Following his win in the Desire Grand Prix Bonus Stages, Michinaga realizes that when it comes to the DGP, be extra careful what you wish for...
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Following his win in the Desire Grand Prix Bonus Stages, Michinaga realizes that when it comes to the DGP, be extra careful what you wish for...
The “ultimate love” that aims at “tolerance” and “symbiosis” will be sublimated and ask questions to the chaotic society of today.
A lonely magazine editor finds romance with his personal trainer until a confession changes everything. Based on the novel by Makoto Takayama.
The 8th installment of the "Confession of a Woman" series! Directed by Michihira Yamaguchi and starring sexy actress Kanna Misaki! Mashiro is a career female office worker at an advertising agency who is relied upon by everyone. At home, her pimp boyfriend is waiting for her, and here too, Mashiro is wanted and relied upon for her body. Under these circumstances, Mashiro is entrusted with a major project, but gradually she can no longer bear the pressure and her spirit is disturbed
The Kishu clan loses its leader Sakamoto (Terajima Susumu) in a conflict with the rival Shinshu Clan, and a battle for succession breaks out. Meanwhile, Shizuya (Ito Kentaro), the head of the Shinshu Clan, puts the safety of his beloved Akino (Kakei Miwako) first and makes a proposal to the Kishu clan to avoid further conflict, but the situation deteriorates further.
Aoi has dropped out of high school and gives birth to a baby son with her husband Masaya. They live in Okinawa, the Southern island of Japan where they were both born. To make ends meet, she starts working as a night-club hostess. Masaya loses his job and cannot deal with the family’s responsibilities. Their immaturity and dependence aggravate the relationship and continuous fights lead to a social downfall. Aoi’s bond with her son sets her on a path to find solutions.
A stage adaptation of the Korean film Parasite, which changes the setting to 1990s Japan. It ran from June 5th-July 2nd 2023 in Tokyo.
The stage adaptation of the manga Kingdom.
After a Kyowakai member is killed, detectives Shima and Hayami investigate the case, which is connected to recent unsolved murders. Kyowakai also launches their own investigation to avenge their comrade, intertwining their efforts with the police. The case involves a large organization framing Kyowakai.
On August 12, 2015, Hasegawa proposed to Ichiko. Ichiko is moved by Hasegawa's proposal and sheds tears, but the next day, she suddenly leaves home, seemingly shocked after seeing the TV news. Where did Ichiko go? Hasegawa reports the disappearance to the police, and the detective in charge of the investigation tells an unexpected story.
The Symphogear Live 2020 → 2022 was an event that was held in Belluna Dome on November 20, 2022.
Yumiko Haruno works as a waitress at a cafe that has been around for a long time. She spends her days aimlessly and without a dream for her future. On an ordinary day at her job, Yumiko notices middle aged man Ichirou Haga looking intently at shunga (Japanese erotic paintings that were popular during the Edo period). He suddenly talks to her and asks her what shunga is to her. Yumiko becomes interested in the eccentric shunga researcher and he invites her to visit his home to learn more. After his wife passed away, Ichirou has lived a reclusive life and concentrated solely on his study of shunga. Yumiko visits his home and begins to take shunga lessons from him.
In the enchanting village of Sylvania, Freya, a sweet Chocolate Rabbit girl, tackles two fun tasks for the Star Festival: picking the "Tree of the Year" and finding a birthday gift for her mom. With her adorable animal friends, she goes on a joyful adventure, learning about friendship and giving.
Yuri is a high school student in the present day. She isn't happy with her life at home or school. One day, she has an argument with her mother and runs away from home. Somehow, when Yuri later opens her eyes, she realizes that she is in the year 1945. She happens to meet Akira. He is a pilot for a kamikaze unit in the military.
A road movie about Yoko, a frustrated part-time worker who hitchhikes to her hometown of Hirosaki, Aomori, where she has not returned for 24 years, after hearing the news of her father's death.
Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out that Chiharu, who runs a watch shop, is the person he’s been seeking. Then, Jigen meets Oto, who comes to Chiharu’s shop looking for a gun. Jigen finds out about Oto's secrets and the mysterious organization that’s after her. After Oto is kidnapped, Jigen gets into a desperate battle to save her.
Reika, a "female arranger" who introduces sex work to women who have no place to go in Kabukicho. She teams up with the yakuza Hiraiwa to scout Meg, a former underground idol and debt-ridden meg, to a high-class dating club, and gradually sinks her into hell while feeding her sweet food. What comes to her mind is when she steps into this dark world with her brother Hideto to take revenge on the "Night King" who once derailed their lives, and ends up confronting Hiraiwa while aiming for the top.
In the black market, a war orphan is confronted with the struggles of people living in the immediate aftermath of WWII.
The story centers on the "Pole Dance Japan Cup" competition, where protagonist Hinano Hoshikita and her friends will compete as the Galaxy Princesses. They will compete with the competition's four-time champion team, Aile d'Ange.
Starring Masahiko Nishimura, "MADO(Window)" is an extremely closed, socially conscious drama based on a true story of the actual court case known as “Yokohama Secondhand Smoke Trial" in Japan, This is the first feature film directed by a successful commercial director, Mao. Being a son of the plaintiff, he had a great passion for tackling this sensitive issue caused by chemical sensitivities.
How did a single ‘Big in Japan’ videotape change the course of global horror history? Find out in this insightful documentary charting the origins, evolution and diffusion across the world of a distinctive brand of Japanese supernatural chillers featuring vengeful ghosts manifesting themselves through contemporary technology against a backdrop of urban alienation and social decay. From Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988) and straight-to-video scary true stories to such key titles as Ring (1998), Pulse (2001) and The Grudge (2002), critics and filmmakers reflect on how the bleak Dystopian visions and unsettling atmospheres infiltrated their way into the world’s shocker consciousness.
The Matsuno sextuplets invite Totoko to their house for a takoyaki party that ends up turning into a sleepover.
One day a young Brazilian man living in Japan crashes his car into the side of the house of a happy family. They take him in after realizing he had been beaten. As they get to know each other they find the bonds of family transcend blood and lineage.
Everyone who has stepped in a certain room in a regular apartment building has gone missing… The owner of the apartment has called the now popular Occult research team to investigate.
Ninja samurai Onimanji, who has been sealed in a cursed urn for 631 years and 59 days, is resurrected in the modern era by the assassin-for-hire company, Kika Company. The odd team of Kika, Shigeru, a bumbling assassin, and Onimanjii perform a series of dark jobs and must still compete with rival company Nutmeg.
A live performance by IDOLiSH7, TRIGGER, Re:vale, and ŹOOĻ , 4 groups with different charms, will meet in one place, and the grand live entertainment will begin!
Short animations based on the plot of Biohazard/Resident Evil 4 in the style of Nippon Animation's classic World Masterpiece Theater series posted to the official YouTube to promote the 2023 game release.
Four women of different ages work at or frequent an ice cream shop, each dealing with dreams, timidity, inexperience with love, and personal pain, their lives intersecting at the shop.
As a member of her high school's newspaper club, Airi looks forward to the annual creation of the town's tourism promotion posters, but it gets canceled; to suggest an alternative project, she rallies her class for support.
The 55th installment of the popular chivalry series starring Yasukaze Motomiya and Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi. This is a success story of two people, Renji Himuro and Yuto Tamura, who aim to reach the top of the Japanese Yakuza world with the goal of "eliminating conflict from Japan." Characters with rich individuality are dynamic and adhere to the path of chivalry that "helps the weak and frustrates the strong." Tora, a member of the Yamazaki clan, was arrested by acting as a decoy to protect Tamura. What is his parent Tamura thinking? Set in Yokohama, the movements of the Kyowa-kai, the Shichinin-kai, and the police intersect in a flashy manner.
