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This film is a sequel to “Listen to the Voices of the Sea” (2019) the first work in art video, based on a diary of a Japanese kamikaze pilot, Hachiro Sasaki. Kamikaze means wind of God in Japanese. During WW2 Japanese pilots attacked American aircraft carriers and army ships by dive-bombing their airplanes. For the realization of the second project, I transcribed a part of the diary of another kamikaze soldier from southern Japan, Norimitsu Takushima. By putting in his place a fictional French character, Noé Teissier, this translation sits in a broader contemporary context. The film ultimately reflects relationships to life, to death, to love speaking towards the universal experiences of any soldier.

Toyoda Toshiaki went to Sado Island and filmed musician Koshiro Hino and Kodo, the local Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble, while they performed music composed especially for Shiver.

A short film by Daichi Watanabe.

Two people meet on a beach in Isumi. One is Ayaka, who skipped work and arrived at the seaside with no idea where she was going. The other is Nagisa, who was born and raised in the town. Ayaka and Nagisa decide to have a drink together. Ayaka, who has built a career at a Tokyo company, feels comfortable being with Nagisa, despite their differences – Nagisa grew up surrounded by nature and she is free-spirited. Ayaka was planning to skip work for just one day, but she eventually decides to stay on for a while and she requests a leave of absence from her company. Nagisa invites Ayaka to join her at the yakitori restaurant, and together they start an izakaya where the menu changes daily. Ayaka and Nagisa go fishing and enjoy a slow, relaxing life on the beach. One day, Ayaka confesses the incident that became the reason for her absence from work.

GHOST-CAT RHAPSODY is a fresh take on the classic legend of the ghost cat. The popular horror tale was once popular with Japoanese studios, who released dozens of movies such as THE GHOST CAT AND THE MYSTERIOUS SHAMISEN (1938), GHOST CAT OF NABESHIME (1949), THE GHOST CAT OF OUMA CROSSING (1954), BLACK CAT MANSION (1958) and THE GHOST CAT OF OTAMA POND (1960). As with their previous projects, 3Y Film is looking to revive a long-lost tokusatsu genre for the modern age.

Shinji Imaoka (Reiko and the Dolphins, Far Away, Further Away) of has directed this coming-of-age road movie about four people travelling the Koshu highway in a single car. Their number includes Lilico, an unsuccessful musician who has fallen out with her band members, Manami is mentally unstable because her boyfriend just dumped her, Taichi a former musician and freelancer, and his girlfriend Rumi, a bland girl who could be found anywhere. What lies at the end of their journey? A love confession.

A father who lost his son realizes his past mistakes and tries to talk to his son and let him rest in peace.

A bittersweet, hilarious, enlightening and inspirational road trip through Japanese arthouse cinemas with a heartily independent filmmaker, who also struggles to release his own movies in real life.

Rin is a freshman who goes to a regional university. Taro is a senior. They began living together, but...

Ayaka lives with roommates. One day, she is caught in the rain while waiting for her boyfriend when she happens upon an umbrella that had been thrown away. She picks it up but, after that, she is nowhere to be found.

After her parents’ divorce, ten-year-old Nagi moves with her mother to a small island in Setouchi. Traumatic visions of her alcoholic father Shimao abusing her mother trigger panic attacks. She slowly regains her ability to smile, while trying to help the islanders with their own burdens. A funny, sweet, and tender coming-of-age drama with a rich range of memorable characters.

A series of resident disappearances occurs at a Kyowakai-owned apartment in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, home to many people with complicated backgrounds. Nakajima (Yoshimi Tachi) volunteers to investigate, and Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), uneasy about sending him alone, orders Saito (Katsuya) to accompany him. Despite searching Kabukicho, they find no solid leads. That night, Saito recalls a rumor about the “Kabukicho kidnappings” from 20 years earlier, told to him in prison by Wang (Weng Huarong), and reaches out to him. Meanwhile, Nakashima heads into Kabukicho alone under the guise of patrol, hiding a personal motive. Just then, an unknown number calls Nakashima’s phone…

Kirameke! Vivacious Dash

Ren Koishi, a housewife, suspects her husband, Teruo Koishi, of having an affair. One day, Ren follows Teruo when he goes out for work on his day off, determined to get to the scene of the affair. However, Teruo's destination was neither a company nor a hotel, but a hospital. Ren, who is suspicious, receives an explanation from his doctor that Teruo is infected with the 'adultery virus'. In Japan, there is an ancient term 'cheating bug', but the latest research has revealed that adultery and cheating were symptoms of a disease caused by infection with the adultery virus. Ren is unconvinced that his infidelity is caused by the disease and is doubtful whether her husband really loves her. Meanwhile, Teruo, who is trying to prove his love for his wife left and right, infects others one after another with the adultery virus. ..

