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A man caught poaching off the Sanriku coast is detained by Ueki (Daisuke Nagakura). He claims to be the childhood friend of Joji Sakaguchi (Takashi Kitadai), prompting Joji to head to Ishinomaki with Ishizawa (Hiroto Honda) and Yamamura (Kenta Kawasaki). The man is confirmed to be Kazuki Yabushita (Naoki Tanaka), now a yakuza in Ibaraki, secretly poaching abalone with his diver wife Akiko (Michiko Tanaka) for drug deals with the Chinese mafia. When Akiko—also Joji’s former girlfriend—is found after going missing, tensions erupt. After Kazuki assaults Akiko over a failed deal, the Yamazaki faction intervenes, but in the chaos, Kazuki and Akiko are abducted by his senior Hyodo (Yasuyuki Hamatani). Can they be rescued in time?

In the Lantern Festival, the people pray for the blessing of the Empress Wu Zetian, but a strange beast with a full body of fire appears. It is said that eating the flesh and blood of the unicorn can cure all diseases, so Wu Zetian orders the Secretary of the Da Lisi, Xue Xin, to find out the truth within seven days. When the young Dee comes to Chang'an to be promoted to the position of "Chancellor" of the Da Lisi, he learns of a strange case at the Shang Yuan Festival and that he needs to wait until the case is solved before he can report to the court. Dee, who had wanted to wait for his job to be solved, is intrigued by this strange case and becomes involved in it by mistake.

"There are many things that I don't like. The traffic jam on the way to Naha, my debt-ridden father, my best friend's boyfriend, milk, and my hometown, Shioya-wan. Why did my beautiful mother marry my father?" Ruri tried to escape from these thoughts as she faced an uncertain future. Then, one day, she learns of her mother's past, but…

An America director tries to shoot a comedy film about the 2011 earthquake and devastating tsunami. Is he out of his mind or could his film bring hope and catharsis to those still struggling to recover?

Seori tells the story of a fire that broke out at an institute for girls in 1995, and a girl named Yurim, who was petrified of fire but was nevertheless determined to start a fire.

In 1990, college student Ing, who accidently gets pregnant, returns to Lishan to spend the summer with her father. Ing notices the conflicts between her father and the farmers. She meets a young farmer Wen, and affection slowly grows between them. As summer ends, Ing leaves, and no one knows what the future will hold. To promote a new fertilizer, Ing's father gets a hot-air balloon, but hard as they try, it just can't fly.

Ito Marika stars as the lead in this 2022 SP that tells the story of a group of friends, who run a food wagon serving sandwiches made with local produce, and their interactions with a farming family that they meet in Takasaki City in the Gunma Prefecture. TV Tokyo has teamed up with Takasaki City, Gunma in order to showcase a series of programs and dramas that are part of its efforts towards creating programs aimed at regional development in Japan. This will be its third production, following “Hatake Sono Manma Restaurant” in 2020 and “Nouka no Mikata” in 2021.

Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Show Series Part 3 Special Show: Legendary Powers Full-Force Full-Throttle! Great Fierce Battle Shaking the Holy Land! is a stage show celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Super Hero stage shows. Held at Theater G-Rosso from October 30th 2021 to January 16th 2022, the stage show was recorded and released on Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club.

Short film edited into "Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie".

Chasing after siblings in the rhythm of skipping ropes brings both joy and bittersweet moments in the journey of growing up. XiaoJei is a copy cat, who yearns for the life her sister leads: a vibrant rope skipping team, trendy shoes, a close circle of friends, and the affectionate gaze of their parents. To enter her sister’s world, she must match her lightning-fast jump roping. As XioaJei fixates on being able to compete with her sister, she discovers that dedication and unyielding practice are the only means to keep pace. Source：TAICCA

Two years ago, Katsuo Todo (Takashi Naito) was appointed as the general manager of the Plato Royal Hotel Yatsugatake from the Plato Tokyo hotel. He works hard every day with his staff to provide the best time and space for our customers. Concierge Shuji Kitayama (Hishine Saku Toshihide) struggles to find a benefactor for guests Pascal Henry (Frederick Benoliel) and his wife Shizuko (Ishino Yoko). The sweets made by young pastry chef Yoshiyuki Sudo (Shunsuke Tanaka) are popular with guests, and popular writer Fuyuki Nakagami (David Ito) even stays just to enjoy them. Sudo has also decided to marry Minori Matsuoka (Rio Yamashita), and Minami Yamashita (Michiko Amekumi), who is in charge of bridal services, is busy preparing for her colleague's wedding.

