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Ten Years Japan (2018)

Five short stories from five different directors set ten years in Japan's future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusuke Kinoshita  •  Akiyo Fujimura  •  Kei Ishikawa  •  Chie Hayakawa  •  Megumi Tsuno
CAST:  Hana Sugisaki  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Taiga Nakano  •  Satoru Kawaguchi

Five short stories from five different directors set ten years in Japan's future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusuke Kinoshita  •  Akiyo Fujimura  •  Kei Ishikawa  •  Chie Hayakawa  •  Megumi Tsuno
CAST:  Hana Sugisaki  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Taiga Nakano  •  Satoru Kawaguchi

Family of Strangers (2019)

Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from the criminal to merely asocial. That should be that, but soon matters take a darker turn when a corpse turns up and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideyuki Hirayama
CAST:  Nana Komatsu  •  Tsurube Shofukutei  •  Go Ayano  •  Ryota Bando

Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from the criminal to merely asocial. That should be that, but soon matters take a darker turn when a corpse turns up and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideyuki Hirayama
CAST:  Nana Komatsu  •  Tsurube Shofukutei  •  Go Ayano  •  Ryota Bando

Moonlit Winter (2019)

The arrival of an intimate letter prompts a young woman to bring her mother on vacation to a small Japanese town, where someone special resides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lim Dae-hyung
CAST:  Kim Hee-ae  •  Yuko Nakamura  •  Kim So-hye  •  Seong Yu-bin

The arrival of an intimate letter prompts a young woman to bring her mother on vacation to a small Japanese town, where someone special resides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lim Dae-hyung
CAST:  Kim Hee-ae  •  Yuko Nakamura  •  Kim So-hye  •  Seong Yu-bin

Beijing Watermelon (1989)

Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiko Obayashi
CAST:  Bengal  •  Masako Motai  •  Yasufumi Hayashi  •  Haruhiko Saitô

Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiko Obayashi
CAST:  Bengal  •  Masako Motai  •  Yasufumi Hayashi  •  Haruhiko Saitô

Curling Love (2007)

A group of high school girls learn to play the game of curling.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Nakahara
CAST:  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Kim Seung-woo  •  Fusako Urabe  •  Megumi Seki

A group of high school girls learn to play the game of curling.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Nakahara
CAST:  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Kim Seung-woo  •  Fusako Urabe  •  Megumi Seki

Panorama (2012)

There's a young couple, Haruka and Kenji. One day, Haruka gets disappointed in Kenji, and runs away with their son, Takuya. They forward to Kenji's friend, Mitsuru's house. Yet, Haruka asks her mother, Kiyoko to take care of Takuya, and starts her job hunting, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryô Yoshikawa
CAST:  Yūko Genkaku  •  Kyosuke Shimamori  •  Chika Uchida  •  Shinnosuke Nakamura

There's a young couple, Haruka and Kenji. One day, Haruka gets disappointed in Kenji, and runs away with their son, Takuya. They forward to Kenji's friend, Mitsuru's house. Yet, Haruka asks her mother, Kiyoko to take care of Takuya, and starts her job hunting, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryô Yoshikawa
CAST:  Yūko Genkaku  •  Kyosuke Shimamori  •  Chika Uchida  •  Shinnosuke Nakamura

My Blood and Bones in a Flowing Galaxy (2021)

Kiyosumi’s affection for his schoolmate Hari grows after he saves her from bullying, but a dark secret she’s unwilling to share threatens their bond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Taishi Nakagawa  •  Anna Ishii  •  Kai Inowaki  •  Kaya Kiyohara

Kiyosumi’s affection for his schoolmate Hari grows after he saves her from bullying, but a dark secret she’s unwilling to share threatens their bond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Taishi Nakagawa  •  Anna Ishii  •  Kai Inowaki  •  Kaya Kiyohara

MOTHER (2020)

Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seems to have no end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsushi Ōmori
CAST:  Masami Nagasawa  •  Daiken Okudaira  •  Sadawo Abe  •  Sho Gunji

Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seems to have no end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsushi Ōmori
CAST:  Masami Nagasawa  •  Daiken Okudaira  •  Sadawo Abe  •  Sho Gunji

Love-Craft Girl (2013)

Ogura Akane is twenty six years old and wants to become a designer. However, things go awry when in a double whammy she loses her job and finds her boyfriend cheating on her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsutoshi Hirabayashi
CAST:  Sei Ando  •  Tomoya Nakamura  •  Masako Chiba  •  Namiko Hatori

