Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. Miyako Aoki, who lives with her father, has not found anything she wants to do after graduating from a local high school. She is working at a supermarket to help her family make ends meet. Helping her father, a Tsugaru lacquerware craftsman, is the only thing she can devote herself to. However, her father, who succeeded her grandfather, a highly respected Tsugaru-nuri craftsman, loses the will to continue the business as the industry goes into decline, and the family finds itself scattered. The mother left the family because of the poor life and the selfishness of the father, and the elder brother, a hairdresser, chose to live freely instead of taking over the family business. Miyako is unable to openly declare her desire to pursue a career in Tsugaru-nuri, but as she confronts her family and the art of lacquering, she takes on a great challenge.

Daiki, who works part-time as a bartender at joshidaikoji (meaning Women's college alley), discovers a junior high school student in cardiopulmonary arrest in a park while wearing a cosplay costume. Since it was three days after the dead body of a junior high school student was found at the same place, Daiki is brought in by the police as a suspect in a serial murder case. His sister Mio, who works at a club in Yanagase, saves him from this predicament. The two sisters always quarrel whenever they meet, but in order to prove their brother's innocence, they pursue the real culprit in the case.

Octo is a detective drama that fits the current times where crimes with ambiguous motives are increasing. Unlike existing detective stories focusing on finding criminals and working out tricks, Octo spotlights finding motives, the emotions that triggered the crimes.

An eccentric female detective who can see the color of emotions tags along with a failed-elite male detective to identify the criminals. It’s a detective story with completely a new concept.

July 1999. The world is in turmoil. Nostradamus prophecies are on everybody’s lips. Chaos, violence and fear rule the day. In crazy times, a band of special men prepare to rise to the challenge and rescue mankind from the coming Armageddon.
Flash forward to 2022. Well, the end of the world did not come. And there are no signs that it will. With no opportunity to test their highly lethal fists, the downtrodden band of specially-trained men break off their ascetic training as their master gathers them to forlornly announce: “You are dismissed.”
A slightly different kind of coming-of-age tale unfolds about would-be world saviors rendered irrelevant by the times.

Story is about a single mother and daughter who is just diagnosed with early- stage breast cancer.
The girl’s wavering and confused mind begins to create cracks in her relationship with her mother, along with the uncertainty of her first love.

Film adaptation of Award-winning TV documentary

Storyline:
A tiny life takes on a life or death challenge amid the majestic grandeur of the Tateyama mountain range. Can a swan muster the courage to survive if it is unable to fly? A story sure to deepen your appreciation of life’s power and wonder.
In late autumn, over 800 swans from Siberia soar in to Toyama Prefecture in Japan’s Hokuriku region to wait out the winter months before heading back home again. In the spring of 2018, however, one particular swan with a broken wing was left behind unable to fly. It was spotted by bird watcher, Hirokazu Sawae (then 57), who has long been captivated by the grace and beauty of the swan and spends his time capturing their exploits with his video camera. Feeling for the injured swan, Sawae takes to feeding and monitoring its recovery, saying: “I want the bird to be able to rejoin his flock come next winter.” But nature is unforgiving and the law of the jungle still hold sway. Sawae had never seen a wild swan survive the sweltering heat of Toyama before. This will challenge every ounce of resourcefulness he and the swan can muster. In the process of the struggle, Sawae began to view the swan as a projection of himself. “It was as if the swan filled a hole in my heart.” “I am human, but I began to feel myself becoming a swan - one swan taking care of another.” Perhaps this allayed some of the hesitation Sawae felt about interfering with nature. Will the injured swan be reunited with his flock? Or will it take a miracle?

Awards: (TV documentary)
US International Film & Video Festival – Gold Camera
New York Festivals® TV & Film Awards - Finalist

The 2015 best-seller novel by Miu Kakiya has been adapted to film by director Tetsu Maeda (“A Banana? At This Time of Night?”). As of April, 2020, the book has sold over 260,000 copies.
In Japan, it is said you need 20 million yen saved up for retirement. Though everyone has their worries about the future, not many openly talk about it. This film comically depicts this problem through the eyes of a respectable-looking family that’s actually a bit dysfunctional.

