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- In an emotionless utopia, two people fall in love when they regain their feelings from a mysterious disease, causing tensions between them and their society.
- Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.
- In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An elderly woman is reaching close to her cut-off age during her last days with her family.
- An enigmatic translator with a dark past is brought in for questioning after an ex-pat friend, who came between her and her photographer boyfriend, ends up missing and presumed dead.
- Three stories of never-ending love.
- A normal fresh year highschool kid found his daily basis life extremely boring, until one day he met a dog and the owner of it that leads him to a completely new life filled with passion within musical stuff.
- Ninako confesses her love to Ren. But get rejected because he is already have a girlfriend. They promise to stay as a friend. Some other guy confess their love to her but she rejects them. Is it because she still wants to be with Ren?
- An introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates. Set in a small seaside town in Japan, the love of her life eventually leaves her for her boyfriend in Tokyo.
- 2002's Football World Cup, held in Korea and Japan.
- A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed while she tours the country, even though the modern world imposes changes on people's behavior.
- Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is treated by a hypnotist and left under the spell. Thereafter she cannot but sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever. No matter the source, length or quality she is composed to dance along. Shizuka heads back to the hypnotist for relief, but he is nowhere to be found when he is needed the most.
- Endo Reiko visits the city of Nagaoka and listens to a motley cast's stories. She learns about the fireworks in the city and its history, how war ravaged and changed the city and the narrator's lives. In the process much obscure information is offered and digested and there are hints of what constitutes the Japanese character.
- A musical duo decides to disband.
- The story centers on Naoe Kanetsugu, a loyal and devoted samurai in Echigo Province in the 16th century. Kanetsugu was trained in his early childhood by Uesugi Kenshin and after his death, served Kenshin's adopted son Kagekatsu and is known for his extreme loyalty to the Uesugi family. He also made every effort to protect the people of Echigo with a strong sense of justice and genuine sympathy toward commoners.
- For nearly two decades, The Chemical Brothers' "mind-bending" audiovisual live show has played to packed houses and festivals across the globe. But it has never been documented on film. Until now. In 2011, at the iconic Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, The Chemical Brothers played a headline set in front of 50,000 fans which was captured on 21 cameras. Immersing us in the thick of a frenetic crowd, Don't Think captures the synaesthetic barrage of sound, film and light and the transforming effect it has on its audience. Directed by Adam Smith, one of the show's visual creators, we are taken on a magical realist psychedelic journey where we feel the show rather than merely watch it.
- When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.
- A store owner and a magazine editor were hired as a temporary employee by The Louvre for a Mona Lisa exhibition to be held in Japan. The two soon discover a hidden puzzle of the Mona Lisa that will change their lives.
- In 1977, on her way back home from school, a 13-year-old Japanese girl, Megumi Yokota, was abducted by the North Korean spies. Mirjam van Veelen's film Megumi is an emotional testament to the experience of loss and love.
- When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother, who has a terminal illness.
- A British military transport plane makes an emergency landing on Sado Island. The residents on the island take care of the crew members until the plane can take off once again despite knowing that Britishers are their enemies.
- Nagisa lost her twin sister, Sayo, two years ago. Every day she prays at a local temple in Tokyo to speak to her sister. One night, on her way home, a strange taxi driver picks her up and takes her to another world, the land of the souls where she goes on a journey to reach out to her sister one last time.
- A look at the final days in Japan of 13-year-old Megumi Yokota who was kidnapped by the North Korean government in 1977.
- After Misao divorced, she moved to Vietnam. She has always admired the country. There, she works as a Japanese language teacher. She learns that her brother-in-law is taking her mother with Alzheimer's into a facility. Misao decides to take her mother to Vietnam instead. At first, her mother is uncomfortable adapting to life in a strange land. Her mother comes around though and embraces the warm people in Vietnam. One day, her mother is injured and Misao faces the reality in nursing her.
- After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.
- A drama centered on two men involved in the smuggling industry in Japan.
- Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother. The mother and her brother try various schemes to find husbands for them.
- A freelance writer (Iseya Yusuke) is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly" (Mizuno Miki): find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo (Matsuo Suzuki) in tow, he sets off on a quest for the elusive insect and along the way meets the mysterious Sayoko (Kikuchi), a former dominatrix and habitual wrist-cutter who delights in rubbing wasabi into her wounds.
- Miyuki is a single mother with a 10-year old boy Keiji. She is eager to make him a child model. Eventually, Keiji begins to get jobs rather constantly. But Keiji himself doesn't like the job much. He only does it because it pleases his mother, who hates empty pages in the schedule book. One day they attend a big audition. While Keiji wins first stages of the audition, he begins to feel distanced from the mother. It makes things worse for him when she gets a new boyfriend.
- 70-year old Tsuruko HANAZAWA embarks on a journey throughout Japan to share her passion for tea ceremonies. During her mission, she brings the ritual to common people and unusual locations.
- This is a story about a son who pursue his career as a comedian by forming a comedy duo with his demented father. "Kazuki, are you still doing comedy?" "Yes, I am. Right now!" The Abe family is a rice farmer in Nishikan Ward, Niigata. The first son, Kazuki is unemployed, living at his parents' house, and writing comedy plot everyday. One day, his father Yoji fell down from a stroke while he was practicing for the local comedy competition. While facing the severe reality of becoming a home helper to his demented father, his companion, Masakazu told him he is giving up on comedy. Struggling between his dream and the reality, childhood and adulthood, he decides to enter the competition as a comedy duo with his demented father. Can miracle happen on stage for the father who lost his memory and the son who finally made up his mind?