Ogura Akane is twenty six years old and wants to become a designer. However, things go awry when in a double whammy she loses her job and finds her boyfriend cheating on her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsutoshi Hirabayashi
CAST:  Sei Ando  •  Tomoya Nakamura  •  Masako Chiba  •  Namiko Hatori

And So The Baton Is Passed (2021)

Yuko Morimiya is a high school student and she lives with her stepfather Morimiya. Morimiya is her third father. Her mother, Rika, is a free spirited person and has remarried several times. She disappeared from Yuko's life at a certain point. Even though Yuko and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Satomi Ishihara  •  Nao Omori  •  Mei Nagano  •  Kei Tanaka

Yuko Morimiya is a high school student and she lives with her stepfather Morimiya. Morimiya is her third father. Her mother, Rika, is a free spirited person and has remarried several times. She disappeared from Yuko's life at a certain point. Even though Yuko and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Satomi Ishihara  •  Nao Omori  •  Mei Nagano  •  Kei Tanaka

Azuke (1990)

Two high school girls with supernatural powers fell in love with werewolves created by scientists. Eventually he died because of the scientist, and the two faced off against the scientist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuma Uchida
CAST:  Sachiko Sakurai  •  Yayoi Niijima  •  Manabu Nakao  •  Taro Kawano

Two high school girls with supernatural powers fell in love with werewolves created by scientists. Eventually he died because of the scientist, and the two faced off against the scientist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuma Uchida
CAST:  Sachiko Sakurai  •  Yayoi Niijima  •  Manabu Nakao  •  Taro Kawano

School Meals Time Graduation (2022)

Teacher Amarida (Ichihara Hayato) has been transferred to a new school and is still crazy about school lunches. He gets the shock of his life when school lunches are made more healthy but less flavorful. Amarida’s student rival Kamino (Sato Taishi) has also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Ayabe  •  Maya Ayabe
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Kaho Tsuchimura  •  Junichi Tosaka  •  Kiichi Naoe

Teacher Amarida (Ichihara Hayato) has been transferred to a new school and is still crazy about school lunches. He gets the shock of his life when school lunches are made more healthy but less flavorful. Amarida’s student rival Kamino (Sato Taishi) has also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Ayabe  •  Maya Ayabe
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Kaho Tsuchimura  •  Junichi Tosaka  •  Kiichi Naoe

Nagi's Island (2022)

After her parents’ divorce, ten-year-old Nagi moves with her mother to a small island in Setouchi. Traumatic visions of her alcoholic father Shimao abusing her mother trigger panic attacks. She slowly regains her ability to smile, while trying to help the islanders ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiko Nagasawa
CAST:  Chise Niitsu  •  Haruka Shimazaki  •  Kousei Yuki  •  Rosa Kato

After her parents’ divorce, ten-year-old Nagi moves with her mother to a small island in Setouchi. Traumatic visions of her alcoholic father Shimao abusing her mother trigger panic attacks. She slowly regains her ability to smile, while trying to help the islanders ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiko Nagasawa
CAST:  Chise Niitsu  •  Haruka Shimazaki  •  Kousei Yuki  •  Rosa Kato

The Village (2023)

In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michihito Fujii
CAST:  Ryusei Yokohama  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Daiken Okudaira

In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michihito Fujii
CAST:  Ryusei Yokohama  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Daiken Okudaira

Ripples (2023)

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DIRECTION:  Naoko Ogigami
CAST:  Mariko Tsutsui  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Hayato Isomura  •  Tamae Ando

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DIRECTION:  Naoko Ogigami
CAST:  Mariko Tsutsui  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Hayato Isomura  •  Tamae Ando

Share house (2011)

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DIRECTION:  Ichiro Kita
CAST:  Kazuko Yoshiyuki  •  Megumi Saeki  •  Miyoko Asada  •  Hana Kino

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DIRECTION:  Ichiro Kita
CAST:  Kazuko Yoshiyuki  •  Megumi Saeki  •  Miyoko Asada  •  Hana Kino

若武者 (2024)

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DIRECTION:  Ryutaro Ninomiya
CAST:  Ryota Bando  •  Rion Takahashi  •  Naoya Shimizu  •  KIGOSHI AKI

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DIRECTION:  Ryutaro Ninomiya
CAST:  Ryota Bando  •  Rion Takahashi  •  Naoya Shimizu  •  KIGOSHI AKI
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