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- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûChieko HigashiyamaSô YamamuraAn old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
- DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsKinuyo TanakaYoshiaki HanayagiKyôko KagawaIn medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi HimoriA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi NezuIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
- DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsMasayuki MoriMachiko KyôKinuyo TanakaA tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
- DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsEiji OkadaKyôko KishidaKôji MitsuiAn entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûSetsuko HaraYumeji TsukiokaSeveral people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsKimiko IkegamiMiki JinboKumiko ÔbaA schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûShima IwashitaKeiji SadaAn aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsArata IuraErika OdaSusumu TerajimaAfter death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.
- DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsMako HyôdôJinpachi NezuKeiichi NodaA mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
- DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsKinuyo TanakaTsukie MatsuuraIchirô SugaiFollows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsTakahiro NishijimaHikari MitsushimaSakura AndôA bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsHiroshi AbeYui NatsukawaYouA family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
- DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsTatsuya FujiEiko MatsudaAoi NakajimaA passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
- DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsTatsuya NakadaiMikijirô HiraKyôko KishidaA businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyo IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu SawakiA widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu IrinoDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
- DirectorMizuho NishikuboMamoru OshiiStarsAtsuko TanakaIemasa KayumiAkio ÔtsukaA cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi YamaguchiA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsRentarô MikuniMichiyo AratamaMisako WatanabeA collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
- DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsMalgorzata ForemniakWladyslaw KowalskiJerzy GudejkoIn a dystopian world, a woman spends her time playing an illegal and dangerous game, hoping to find meaning in her world.
- DirectorAbbas KiarostamiBanafsheh ModaressiStarsRin TakanashiTadashi OkunoRyô KaseIn Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days.
- DirectorToshio MatsumotoStarsPîtâOsamu OgasawaraYoshimi JôThe trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHitoshi TakagiNoriko HidakaChika SakamotoWhen two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
- DirectorSatoshi KonStarsJunko IwaoRica MatsumotoShinpachi TsujiA pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.
- DirectorNobuo NakagawaStarsShigeru AmachiUtako MitsuyaYôichi NumataA group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsJô ShishidoMariko OgawaAnnu MariAfter a botched assignment, a rice-fetishizing hitman finds himself in conflict with his organization, and one mysterious, dangerous fellow-hitman in particular.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneYutaka SadaTatsuya NakadaiAn executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
- DirectorJûzô ItamiStarsKen WatanabeTsutomu YamazakiNobuko MiyamotoA truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
- DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami KoyamaA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuya FujiwaraAki MaedaTarô YamamotoIn the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
- 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.
- DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsIsidro Puig BoadaAntoni GaudíSeiji MiyaguchiThe work of Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí, as seen by Japanese New Wave director Hiroshi Teshigahara.
- DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMasuo InoueAyako IijimaYoshie NakagawaA man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsTetsuya WatariChieko MatsubaraHideaki NitaniAfter his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.
- DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsTomorô TaguchiKei FujiwaraNobu KanaokaA businessman accidentally kills The Metal Fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal.
- DirectorEiichi YamamotoStarsAiko NagayamaChinatsu NakayamaMasaya TakahashiAfter being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.
- DirectorTatsuo SatôMasaaki YuasaA young anthropomorphic cat goes on a psychedelic journey with his sister in order to save her soul.
- DirectorTadashi SawashimaStarsToshirô MifuneKeiju KobayashiKin'ya KitaôjiFeudal Japan. Kamo Serizawa and Isami Kondo turn a collection of student fencers into a band of assassins known as the Shinsen Group, devoted to the Tokugawa shogunate and to an elegant code of action and behavior. Kondo leads the band against the forces of the Emperor in hopes of preventing his restoration to the throne.
- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsTakao OsawaMasaya KatôKanae UotaniA raging god of battle and a master samurai duke it out in a series of sword fights in a remote temple.
- DirectorHayato KawaiStarsSuzu HiroseYûki AmamiAyami NakajôLed by a demanding coach, an unlikely squad of small town girls vie for victory in a major US cheer dance championship. Based on true events.
- DirectorYukinari HanawaStarsAoi MiyazakiKeisuke KoideMasaru MiyazakiWriter Misuzu Nakahara confesses her involvement in the 300 Million Yen Affair. In the chaotic days of the 1960s, Misuzu, a lonely high school girl from a troubled family, finds a sanctuary with her nihilistic brother Ryo and his friends, who pass day by day hanging around a shadowy café bar and indulging themselves in sex, drugs and alcohol. As the social unrest seeps in and their relationships gradually fall off, Misuzu gets drawn into a dangerous plot against the society set by one of the rebellious boys, Kishi - robbing a bank car of 300 million yen. The two accomplices set out for numerous rehearsals, and their hearts get closer secretly and quietly. On one rainy day, helped by coincidences, the heist goes successful to give a huge impact on Japan, but it only brings Misuzu a great sense of loss and sadness she had never expected.