The main character, Atsuko, is your average housewife who believes in frugality. She has a husband, Akira, who’s quite clueless about the family budget, a daughter who works part-time, and a son in college. Though Atsuko had been saving up for retirement, she gets in an argument with her sister-in-law and her husband one day, and she ends up having to pay 4 million yen for her father-in-law’s funeral. As if that’s not enough, her husband’s company goes bankrupt, she gets fired from her part-time job, her daughter wishes for a lavish wedding with her fiancé who’s in a heavy metal band, and her big-spending mother-in-law moves in. The family’s savings dwindle by the day.
Problems between husband and wife, parent and child, wife and mother-in-law, a child’s marriage, a child moving out, caring for a parent, and funerals… These are all problems that everyone faces. As the family is hit by one dilemma after another, they struggle and torment themselves in order to overcome adversity.

Summer when I was 17 years old, I loved someone till my heart is torn off.
Umi is a high school girl who is grew up without parental love. Mysterious phone calls lead her to a naughty student Harukawa, and they rapidly fall in love.
When the truth of the calls is revealed, Umi and Harukawa’s love came to a shocking end.

17歳の夏。心が擦り切れそうな恋をした―
親からの愛情を知らずに育った女子高校生・有海は、“過去からかかってくる謎の電話” に導かれ、同じ境遇の不良少年・春川と出会い、急速に惹かれあう。
しかし、時を越えた留守電の真相が明らかになるとき、衝撃的な愛の結末を迎える２人……
幼児虐待、親族殺し、若者の恋愛離れ、愛の形が見えにくい現代社会に“ 本当の愛“ を問いかける青春恋愛ミステリー

"I sincerely hope that only the image of that young me will always be with you."
Satsuki lost her boyfriend, Hitoshi, in a car accident. Unable to face up to his death, she spends her days unable to sleep properly. At some point, Satsuki began to jog at dawn as part of her daily routine, and on a bridge she always passes, she meets a mysterious woman named Urara.
Hitoshi had a younger brother named Hiiragi. Hiiragi had also lost his lgirlfriend named Yumiko. Hitoshi's car was involved in an accident with Yumiko on board. Hiiragi has been wearing the uniform of the dead Yumiko ever since.
Satsuki has been meeting Hiiragi often to make sure they are both alive. And then, on the banks of the river where Urara led her, she witnessed the "Moonlight Phenomenon", which is said to be caused by a miraculous coincidence.

The mighty wife returns!

■ INTRODUCTION
Haruka Ayase plays a newlywed wife who hides her past as a secret agent and beats up one bad guy after another like an action star. The identity of her husband (an agent of the Public Security Bureau) played by Hidetoshi Nishijima is gradually disclosed through a thrilling plot development. This story about a husband and wife who lie to each other but love each other nonetheless garnered attention.
At the end of the series, it is revealed that the husband works for the Public Security Bureau, and their marriage is a cover to keep her under surveillance. In spite of his mission, he falls in love with Nami and tries to convince her not to get involved in other people's affairs. She is being monitored as a state-level security risk, and the bureau is unwilling to tolerate any more trouble from her. However, to save a friend, Nami runs out of the house and risks everything she has to confront the enemy.
When she comes home, she finds her husband pointing a gun at her!
A gunshot echoes through the quiet, upscale neighborhood...
The movie picks up where the controversial ending of the drama series left off!!

