to die, he answers, I had thought of killing. He has the same kind of despair that she has. He suggests that they make a film together. They decide to ride a bike and travel far for location. But they entered to the polluted by radioactivity.
- DirectorKeisuke ToyoshimaStarsYumi AdachiYasushi FuchikamiEna KoshinoIt basically shows the dismal life experienced by yujyo in yukaku. Heroine is aging out of yujyo and will retire at 28. She's got a big supporter who is in biz with the man she recently fell in love with.
- DirectorHiroshi ShinagawaStarsShô AikawaHan'nyaMasamune HoriA member of the yakuza exits prison determined to make good with the one friend he has and he's immediately challenged by an unnatural disaster on a nearby island. The friend's daughter was visiting when a deadly virus broke loose, and now the island's inhabitants have turned into flesh-eating zombies. Time to put those brutal yakuza skills to good use.
- DirectorToshimitsu IizukaStarsShigeaki FukuiHiroki HorikawaGaku HosokawaKoga is a wimp and is being bullied at school even by a girl. Soejima comes to his defense, but is now a target of the two bullies as well. Koga and Soejima are attracted to one another. Is it their mutual victimhood or actual love or could those two things be one and the same in this case?
- DirectorKei HorieStarsNijirô MurakamiAkari HayamiChiharuA high school student falls in love, but must document their time together to prevent forgetting. What will happen next?
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsSakura AndôErika AsakuraNana EikuraIn the wake of her grandmother's death, Tsugumi Dozono, who used to work at a large electronics company in Tokyo, decides to move from to the home her grandmother left behind, in the countryside, and work from home. One day, a mysterious middle-aged man named Jun Kaieda arrives at the home wanting to stay the night. He tells Tsugumi that he is her grandmother's ex-student and her grandmother gave him a key to the annex house. Tsugumi doesn't quite understand the nature of the relationship Kaieda had with her grandmother, but the two begin living together in an awkward arrangement.
- DirectorYûji NakaeStarsHonami KurashitaMasao TeruyaSôkô WadaHoteru haibisukasu depicts a summer at a small run down hotel in Okinawa through the eyes of Mieko, the youngest daughter of the hotels extraordinarily international family.
- DirectorSang-il LeeStarsYasuko MatsuyukiEtsushi ToyokawaYû AoiYoung women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.
- DirectorNaoto TsukiashiStarsAsamiMasakuni FujiiTakurô Hayashi
- DirectorKen'ichi FujiwaraStarsAsamiKirara AsukaHiroaki IwanagaSet in the near future in a lawless world. Kurisu Saotome (Kirara Asuka) is a beautiful woman, but she is also a deadly bounty hunter. She wears an armored suit, possessing great power, and she is known as Iron Girl. Kurisu Saotome doesn't remember who she really is or where she comes from. To regain her memory, she continues her lonely battle.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsEri FukatsuTadanobu AsanoMasao KomatsuMizuki's husband Yusuke drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised. Instead, Mizuki is wondering what took him so long. She agrees to let Yusuke take her on a journey.
- DirectorMasato HaradaStarsYô ÔizumiErika TodaHikari MitsushimaThe lives of women saved by the historical Tokei-ji Buddhist Temple.
- DirectorMipo OhStarsGô AyanoChizuru IkewakiMasaki SudaTwo troubled souls living on the fringes of a port town fall in love, but their trials are far from over.
- DirectorYuki TanadaStarsYoshikazu EbisuNoriko EguchiAkira EmotoWhen an alluring young woman joins an erotic writing class, she begins a game of sexual cat and mouse with a naive college student. As they venture into more and more unpredictable territory in the bedroom, he begins to think she might be using him as a test subject for her fiction more than anything else.
- DirectorYukihiko TsutsumiStarsKengo KôraYuriko IshidaMiki HayashidaBased on the novel "The Mourner". Shizuto Sakatsuki travels going from scene to scene of deadly accidents and mourns for the victims. The people he meet serve as a platform for the viewer to examine life and death.
- DirectorYûya IshiiStarsSatoshi TsumabukiKyôzô NagatsukaSôsuke IkematsuA family drama about a family's struggles as their mother's impending death when she is diagnosed with a brain tumor brings to light financial burdens that need to be shouldered by her sons.
- DirectorJuichiro YamasakiStarsNaohisa TanakaKano IchikiYoshitomo FujihisaBased on true events, director Juichiro YAMASAKI recounts the hardships surrounding an uprising of the people of Sanchu in the year 1726. With an unconventional stylistic approach, YAMASAKI creates an impressive hybrid of arthouse and period piece.
- DirectorTatsushi ÔmoriStarsEita NagayamaRyûhei MatsudaKengo KôraOne of the handyman duo finds himself in a jam when he ends up being the caretaker of the other's daughter, and gets caught up in the dealings of a mysterious cult.
- DirectorKiki SuginoStarsYôko MitsuyaTakumi SaitôKiki SuginoChihiro is depressed and obsessed with his own mortality. Chihiro and his wife, Yuri, decide to take a trip to Bali, Indonesia to see his pregnant sister, Kumi. They hope the trip can bring about change.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsGô AyanoYohei MatsukadoErina MizunoDaikoku and Ami want to escape their wayward lives. When they are thrown together they set out to kill a yakuza boss and also blackmail the thugs using stolen information to find Daikoku's estranged father and move on. Violence, maiming and torture follows, but there is also the matter of the shared history of the characters that needs to be overcome.
- DirectorYoshiko WatanabeStarsTakahiro HiranoTakamitsu NonakaRyo OnoTakeshi is an assistant director working for a production company. Struggling with his daily work, he feels the distance increasing between what he does now and what he really wants to do. He remembers his grandfather, who was a Butoh dancer, who had once asked him, 'Would you dance in a costume that didn't fit you for the rest of your life? Or would you find a costume that fit you perfectly?' TIG HUG's inspiration came from the life of Kazuo Ohno, the famous Butoh dancer. The reality Takeshi struggles with is what the director herself also suffers with. What comes to save Takeshi throughout the film is the mystery man who is not afraid to ask him the unavoidable questions about the incongruous reality surrounding him.
- DirectorDaigo MatsuiStarsJun AonamiAi HashimotoYû InabaSeventeen-year-old Shiori's Gothic Lolita garb attracts a lot of fans to her interactive video blog, a stepping stone she hopes will launch her career as a model and actress. One day while handing out promotional pamphlets, she meets Ayumi, a timid 13-year old who is in awe of her and her wardrobe. Shiori is initially wary of the attention but takes pleasure in being idolized, and eventually allows the girl to get closer. Ayumi's growing infatuation becomes difficult to disguise, and their odd friendship takes an unforeseen turn after Ayumi runs away from home and quietly begins to infiltrate Shiori's life and relationship with her boyfriend.
- DirectorAtsushi OgataStarsAtsushi OgataCross-cultural comedy series, inspired by the fish-out-of-water mishaps of Japanese-American filmmaker Atsushi Ogata. With a cowboy hat, Japanese "yukata" (casual summer garment) and rapid-fire tongue, Atsushi stars as Yukata Cowboy, drifting across the U.S., Japan and Europe. Everywhere he goes, he tries to fit in, but the more he fits in, the more he is mistaken for someone else. Amidst all his accommodations to perplexing newness, he struggles to find his own voice.
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaJitsuko YoshimuraKei SatôTwo women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.