- DirectorKentarô OhtaniStarsMasami NagasawaMokomichi HayamiTsuyoshi AbeA diver on the university team must decide which of her two childhood friends she loves, and they're both on the swim team.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsKentez AsakaNana EikuraSôta FukushiSet 18 months after movie Library Wars (2013). After the government's enactment of the Media Betterment Act, battles wage between the Betterment Squads and the Library Defense. The Library Defense resists censorship and advocates freedom of expression. The biggest battle awaits for the Library Defense.
- DirectorKazuki ÔmoriStarsAkira EmotoReina FujieKôji KikkawaAfter Misao divorced, she moved to Vietnam. She has always admired the country. There, she works as a Japanese language teacher. She learns that her brother-in-law is taking her mother with Alzheimer's into a facility. Misao decides to take her mother to Vietnam instead. At first, her mother is uncomfortable adapting to life in a strange land. Her mother comes around though and embraces the warm people in Vietnam. One day, her mother is injured and Misao faces the reality in nursing her.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsKasumi ArimuraSôta FukushiYuki YamadaNinako confesses her love to Ren. But get rejected because he is already have a girlfriend. They promise to stay as a friend. Some other guy confess their love to her but she rejects them. Is it because she still wants to be with Ren?
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsHaruka AyaseTôri MatsuzakaEriko HatsuneA store owner and a magazine editor were hired as a temporary employee by The Louvre for a Mona Lisa exhibition to be held in Japan. The two soon discover a hidden puzzle of the Mona Lisa that will change their lives.
- DirectorNoboru IguchiStarsAsamiYuria EdaAkiko IkuinaOn the morning of a certain Tuesday, a mysterious "death race" is suddenly announced on television. Viewers are enthralled by the excitement of the competition, with participants, their loved ones held hostage, getting knocked out of the race one after another in unpredictable ways. Meanwhile, survivors refer to a guide book issued to each participant for tips on how to succeed.
- DirectorTatsushi ÔmoriStarsHirofumi AraiJoe HyûgaMansaku IkeuchiA child's horrific murder brings to light the haunted truth of an affair between her mother and a neighbor. As a magazine reporter investigates the case, he finds that nothing is as it seems.
- DirectorIzuru NarushimaStarsKoji YakushoHiroshi AbeShûichi AzumayaThe life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.
- 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.
- DirectorYoung-nam KimStarsHa Jung-wooSatoshi TsumabukiTasuku EmotoA drama centered on two men involved in the smuggling industry in Japan.
- StarsSatoshi TsumabukiNobuko MiyamotoKazuki KitamuraThe story centers on Naoe Kanetsugu, a loyal and devoted samurai in Echigo Province in the 16th century. Kanetsugu was trained in his early childhood by Uesugi Kenshin and after his death, served Kenshin's adopted son Kagekatsu and is known for his extreme loyalty to the Uesugi family. He also made every effort to protect the people of Echigo with a strong sense of justice and genuine sympathy toward commoners.
- DirectorTakahisa ZezeStarsSatoshi TsumabukiRei DanRyôko KuninakaTsuyoshi Matsuoka, a doctor at a Tokyo hospital, misdiagnoses a patient's disease as a common cold. But after the patient's sudden death, he realizes that it's very serious disease, which can make a population extinct, so he struggles to find out the cause of the disease with doctor Eiko Kobayashi.
- DirectorYoshimitsu MoritaStarsYûji OdaMakoto FujitaShin'yû FujiwaraA scruffy, masterless samurai decides to help a group of young warriors whose leader was taken captive by a gang of ambitious officers.
- DirectorIzuru NarushimaStarsTatsuya FujiYoshihiko HakamadaKen IshiguroAs the Americans run Japan they also reserve the right to fly aeroplanes with nuclear weapons on board over the skies of the country. The Japanese mountains are often referred to as the Alps and it is here that a secretive US military aircraft with weapons of mass destruction crashes. The race is on for a group of journalists to climb the mountains and reach it. Yet, they are not the only ones aiming at securing the site for their own purposes.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsShinobu TerajimaNao ÔmoriRiho MakiseAfter meeting a handsome truck driver (Nao Omori) in the midst of an urban mini-mart, a 30-something freelance writer (Shinobu Terajima) embarks on a life-changing emotional journey of sexual self-discovery.
- DirectorHiroshi AndoStarsMikako IchikawaManami KonishiAsami ImajukuAn introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates. Set in a small seaside town in Japan, the love of her life eventually leaves her for her boyfriend in Tokyo.
