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An old man has to move to his son's new house. His wife is hospitalized and cannot move together. A few days after moving, he decides to go back to see his wife, though being opposed by his son.

Pettonton goes to Hong Kong! Pettonton is a green mysterious space alien, discarded on Earth by an UFO. The story depicts how he became best friends with Negita, and various other experiences with other friends. Using mysterious items like the “friendship ring”, which grants wisdom to whoever holds it, or the “time stick” which can stop time, they overcome difficult situations.

Bakabon loves his Papa, Mama, and little brother Hajime. Of course, he doesn't have a normal family with a name like that: Papa's an idiot who takes matters into his own hands, no matter the circumstances, Hajime's just a baby and is renowned for his genius, and Mama is the extra-resilient voice of reason. Life certainly isn't boring either, with Papa stopping a fraudster, the parents celebrating their anniversary and sharing how they met, and the foolish patriarch himself deciding to run away and solve a marriage crisis on live television. It's a big dumb world out there, but that's how it should be!

The fourth instalment in the Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei series.

Team Poképals assist Grovyle, a Pokémon from the the future, in restoring the Time Gears and preventing a dark future.

The film depicts a couple who go on a trip to Hawaii to relieve their daily frustration and get caught up in various commotions. Written by Masakuni Takahashi ("Minatomachi Gentlemen's Record"), directed by Tomio Kuriyama (this was his first film), and photographed by Kosuke Yasuda. Theme song is by Davey Smith ("Itoshi no Lahaina").

More of Emoto Takenori's humorous tales of the Baseball world.

When eight-year-old Tistou is sent home from school after being unable to stop falling asleep at lessons, his father decides that he will continue his education by learning from observation of real life, and where better to start than in the garden! With the gardener Mr. Moustache, Tistou discovers he has a remarkable gift—the green thumbs: everything he touches grows into beautiful plants. His next lesson is with the stern Mr. Turnbull, manager of his father's armament factory who takes Tistou to visit the town to learn about "order." Over the course of the next few days Tistou learns many new things as he visits the town prison, the slums, and the hospital, and everywhere he tries to change the world into a better place with his new extraordinary power. Finally, he learns about war, and upon visiting his father's factory, he finds out that they supply the two countries at war with their weapons...

Japanese film.

This OVA includes 3 episodes featuring Hello Kitty's pet kitten, Charmmy Kitty: Fairy Kitty and the Magical Key Necklace, Charmmy & Friends, and Charmmy Kitty in Wonderland. Each OVA contains 4-5 short stories.

The film is based on the Jules Verne novel "Adrift in the Pacific: Two Years Holiday" published in 1888. A group of youngsters find themselves adrift at sea, and after a terrible storm they are cast upon a deserted island, where they must learn to get along with each other in order to survive. On this occasion, the human protagonists are replaced by cats.

Shinichi and Chikako Ohara have been married for 50 years. After Shinichi retired from his job, he has stayed at home, which Chikako stresses over. They are on the verge of having a divorce. Meanwihle, their daughter, Aya runs a food truck. She meets Ryota Kanno who is her customer. Ryota recently began working as a funeral undertaker and invites Aya to attend the Oshukatsu Fair. Aya also recommends to her mother Chikako to attend the Oshukatsu Fair. Chikako gets the latest information on preparing for death at the fair, but Shinichi doesn't like that. Their relationship gets even worse.

Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes one day when he meets the irrepressible Matsunaga Chie by accident. Just as their relationship is blossoming however, Chie tells Shingo that she has breast cancer. Shingo determines to marry Chie right away, but she'll have to go through surgery and cancer treatments firs...

The super pastry hero must help a selfish princess with a kind robot to find her missing magic wand that turns anything in its path into toys!

Keroppi version of The Three Musketeers.

A boy stays awake so that he can catch Santa Claus.

Creampanda and Kokin-chan picked up a mysterious lamp. What emerged from the lamp was the spirit girl Mija. The three enter the world of lamps with her magic, but the magic bracelet breaks and they cannot return to their own world. Mija and his friends work together to aim for a magical fountain to fix the bracelet. Huge enemies such as the genie of sweets and the monster of "Scary Scary Forest" stand in front of them, but they manage to overcome them. Later, Anpanman and his friends jumped into the ramp and joined Mija and others, and arrived at the magical fountain, but if they aimed at the power of the fountain, Baikinman also came.

