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A graduation short film by Masashi Fujii, created for the 34th Image Forum Institute program.

The first 'Front and Back' film.

At the foot of Mt Fuji, there is a small old-fashioned shop ‘Fuji Family’ that is a convenience store in name only. It is run by three sisters who are known in the neighbourhood as beauties. Oguni Takako is the dependable eldest sister who supported the family in place of their parents when they died young and is the breadwinner who works at a department store. Uninhibited second sister Nasumi is the complete opposite of Takako in personality and lifestyle.

Koji carries an emotional wound from a missing childhood friend Sayoko, who disappeared when they were junior high school students. He left his hometown to forget about her and now, five years later, he goes to a grad school in Tokyo. One day, he gets a phone call from a former classmate and hears about the death of Sayoko's father. To attend his funeral, Koji returns to his hometown...

This psychic horror film consists of a scary video capturing a spirit that appears before the submitter's eyes, and an interview portion covering the situation in which the submitter was directly affected. Included is a horrifying case of a former employee who visited his former place of employment and was decomposed by an animal spirit, a horror case that even the experts are troubled by.

The story takes place in a universe where countless parallel universes known exist. There is always a link — called "Prism" — connecting the modern world and these parallel worlds, and sometimes energy and substance comes through. One day, monsters known as "Eight" come from a parallel world and begin attacking. Humanity begins its counterattack using a power called "Skuld," which harnesses the power of tomorrow. The government gathers Skuld users into an army known as "Norn," but the Eight still wreak destruction over the years. Then, a boy named Asuma who can use an ancient weapon is discovered.

Anzai-gumi boss, Anzai Takashi (Koichi Iwaki), visits a jazz club run by corporate affiliate Shin-kai Yuji (Hitoshi Ozawa) to hear pianist Namura Miyako’s (Ako) performance. Miyako, who had been supported by Anzai since her youth, harbors deep feelings for him. One day, Mishima (Masaki Nishimori) from the Nakahama-gumi visits the club with a woman and becomes infatuated with Miyako, aggressively pursuing her. Despite her initial reluctance, Miyako gradually falls for Mishima. Soon after, her behavior becomes increasingly strange. Sensing something amiss, Anzai orders his men to investigate Miyako’s actions, leading to unexpected revelations...

A hidden Ninja village exists deep in the mountain. OKOU who was raised as a lady Ninja is ordered a secret mission by the patriarch..

A collection of psychic videos that show more clearly how people fall into fear! A popular series on CS broadcasting, etc., proposes a new hybrid work by a staff member who collects videos of people triggered by a curse and a director who firmly shows mysterious videos where people are surrounded by spirits and their fear increases for some reason!

The Naitō Shinjuku Family, Japan's oldest yakuza organization with a hereditary tradition, is led by its boss, Gunji Washio (Hitoshi Ozawa). His young son, Taiga (Haruto Ochiai), though only an elementary schooler, spends his days being trained as the heir by senior lieutenant assistant Reiji (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi). However, in stark contrast to his father's wild and daring nature, Taiga is timid and prone to tears, raising doubts about his suitability as the next leader. Amid this uncertainty, Gunji's supposedly deceased younger brother resurfaces and assassinates him, plunging the Naitō Shinjuku Family into crisis. To make matters worse, Taiga is kidnapped by an unknown assailant…

There are many things happening in Harajuku. A policewoman is the local metre maid. She is consistently thinking about her relationship with her seniors. A man is Korean and works at a stockings' shop. He is an expert in the thickness and girth of the women's stockings. The two meet coincidentally one day. A teenager is walking around hoping to be scouted. The film focuses on the different people of different ages, genders and backgrounds in the area. One day the stories begin to merge into one,

The popular manga serialized on Weekly Manga TIMES has been adapted into a movie, starring sexy idol Meixue Yokoyama!

Sawada's childhood was shaped by his mother's abuse. Mentally wounded, he suffered from violent bullying attacks from his classmates as a teenager. But surprisingly he gets help from Kikuchi, who is the same age and who grew up with his brutal father and has learned to compensate for his hatred with outbursts of violence. They instinctively feel drawn to each other, but instead of finding a way out together, they remain driven from their traumatic childhood. During a visit to Sawada's mother's apartment, a catastrophe breaks out and a desperate escape begins.

A documentary delving into the creation and influence of Happy End's 1971 album "Kazemachi Roman".

Mana and Hikari are both leaders of girl gangs in the same town. They are rivals and constantly fighting. Recently, they heard rumors that their town is being vandalized. Eventually, Mana, Hikari, and their friends are also harmed. They each think it is the opposing gang that causes the harm, but it turns out it's a gang from the neighboring town, with dangerous backing. Can Mana and Hikari protect their town?

Nami Kurose, a rising star in the literary world, was about to be evaluated as a writer. A beautiful young man that sometimes appears in her mind. However, Nami doesn't know what that image is. One day, Nami is approached by Tsutsumi, another writer...

