Tetta Sugimoto

誘拐法廷〜セブンデイズ

Manabu Asô

Nanako Matsushima, Ryuhei Maruyama

義務と演技

Haruo Ichikura

Hiroshi Tachi, Misa Shimizu

Two married couples struggle to cope with their sex lives. Kenji and Misaki, a seemingly happy married couple, lead a sexless life. Misaki, whose numerous seductions have been turned down by her husband Kenji, longs for a way to solve their sexless marriage. On the other hand, Shoko, a career oriented woman, is annoyed by the constant sexual attention she receives from her husband Yoshihiko, who believes fulfilling Shoko’s sexual needs is the greatest expression of love. When a chance meeting brings Kenji and Shoko together in a passionate affair, they suddenly find themselves re-examining their lives and struggling to understand what is truly important.

那須少年記

Yasuhiro Hatsuyama

Taiga Nakano, Kenta Tsukada

Set in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture in 1954, movie tells the tale of 14 year old boys: their friendships, fights among friends, and rebellions against the school. It also tells the story of the adults who live around the boys. This is a nostalgic, bitter, and sentimental journey into lives in the post-war environment.

Mokka No Koibito

Jinsei Tsuji

Masato Hagiwara, Haruka Igawa

Japanese film directed by Jinsei Tsuji

Under the Nagasaki Sky

Taro Hyugaji

Yuya Yagira, Chizuru Ikewaki

Under the Nagasaki Sky

Departures

Yojiro Takita

Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue

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.

砂の器

Shunsaku Kawake

Noriyuki Higashiyama, Kento Nakajima

A bruised and battered corpse in Shibuya, Tokyo has the attention of the local cops. A veteran detective is assigned to the case. The last utterance of the victim is one clue that detective Imanishi has to work on. Yet, the case becomes more tangled quickly. Elsewhere, a prodigy named Waga Eiryo is composing an orchestral piece.

A Promise

Yoshishige Yoshida

Rentaro Mikuni, Chōichirō Kawarasaki

An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading up to her death.

Deep River

Kei Kumai

Kumiko Akiyoshi, Eiji Okuda

A group of Japanese tourists try to forget their pasts and find themselves in India.

John Rabe

Florian Gallenberger

Ulrich Tukur, Dagmar Manzel

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

Isao Yukisada

Takao Osawa, Kou Shibasaki

While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.

Waterboys

Shinobu Yaguchi

Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.

The 8-Year Engagement

Takahisa Zeze

Takeru Satoh, Tao Tsuchiya

Hisashi and Mai are a happy couple in their 20s who are engaged to be married. But three months before their wedding, Mai becomes seriously ill. Her heart stops momentarily, and she falls into a deep coma. Hisashi visits Mai at the hospital every day before work. With no idea if or when she will ever awake, Mai’s parents encourage Hisashi to find someone else, but he refuses to give up and continues to pray for her recovery. As if his prayers are answered, Mai begins to regain consciousness several years later, and even utters a few words. But tragically, she has suffered brain damage and has no memory of Hisashi.

僕の初恋をキミに捧ぐ

Takehiko Shinjo

Mao Inoue, Masaki Okada

Takuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves so that she can easily move on. What he didn't know is that he is under-estimating her.

一千兆円の身代金

Keita Kono

Shingo Katori, Miyu Honda

Based on the mystery novel by Yagi Keiichi, the former Deputy Prime Minister was investigated after leaving a national debt of 1,085 trillion yen, but charges were mysteriously dropped. Now, his granddaughter has been kidnapped. The ransom? Either 1,085 trillion yen- the same as Japan's national debt- or a formal apology and financial reconstruction plan from the former Deputy Prime Minister are to be prepared within the next seven days. Can the police save the young girl before the deadline?

女衒

Shōhei Imamura

Ken Ogata, Mitsuko Baisho

At the time between the World Wars, Japan is involved in empire-building throughout East and Southeast Asia. After a brief career as a low-level military adventurer, Iheiji sets up chains of brothels throughout Asia. As Japan's power in the region grows, so does Iheiji's prosperity and patriotism.