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- DirectorTakahiro MikiStarsYuriko YoshitakaRyûsei YokohamaKyôsuke YabeA tragic accident lead to Akari's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can still afford her. Akari has also lost her family. She meets Rui a former kick boxer, misplaces him and the two begin speaking. He too has a past and is disassociated with most of society. One things leads to another and they develop feelings for one another. However, the too are connected in more than one way. Rui attempts to do what is right.
- DirectorTakahiro MikiStarsSôta FukushiNana KomatsuMasahiro HigashideOn the way to his university in Kyoto, a 20 y.o. man falls in love with a woman on the train. He tells her. They start dating. She has a supernatural secret.
- CreatorMitsurô KuboSayo YamamotoStarsJun'ichi SuwabeToshiyuki ToyonagaKôki UchiyamaAfter suffering defeat, Yuri Katsuki hangs up his ice skates for good. But will an encounter with two top skaters reignite his passion?
- A group of teens face off against each other in a futuristic survival game held on a remote island. Based on the 2000 Japanese film "Battle Royale".
- DirectorYukiko SodeStarsMugi KadowakiKiko MizuharaKei IshibashiHanako is looking for stability with her man. She gets dumped instead. She begins dating. Miki studied and worked hard to get to where she is and is holding down a job. They are introduced through an intermediary man
- DirectorAkira NagaiStarsMasaki SudaSatoshi FukaseMitsuki TakahataA kind man aspires to become a comic creator, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more.
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsKotone FurukawaAyumu NakajimaHyunriAn unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
- DirectorNaoko OgigamiStarsMikako IchikawaReiko KusamuraKen MitsuishiA single woman runs a rent-a-cat service to provide companions for lonely people.
- DirectorHiroshi IshikawaStarsYuka ItayaHaruka IgawaShôzô EndôSix women attempt to make it in current day Tokyo, living their everyday lives the best and worst they can. For them, every little moment becomes a ritual of the ordinary and the exciting, a balancing act for their dreams and hopes as the days perpetually tug on their heartstrings.
- StarsKasumi ArimuraMasaki SudaRyunosuke KamikiThe story of the unpopular comedy trio Macbeth, a waitress, and the waitress' younger sister who are stuck in a situation that anyone would call a failure in their life.
- StarsKento HayashiKazuki NamiokaMasao YoshiiA young Manzai comedian in Tokyo has an electrifying encounter with a senior comedian who is a genius with unique comedy philosophy who drives his determination and inspires his creativity.
- DirectorRikiya ImaizumiStarsRyûya WakabaKotone FurukawaTakeo GozuAoi Arakawa works at a secondhand clothing store in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. He lives a simple life. In his free time, he likes to browse used bookstores or go to bars by himself. Things become more complicated when Aoi Arakawa gets involved with four women.
- DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsYûko TakeuchiShidô NakamuraAkashi TakeiA young woman returns from the dead to her guilt-ridden husband and son, but she cannot remember them.
- DirectorSang-il LeeStarsSuzu HiroseTôri MatsuzakaRyûsei YokohamaIn a park on a rainy evening, a 19-year-old university student, Fumi, offers an umbrella to a soaking wet 10-year-old girl, Sarasa. Realizing her reluctance to go home, Fumi lets her stay in his place, where she spends the next two months in peace. They take each other's hands and seem to have finally found their place in the world until Fumi is arrested for kidnapping. Fifteen years later, the lonely two are reunited both still suffering from the stigma as the victim and perpetrator of "a pedophile case". Will the society give a place to their unshakable bond they have formed?
- DirectorGenki KawamuraStarsMieko HaradaYuka ItayaMisuzu KannoNew Year's Eve. Izumi finds his mother Yuriko wandering in a park in the freezing cold. Diagnosed with dementia, her mind quickly begins to fade. Yet, for her son, memories of the mother who raised him on her own feel as vivid as the day he lived through them, especially that of the time she had disappeared from his world, which haunts him to this day. As Yuriko slips slowly into oblivion, Izumi must come to terms with losing his mother again, this time forever. In his path to finding forgiveness in himself, however, Izumi soon uncovers Yuriko's secret past and the life she lived without him.
- DirectorNaoko YamadaStarsDawn AndersonDante BascoTom ChoiIn her thirties, Tamami rediscovers her high school friend Rin, now a musician. Flashbacks to their youth show their bond over music before drifting apart. A nostalgic look at young dreams and rekindling old connections.
- DirectorShinji HiguchiIkki TodorokiStarsTakumi SaitôMasami NagasawaHidetoshi NishijimaAs the threat of giant unidentified lifeforms known as "S-Class Species" worsens in Japan, a silver giant appears from beyond Earth's atmosphere.
- DirectorEdmund YeoStarsNana KomatsuHio MiyazawaAsami UsudaSatsuki's lover Hitoshi dies suddenly. She is unable to get over his death and is mired in deep sadness. Satsuki keeps thinking about the Moonlight Shadow phenomenon, which she heard about in the past. The Moonlight Shadow phenomenon is a mysterious event that allows a person to meet the dead at the end of a full moon.
- StarsYû YokoyamaEito KawaharaMaika YamamotoWhen an unpopular manga artist has to care for his new neighbor, a 5-year-old child living alone, he learns the importance of responsibility and care as an adult.
- DirectorTakafumi HatanoStarsErika AsakuraAkira EmotoMotoki FukamiKurumi is hired at a high-end hotel, but is instead dispatched to work at fun fair that is connected to the business network. The new work is out in the country and there is not much else to do or places to go. The go-to employee is one Yoshiko. Kurumi wants to be successful and valued and is eager to learn from Yoshiko. All is not as it seems on the surface however.
- DirectorSôshi MasumotoStarsMarika ItôDaichi KanekoYumi KawaiA schoolgirl, underwhelmed by the rom-com being made by the Film Club, sets out with her friends to make a samurai film to compete with it. First step: convince a mysterious stranger to play the lead.
- DirectorSatoko YokohamaStarsRen KomaiDaimaô KosakaMei KurokawaA shy country girl chooses a part-time job at a "maid cafe" where she serves customers while dressed up as a maid.
- DirectorYukiko MishimaStarsTomoyo HaradaYô ÔizumiKanna MoriyaYoung married couple Rie and Sang move from Tokyo to Lake Toya in Hokkaido Prefecture to start a bakery restaurant named Mani. Sang bakes bread and Rie makes food. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, the customers leave in a happy state.
- DirectorYasuhiro YoshiuraStarsYukiyo FujiiNobuhiko OkamotoShintarô ÔhataA young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsHidetoshi NishijimaTôko MiuraReika KirishimaA renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.