Hotel Royal
Set at the Hotel Royal, situated in the marshland of Hokkaido, Japan, and follows the guests, the family that runs the hotel, and the hotel's staff. Masayo Tanaka is the only child of the family that runs Hotel Royal. She failed to enter an arts school and she now works at the hotel. She does not show her emotions to anyone.
20-seiki nosutarujia
A young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time, taking over his body to infiltrate and study humanity in order to find the reasons why our civilization is doomed to future destruction. He replicates the spirit of another alien in a girl that he meets, and together they use their video cameras to document modern urban Japanese society.
A Class to Remember 3: The New Voyage
A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She meets others looking for a new start in life, including a former salaryman with whom she begins a furtive romance...
Sharaku
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, and describes the emanicipation of a man who refuses to let himself become the plaything of power and money.
Moonlight Serenade
After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.
Dog Star
A seeing-eye dog (Shiro) is granted one wish by his former owner. He chooses to become a human for a short time so he can find the girl who trained him as a puppy. While attempting to get to know her (as he runs along behind her and sniffs for her around town) he eventually falls in love with her.
Ace Attorney
Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright, as he strives to protect his clients in various murder trials, including the death of his mentor, Mia Fey, and the accusation of rival prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth. Phoenix's greatest ally is Mia's younger sister Maya, a spirit medium whose body is possessed by Mia to communicate with him.
Ah haru
A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.
Omotenashi
Cultures meet and values are learnt through the renovation of an inn.
Crossroads
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
A Story of Yonosuke
The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.
Shield of Straw
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.
Parasyte: Part 1
Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
52 Hertz no Kujiratachi
After a life of abuse, Kiko moves to a quiet seaside town. There, she meets a young boy who, like her, has also suffered domestic abuse. Through their shared pain, they also find much-needed solace
Departures
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
Suicide Club
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer to this mystery, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
Air Doll
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.
To the Solitary Me Who Loved You
Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in their world, but not without repercussions. Does a universe exist for the young couple, and what will it cost them to find it?
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Masaharu Take
Director
Ken Yasuda
as
Daikichi Tanaka
Sairi Itô
as
Maria Sakura
Kimiko Yo
as
Miko Noshiro
Amane Okayama
as
Ryosuke Nojima
Masahiro Shinoda
Director
Chôichirô Kawarasaki
as
Santo Kyoden
Hiroyuki Sanada
as
Tonbo
Shirô Sano
as
Utamaro
Masahiko Nishimura
as
Michiko Hada
as
Komachi
Takashi Miike
Director
Mirei Kiritani
as
Mayoi Ayasato
Mitsuki Tanimura
as
Natsumi Oosawagi
Minami Hamabe
as
Young Chihiro Ayasato
Shinji Sômai
Director
Kôichi Satô
as
Hiroshi Nirasaki
Tomokazu Miura
as
Hiroshi's brother
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as
Sasaichi, Hiroshi's Father
Munetaka Aoki
as
Iguchi-san
Tae Kimura
as
Kimura-sensei
Mina Fujii
as
Naoko
Takashi Tsukamoto
as
Eiko Koike
as
Mai
Aimi Satsukawa
as
Mutsumi Toi
Yuriko Yoshitaka
as
Shoko Yosano
Kengo Kôra
as
Yonosuke Yokomichi
Takuma Otoo
as
Tarô Suwa
as
Taxi Driver
Takashi Yamazaki
Director
Pierre Taki
as
Miki
Ai Hashimoto
as
Satomi Murano
Kazuki Kitamura
as
Takeshi Hirokawa
Jun Shison
as
Ango Okada
Hio Miyazawa
as
Chikara Niina
Mitsuko Baishô
as
Sachie Mura
Yôjirô Takita
Director
Yukiko Tachibana
as
Tôru Minegishi
as
Yoshiki Kobayashi
Sion Sono
Director
Nao Nagasawa
as
Kenjirô Tsuda
as
Mita
Tamao Satô
as
Nurse Yôko Kawaguchi
Hirokazu Koreeda
Director
Takashi Yamanaka
as
Doona Bae
as
Nozomi
Susumu Terajima
as
Policeman
Miki Mizuno
as
Itoko Sato
Aju Makita
as
Shiori Sato
Takahisa Zeze
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