The 27th installment of the "Youth H" series, which employs cutting-edge filmmakers to create works across a variety of genres based on the twin themes of "youth" and "eros." Director Imaoka Shinji, in his third film in the series, depicts the tragic fate of an unlucky man. Hoshi (Arai Takashi) breaks into the room of Yoshie (Fujisaki Erina), a convenience store clerk with whom he has fallen in love at first sight. Surprisingly, she tells him it's okay as long as he wears a condom, so he goes to the convenience store to buy one, but with no money, he breaks into the house. However, he is discovered by a resident and stabbed.

Construction worker Kumada used to be a member of the popular band Uma no Hone 30 years ago. In a sudden turn of events, he moves into a low rent shared apartment. His roommate Yuka is an idol, but begins being friendly with when he says his job is related to music.

Sawada is an unpopular move director but he manages to win the grand prize at an indie film festival With the reward he decides to go big for his next film. Sawada will have to face many difficult situations while trying to make it happen as the production money starts to run out...

The interlocking supernatural phenomena, horror experiences, and the temptation brought by invisible things... Although these supernatural events happen to unrelated people, they are actually closely related. Just like jigsaw puzzles, there are endless fear attacks every time they are spelled together. This is a chilling supernatural documentary series created in a brand-new way. As long as you open the treasure box that can never be opened... then you can't escape again! Opening is the period of death, and the fear of making people unable to fall asleep one after another will continue until death...

2015 release

Chika, a member of a theater company, is given the lead role by the director in a play that includes a rape scene. Having never been raped, Chika has no way of understanding the emotional pain of a victim, and imagines rape when masturbating or practicing. The imaginary rapist attacks her real body. And before she knows it, the line between reality and dreams becomes blurred...

Yamagami-kun, the god of the mountain, likes to eat "human beings"! Today, he and Isobe, the god of the sea, are planning to eat "human" again. Will he be able to eat a "human" today?

One day, Hikojiro receives an emergency call from inn proprietress Shino Ogawa to examine Tadahiko Mori, a guest complaining of stomach pain. Mori, who owns an art gallery in Tokyo, has come to Kyoto on a trip with his only daughter, high school student Nanami. Hikojiro gives him his business card, telling him to contact him if the pain comes back. However, the next day, Mori is found dead...!

Nagano has had a sickness of the heart for 40 years and has been hospitalized at the mental hospital in Fukushima. However, during the evacuation when the Great East Japan Earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, knowing that he’s already completely healed, he makes his way back out to into the world. Having been hospitalized from when he was in his teens until his fifties, his story is like that of Urashima Taro, the Japanese fisherman who went beneath the sea as a young man and returned to an unfamiliar world. However, his heart from long ago is for the first time full of feelings to meet the woman he loved. Before long, Nagano learns that the woman has taken refuge in Tokyo and lives with her son and his wife, and sets out on a bike headed for Tokyo.

Botan Ichige has just enrolled in St. Asmaria All-Girl's School where angels are said to live. It turns out that angels do indeed live there, and after an accident, an angel named Un offers Botan her halo as a snack. After eating it, Botan discovers it had some bizarre side-effects, causing her to regularly "give birth" to colorful mushrooms. Is this the life of an angel!?

Yoko meets a transfer student when she is isolated by her junior high school classmates.

ROH & NJPW: Global Wars – Buffalo was a co-produced professional wrestling event featuring American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) and Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on October 12, 2017, at Buffalo RiverWorks in Buffalo, New York, USA, and served as the first night of the ROH & NJPW Global Wars U.S. tour, showcasing top talent from both companies in interpromotional matchups.

Kozo, who lost his wife, has a strained relationship with his college-aged son, Takashi. One day, Chikako Misawa, a former glamour model he had always admired, shows up to an interview for a part-time job at the bar Kozo runs. Meanwhile, Takashi gets to know Saki, who attends the same seminar, and finds out she's the sexy idol he's always admired...

This program will give you an up-close look at some of the studio’s most famous films along with the music of STUDIO GHIBLI that continues to have multi-generational appeal. Songs are performed by popular J-pop stars and artists who have worked with STUDIO GHIBLI over the years. Treat yourself to fun and moving performances that pay homage to your favorite STUDIO GHIBLI films, hear rare stories about Hayao Miyazaki, and learn about the history of Isao Takahata and how he became one of Japan’s greatest treasures. Filmed at Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum’s Ghibli Expo -From Nausicaä to Marnie- exhibition, this 45-minute program is jam-packed with the magic of STUDIO GHIBLI, including famous scenes from your favorite STUDIO GHIBLI works.

Almost exactly 11 years to the day since McCartney last embarked on a run of shows in Japan during the Driving World Tour, November 2013 saw him bring his Out There! Tour to Japan to play six shows in Osaka, Fukuoka and Tokyo. The news was announced on 16 July 2013 on his official website. The first date was taken place in Osaka on 11 November and the tour was continuing at the Fukuoka Dome on 15 November. A run of shows at the Tokyo Dome followed, taking place on 18, 19, 21 November.

