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Suffering from heartbreak and asthma, 23-year-old Toshiyuki pushes the limits of his body to chase the ghost of his recently deceased boyfriend against the black-blue backdrop of Tokyo’s cityscape. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

Evil in Tokyo is on the rise and heroes have become a common commodity just out for fame and glory. Washed out anti-hero Gun Caliber is summoned to save Tokyo from the forces of Evil.

Writer Kosaku Yoshizumi (Atsushi Narasaka) finally writes a novel after a long slump and wins a literary prize. Publishing editor Kojima (Sousuke Yamamoto) learns of this information and visits Yoshizumi's house to make an offer for the company's next work. However, Yoshizumi was absent, and his lover, Kyoka (Kyoko Maki), welcomed Kojima in his place. Kyoka used to be the geisha that Yoshizumi and Kojima went to at a restaurant together. Kojima is once again fascinated by Kyoka's beauty. Knowing that Kyoka was the model for the novel. That night, Kojima ends up masturbating while reading a novel.

The rivalry between three piano geniuses in Towa Hall starts with the prodigy Kousei Arima. While his emotive first performance enamors the free-spirited Emi Igawa, Kousei eventually evolves his technique to become exact and precise, finding himself a new follower in the eccentric Takeshi Aiza. Unbeknownst to outsiders, the two other players begin to target Kousei with their respective performances. Emi attempts to convert Kousei back to his old self with her vibrant playing, while Aiza turns his admiration for Kousei into motivation to beat him at his own game.

A female detective of the Metropolitan Police Department who volunteered to undercover an unscrupulous company that communicates with the underworld in order to take the murder of her lover who was killed during the undercover operation. What is the unexpected ending that awaits her after a fierce battle with the "Axis of Evil"?

The story is set against the beautiful scenery of Yamakoshi, Niigata, which is also known for bullfighting. Yanagiba plays a man named Satoshi who raises fighting bulls, while Kanjiya plays his deaf and mute daughter Mio. Osamu plays her fiance Maru, a charming young man from the lower part of town.

In 2015, the Japanese economy has collapsed due to global recession. While unemployment rates are over 35 percent, 150,000 people commit suicide every year. In such conditions, a TV program, 24-hour Marriage Battle Royale, skyrockets to unprecedented fame and popularity, where people are set on fire on camera. It’s the ultimate in extreme programming, an ordeal of marriage hunting where women in debt play games to marry famed celebrities abroad, with the losers facing humiliation and could be death. Hana Shinjo, a has-been idol, makes a desperate stab at a new life by applying to the show as a contestant. When accepted, she finds herself pitted against a single mother, a former business owner, a club hostess, a rogue, a high-school girl, and an assorted mob of heartless, cold-blooded women. A frenzied battle for life itself now begins.

Nakayama Sachi was abandoned by her mother Yumi when she was 5 years old and grew up at an orphanage. Now that she has turned 20, she works a part-time job late night at a supermarket which opens 24 hours. Besides that, drawing pictures is her only emotional refuge. One day, Sachi is accosted by one of the supermarket's regular customers, Mayu, a 17-year-old girl who has runaway from home. On the first day of their meeting, Mayu comes to live at Sachi's apartment, and like a stray cat, she ends up staying. Mayu is cheerful but there is something fragile about her, and Sachi cannot thrust her away. A couple of days later, Sachi hears from her uncle, Nakayama Naoyuki, that he has found her mother.

The mischievous adventures of the historical Zen monk Ikkyu as a child.

Suzuki is working at a convenience store late at night. A robber enters the store and recognizes him. It turns out the robber is Suzuki's old classmate Sato. But Suzuki can't remember him.

Mami in a wedding. Memories of Mami who are full of happiness were filled with memories of the past. Mami was proud of her close parents. However, a tragedy strikes a family of three friends. Mami was raped. The father's disciple and illustrator Tsuneyoshi, who has supported Mami in the shadow. Tsuneyoshi accepted all of them and proposed. Mami reports to her parents and Osamu Osamu, a good real estate agent. The relieved parents made a confession in Mami.

