Aju Makita
2021Shoplifters
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Lily Franky, Sakura Andō
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.
Shoplifters
After the Storm
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Hiroshi Abe, Yoko Maki
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
After the Storm
朝が来る
Naomi Kawase
Hiromi Nagasaku, Arata Iura
After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, convinced by the discourse of an adoption association, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a baby boy. A few years later, their parenthood is shaken by a threatening unknown girl, Hikari, who pretends to be the child's biological mother. Satoko decides to confront Hikari directly.
True Mothers
君を愛したひとりの僕へ
Kenichi Kasai
Hio Miyazawa, Aju Makita
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?
To Me, the One Who Loved You
志乃ちゃんは自分の名前が言えない
Hiroaki Yuasa
Sara Minami, Aju Makita
Ooshima Shino is a 1st-grade high school student. She has difficulties pronouncing words that start with vowels in front of people. Because of her speech impediment, she does not get along with others. Shino meets Kayo who likes music, but she is tone-deaf. They decide to start a band and Shino begins to change.
Shino Can't Say Her Name
星の子
Tatsushi Ōmori
Mana Ashida, Masatoshi Nagase
When Chihiro was a baby, she suffered from eczema. Her parents tried to find a cure, but nothing worked. Her father's co-worker then gave him some water from a strange religious group. Chihiro was miraculously cured by the water. Her parents began to follow the strange religion and became fervent followers. Chihiro is now in the 3rd grade of middle school and she faces changes in her life.
Child of the Stars
友罪
Takahisa Zeze
Toma Ikuta, Eita
An ex-journalist Masuda whose article caused a scandalous fatality now works at a small factory. He learns that his colleague Suzuki is a former convict who killed some children back in middle school. Trying to get back his old job, Masuda secretly starts to write a piece on Suzuki while befriending him. The more he learns about his colleague, however, the more Masuda remembers his younger self, a boy who triggered his classmate's suicide.
My Friend "A"
#ハンド全力
Daigo Matsui
Seishirou Katou, Kotaro Daigo
The school’s handball club is about to close down. Can social media bring it back to life? Masao Kiyota is a high school student living in Japan’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture. Lacking passion for anything in life, he spends his days like so many youth on his smartphone along with his childhood friend, Okamoto. One day, they upload a photo taken three years previously when they were both part of their school’s handball team. To their surprise, the post goes a little viral. Encouraged, they add the hashtag: “#Handball Full Power” and are swarmed with “likes” from around the country. Amidst the sudden social media attention, Masao and Okamoto set to resuscitating a nearly defunct men’s handball team.
#HandballStrive
猫は抱くもの
Isshin Inudô
Erika Sawajiri, Ryo Yoshizawa
A 33-year-old supermarket worker at a provincial city used to be an idol, but could not see a future as a singer. Sick of everything, she moved to a provincial town and met Yoshio, a pet cat she saw at a store.
The Cat in Their Arms
DIVOC-12
Miyuki Fukuda, Shinichiro Ueda
Ryusei Yokohama, Honoka Matsumoto
"DIVOC-12" is a project by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. to produce an omnibus consisting of 12 short films, aiming to enable creators, production staff, and actors affected by the coronavirus infection to continue to engage in creative activities.
DIVOC-12
言の葉
Mizuoto Hirano
Aju Makita, Hiyori Sakurada
"Kotonoha" is a heartwarming friendship story between a high school girl who is not good at socializing and cannot make friends, and a girl who cannot speak words. Aju Makita plays the role of Kaori Ito, who is bullied at school because she has a habit of saying things that hurt people, and Hiyori Sakurada plays the role of a mysterious girl who cannot speak words, Hiyori Sakurada. Yumena Yanai plays the role of Ayori Sato, the class president of the class, and Ryuya Miyase plays the role of Takeshi Kimura of the baseball club in the same high school first grade as Kaori. The drama was filmed during the hot summer vacation of Mr. Hirano.
Kotonoha