Adapted from a best-selling picture book, the timid Xiao Yi lives with his grandmother, father, and mother, a family of four. One day, Xiao Yi notices that his grandmother has started acting differently, repeatedly asking the same questions over and over again. Until one day, his grandmother runs out of the house without even putting on her shoes and goes missing, leaving Xiao Yi deeply worried.

The life of a family from Shanghai, over the course of 15 years. They face unimaginable hardships, yet never give up on themselves or each other. In the end, their unbreakable love and connection carries them through to a better life.

Enoken no wanwan taishô AKA Wanwan Taisho AKA Bowwow General directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

A 27-year-old woman, named Eri, drops into a café in Nagoya for the first time in 20 years. There, she talks about the past with a maternal half-uncle, who she sees for the first time, and ends up confirming family secrets.

A mysterious hero must intervene when a nefarious presence from outer space arrives to steal a powerful new rocket fuel.

The movie takes place entirely in and around the Mini Moni Cafè. The Mini Moni Cafè is run by the first generation members of Mini Moni, who are lead by Mari Yaguchi. Mika Todd is the primary baker for the cafè and Ai Kago and Nozomi Tsuji are bumbling waitresses. One day Kago and Tsuji serve a particularly enthusiastic customer (played by Ai Takahashi) who says she has never had such a delicious cake before. When the waitress explain they do not know the secret ingredient that makes the cakes so good, Takahashi decides to sneak into the cafè later find out what it is and steal it.

The true story of Isha Sensei, the only doctor in her hometown Oisawa Village (now Oisawa, Nishikawa Town) in Yamagata Prefecture, a remote area at the time, where there was no doctor.

Pushu Pushu lives leisurely on the Pushy Star. One day, when he was eating his favorite dumplings, the area around his mouth became dirty, and was wiping it with a towel... Suddenly, A creature named Nyu appeared! Surprised Pushu Pushu was, but there is no cheek. When Nyu appeared, her cheeks flew off into space. The troubled Pushu Pushu is encouraged by Nyu, and the two set off on an adventure in search of Cheeks on a rocket.

1981 Japanese film based on the novel by Naoshiro Yoshimoto.

Focusing on the lives (and a few deaths) of three filmmakers, Rikiya Imaizumi (Their Distance, Sad Tea) tackles weighty themes in this new ensemble drama set in Tokyo and Fukushima. Director Kajiwara, struggling to earn a living from film, gets an offer to do a music video. But it doesn’t go well and he finds himself in an unexpected situation. Actress Aoba witnesses her filmmaker boyfriend's suicide and decides to hide his body. Gardener Taro plans to close the family business he inherits from his father, but receives a phone call one night from the self-declared girlfriend of his estranged twin, Jiro.

Dayan, who cannot read the language of Ars (Earth), sets off on a journey to find Zitan, who has gone off to the north, in order to have him read the letter.

Nike, who is good at ballet, is to be asked by the art department to model. A strange boy appears there and Nike has a wonderful experience in the moonlight.

Based on the comic book series by Shunji Sonoyama.

Fuji TV's hit program Mezamashi Doyobi ("Wake Up Saturday") presents Nyanko the Movie 2. Like the previous entry in the series, this cute and fuzzy title places the feline center stage. The film is divided into three segments, with music provided by popular indie artist S.E.N.S. In addition to the lead kitten featured in the first film, viewers will get to see even more cats, an island full of them to be exact. On a fishing island where felines outnumber people, the cats live like gods, as dogs are forbidden entry and the residents lavish love on them. Little do the cats know, a storm is about to come sweeping in.

Poor Gena works as a crocodile at the zoo. When he catches a bad cold, he asks Cheburashka to go to the zoo for him and tell them that he's taking time off. This causes a problem because Gena is very popular. Cheburashka has the answer: "I'll take his place until he's better!"

Living with her son and aging father-in-law, the beautiful widow is bewildered by the passionate love of a middle-aged man who forcefully enters her heart, but she eventually opens up to him, as depicted in the beautiful images of Kamakura from fall to winter and then to early spring.

Masa hires rental actress and aspiring dancer, Kanako, to pose as his fiancée to impress his estranged, terminally-ill father. But as his father's death delays, Masa is forced to confront the spiraling web of lies and to learn to follow his heart.