Hiro, a shy, jaded salary worker, purchases a robot maid to keep him company. The robot at first injects some fun and comfort into his lonely existence but soon the lack of a human element only serves to isolate him further.

For her, dance is life. And life is dance. Every tingle in her heart gets her swinging to the beat.

2017 V-Cinema film.

DVD footage of AKB48 Team A's 6th Stage "Mokugekisha"

34th entry in the Japanese horror found footage franchise, "Not Found".

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!

This is the successor and sixth collection of dark images, made possible by the staff who worked on Dark Image (Magical) x Disgusting! This is a series of overwhelmingly highly acclaimed works, which can be seen on review sites. Includes 10 episodes in total.

SCANDAL OSAKA-JO HALL 2013 "Wonderful Tonight" is the sixth DVD and (forth concert DVD) released by SCANDAL. It features their dream concert at Osaka-Jo Hall in March 2013

In the suburbs of Kyoto, Japan, the director Yuki Kawamura's grandmother gets placed into a retirement home. For various reasons, none of her children can or want to welcome her into their own house, but some of them come to visit her at the nursing home. Little by little we get to discover the complexity of this family through interviews and family reunions. And as life goes on, with its share of weddings and births, the grandmother faces the end of her life, giving us the opportunity to reflect upon death and the relationship between a mother and her children.

Touken Ranbu live action

The second 'Don's Road' film.

This is an experimental animation work in which overflowing images and individual stories burst, mix, and burst again.

Aqours's third live concert, held at MetLife Dome in Saitama on June 9 & 10, 2018; Osakajou Hall in Osaka on June 16 & 17, 2018; and Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka on July 7 & 8, 2018 .

Kaede is fed up with routine chores at her workplace and the relationship with her boyfriend. Her mood brightens when Takuya, with whom she and her brother Ryuta were befriended in childhood, returns to her home town. After reuniting, the friends spend a great time together. But when Ryuta’s girlfriend Yuki gets pregnant, confessions are made that change their relationship.

"Watanabe Mayu Graduation Concert ~Minna no Yume ga Kanaimasu you ni~" (渡辺麻友卒業コンサート～みんなの夢が叶いますように～) is Watanabe Mayu's graduation concert. The concert was held at Saitama Super Arena on October 31, 2017. the DVD released on December 27 2017. Mayu Watanabe is AKB48 third generation ace which is so popular among Japanese people, many describe her as an ortodox idol.

Nanami Ishikawa works as an editor at a publishing company. She travels Hiroshima to go after her father Asahi who left home. During her visit to Hiroshima, she learns about the tragic story of Asahi's older sister Minami Hirano. When Minami Hirano was 13 years old, she was exposed to radiation by an atomic bomb.

Second stage play adaptation of MOB PSYCHO 100, now following Ritsu's Arc.

16 year old Hiromi Shiratori starts his quest to become the greatest Bancho in Japan.

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

Spin-off film in Kōji Shiraishi's "Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi" series. Made in 2014 and broadcast on NicoNico in 2015.

Sara and Ryo have been going out for 5 years. They take a trip from Tokyo to nearby Atami in November of 2017. Ryo is 28 years old and is getting ready for married life, but Sara isn't into the idea. More than antipathy to marriage, she resists the nebulous existence of the future itself.

Do our eyes perceive all that there is to this world? Sometimes the camera seems to pick up more than we can see with the naked eye. In the 'PSC' series a team of ghost-hunters analyzes authentic paranormal footage captured on home videos and surveillance cameras all across Japan. 11th entry in the PSC series.

Let’s take a journey during the four seasons with Ochibi! This is the stop motion animation which features the Japanese seasonal traditions.

TOKYO HIGH TIDE director Murakami Hiroyasu returns to the Tama River estuary to document Yoshida Tadayoshi, who has been conducting independent observations of crabs over a 15-year period. The camera's relentless focus on crabs brings to light a world not visible to the naked eye. The mud flats of the Tama River are home to a wide variety of crabs. Yoshida makes regular visits to these mud flats and records his observations on crab ecology. The film reveals the surprising behavior of crabs through fieldwork documenting Yoshida and the mud flats.

