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- Hongo Takeshi awakens to discover he has been transformed into a grasshopper-hybrid cyborg. Becoming the Masked Rider, he must fight the mysterious evil organization SHOCKER to protect all of mankind.
- Follows 17-year-old Ryota Miyagi, who struggles to accomplish his late elder brother's dream of becoming a basketball star.
- Two ruthless yakuza gangs interrupt the shooting of an action flick at an abandoned factory. The action star isn't too pleased. One hundred yakuza against one ? Pfff, too easy.
- After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location known as 'Howling Village' to investigate his disappearance and uncover her family's dark history.
- Musashi returns Japan's legendary swordsman and philosopher to the screen once again. In an original period drama based on the historical facts of the life and travels of the famous Miyamoto Musashi we find an apprentice, an instructor and the account of a famous battle in Japan of the Middle Ages where many questions will be answered.
- Takes place in 1924 and centres on Yuri, who killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. There, she encounters an orphan whose family was murdered and holds the key to finding a large sum of money reported missing by the Imperial Japanese Army. But with an army of soldiers after them, they must fight to survive.
- After beloved wife and mother Miyuki tragically dies, her little son chants a resurrection spell in the hope of reviving her. But something evil is pulsing underground, and a child's pure wish awakens a vengeful monster.
- In the year 20XX, mysterious meteors bombard the Earth and usher in an age of horrific beasts known as 'ANOROC', hunting and killing humans for their life force. The Earth has one last defender against them; her name is 'LION-GIRL'.
- Hiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shooting and death is everywhere. At the same time, there is a suspicion that the former man has his own ties to the thugs. Certainly many of his methods and actions are thuggish, violent and should be illegal.
- A group of high school students are forced into a game where they are hypnotized to commit suicide on an unknown command. Where no one is safe from a sudden death, how can they avoid their fates?
- Mysterious deaths befall on employees of a VR-tech company. There's an unprecedented fear waiting between reality and the virtual world.
- In search of employment and a permanent position and having committed murder the ronin Kake Junoshin tells the Kurokaze ('black wave') Han clan that a religious cult is aiming for their destruction. This gets him in, but he is soon disproved and arrested. Given the death sentence and awaiting death he has to be quick on his feet and figure out a way to get himself out of the hole. Then the resurrection occurs.
- Riichi has moved back to Niigata after living in Tokyo and works as a inter-city bus driver at night. His ex-wife of many years ago is one of his passengers one night. She has remarried and Riichi has been pondering proposing to his current girlfriend. Riichi's son and daughter are in transition as well.
- Hatsumi and her family live normal lives until she is used by Ryoki who begins to bully and intimidate her. Azusa is a friend in the area and also good looking. He has the hots for Hatsumi too. They begin to go steady, but soon it transpires that not everything as easy or straightforward. Time to unravel the mystery.
- Friendship, fights, love...... an exhilarating drama filled with all the adolescence that is unique to high school boys, will explode onto the screen this summer.
- Towa Furuya is a handsome high school student. Since he was little, he has always been surrounded by women. He believes that he is popular with women, but he has never had a girlfriend in his life. One day, Towa's classmate tells him "you're the type of guy where girls only look at." Towa gets upset and states that he will make Misono Miwa his girlfriend. Misono is a beautiful girl and she is popular with guys, but she turns down their advances. Towa confesses his feelings to Misono, but she also turns him down. Towa doesn't give up and his feelings get stronger for her. He discovers that she likes art teacher Takatsugu Masaki.
- Three male gangsters are forced by their boss into becoming a trio of female pop singers.
- Shinichi, Tatsuya, and Makoto live in a provincial town. They are all friends and 25 years old. Even though they only think about women and sex, they are all still virgins. To change their lives, they set up a plan to have sex.
- Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from the criminal to merely asocial. That should be that, but soon matters take a darker turn when a corpse turns up and a murder has occurred. The culprit fingered is one of the patients.
- There is an accident. A young man dies and a young woman loses her eyesight and becomes blind. She was about to become a cop, but that vocation is not to be. Opportunity to do policing work comes to pass several years when the woman is in minor accident and hears a girl. Cusrious and investigating she meets a boy. She senses something dangerous a foot.