■ STORY
"Who am I?" The wife loses her memory?!
After an incident during her escape, Nami wakes up with no memory of her past. She is told that her name is Kumi and finds herself as a newlywed living in a regional city with her husband, Yuji. Somewhere in his mind, Yuji (Yuhki) thinks that if her memory doesn't return, they could carry on their happy life together as they are, but he continues to monitor Kumi (Nami) as a part of his job with the Public Security Bureau. If her memory does return, she must cooperate with the Public Security Bureau or die.
However, Yuji (Yuhki) knows that Kumi (Nami) will never choose a life subjugated by the government. He realizes that once her memory returns, their life together will have to end.
In the regional city invigorated by the discovery of a new energy source, their life is simple, peaceful, and happy. But the city is divided over the construction of a research lab, and the hostility between the opposition mainly made up of citizens and the advocates including the mayor heats up day by day. There is a big evil scheme by the advocates and a state-level secret behind the new energy source. The members of the opposition who discover the truth die in suspicious circumstances. One of them is Kumi's (Nami) friend...
When her best friend is harmed, the wife's instincts awaken!!
Kumi (Nami) gets her memory back but tries not to let her husband catch on. Then one day, Yuji's (Yuhki) life is endangered right in front of her eyes. She can save him if she exercises her fighting abilities. But if she does, their life together is over.
Faced with the ultimate decision, what does the wife set out to do?

Two boys met and fell in love with each other in their high school days.
It has been 13 years since they first met…
The two live in different places. Nagisa has left for Australia after breaking up with Shun. Nagisa got married with a woman and has a child, but they have difficulties to continue their marriage. He is still in love with Shun then he goes back to Japan with his little girl to see him 8 years later after their breakup. This is the purest love story of two men and how they can survive from the discrimination and prejudice.　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　春休みに江の島を訪れた男子高校生・井川迅と、湘南で高校に通う日比野渚。二人の間に芽生えた友情は、やがて愛へと発展し、お互いの気持ちを確かめ合っていく。しかし、迅の大学卒業を控えた頃、渚は「一緒にいても将来が見えない」と突如別れを告げる。
出会いから13年後、迅は周囲にゲイだと知られることを恐れ、ひっそりと一人で田舎暮らしを送っていた。渚は結婚したが、迅への思いを断ち切れず、妻とは離婚調停中である。ある日渚は娘を連れて迅の前に現れる。
これはLGBTQという題材を扱った、差別と偏見に向き合いながら周囲の人々と共に成長してくピュアで切ないラブストーリー。

He is coming back...

It's the year 2020, and just as the entire nation of Japan finishes playing host to the Tokyo Olympic games, the economy suddenly spirals downward at breakneck speed. Inflation soars, public safety crumbles, and the federal government finds itself on the verge of insolvency, rapidly transforming the national economy into one big underground labor camp.
Kaiji is the epitome of a life turned ring. Treated like dirt, he makes do with a salary handed to him in a thin envelope. Struggling to decide whether he should spend his money on a beer, now rising to 1,000 yen per can, he is gradually filling with rage.

Then he discovers that his former underground labor camp boss, Otsuki, who made a name for himself through an illegal gambling ring, has now risen to President of the powerful Teiai conglomerate. Otsuki induces Kaiji to take part in the "Tower of Babel," a game of luck invented as a diversion for cash-flush old tycoons, who give hope to the weak and destitute with a chance to get rich overnight.

The wheels of fortune start to turn again for a born gambler like Kaiji. But is the future that awaits him to become a paradise or another form of hell? Tune in to the gambling show of the century as it returns to mesmerize a nation.

Two boys, Kida and Makoto grew up together because they have in common that they don’t have parents. And a transfer female student ,Yotchi also gets along with them because she has a similar background, which is that they come from not such a good home environment. They spent school life to support each other. There is nothing too special, but they have been living happily. But at the age of 20, Yotchi disappeared. Then Lisa, the daughter of a politician and a top model, appears in from of two men. Makoto takes an unusual romantic interest in Lisa, who lives in a different world from them, and asked her out to dinner, but she does not take him up on it at all. Kida warns Makoto to give up on her because they live in different worlds, but Makoto quits his job and vanishes without a trace.

