Motomi Makiguchi

A doll maker and his daughter Erika live in a remote mountain villa. When some thugs break in and murder Erika and disfigure the old doll maker, he...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Yuko Sakaki

A school bus driver's life is irrevocably altered when his young son is kidnapped and murdered.

Genre: Action

Cast: Takeshi Yamato

Utsumi and Seto's daily routine is to spend their afterschool hours just jabbering with one another along a riverbed. Getting excited over trivial...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sosuke Ikematsu

Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Kiichi Nakai

A member of the jieitai ("Self-Defense Force"; i.e. Japanese military) is on leave and finds a woman giving birth in a graveyard in the former...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kisako Makishi

A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “good guys.” The father Nobuo, and his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Joe Odagiri

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Junko Asahina

Following the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an encounter with a beautiful widow with a dark past.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenji Sawada

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Satoru Kawaguchi

Ko, a man in his late 30s, lives in the countryside with his wife and teenage son. Mitsuhiko, who runs a local car dealership, also stayed in his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Goro Inagaki

Shunsaku was paralyzed from the neck down at the young age of 36 by a spinal injury suffered in a motorcycle accident. A blind woman named Hanae...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masatoshi Nagase

The Rinkaiji family, by all appearances, is a well-to-do Japanese family. The father, Nariyuki, works in an elite corporation, which gives his wife...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shirō Sano

For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kikunosuke Onoe V

Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Mikami

Nursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a physicist, an actor, a bar mom, and a chef. Maki has...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshio Harada

Genre: Drama

Cast: Junki Tozuka

Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Yakusho

In a Japan of the near future, the government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chieko Baisho