- Mozzman takes a long journey to Mt. Fuji in search for his old friend Kitakitsune.
- Live action documentary footage of a concert by the Kodo drummers of Japan at the Acropolis, Greece, in 1995, with commentary by members of the drum group concerning the concert and the drum troupe.
- Shot in China, Korea and Japan between 2015, Stray Dogs is a cinematographic essay, a poetry on the usefulness of the useless, a creation on the universal link, this tenuous thread that binds human sensitivities together.
- On September 9th, the day of the Katakai Fireworks Festival, high school student Hana comes home from the hospital after six months of treatment for leukemia. She then discovers that her older brother Taro has become a hikikomori (social recluse). Taro used to be tender, smart and proud of his younger sister, but now he even turns his back on her and stays in his room. Her parents act like there is nothing wrong with him. Later that evening, Hana attends the Katakai Fireworks Festival and observes the town's youth group happily planning for next year's event. She decides to get Taro involved with the group in an effort to bring him out of his shell. Hana drags Taro out of his room and to the youth group office. Unfortunately, Taro is not accepted as a member. Hana, nevertheless, is determined to get Taro back into society and helps him find a part-time job as a paper boy and into the adult meetings for the Katakai Fireworks Festival. With Hana's help Taro slowly opens up to the world again. Then, with winter approaching, Hana has a relapse with her leukemia. Taro comes to the hospital everyday to visit Hana and soon learns that the Katakai Fireworks Festival is a symbol of happiness for Hana. Taro then takes the initiative to make Hana happy and approaches the town's youth group once more for admittance.
- Satomura scored a direct win over the Sendai Girls World Champion, and tried to issue a challenge to the champion before Hamada stopped her. Hamada suggested a match between herself and Satomura to determine the next challenger. Aja Kong said she wanted to challenge whoever comes out on top in the next World Championship match.
- "Kodo One Earth Tour: Tsuzumi" premiered in 2020 as the first commemorative work in the Kodo 40th Anniversary Concert Series. Program Dyu-Ha Kono Mine no Hitohi Hayate Zoku Monochrome Uchoten Ayumi Izumogaku O-daiko Yatai-bayashi Tomorrow
- March 209, the Franco-Japanese sculptor Tetsuo Harada invites us into his Parisian house. A place of tranquility where he can exhibit some of his works and meet his friends when he is not working in his Beauce workshop. Born in Japan in 1949, he has been living in France since 1973, and is about to celebrate his 70th birthday. During an interview, he then looks back on what his 50-year career has been like.
- Shot on high-definition video during the 1998-99 "One Earth" tour of Japan's celebrated Kodo drummers, this illuminating documentary explores the lives and philosophy of the Kodo group, who beat taiko--the signature drums of their art--to express the universal language of Kodo, a word derived from ko (or "heartbeat") and do (a reference to a childlike purity of spirit). "To beat taiko is to face yourself," says leading player Ryutaro Kaneko, expressing Kodo's goal of a complete merging of mind, body, and spirit in the act of drumming. Made up of 42 members (20 of whom actually perform on stage), the Kodo group is seen training (four months each year, with eight months of touring) at Kodo village on the Japanese island of Sado, where the group had its origins in the early 1970s before officially naming itself "Kodo" in 1981. Through profiles of individual players, the film reveals the enlightening motivations behind this most unifying of group endeavors. It's also shown that Kodo is not for everyone; aspiring "sub-member" Yuko Tada tearfully leaves Sado, having failed to achieve the group unity that Kodo demands. A stop in war-torn Croatia is emotional and ultimately life-affirming, and a "Celebration Earth" performance with the Pueblo Indian "Red Willow Dancers" of New Mexico proves to be a highlight for everyone involved (and a joyous occasion to witness). Indeed, it's impossible to watch Kodo without wanting to beat taiko for the sheer, infectious pleasure of transcending language and merging with something greater than oneself. It's the ultimate Kodo recruitment film! --Jeff Shannon
- Kodo's first original video performance, recorded at Ryotsu Shimin Kaikan on Sado Island, Japan. Tracklist 1. Zoku 2. Lion 3. Yamauta / O-Daiko 4. Irodori
- Archaeologist Dr. Yamakoshi was disappearing several years ago, following a "certain legend" transmitted to Tochio. One evening, Tochio 's "Aburage" which means Fried Tofu ; maker Hoshi Kotaro was hurt by a nightmare. The streets of Tochio are flaming and people escape - - Hoshi Kodo who appeared from anywhere to Kotaro who looks stunned speaks. "The Jaou family who grudge and destroy humanity is revived, it becomes Tochionger Seven and will destroy evil," but Kotaro, who does not like fighting, refused the invitation. The next day, Dr. Yamakoshi's daughter Mitzi and Jun were visiting Bishamondo, a "Aburage" shop of Kotaro. Even though he responds to his father's research and resurrects the snake family and appeals legendary Tochio Fang to the world, Kotaro attempting to return to the sister who dissatisfied if he could not get in touch with him and returned to work. At that time, the screams of our sisters were amazing. What he saw by Kotaro who jumped out in a panic was Mitchey who was trying to be taken away by the spider monster. The Jaou family head Gedron sent a Spider Kaijin to kill Mitzi sniffing about his clan .