Miracle Apples
Akinori Kimura (Sadao Abe) and his wife Mieko (Miho Kanno) opens an apple orchard in their hometown of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. Due to Meiko's allergic reaction to pesticides, Akinori Kimura has to grow his apples without the aid of chemicals. Because of this challenge, his family endures hardships and suffers severe financial difficulties. Akinori Kimura even contemplates suicide. A miracle then happens...
Kamui Gaiden
A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
The Woodsman and the Rain
A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.
Sleeping Forest
A man is found dead in a office of Takayanagi Ballet Company. The suspect is a female dancer at the ballet company. The Takayanagi Ballet Company insists that the incident is a self defense case, but after an investigation there's doubts in that claim. Then, the director of the Takayanagi Ballet Company is poisoned to death. Are the cases related?
Blade of the Immortal
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Space Battleship Yamato
In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.
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.
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.
As the Gods Will
High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children's games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat.
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Yôichi Sai
Director
Hiroshi Yamamoto
as
Ekin Cheng
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Dumok
Tsutomu Yamazaki
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Narration
Koyuki
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Sugaru
Kengo Kôra
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Masatô Ibu
as
Shun Oguri
as
Koichi
Nobuhiro Doi
Director
Yukie Nakama
as
Hiroshi Abe
as
Kyoichiro Kaga
Satomi Ishihara
as
Mio Asaoka
Takashi Miike
Director
Chiaki Kuriyama
as
Hyakurin
Kazuki Kitamura
as
Sabato Kuroi
Kanako Higuchi
as
Kanji Tsuda
as
Johnny
Ko Shibasaki
as
Ritsuko Fujimura
Takashi Yamazaki
Director
Marika Matsumoto
as
M. Nishina
Isao Sasaki
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Narrator
Takuma Otoo
as
Kimiko Yo
as
Chikako Yuri
Tarô Suwa
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Taxi Driver
Yôjirô Takita
Director
Yukiko Tachibana
as
Tôru Minegishi
as
Yoshiki Kobayashi
Nijirô Murakami
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Dôri Sakurada
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Class 2-B President
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