In a near-future Japan, the "National Safety Act," aimed at preventing crime, is enforced. Three women—Maiko, Kayo, and Kimika—whose quantified mind levels were deemed abnormal, are detained in a psychiatric ward as dangerous individuals. However, the facility is nothing more than a slave factory disguised as a correctional institution...

Momoko, a nurse, is sometimes sexually harassed by a patient, and sometimes witnesses a fellow nurse having sex with a patient, but she devotes herself to her work diligently day in and day out. However, Momoko has one secret that she cannot tell anyone. It was an affair with Nikaido, a doctor who works at the same hospital.

Set in Nagoya, Japan in 2019, the story follows Mitsuyo, an elderly woman who receives a fraudulent call from someone posing as her daughter. Having been scammed before, she alerts the police, leading to the arrest of 14-year-old Kazuto, a receiver in the operation. Kazuto works for Daisuke and Toyama, who believe scamming the wealthy is a way to return "dead money" to society. When Toyama is arrested, Daisuke attends his trial to ensure silence. There, Mitsuyo testifies, revealing that years ago, she was deceived by Daisuke himself, leading to her husband's suicide. Confronted with the true consequences of his crimes, Daisuke realizes that phone fraud not only steals money but also destroys families and lives.

Tsuyoshi Tatsuzaki is disqualified from practising law due to the betrayal of his best friend. Rookie lawyer Narumi Akikawa quits her efficiency-oriented law firm because of her sense of justice. Former Marutobushi detective Kenjiro Kazama, who has been forced out of his job after his underhanded misdeeds are exposed. By chance, the three meet and attempt to bring to justice the great evil that lurks in the darkness of the world.

Sequel to 'Solitary Scream'.

May J.'s stand alone concert at Nippon Budokan on January 18, 2015.

4 shorts from French Directors, working in the tradition of Grand Guignol, set in Tokyo. Stories about a man repeating a bloody day running from the Yakuza; a woman's violent encounter with her mirror image; a woman and her lasergun fighting of a shadowy demon; and a man being cursed by the famous Hachi-statue to become a werewolf pining for a prostitue.

The second night of the 7th edition of the Super J-Cup, which is a New Japan Pro-Wrestling tournament featuring a collection of sixteen Junior Heavyweight wrestlers from all over the world. Taking place at the San Francisco State University Student Life Events Center in San Francisco, California, the show features the first round winners going head-to-head.

The first film in the 'Japan Gokudo War' series.

Buono! LIVE 2012 “R・E・A・L” is the first of Buono!'s 2012 live tours. It took place from January 28 to February 25, 2012. Part of the tour was performed in Paris, France, making this the first Buono! concert held outside Japan. The DVD and Blu-ray of the concert was released on May 23, 2012. Fanclub-exclusive solo angle DVDs were released individually and as a box set to Fanclub members on August 29, 2012.

Story of the last assistant doctor in Okinawa.

2017 release

Yuka and Hinano are friends who have worked for the same real estate company since graduating from college. Hinano, who loves psychic phenomena and was a member of an "occult study group" during her college days, obtained information about the company in secret and uploaded photos of accidental properties on the 2 Channel occult board.

The Hirata are a typical family residing in picturesque Kosai, Shizuoka Prefecture. Their lives are thrown in chaos when an earthquake strikes and causes a nearby nuclear power plant to explode. They must evacuate their home.

The story of an ordinary family where upon the grandmother's death Kanji becomes an alcoholic homebody, Hinako begins acting up and smiling leaves the lip of Haruko. Those are not the only problems either.

Seven-year-old Rio visits her grandparents in Japan for the first time. She observes the beauty and unfamiliarity of the household, sensing a distance between her American family and the Japanese relatives. When her mother, Seiko, reveals an open secret during tea, the children are excused from the room and something happens behind closed doors.

Selection of recorded songs chosen for the Daydreaming/Choose me limited edition DVD. - REAL EXISTENCE - Before Yesterday - the non-fiction days - Take me higher!! - Don't you tell ME - alone - YOLO

Traditional Japanese wooden Daruma dolls have no ears. The classmates of this film’s hearing impaired heroine gave her the nickname ‘Dari Marusan’ in reference to such dolls. While Dari has now adopted the name as her own, she hasn’t got over the hurt.

An omnibus film consisting of three segments for Tama, Dayan and Tobi Neko franchises.

The teams of the 'Not Found' and 'Honto Ni Atta. Noroi No Video' franchises join forces to bring you a collection of terrifying psychic images that focus on the theme of images that bring death, or so-called "death images".

A young man transported back to the colorful chaos of old Tokyo witnesses firsthand the larger-than-life dreamers who turned a stretch of carnival stalls into Japan's greatest entertainment district.

The story is about a woman named Asami who is tortured and left for dead by a Yakuza group, only they failed to finish her off, and she staggers back from the grave, literally. Bruised and battered, Asami seeks refuge at her old gang until such time she is ready to take on the Yakuza and go face to face with Junko.