Movie depicts the later life of poet Issa Kobayashi. At the age of 50, he goes back to his hometown. Two years later, he marries 28-year-old Kiku. The couple go on to have three sons and one daughter, but their children all die at early ages. Due to inheritance issues with his father's property, Issa comes into conflict with his stepmother Satsu and his younger stepbrother Senroku.

When elephants are about to die, they will leave their herd and die alone. When a person knows that he is about to die, what will he choose? It's lung cancer, and it has already metastasized. There are probably 6 months left. It's a story about a man's last few steps in his life. It's probably quite different from the elephants.

Chibi Godzilla dances with Yoshio Kojima.

A young man named Hans inherits a cat who turns out to be quite an ingenious character. The cat's name is Kusto and when he puts on a pair of boots, magically he has the ability to talk.

A short anime based on Kenji Miyazawa's fairytale "Twin Stars" where Chunse Doji and Boze Doji live in the Milky Way.

An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his deathbed and develops a faint affection for an elegant old woman, but the purpose of his journey is actually to find a place to die. He gives a large sum of money to a young couple, who are poor but have a dream for the future, and tries to throw himself into the sea. The movie depicts the loneliness of an old man who has lost his wife.

Live action drama adaptation.

Maria travels from NYC to Egypt with her mother, Sarah, to research the legend of the White Lion. When entering a pyramid found in the distance, she meets a boy searching for his father.

The story of a top-heavy frog.

Satoshi learns his estranged mother has six months to live. They must reunite for one last farewell. A short film from the "Short Trial Project 2023."

Musashi Haruno, now a middle school student, continues to pursue his great dream of becoming an astronaut, a promise he once made with Cosmos. However, after news breaks of a rocket accident leading to the suspension of space development, Musashi nearly falls into despair. At that moment, a mysterious girl named Shau appears before him. She guides Musashi into a strange otherworldly space and shows him a vision of his own future, ten years from now. What he sees is a looming crisis: the destruction of Earth itself, brought about by Sandross, the most fearsome destroyer in the universe!

Mitsu Tamura (Kyoka Suzuki) is the mother of 7 sons. Her sons are sent to the battlefield and 6 of her sons die on the battlefield. To mend her broken heart, she talks to 7 paulownia trees which she planted whenever one of her sons left for the battlefield.

An elementary school in Japan begins an experimental program that frames the students' curriculum around one single project: the raising of a calf from adolescence to adulthood. Through their work with the calf, the students learn about math, biology, nutrition and numerous other subjects. But after multiple years of investing energy and emotion into their beloved pet, the students begin to realize that the final days of their project may provide them with the hardest and most important lesson of all.

A moral fable about discovering money that somebody has dropped

28-year-old Kyoko return to her hometown of Ureshino in Saga Prefecture from Tokyo after a stint as an actress. It is here that she “runs” into Nahoko, her half-sister. Nahoko is secretly stalking Kyoko. Things get a lot more complicated when another half-sister is revealed.

Sequel to 1959's Planet Prince

Following his mother's wishes, Jo, a reclusive young tailor from Tokyo embarks on a solitary journey across Japan.

In 2004, singer-songwriter Matsumoto Tetsuya wrote an autobiography that included a section about his relationship with his troubled mother. Writer-director Nakamura Daisuke adapts that story to film with Shiwase Come On, his directorial debut. The film covers the marriage of Tetsuya's mother and yakuza father, his mother's drug habit, his stay at an orphanage and his reconciliation with his mother after becoming an adult. In addition to writing and performing the film's theme song, Matsumoto Tetsuya also composed the score to this touching film. In 2011, Shiawase Come On won Grand Prix at the 2011 Okuradashi Film Festival, a film festival dedicated to screening unreleased Japanese films.

Set in a kitchen in New York, the movie tells the fairy-tale story of the fun games and innocent adventures that cute vegetable fairies have every night.

A little Japanese girl of six is transferred to a school in Sardinia where she slowly finds friends and a place before going off again.

Living in Tokyo, Keisuke Fujii never really considered the colour of his skin; but when he and his mother move to rural Japan, the other kids assume that he is of African descent and therefore must have AIDS. Unsure of how to address these prejudices, Keisuke sets out to find answers and confront the cruel rumours once and for all.