- DirectorKeisuke YoshidaStarsSeiji FukushiYûsuke IseyaAoba KawaiThe film centers on Iwao Shishido, who at age forty suddenly leaves his rural village, but returns with a foreign bride during his father's funeral.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsRichard GereJoan AllenCary-Hiroyuki TagawaProfessor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship unfolds.
- DirectorAndrew LauAlan MakRalph RieckermannStarsJay ChouAnthony Chau-Sang WongEdison ChenAfter winning his first competition, Takumi focuses his attention on drift racing, a sport he has unknowingly perfected while delivering tofu in his father's Toyota AE86.
- DirectorMacoto TezukaStarsTadanobu AsanoMiyako KodaReika HashimotoIn a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only building left standing is known as the Media Station, a broadcasting center responsible for all of Japan's entertainment.
- DirectorSetsurô WakamatsuStarsYûji OdaNanako MatsushimaKôichi SatôA group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded JPY$5 billion from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out near the area. Fortunately, the terrorists did not capture Togashi, the dam controller, and he is the only person who can rescue those hostages from the terrorists...
- DirectorTakuya MatsumotoStarsKana Arai
- DirectorSabuStarsMasayuki SakamotoHiroshi NaganoYoshihiko InoharaTwo robbers, three cops, a wanted criminal and a former priest's lives are intertwined when a bank heist goes wrong.
- DirectorToshihiro GotôStarsAnna IshibashiSeika TaketomiShun'ya ShiraishiBased on the manga series "Yume no Kayoiji" by Yasuyuki Ohno (first published January, 1987 by biweekly seinen manga magazine Young King).
- DirectorToshihiro GotôStarsSaki TerashimaRyôsuke KawamuraMiyu IrinoA young man Hiroshi Igarashi is looking for a lost key chain after an earthquake that happened many years ago. While inside a school building he finds an old wooden box that contains the photo of two girls. To his surprise one of the girls starts to communicate with him and informs him that the owner of the photo is a former art teacher and it is his duty to return the photo.
- DirectorMasahiro KunimotoStarsKengo KôraMitsuki TanimuraMayumi AsakaOn September 9th, the day of the Katakai Fireworks Festival, high school student Hana comes home from the hospital after six months of treatment for leukemia. She then discovers that her older brother Taro has become a hikikomori (social recluse). Taro used to be tender, smart and proud of his younger sister, but now he even turns his back on her and stays in his room. Her parents act like there is nothing wrong with him. Later that evening, Hana attends the Katakai Fireworks Festival and observes the town's youth group happily planning for next year's event. She decides to get Taro involved with the group in an effort to bring him out of his shell. Hana drags Taro out of his room and to the youth group office. Unfortunately, Taro is not accepted as a member. Hana, nevertheless, is determined to get Taro back into society and helps him find a part-time job as a paper boy and into the adult meetings for the Katakai Fireworks Festival. With Hana's help Taro slowly opens up to the world again. Then, with winter approaching, Hana has a relapse with her leukemia. Taro comes to the hospital everyday to visit Hana and soon learns that the Katakai Fireworks Festival is a symbol of happiness for Hana. Taro then takes the initiative to make Hana happy and approaches the town's youth group once more for admittance.
- DirectorMasao TakeshitaStarsTaizô HaradaMirai YamamotoKyôzô NagatsukaRiichi has moved back to Niigata after living in Tokyo and works as a inter-city bus driver at night. His ex-wife of many years ago is one of his passengers one night. She has remarried and Riichi has been pondering proposing to his current girlfriend. Riichi's son and daughter are in transition as well.
- DirectorYûichi OnumaStarsNaoko WatanabeKen MitsuishiAimi SatsukawaYoung and attractive, northern Japanese girl from Niigata Prefecture makes the move south to the bright lights of the Japanese capital of Tokyo upon graduating from high school. Hiromi aspires to become an actress. Her physique helps her be scouted and leave her temporary job of working at security. She becomes a pornographic actress using the Mihiro alias.
- DirectorMasato HaradaStarsKoji YakushoRyûdô UzakiYûki AmamiWhen radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.
- DirectorTetsu MaedaStarsHayato IchiharaManami HigaSôsuke TakaokaBeautiful Mayumi enlists the help of Yataro Sarumaru a master locksmith and a notorious womanizer to open a bank safe deposit box. This results in Yataro fleeing from the police who are in hot pursuit.
- DirectorKôji WakamatsuStarsTasuku EmotoEtsuko SekiKaori KobayashiA Japanese teenager bicycles aimlessly through the countryside after killing his mother.
- DirectorShinobu YaguchiStarsAyaka MiyoshiYû YashiroChaySuzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is treated by a hypnotist and left under the spell. Thereafter she cannot but sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever. No matter the source, length or quality she is composed to dance along. Shizuka heads back to the hypnotist for relief, but he is nowhere to be found when he is needed the most.