In the coastal region of Shonan, a young man enlists the help of a eccentric local pet detective to search for his missing pet cat. When the man is unable to pay for the detective's help, he joins the unusual agency to pay off the debt.

Koto visits an empty house that used to be her grandmother's home. In the garden, there is a strange cardboard house where an old man named Take lives, who records the sounds of the city, buries them in the ground, and creates a "sound tomb"... This is the story of a somewhat strange but "cool" winter.

Ryusuke, who is grieving, makes salt on the day of his wife's funeral, aiming to preserve the local salt's history.

Himuro and Tamura were called by Iwao and had a discussion with Murayama of the Hassei-kai in the presence of Okita and Sakoda of the Marukami-kai, Kazami of the Toyu-kai, and others. However, the Hassei-kai breaks down, and Himuro and his friends declare war on the Toyu-kai as well. Sakoda says that the culprit who targeted Numata was the Toyukai, and clears up the misunderstanding about the Marukamikai, but...

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.

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.

"Koizumi," a mysterious and beautiful female high school student who loves ramen most played by Sakurada, is an unprecedented ramen TV series "Koizumi the second generation who loves ramen!" In the New Year of 2022, she eats ramen all the time. Come back full! The unique world view where reality and fiction coexist has gained popularity. "The second generation of Koizumi-san who loves ramen!" While enthusiastically describing his boredom at a popular ramen shop, he ate ramen with a dazed expression.

The "wheels of mystery" begin to move when a man working at a small shipyard meets a female student who seems to get upset at the sight of him. While they eventually get closer and end up dating, they need to take a step forward as their pasts come in between.

Ken Kasugai has been deserted by his wife, because he was absorbed in a game. One day, missing child robot Tang appears in front of him.

The final tour date of Takuya Kimura's live tour Next Destination, recorded live in Yokohama.

A new chapter in Oda Seiji's saga

Set in a provincial city that has been quarantined to prevent the spread of infection after a zombie outbreak, this human drama depicts the new daily life of a high school girl who remains in the quarantine area to take care of her family who have become zombies. (machine translation)

The twelfth sequel to the popular series "Yakuza Emblem Legend" Hakuryu and Ichizo Matsuda team up again and expand their influence from Kansai to the whole country, advancing to the top of the Yakuza organization.

I try to remember what your hand felt like on my back when I was a child. And now I place my hand on yours, bent from pain. Like landscaped gardens are meant to evoke the four seasons and the cyclical wonders of nature, I gaze at you, hoping to find us one more time.

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.

The film revolves around three struggling actors Michio, Gunji, and Enoken, who share a house together. One day, they find a baby girl left with a letter from Michio's ex-girlfriend. They name the child "Don-chan" and embark on the journey of raising her, despite their initial confusion.

2022 release

Miyazaki, Shibata, Sueda and Chen work in humdrum jobs at a factory on Awaji Island. Each day leaves them a little older, with nothing of significance disturbing the dull routine of their lives - until Sueda discovers that the company president is evading tax on an industrial scale. An escape drama from depression. A crime movie that depicts a new daily life that awaits beyond that line.

Maesaki and Hashimoto rush to the hospital in Nagoya to discharge Shimatani, who was recuperating in a hospital.

The president of an IT company is found dead. The cause of death is believed to be an overdose of medication for a chronic illness, but the possibility of murder emerges since potassium and other substances were found in the body. Ogawa, unfamiliar with the investigation, asks for help from Okawa, a former detective who now works for the police department. The "large-and-small duo", who are uneven in appearance and personality, take on the challenge of getting to the bottom of a difficult case.

Tatsuji Miyoshi regards Sakutaro Hagiwara as his teacher. Feelings run deeper since he loves Sakutaro’s youngest sister, Keiko, but she rejects him. A decade later and as the Pacific War rages, Tatsuji finds out that Keiko is recently widowed and he divorces his wife and leaves his children and marries Keiko. They honeymoon quietly Echizen Mikuni but their personalities don’t match as Tatsuji is unable to keep up with the more uninhibited Keiko.