Tatsuya Kawakami's mother becomes a member of a religious group after her husband commits suicide, and makes a large donation to the organization. Her three children are forced to live in poverty, and her eldest son, who is blind in one eye due to illness, takes his own life. Kawakami comes to believe that the religious group has ruined his life, so he creates a homemade gun and carries out an assassination plot against former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who has close ties to the religious group, which has been accused of siphoning off money from its members.
"Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special" (世にも奇妙な物語 '23秋の特別編) is a Japanese anthology drama that aired on Fuji TV on November 11, 2023. This special presents four unique, mysterious tales. Episode summaries: 1. "The Eternal Two" An assistant accused of murder alters reality with a mysterious button. 2. "False Accusation in Hell" A lawyer defends a deceased man in Hell, uncovering shocking truths. 3. "Transistor Compression Contest" A fierce competition to compress a magazine leads to unexpected rivalries. 4. "Set Your Life's Playlist in Advance" A life-caster builds an AI idol, unveiling secrets from her past.
After being released from a juvenile detention center at the age of 18 due to family issues, Makoto is met by Natsumi, a school staff member he has never seen before. She asks him to become part of the organizing committee for a troubled Coming-of-Age Ceremony. At first, Makoto refuses, but upon recalling his childhood dream, he agrees; on the condition that he can make a film. Together with classmates like Kakeru, a shut-in, and Sui, a social media influencer, they dive headfirst into making a film as a group of complete amateurs. However, the lead actor suddenly goes missing... Based on a true story, this film follows their journey through the struggles and risks of standing at the threshold between youth and adulthood, as they grow while chasing their dreams.
Director Yoshiyuki Kishi and screenwriter Takehito Minato—the team behind acclaimed boxing epic Wilderness—reunite to adapt Ryo Asai's prize-winning novel. A sensitive drama about the aberrant in a society without regard for diversity, the story unites characters trying to hide abnormalities: a prosecutor who is worried that his pubescent son is a shut-in, an introverted saleswoman with a peculiar habit, and a student tortured by feelings she can’t express. In a world fill with abnormalities, what if it’s actually normal to be abnormal?
In the near future, the development of AI has made it possible to determine human compatibility with high probability. A young couple goes to the in-laws to meet them before being wed. As if in opposition to the efficiency-oriented world, the couple had been dating without having their compatibility score determined by an AI app. What will happen when the inlaws find out about this?
Forty years after leaving Japan for a boxing career in the U.S. that never panned out, Jin returns to restart his life with his old boxing buddies. When hotheaded young boxer Shogo asks for Jin’s help to get him back into the ring after an unfair loss, the two men decide to seize their final chance at glory. A boxing film so authentic that it inspired co-star Yokohama Ryusei to qualify as a pro boxer, Zeze Takahisa’s boxing drama is one of the veteran director’s most crowd-pleasing films thanks to the touching father-son bond at its core.
The culminating Decker stage: Kanata (Decker) answers a call from Ultraman Dyna and ventures into space as allies—including Trigger and Ultrawoman Dinas—unite for a final, arena-scale battle.
The year is Cosmic Era 73. The Bloody Valentine War, fought between the PLANT space colonies and the nations of the Atlantic Federation, has ended and an uneasy truce has settled upon the Earth sphere. With the signing of the Junius Seven Treaty, the world's soldiers have left the battlefield and the grizzly sights of war behind. Many who fought now seek peace and refuge in the shelter of civilian life. But one boy, Shinn Asuka, is finding that incredibly hard. A Coordinator who lost his entire family during the Battle of Orb, he now fights with ZAFT in one of their newest machines, the ZGMF-X56S Impulse. Of course, ZAFT is only developing these machines for defensive applications - or so they claim - but when a group of Federation operatives steal some of these prototype machines, the world is once again plunged towards war.
Lonely and aimless, stuttering outcast Kazunari finds his world upended when he’s saved by the class “King,” Sou, sparking an unlikely bond that deepens after Hira discovers Kiyoi’s hidden dream.
