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A short film by Naoto Takenaka.

An omnibus horror film explores unsettling, human-driven events where everyday life turns into lasting terror.

NJPW New Japan Soul 2024 - Night 4 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 22, 2024, in Fukushima, Japan at Fukushima National Athletic Meet Commemoration Gymnasium.

Concert film featuring Act 3 of Ayumi Hamasaki's 25th Anniversary LIVE TOUR performed throughout July 8, 2023 to March 24, 2024. This was the first 47 prefecture tour Ayumi Hamasaki has ever done. This tour had three different 'acts/chapters' with all different set lists depending on which was attended. This was the Tour to celebrate her 25th Anniversary since her debut in the music industry.

Morikami Shoka, an 11-year-old girl who has been in and out of hospitals since she was young due to childhood cancer, is encouraged by her doctor Wakisaka to return to school in the first semester of the sixth grade. However, when she arrives at school full of hope, she finds a disorganized class and a timid homeroom teacher who has lost confidence. Shoka, who believes in miracles, decides to make the people around her smile. Her presence brings change to the hearts of many people.

Stardom Sapporo Wonder Rendezvous was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. It took place on July 27, 2024, at Chateraise Gateaux Kingdom Sapporo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, and was main evented by Saori Anou defending the Wonder of Stardom Championship against her stablemate and tag partner, Natsupoi.

This year saw the end of Sominsai, a unique festival in which loinclothed men plunge into freezing water, are enveloped in smoke, and jostle through the night to grasp a lucky sack as a form of prayer.

The eighteenth night of the tournament took place on August 17, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan at Ryogoku Kokugikan. It was broadcast on NJPW World and TV Asahi.

Aki, 18, is visiting Tokyo for three days. Nominally she's there to help her relatives with emptying out the apartment of her uncle who has just passed away, but actually she's just looking forward to her new life as a Tokyo college student next spring and entertaining vague dreams about becoming a celebrity. Among her uncle's things are a tangled spool of 8 mm film, a photo of an unknown woman and an envelope with an address. Aki ends up meeting his uncle's old friend Saguru and watching old films they shot together 20 years ago. While she's spending time in Tokyo with her friend Yumi, Aki is haunted by film-like dreams and visions related to the uncle she never knew.

Fantastica Mania USA 2024 was a professional wrestling event, co-produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion and the Mexican Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion. The event took place on July 13, 2024 at Mt. Pleasant High School in San Jose, California, United States. This show was the first time that NJPW and CMLL co-promoted the Fantastica Mania in the United States.

The twelfth night of the tournament took place on August 7, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan at Korakuen Hall. It was broadcast on NJPW World and TV Asahi.

The seventh night of the tournament took place on July 29, 2024 in Fukuoka, Japan at the Fukuoka Convention Center. It was broadcast on NJPW World and TV Asahi.

This is the 25rd volume of a collection of terrifying psychic images that could not be released to the public and have remained sealed.

Animelo Summer Live 2023 -AXEL- DAY 1

Godzilla attacks the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, smashing a massive hole in the structure, but is intercepted by a modified Super X2 developed in secret by the Tokyo government.

The sixteenth night of the tournament took place on August 14, 2024 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan at Hamamatsu Arena. It was broadcast on NJPW World and TV Asahi.

2024 release

The mole has lived under ground since he was born. He believes that his current life is perfect, living in the safest and happiest place. This story is about a mole who goes out to the outside world by accident, and he grows as he faces various experiences and kindnesses.

Music video directed by kouko for the song Zettai Reido by natori. The song featured in this music video also serves as the opening theme of the anime WIND BREAKER.

The "EXTREME FLASHBACKER" machine can repel annoying people by replaying their traumatic experiences. Kaede makes full use of the machine to deal with nuisance customers at the convenience store where she works. One day, a robber barges into the store suddenly while she is at work.

An amateur filmmaker visits haunted locations when creating online videos, unknowingly awakening the curse of Sadako.

Thirteen years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, the government's plan to decommission the plant is at a crossroads. We take a close look at the efforts to secure Fukushima's future.

Focusing on four of the leading chefs in Japan today, this documentary explores the truth behind Japan's unique and sophisticated food culture. Each takes meticulous care of their own dishes in pursuit of perfection, but their approaches are quite different, even contrasting. With different sets of roots and beliefs, some pursue spiritual cultivation or aesthetic creativity, while the others seek high-quality ingredients by building close relationships with local suppliers. How do their personalities and struggles result in their masterpieces? World-renowned food experts and gastronomists also guide the audience into the further depths of the stories behind the chefs' endless pursuit. Through these four chefs, you’ll learn that Tokyo is one of the world’s greatest food cities.