Not far in the future , the second nuclear accident happened in Japan. The Town next to it remains the same. Tatsuya works for the yakuza, Ryo who was in prison, and Mari the sex worker started living together. The misfit, the outcast, trying to survive and suffer in this world. This is a story of people who lost their place where they belong. Is there gonna be another day?

Here is the long-awaited stage adaptation of Atlus' super popular young adult RPG series, Persona! In order to fulfill the "rehabilitation" imposed upon him and save people from the wicked desires of the world, the protagonist becomes a Phantom Thief of Hearts, but how will he change the hearts of corrupt adults? While this story overflows with mystery and thrills, there's also exhilarating action and a sensitive depiction of the psychology of a group of young men and women as they forge deep bonds of friendship and grow together as people. The fourth and final installment, performed in October 2022.

Spanning locations in Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Hokkaido and featuring interviews with cast members and rare behind-the-scenes footage, it captures the creative collective journey of the filmmaking team.

Tetsuo Gonda, nicknamed Gon-mama, is a big, macho gay man. During the day, he works out at the gym, and in the evening, he runs his Snack Hibari bar, has various customers, who are also his gym buddies. They all have their own private troubles and sorrows. Every night, Gon-mama and the bartender, Kaori, serve cocktails suited to the problems of their customers, whispering the language of cocktail. Tonight, Ryoichi Shikai, a dentist, shows up again. Ryoichi is usually a cheerful person, but something big is troubling him.

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?

A Japan-set battle-royale comedy over a vial of sperm is centered around three women on the verge of a nervous breakdown from hearing their biological clock ticking away: a doctor and manager of a sperm bank, Sana Kobayashi, a single mother, Maron Kuribayashi, and an alluring receptionist, Mayumi Kujō. Unknowingly, the three shared a beloved partner and a sperm donor, Makoto, but lost him in a sudden accident. The night of Makoto's funeral they are shocked to discover each other in his room. In a rage of screaming, thrashing, and boasting about their own sexual prowess with Makoto, more fierce emotions erupt once Sana's plan to self-inseminate is exposed, but this leads to unexpected consequences. They affirm their real love for Makoto and reveal his true wishes.

A recorded performance of the Tokyo Revengers: Bloody Halloween stage play. Also features exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the Cool Japan Park Osaka's WW Hall performance.

High school student Yuki suffers from a chronic disease and has lost hope for living. One day she has a life-changing encounter with Aki, her destructive classmate with a beautiful singing voice. Together they decide to form a band with Yusuke who secretly has feelings for Yuki.

The seventh 'Yakuza Emblem Legend' film.

During the events of Kamen Rider Revice, the amnesiac Hiromi Kadota's friends make a movie to help him regain his lost enemies.

A witty and sensitive observation of people visiting Central Park of Tokyo – YoyoGi. We all live in a world of online communication and rush, but there are places where one can still come to him/herself in offline. Following Japanese tradition of contemplation and harmony, an Estonian director explores Eastern way of finding the balance through nature and solitude. Hauki poetry, written especially by a well-known Japan-researcher from Tallinn Rein Raud add a new angle to the whole picture, turning the film into an endless meditation flow.

Eiji Hino returns to Japan and delivers some shocking news to Hina...

A psychological thriller set in the post-COVID Tokyo. The film follows a woman looking for her missing son, and a shady young man who approaches her, claiming to know her son.

Tachibana was once in the limelight as a nature photographer famous for a TV program following his adventure but forced into debts from his agency. Alone and without dreams, he abandons his camera and spends his life paying off the debts. But one day, from taking a photo of his mother's friend, his life with a camera starts moving again. Tachibana, now in 40s, starts a studio at a share residence and seeks for his resurrection.

Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours 6th LoveLive! ~KU-RU-KU-RU Rock 'n' Roll TOUR~ (ラブライブ！サンシャイン!! Aqours 6th LoveLive! ～KU-RU-KU-RU Rock ‘n’ Roll TOUR～) (formerly Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours 6th LoveLive! DOME TOUR 2020) is Aqours' sixth solo live concert tour that took place in the following locations: Belluna Dome (formerly MetLife Dome) in Saitama on March 5 & 6, 2022 (SUNNY STAGE)

ウマ娘 プリティーダービー 3rd EVENT WINNING DREAM STAGE (Uma Musume Pretty Derpy 3rd EVENT WINNING DREAM STAGE) is event, which was held on August 28-29th 2021 at Tokyo Garden Theatre.