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.

At a pawn shop called "K" which is known for being a place where backroom deals are conducted, a professional burglar named Ryo Fudo puts together a team with the aim of stealing a legendary cache of gold. Ryo plans to wash his hands of thievery once and for all after this one final job, but conflicting intentions and betrayal soon complicate the situation.

The fifth 'Daimon Graveyard' film.

A short film consisting of rotoscoped clips from 'Swallotwail Butterfly,' set to the music of the film's Yentown band.

The Kanto Kurogane Federation stands at the pinnacle of Japan's yakuza society. Sakaki Sai (Sho Aikawa), the young boss, secures his position with the help of his covert private force, known as the “Chain,” led by Hidari (Hideo Nakano), Yamato (Yasukaze Motomiya), and Hakase (Shiro). One day, the federation's second-generation boss is shot dead, and Sakaki is arrested as the prime suspect. In his absence, acting young boss Takewaki (Ryu Kanou) is entrusted with leading the group, eagerly bribing executives in a bid to secure the vacant third-generation boss position. Sensing something suspicious about both the assassination and Takewaki’s ambitions, Sakaki unleashes the "Chain" to uncover the truth in his stead…

An original anime DVD bundled with a limited edition of saxyun's 4th Yurumates manga volume. The bundled DVD contained the opening animation sequence for the television anime series and its first episode, as well as two unaired episodes. The limited edition also included an exclusive booklet.

Kenichi Ichihara is absorbed in surfing, because he admires his father who is also a surfer. His father dies in an unexpected accident. Since then, Kenichi is estranged from surfing and the sea. One summer, by recommendation of Kenichi's friends Makoto Uehara and Daijiro Ohara, Kenichi decides to go to the sea. On the way to the sea, Kenichi meets two women Tsugumi and Emiko. He is pickpocketed by the women. When Kenichi gets to the sea, he happens to meet Tsugumi and Emiko again.

2012 release

This beautiful, gorgeous revue portrays a young man who floats down from space to earth, and sings and dances across the globe. Combining the classical revue, into which Takarazuka Revue has put a lot of care, with a touch of the modern, this performance is brought to you in a lively and energetic style. We hope you enjoy this brilliant drama that is overflowing with glistening splendor, brought to you by Yuzuru Kurenai in harmony with the Star Troupe.

Ghost story teller Shûhei Shimada and accidental property guru Oshima Teru tell true stories and ghost stories related to accidental properties and haunted spots in this second volume of the horror variety series. They verify what should never be done at haunted places and drag the viewers into the world of horror.

Spirits, occult, grotesque, violence, madness, bizarre incidents... Born from darkness, the darkness is about to be buried in the shivering taboo video multiple recordings of the popular series, the 16th installment!

The ninth night of G1 Climax 29 took place at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Aichi, Japan, on July 27, 2019, and was headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs. KENTA.

Through a coincidence Tozaki runs into Kurata, his first crush from high school. They begin a relationship, but Kurata's jealousy starts causing problems.

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!"

live action Diabolik Lovers

Subject of a violent attack, a young woman becomes recluse. As her fear to leave home escalates, her paranoia begins to run wild. Now immersed within a pool of self-nurtured insanity, she slowly starts to drown.

A Chinese Singaporean chef, formerly working in Tokyo, finds himself in Okinawa begging a disgruntled old chef to teach him traditional Okinawan food. A top Japanese food critic finds herself in Singapore on an eye opening discovery of Southeast Asian cuisine. In reality both are looking for each other after an emotional breakup years ago. Emotionally crippled by their breakup he searches her home-town for her but discovers instead the art of traditional Okinawan food. Through it he learns the incredible balance of two cultures: Chinese and Japanese - a balance they never had in their relationship. When she suddenly appears in Okinawa looking to find closure he cooks and serves her their final meal. Through it she discovers what she had been yearning for all these years.