Coincidentally, Suyoung finds her photo in a traveling blog. There, she discovers Sophie’s record of 4 days in Korea spent in her house. Through Sophie’s journal, Suyoung takes a fresh look at the worst times that she had endured with her husband, Jonggu. At last, the unknown feelings and truths seem to be understandable. We had been crying and laughing through Sophie’s point of view. Which sentiment did we leave behind?

A greeting from Hong Sang-soo.

Yi Yi, a white-collar worker in a lattice room, and Ah Juan, a female worker in a garment factory, are separated by a wall in a Dongguan factory. They do not know each other, and seem to have no relationship with each other's fate, but because of the appearance of a "peacock", seems to have intersected. The two girls' souls meet and make their own answers to life on their own way to chase their ideals. 　　The story is adapted from the song "Peacock" by the band Frog Pond, paying tribute to every woman who also carries ideals in the midst of the ordinary.

Odoriko performances are intense, sometimes acrobatic choreographies, performed in sumptuous costumes—at least, until the costumes come off, because these dancers practice the Japanese form of striptease theater. The art was once popular, but is now seen only in a few clubs in the country. Filming on mini-DV tape, as if he is not actually in the room, director Yoichiro Okutani observes the unusual, traditional profession of the odoriko and the contrast with the modern, everyday questions the women struggle with.

10th entry in the series

Featuring the cast of First stage and Second stage, this is the first concert of the New Prince of Tennis live action musical adaption.

In the relentless heat of the gruelling summer, temperatures soar to blistering levels as cicadas emerge to sing their ear-shattering song. Months of continued exposure is enough to make anyone start to feel a little off. Anyone, that is, except that oddity the locals call ‘the Cicada Man’. Who is that strange man and why is he always walking around with boxes full of live cicadas? More important, what does he do with them? As the heat starts to get to our heroine, and her sanity depletes, real life and delusion begin to mix. Her darkest nightmares seep into our world and she fears the Cicada Man has planted his swarm of insects inside her. She must get them out – at all costs. Thus begins her downward spiral into extreme paranoia and self-mutilation. She just needs to make it through the summer.

A stranger approaches a man, pretends to know him and insists on it, and a passerby intervenes.

Two mysterious men appear at the Budo Mountain. They draw lines within houses, communities, schools, temples, markets which eventually deprive the people of their basic rights to their lands. Now it's time to reclaim them.

A new chapter in Oda Seiji's saga

Grandpa Ahua handed the kite to the seven-year-old Duoduo on the hospital bed. He will not be able to accompany her to fly the kite like in the past.

When sixth-grader movie lover Yota finds out a girl in his class he is interested in, Asuka, will be moving soon, he decides that he wants create a movie and make her the heroine. Only one issue: he has no friends to help him. After consulting with his brother and teachers, Yota comes together with five classmates as they make use smartphones and social media to create a movie.

A woman and a man are enjoying camping. They are not lovers but more than just friends, and not family. The relationship that was supposed to last a lifetime is gradually twisted by the man's words... What lies in the future for the two of them?

As the flashy life of the influencer 33 gets crazier, the canker sore inside her lower lip keeps growing larger...

Hitoe is 34 years old. Her husband is overseas on a business trip, and she wanders aimlessly around town every day, filling her idle time with alcohol. Masaru is 48 years old. A train conductor. He gave up on his dream of becoming a driver after failing the national exam three times. The two meet each other while they have families.

Dr. Arun, genius composer, conductor, and madman, has been fired from every major orchestra in Europe and returns to his native Thailand where he takes a humiliating job teaching a youth ensemble. When his chance to conduct his masterpiece on a world-wide live stream is snatched away by celeb conductor Walter Paisley, he and a pair of child prodigies set up their own orchestra in a ruined mansion and, as the Covid crisis takes over the country, begin luring - and eventually abducting - young musicians to create a musical Eden in the wilderness. But things go horribly wrong.

The Kyowakai, including Renji Himuro and Yuto Tamura, have advanced to Tokyo. Himuro and Tamura, who are trying to delve into Japanese taboos, hear a certain fact about the Sasashima Foundation from Horii of the Dainippon Sokai. On their way back, the two are attacked by Keihin Rengokai members, but are rescued by an unexpected person.

One young female and one middle-aged male police officers head to a house after a neighbor reported a stench coming out of it. Once inside, they encounter a world beyond their imagination.

The three people, who have difficulty finding their common ground, open their eyes in an unknown space. Who, why, how where they locked up here? They can only escape if they find their lost memory!