- As a child, Masaki Sata was teased and bullied because of his appearance and called "Demekin" (popeyed goldfish). He decided to fight back and eventually became unbeatable in fights. His red hair also became a trademark. Masaki Sata and his buddy Atsunari then spent their days fighting and riding motorcycles. After middle school, Masaki Sata went on to high school and Atsunari begins to work at a ramen restaurant. One day, Atsunari comes up with the idea of starting a motorcycle gang with Masaki Sata. What awaits for them are enemies.
- Takatsuki Mirai suffered from a life threatening disease when he was young. Through donations and the compassion of acquaintances and strangers his life was turned around. On the down side he is consistently under the spotlight and, as a schoolboy, finds it hard to cope. When he decides for suicide solution a message arrives asking for the money back.
- Sosuke Tashiro is on an elite career course at a major bank until he is transferred - or rather relegated - to a subsidiary company, where he reaches retirement age.
- When Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her best friend Noe. Afterwards, Mio found her talent in cooking and eventually became a cook. Meanwhile, Noe has become an oiran (high-ranking courtesan).
- Following the premise of the novel of the same name, Taberu Onna, the film zooms in on the ins and outs and comings and goings of the daily lives of eight women in Japan including a Western one. These women interact, eat, drink, date with abandon, have high expectations and practice materialism.
- In 1945, the mother fled with her two sons from the Russians to Hokkaido. In 1972, her son returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.
- Master Kaei, the heir to the affluent and well-regarded Karasuma family, is back at home in Japan after a period of studying in the United Kingdom. Back at the mansion he has Kisaragi Soma to serve him. Soma is efficient and intelligent beyond his station. There is something unusual afoot and the two men need to counter it.
- A popular high school band is scouted by a Tokyo-based record company. The band is involved in a car accident, however, shattering many hopes. The band receives a demo tape from a girl who lives on the navy base. They are reinvigorated.
- Takashi Habuki aspired to become a dancer, but he kept failing auditions. He gave up on that dream. To think carefully about his life, Takashi decides to visit Kibo Temple, which is located deep in the mountain. A rule exists, that when nightfall comes, people should not visit the abandoned temple in the back of the Kibo Temple. One night, Takashi, who is unable to let go of his dream of becoming a dancer, goes to the abandoned temple and begins to dance. Eight handsome zombies appears in front of him.
- To solve the case where the detective and its partner · Takada was involved in the bar of Susukino in the entertainment district of Sapporo in Hokkaido.
- Boyatetsu is from 1945, but travels forward to the year 2020. He finds himself in a Tokyo where Japanese are having less children and the population is in decline. There is also actual problems like unemployment. He is surprised, bewilders and wants to gather his wits together again and play mahjong.
- Shuichi is engaged to Sanae and they will marry soon. One day, Shuichi is driving a car and his friend Teru sits as a passenger. He is speeding because he is late for a meeting about his upcoming wedding ceremony. On the way there, he hits a woman and flees. The woman dies later and her parents Hikaru and Chizuko Tokiyama are grief stricken. Veteran detective Kozaburo Yanagi and rookie detective Shun Maeda investigate the hit-and-run case.
- Yujiro has worked hard and diligently practiced for the eventuality to be a kabuki star and rule the art form. Nevertheless, he is passed over and not given the chance he expected. Aizo wants to put his voice to use, but is unsuccessful. They come across each other at an audition and have a tiff. This leads to their big break and also their potential downfall.
- Shinjiro Watari (Mizutani), a former tap dancer, plays the lead as a dancer who is forced into retirement following an accident while on stage. He tries his hand at Directing, but struggles to make the transition. Shinjiro turns to alcohol to cope with his plight. But when the manager of a theater being closed down turns to Shinjiro to direct its final performance, he works with a group young dancers and in the process learns a few things about himself. The movie is very well done and worth the price of admission. A view into the Japanese dancing world, as well as Japanese society.
- Natsumi is proposed to by Yamato, a man who aims to become a fisherman to succeed his father. Her grandmother Kiyo, who raised her since a young age, broke her legs and uses a wheelchair now. Kiyo lives in a facility where Natsumi visits to tell her about the wedding. Natsumi suggests the idea of Kiyo walking along the wedding aisle with her, which encourages the week Kiyo. With that mindset, Kiyo regains hope and try to get better with the help of Natsumi.