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The third installment of SD Gundam shorts.

Klonoa and his two newly found buddies, Lolo and Popka, have to foil a sinister force which is causing a mire of gloom to plague the land of Lunatea.

Japanese comedy film.

Mia, Haru, and Yuri gathered for the first time in a long time. The reunion, which should be fun, unfolds unexpectedly with the discovery of Mia's pregnancy. With the collapse of the relationship between the three, disturbing noise began to be heard from nearby US military bases.

The extended version of the Romeo & Juliet play performance as seen in Kamen Rider Gotchard's 31st episode, and presented like it was shot in-universe.

A silent 3-reel comedy short that uses the 1933 film King Kong as a backdrop to the story. It was produced by Shochiku Studios (who released the original 1933 film in Japan on behalf of RKO). It is now considered to be a lost film.

Born out of every artist’s creative crisis, the search for the next topic, Hirobumi WATANABE presents his latest film, dealing with the question of what his film should be about. The director stages himself as he idles away his days, delivering endless monologs during car rides, sleeping on the floor at his grandma’s house, or philosophizing over video games and the FIFA World Cup.

The story picks up from Part 1 as Enoken's young scion forsakes his wealth and takes a department store job – in drag and sometimes blackface – to prove to the girl of his dreams that he be a hard-working, serious man.

Based on a manga by Chuusonji Yutsuko, it tells the story of OL (office lady) extraordinaire and golf fanatic Oyamada Non. She is 23 and works at Major Products in Tokyo's commercial district, Marunouchi. Between bossing her bosses and managing her managers, she finds time to golf, shop, party, and pursue the important things in life, i.e., marriageable men.

This is the second Dream Live for the third season of TeniMyu and is the twelfth Dream Live overall. It featured casts from Yamabuki, Hyotei and Rokkaku, as well as the ninth-generation Seigaku cast.

While sleeping in his room, a man hears someone shouting, “Hey, hey!” He realizes that it is himself who is calling out to him from a TV. The man on TV says that he is “himself two minutes into the future”.

Hanzo and his friends, Mimmi and Zen, go on an adventure to fight off the leader of "The Shadows" group, Rhyzo. Prior to this, Hanzo learned about what had happened to his biological parents when he was a baby.

Japanese comedy film.

Yamada is the old mistress of a prestigious all-girl high school, who finds a natural enemy in Kamizaki, an outgoing first-year student. However, during Yamada's blind date, their bodies are inexplicably switched

We all find the summer heat unbearable, and Natsuko is no exception... On the way to school, exhausted by the heat, she kicks an empty can on the floor, and this sets off a chain reaction that makes her even more enraged. Meanwhile, aliens planning to visit Earth look on in amazement.

"Rocky" is a small business that does it all from deliveries to repairs. The company is run out of a small office by Koichi Yamada (Takayuki Suzuki), Yumiko Suzuki (Akemi Darenogare) and Tsutomu Sato (Fumitaka Terai). They also have day-care center for their regular customers. One day, grandparents take a young boy from the day-care center after learning their daughter is raising him by herself.

Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi is a 1928 Japanese film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.[1] This comedy film showcases the acting talent of Denjirō Ōkōchi and acts as a complementary film to Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue, which is part of the Yaji and Kita series. An 8-minute remnant of the film was released on DVD by Digital Meme with a benshi accompaniment by Midori Sawato. The version in the National Film Center is 23 minutes long.

3 friends look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the trio begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.

The 14th film in the Ekimae series, set in Nagano Prefecture, focusing on the love lives of a group of husbands and their wives.

A women challenges herself to do more and overcome various obstacles of life by taking inspiration from her soothing music.

A series of original Pacalien shorts which aired during commercial breaks on Toonami.

Kazuto has a lifelong dream of becoming an actor, but has been suffering from a special medical condition where he faints and collapses when he gets nervous. One day, he encounters his brother, Hiroki, who who he hasn’t seen for years. He invites Kazuto to a talent agency called 'Special Actors'.

Sanae Nakahara, playing the role of a proactive female college student, persuades a stubborn old man and mediates the forbidden love of a young businessman. This is a youth comedy made to capitalize on the leisure boom of the time.

Tokusatsu short movie by Noboru Iguchi about a masochist superhero. Released as a double bill with Hentaidan.

Taki joins the UFO Research Laboratory (URL) trying to find his wife and children kidnapped by the aliens.

A popular comic based on Taka Matsumoto is made into a movie! The second youth struggle comedy that high school girls create! Rinko decides to work at an AV production company, Var Planning. One day, I introduce Sakurako, a former classmate who was suffering from debt, to the company, but naive Sakurako was threatened by a yakuza and signed a loan note of 100 million yen.

Third stage play adaptation of MOB PSYCHO 100.

"Kiss me at dead of night" A story about a man and a woman who cause an irreversible situation at a family restaurant in the middle of the night. "Imitation Yakuza" A tale of an unknown actor who, while attempting to audition for a Yakuza movie, mistakenly enters a real yakuza office, finding himself in deep trouble. "In our own little world" A black comedy set against the backdrop of two irreconcilable classes: a romance workshop and a self-defense workshop. These are short stories about men and women who find themselves caught up in desperate, life-changing adventures.

Japanese comedy film.