Debut Mini Album "Dream Believers" Release Memorial Event (デビューミニアルバム発売記念イベント「Dream Believers」) is Hasunosora Girls' High School Idol Club's live event celebrating the release of their debut album that took place at Toyosu PIT in Tokyo on April 21, 2023.
Akiko (Mai Fukagawa) is a former idol, but now lives an ordinary life. She works at a company and keeps reminding herself that she is happy and to have a fulfilling day. One day, she walks to work and falls down. She becomes stuck and unable to move. Akiko breaks down mentally and decides to quit her job. Now, Akiko doesn't have a job, a boyfriend, and only 100,000 yen (~$700 USD) in her bank account. Her friend then tells her that she should move in with 56 year old salaryman Sasapon (Arata Iura), who lives alone in his house in Tokyo. When she visits Sasapon, he invites her to stay at his house on the condition that she can live there until his retirement. Their strange living arrangement begins.
The battle lines have been drawn, placing old friends Kira and Athrun on opposing sides in the war. The resulting battle will mark a turning point in their lives as Athrun and the ZAFT forces launch a major offensive designed to end the war once and for all!
Nana Mizuki's concert film LIVE HEROES 2023 -LIGHTENING MODE- filmed at Saitama Super Arena on January 21, 2023. This was the first part of a two day special concert.
The man is trying to get close to Gondo, the leader of the Kansai region, to avenge his old friend Shiraishi, who was killed by Gondo, and himself, who was framed by Gondo. However, Osaka Police Inspector Okura warns the man that he is dangerous. Meanwhile, a woman is defrauded and comes to the Sugiyama Law Office for help.
Kanae's husband disappeared without a trace while on a union trip. Though usually headstrong and independent, the woman becomes plagued with worry over what happened to him, and is unable to move on with her life. Thus, Kanae decides to hire a private investigator, and keeps running the public bathhouse to the best of her abilities. As he tries to figure out the truth about her husband, Kanae must deal with the stress from a work-intensive job, meddlesome neighbors, and recurring nightmares in which she is drowning.
Set two years after the drama series "Nemesis," Naoki Kazama works for Nemesis Detective Agency and is regarded as a brilliant detective. He is able to solve the most difficult of cases, but he has a secret. He is actually a lousy detective and relies on the genius skills of his assistant Anna Mikami to solve cases. Their partnership continues.
The farewell final live from the group Rhodanthe*.
The stage show celebrating the finale of Kamen Rider Geats.
The OVA of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club set to premiere in theaters in 2023.
74-year-old Yamazaki, having been handsome as a young gay man, grows narcissistic of his beauty and is unable to bear his own aging. One night, Yamazaki meets a young and beautiful man named Leo. Having loved only himself during his long tumultuous life, Yamazaki falls in love with another person. Through this love, he finally begins to forge the relationships he failed to carve during his youth with his friends and family.
Manami was born into a wealthy family, but she hates her family lineage as fake. She meets Jun, a wealthy gay man. June took Manami to a night club and she gets interested in Seiya, a host guy who has had sex with Jun for business.
Third in a series of films depicting the upheaval at a shared house with sexy residents. Director Yoshiyuki Yumi, known for her heart-warming works, presents a good film centred on the love life of a shy woman, and also attractively portrays the people around her, including her reliable best friend and a man who takes a liking to her. Mika (Hoshina Ai), an accessory artist with limited experience of romance, meets the senior of her dreams again on a matching app and, with the encouragement of her best friend Natsumi (Arimura Nozomi), progresses to love. She moves into the share house where her senpai lives, but it turns out to be a battleground for women who have their eyes on her.
Akio, an HR worker, visits his transformed mother Fukue in Tokyo. Baffled by her new lively self, he encounters a friendly neighbor. Through these interactions, Akio gains new perspectives, noticing overlooked aspects of life.
Kenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business and becomes obsessed with farming, jewelry and religion.