- DirectorAkihiko ShiotaStarsMugi KadowakiNana KomatsuRyo NaritaA musical duo decides to disband.
- DirectorHaruki KadokawaStarsTakaaki EnokiMasahiko TsugawaAtsuko AsanoIn 16th century Japan, two samurai engage in massive battles across the countryside, one attempting to conquer and the other attempting to defend his land while repressing his love for a woman after taking a vow of celibacy.
- DirectorYûdai KatôStarsYôsuke AsariRyûnosuke KawaiAkira Fuse
- DirectorJoe OdagiriStarsAkira EmotoRirika KawashimaNijirô MurakamiWhy does one need a ferryman? One needs a ferryman where there is a body of water and a bridge does not exist. The village high in the hills has a ferryman, but a bridge is in the works. The poor peasant is about to become even more poor. The people, livestock and goods won't need his services much longer. His life also takes an abrupt turn another way. He meets a young girl on a day when everything was supposed to go like any other day.
- 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.
- DirectorSayaka KaiStarsMasatoshi NagaseNahanaArata IuraThirty years after a boy's disappearance, a journalist revives interest in the case, which in turn compels the victim's brother to look for this woman's daughter in the snowy hinterlands of northern Japan.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsBunta SugawaraKin'ya AikawaMasumi HarukawaA truck driver in Yamagata prefecture finds himself stuck on the road due to a police speeding checkpoint. The trucker decides to use the road shoulder instead. Wen stopped they explain to the police that they have an emergency and are in a rush. Then a police cruiser with two policewomen again catches them. Apparently, this time it is for the crime of having been in a woman's public bath.
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsKiyoshi AtsumiChieko BaishôMasami Shimojô
- DirectorNaoto KumazawaStarsHayato IchiharaJuri UenoYû AoiIncompetent film set gopher Tomoya finds out that the girl he loved has died in a plane crash, after he e-mails a picture of a rainbow to her. While her family sets off to retrieve a body, he recalls the love affair they never really had.
- DirectorYukihiko TsutsumiStarsRyunosuke KamikiKuranosuke SasakiQyoko KudoIt is 2017 and a resurrected Tomodachi rules world. The prophecies of The New Book have all come true.
- DirectorDrake DoremusStarsNicholas HoultKristen StewartVernetta LopezIn an emotionless utopia, two people fall in love when they regain their feelings from a mysterious disease, causing tensions between them and their society.
- DirectorKôichi GotôStarsEiji OkudaYûko FuekiYôko MinaminoKunio Shibano was bankrupted. He visited snowland spa aria to commit suicide. But he met Geisha Moeko and she gave him power to challenge one more time.
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsDai WatanabeEiji OkudaYoshio Harada
- DirectorKazuya ShiraishiStarsRie KitaharaPierre TakiMugi KadowakiTwo fanatical followers of 'Sunny', an 11-year-old girl (now a woman) who on the Internet is worshiped like a goddess as the 'cutest murderer', kidnap another young woman claiming that she is, in fact, the adult Sunny.
- DirectorAyaka KatôStarsTakao HandaMegumiMiina
- DirectorAkiko ÔkuStarsMayu MatsuokaKanji FurutachiAnna IshibashiYoshika is 24 years old and works in an office. She doesn't have a boyfriend in her life, but still romanticizes her former junior high school classmate.
- DirectorHaruo InoueStarsYûna TairaKaren OhtomoHidetoshi HoshidaAki transferred from Tokyo to a school on a rural island. Tamako was born and raised on the island. Now, they attend the same middle school. Aki was a member of the soft tennis club back in Tokyo, but an incident caused her to leave behind her mother and older sister and move in with her father Masaya on the island. Tamako asks Aki to teach her soft tennis. This inspires Akito pick up her racket once again. Unfortunately, the area doesn't have a tennis court. Aki and Tamako try to make a court on the campus of a shutdown school.
- DirectorJohn WilliamsArashi mixes Japanese rock, Noh Masks and the weird volcanic landscapes of Sado Island in a radical reworking of The Tempest. In this Tempest the storm has gone badly wrong and ruined the island, Caliban is now in charge and Miranda has gone crazy. Prospero is missing, presumed dead. When a singer arrives on the island, exiled to the brutal prison that Caliban overseas, he escapes into the interior where he encounters a crazed older exile, and starts to become intrigued by the ancient Demon songs of the island. The singer tries to recreate the songs of the Demons, which he learns have the power to bring Spring back to the island, or once again to bring the terrible Storm . . .
- DirectorSeiji AburataniStarsManami HigaMasataka KubotaAkira EmotoA British military transport plane makes an emergency landing on Sado Island. The residents on the island take care of the crew members until the plane can take off once again despite knowing that Britishers are their enemies.