Nozomu Kizaki, a man who hates violence and has survived in the underworld by using “sermons” as a weapon. He is also known as “Gandhi Kizaki” (Sho Aikawa). He has given up on the yakuza business, and in order to support those who are struggling to repay their debts, he teaches baseball to children while running the Hope Shokai, a money-lending business. One day, while on a collection mission, Kizaki discovers that one of the debtors is Gota Yagisawa (Takeshi Ayano), a prodigy pitcher who once made his name at the Koshien National Championships. Gota, who had never held a regular job and was mired in debt, is moved by Kizaki's “sermon” and decides to rebuild his life under his guidance. However, the shadow of the Kuroda clan, a yakuza organization, looms behind the pair...

Takarazuka Star Troupe, 2015. A Musical Fable of Broadway Based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon. Music and Lyrics by FRANK LOESSER Book by JO SWERLING and ABE BURROWS

A husband catches his wife having an affair with her boss. Shenanigans ensue.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was projected. He was formerly a favorite of the Meriken Circus troupe, yet he sinned by exposing a certain woman. During the screening, he realizes what he has done, and fate gives him a chance to redeem his sins.

Since they were both five, Ryosuke has been stalked by Momoko - the ugliest girl in the village. Her love for Ryosuke is so boundless that she has her face surgically altered to suit his taste - but still he wants nothing to do with her. Ryosuke goes in for fleeting romance - for example, with the girlfriend of a gangster boss. But when he finds out about their affair, he has Ryosuke's little finger hacked off. Magically, the finger falls into Momoko's hands, and she uses it to clone Ryosuke, so she can finally have him (or almost him) for herself. And this is just the first five minutes of Lisa Takeba's short-but-powerful feature debut. Just like in her previous short films, the director - who cut her teeth in the advertising world and as the writer of a video game - throws a lot of genres and techniques into the mix: from science fiction to gangster films, from hospital eroticism to animation. Hectic and absurd, but with its heart in the right place. © IFFR

Kankichi Ryotsu is sulking after his bonus was snatched away by the members of the shopping district. On TV, they hear that Princess Sabrina of the Attakaino Kingdom is coming to Japan. While making a delivery, Ryotsu encounters a kidnapping incident. The girl he rescues from the kidnapper is Princess Sabrina! The kidnapping case develops into a major commotion that involves the downtown area! Will Ryotsu be able to protect the downtown area and everyone there?

Kazuhiko Nakamura directs this sexually charged wacky comedy set in the world of the Japanese adult video industry. The story follows a young woman's (Amiko Kanetani) foolish attempts to win back a lost love (Shunsuke Matsuoka) by taking the one recourse she believes might actually do the trick: becoming a porn star.

Silent comedic short by Mikio Naruse

1987 TV Movie Adaptation of Bakeru-kun

The film centres on Taro, an aimless indie filmmaker who gets convinced by Yuki, his girlfriend and financial sponsor, to attend a film festival in Beppu. There he meets the bubbly drifter actress Miki. Part travelogue, part self-reflexive comedy, the dynamic that follows this encounter delivers an ironic and realistic spin on Before Sunrise (1995), depicting two souls wandering around in search of life’s meaning.

When two perverts get caught trying to intrude on couples making out in the city park they decide to try some hiking and orienteering in the great outdoors. When they come across various couples making out they hatch a plan to join in the action. Oh look… it’s a bear!

Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.

Takashi is country hipster, work avoiding, not-so-smart life expert in vague rural-urban area in the north from Tokyo. He lives together with his grandmother and laughs at his friend who goes to real work - shoveling cow manure. On one day, a young woman arrives to the area and claims to be Takashi's half-sister from this' father's escapade. And she is the kind you can't get easily rid off...

Yamamoto, who was looking for a partner with a two-shot dial phoneline exclusively for gays, meets the ideal guy. However another man overhears that Yamamoto's partner is a beautiful guy and contacts his boss. Boss Ikeshima has issues because of a childhood trauma and decides to abduct the guy. Yamamoto finally arrives at the meeting place at night but finds out the person he was supposed to meet was abducted. Now his quest starts to find the guy he was supposed to meet.

A TV writer and a director stranded in a rural town witness the young villagers’ tangled romances. Despite parental feuds and arranged marriages, true couples find their way together. The writer grows fond of the town before returning to Tokyo.

The story set in the "house" designed by director Ishii is an unpredictable development with tricks drawn into the unique Ishii world everywhere

Japanese comedy film.

Rebellious teenager Natsumi arrives from Tokyo on a small provincial island in search of the treasure left by her deceased mother.

The best-selling "The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl" novel is a story set in Kyoto about a “Senpai” who has a crush on “The Girl with Black Hair”, his junior, and depicts how he gets caught up in various incidents by trying to draw her attention. Adopting the novel for this theatre play, Makoto Ueda, representative of popular theatre company "Europe Kikaku" based mainly in Kyoto, is leading as scriptwriter and director.

Okawa Family’s yakuza, Junji, is released from prison, and is told to take over a local radio station by his boss. Junji tries to explain that it is not a yakuza’s job to talk on the radio, but no one listens to him. He reluctantly goes to the radio building, and is met by a young, upbeat girl broadcasting a talk show and playing pop music. Will this seasoned gangster really fit in on such a show?

Cats & Dogs is a pizza shop specialising in home delivery, run by 20-year-old manager Saki. The restaurant, which offers specific toppings as well as orders such as ‘a pizza that makes you happy’, receives an order for ‘a pizza that suits a long goodbye’. The woman who placed the order is leaving Japan after today...

The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.

A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity Enoken takes to farcical extremes.