In hopes of putting an end to the 70-year war that still does not have the peace treaty, a group of internationally renowned women peacemakers come together to plan a march to cross the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) from North to South Korea. Veteran documentarian, Deann Borshay Liem, tells an exquisitely touching and crucial story that advocates for peace.

A crazy scientist, Doctor Rex Vector, and his hamster assistant, Mister Pete, return to Pine Tree Mountain with Vector's new, evil invention: a robo-monster with animal abilities! Bear pals Vick, Briar and Bramble, along with other animal friends, must stand up against this "monster plan" of Vector's. It's a spooky fight between loving animals and scary villains, in Boonie Bears Monster Plan!

A job seeker brother-in-law happens to find a man's wallet. But the guy is weird. His sickly face is covered with blood, and his wallet contains yen. The next day, when Hyeong Woo finds out again, two gangsters chase the man into a secluded place. After a while, he approached him, and the gangsters were bloodied and collapsed, and the mysterious man disappeared without a trace. Eventually, Hyeong Woo goes to find the man and enters an unexpected world step by step.

Dong-min, an art major who is completely colorblind, must submit an assignment on his favorite color. As he works on the project with his crush, Kyung-jun, he struggles to grasp the sky blue that Kyung-jun loves. In the process, Dong-min begins to listen to his own heart.

The story is set in a small southern town at the beginning of the century, where people believed that innocence and hope would lead to a better tomorrow.

A short film by Kazuaki Kiriya.

One day, college student Keiko, who is looking for a job, learns that the person she had feelings for has committed suicide. Keiko wonders if she was the cause of this. Classmate Mami, through her boyfriend Takuya, tries to introduce Keiko to Kazuo, a member of Takuya's theater company. However, Keiko, who met Takuya, has a special feeling for him. Miyata, a young man who seems to be hiding in the darkness of everyday life, meets Keiko one day.

Kyung-hak, who has been studying to become a police officer, is forced to pay back his mother’s debt of $20,000. Already struggling and having to work part- time while studying, Kyung-hak is now forced to make big monthly loan payments on top. Eventually, Kyung-hak stops studying and becomes a deliveryman to make ends meet. Meanwhile, cracks start to form in his relationship with his beloved girlfriend Hye-jin.

KIM Soonak is a survivor of sex slavery by the Japanese military. The war may have ended, but her life was still at a war. She lived in the prostitute quarters to survive, did sex business in the US military camp town, and peddled goods from the US military. She raised two kids on her own as she worked as a maid. We’ll listen to her story in her absence. The film reconstructs the life story of the deceased KIM Soonak with interviews with activists, archive videos, animation, and read-aloud testimony.

Junji Inagawa, a guide to the spirit world, celebrates the 30th anniversary of his ghost story performances with this collection of his most dangerous ghost stories! The evil deeds of spirits that bring bad luck and misfortune will send shivers down your spine.... There is "something" out there that is not of this world.

Someone broke the camera during a film shoot. Woohyeon, who is visually impaired, sets out with her hearing-impaired friend Ha-yan to find the culprit. This short film was produced in the “Barrier-Free” format to help disabled viewers access visual content and raise awareness of their human rights.

18 years old, June, on my way home. Today is a usual,ordinary day. But One thing, different from usual is that today is Koichis’birthday. An important day for Natsumi. After school, it’s raining. Natsumi awaites Koichi at the school gate. She want to give him a present, but he's holding a bouquet of flowers in his hands. She’s not sure who gave him these, so hesitates. "Let's go" It's Koichi's words that kicks off the time for the two, so ordinary, yet so special.

In the ocean depths, mermaids are targeted for their tears, leading a brave group of warriors, guided by a royal mermaid, to safeguard their kingdom.

No one is welcomed in the world of a little girl and a man until a stranger rings the doorbell. As astonishing things happen right in the face, the girl freaks out.

This work filmed in the Peruvian jungle pays tribute to the American experimental filmmaker Bruce Baillie, who died in 2020, and whose work inspired Weerasethakul. An almost meditative vision takes in the sun reflected on rippling water, revealing the act of looking and seeing.

While watching a morning show, a troubled high school student, Jon, discovered a helmet that’s able to travel through space and time. After school, he decides to take his friends to check it out. On his way, he met Wei, a girl who can foresee the future, but was considered weird by her classmates . Together, they went on a mission to defeat the desperate Taiwanese Bonnie & Clyde that started the helmet fraud, a battle of the underdogs begins…