Takarazuka revue musical adaptation of RRR. / Celebration of Takarazuka revue's 110th anniversary.

Taking inspiration from the haunting Japanese dance/performance art form Butoh, the film offers a cinematic interpretation of this singular style of expression. With high contrast, exaggerated grain, abstracted colors and flickering frames, A Monster with Its Mouth Agape captures the unsettling and chaotic climate of post-war Japan. Featuring a rare audio recording of Butoh master Yoshito Ohno.

After the death of his father, Masaki, a Japanese man, travels to Singapore in search of closure. Following clues from old letters his father wrote to a woman he once loved, he finds her sister, Yu Lian. Through their quiet conversations, Masaki confronts his grief and reflects on lost love.

Inspired by the local dish of Miyazaki Prefecture, 'lettuce roll'. A work that depicts the simple, deep love of a certain parent and child. Kiyo lives in a house at the foot of a mountain, receiving support from her neighborhood friends, her son and daughter-in-law, and a care helper. Then she receives a phone call from her son, who informs her that her daughter, Akiki, who had left home after a big fight more than ten years ago, is coming back to her parents' house. Akiyo leaves a note on her calendar saying "lettuce maki," a local dish in Miyazaki Prefecture.

A boy with villainous aspirations and a girl waiting for her mother correspond with each other through messages left in the dirt.

BABYMETAL WORLD TOUR 2023 - 2024 LEGEND - MM was a special headline show by BABYMETAL. Held at Yokohama Arena on March 2 and March 3, 2024, this concert was a celebration of MOMOMETAL's 21st birthday.

As the German occupying forces decided to withdraw from France, Hitler issued an order to level the capital. How did the Parisians, who had been resisting the Nazi German invaders, protect their city in this trying time? Taking a dancer who swore to keep the flame of the French revue alive as its main character, this musical is a dramatic description of the events that led to the liberation of Paris. Join us to witness the birth of a grand musical revue in the quintessential and inimitable style of Takarazuka.

The eleventh night of the tournament took place on August 6, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan at Korakuen Hall. It was broadcast on NJPW World and TV Asahi.

Stardom Sapporo World Rendezvous was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. It took place on July 28, 2024, at Chateraise Gateaux Kingdom Sapporo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, and was main evented by Maika defending the World of Stardom Championship against the fearsome leader of Oedo Tai, Natsuko Tora.

Five years since the last fan club tour, Perfume will hold 'PTA 10th Anniversary and 5th Anniversary 'Perfume and You' Hall Tour'!

2024 release

NJPW New Japan Soul 2024 - Night 3 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 19, 2024, in Morioka, Iwate, Japan at Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium.

2024 release

At a midnight highway rest area, the weary travelers each quietly relax their minds. A brief moment spent with complete strangers is lonely yet somehow comforting.

Haunted spots where ghosts and yokai are rumored to appear, or where paranormal phenomena are said to occur... Such haunted spots surprisingly exist closer than expected all over Japan. This work is an omnibus of the most terrifying horror films, featuring seven spine-chilling stories centered around these haunted locations.

NJPW Road to Destruction 2024: Day 2 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on September 8, 2024, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. It was broadcast on NJPW World.

When Naoto moves to Tokyo for work, Mai fears long distance until an indigo-dye studio teaches her how “blue” ages with use. Through denim and dyeing, she reframes love and future plans in this omnibus’s “Beautifully Dyed” story.

Reon Yuzuki's concert.

A boy who wanted to see his friend Primeape not angry, and tried various things while keeping an observation diary during his summer vacation. Despite failing many times, the boy finally finds an answer.

NJPW New Japan Soul 2024 - Night 2 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on June 18, 2024, in Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan at the Aomori Martial Arts Hall.

This is Sampaguita

Concert film featuring Act 2 of Ayumi Hamasaki's 25th Anniversary LIVE TOUR performed throughout Julyn8, 2023 to March 24, 2024. This was the first 47 prefecture tour Ayumi Hamasaki has ever done. This tour had three different 'acts/chapters' with all different set lists depending on which was attended. This was the Tour to celebrate her 25th Anniversary since her debut in the music industry.

"Tokito" chronicles the 540-day journey of maverick Michelin-starred Chef Yoshinori Ishii as his team transforms a historic Japanese restaurant into an innovative auberge dining experience in Tokyo.

The dialogueless journey of a carjacker, his young lover and the doll she created, in a world made of city ruins, blue dawns and red dusks. The film material was originally shot in 1998 on 8mm and later blown up to 16mm. Ever since, as the colour dyes faded and the years passed, the film hadn't been edited into its final form. Almost 30 years later, "Like a Heavenly Edge" was screened publicly for the first time at LA CAMERA in Shimokitazawa.