Two years later. Kida goes into the underworld to find Makoto, and they finally meet again. Makoto worked hard to earn money in order to make Lisa worthy of him. When Kida learns of Makoto's obsession and his "reason" for doing so, he vows to risk his life for his best friend. From then on, Kida becomes a negotiator and Makoto becomes a business owner, rising in both sides of the society. Then, on Christmas Eve, Makoto asked Kida to help him for the largest surprise to make a marriage proposal. However, it is "The master plan" involving Japan entirely that two men have been planning for 10 years. Do the two men’s deep passion reach her!?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　


複雑な家庭環境で育ち、淋しさを抱えて生きてきたキダとマコトは幼なじみ。そこに同じ境遇の転校生・ヨッチも加わり、3人は支え合いながら家族よりも大切な仲間となった。しかし20歳の時に、ヨッチが2人の前からいなくなってしまう。そんな2人の元に、政治家令嬢で、芸能界で活躍するトップモデルのリサが現れる。住む世界の違うリサに異常な興味を持ったマコトは、食事に誘うが、全く相手にされない。キダは「住む世界が違うから諦めろ」と忠告するが、マコトは仕事を辞めて忽然と姿を消してしまう。
2年後。マコトを捜すために裏社会にまで潜り込んだキダは、ようやく再会を果たす。マコトは、リサにふさわしい男になるために、死に物狂いで金を稼いでいた。マコトの執念とその“理由”を知ったキダは、親友のため命をかけて協力することを誓う。以来、キダは〈交渉屋〉として、マコトは＜会社経営者＞として、裏と表の社会でのし上がっていく。そして、迎えたクリスマス・イブの夜。マコトはキダの力を借りてプロポーズを決行しようとする。しかし実はそれは、10年もの歳月を費やして2人が企てた、日本中を巻き込む“ある壮大な計画”だった─。

There are unique bookstores, called “VILLAGE VANGUARD”, it’s unlike any other in the world.

Keizo is a college student, who calls himself “empty” has been spending an exciting (stimulating) days with a mixture of junk and eccentric people at the bookstore “VILLAGE VANGUARD” where he works as a part-time staff.
After a year of getting used to excitement there, it is peaceful, but he found that something is missing. The Japanese subculture　(niche genres of Japanese pop culture) has disappeared from the world!
His fierce battle to reclaim subculture and culture itself is about to begin!

35 years have elapsed since the greatest unsolved crime in the postwar era, an incident that involved a threatening phone call captured on tape that featured the “voice of a child.” So where is that child today? The story follows one man who accidentally stumbles upon an old tape recording and discovers that the child's voice belonged to him. But how? Both he and a newspaper reporter separately go in search of answers, gradually uncovering a human drama that plunges them inescapably into a deep, dark mystery.

There are so many "secrets and lies" circling around the earth today. A woman is petrified by her grandfather's advice to have many secrets and keep them like a treasure. A man relies on the fact that he has no destination, and heads south on a bike. Meanwhile, a boy is in trouble because his friend told him that he likes his sister. The boy doesn't have a sister. A young man recalls a strange experience he had with his father, who has now disappeared. Then a young boy who is working part-time discovers an incident that took place in a country across the sea. This is a random collection of small stories. Will the collection of small stories eventually lead to an unexpectedly moving finale? It might make your tomorrow more exciting.

今日も地球は“秘密と嘘”で回っている。ある女性は、「秘密は大事に、なるべくたくさん持て」と助言する祖父の秘密の数に腰を抜かす。ある男は、あてがないというアテを頼りに、ママチャリで“南”を目指す。一方その頃、ある少年は、やっとできた友達から“いるはずのない自分の姉”に恋をしたと告げられ頭を悩ませる。ある青年は、今は消息不明の父と体験した幼い日の奇妙な出来事を思い出していた。そして、日々なんとなくアルバイトに勤しむひとりの少年は“ある事件”が海の向こうの国で起こったことを知る。
寄せ集められた小さな話の数々。やがてまさかの感動のフィナーレへと突き進んでいく⁉　なんだかわからないけど、あなたの明日がちょっと楽しくなるかも。

Kuzumichi Tsuji is a “Good man” who has a good reputation for his work. He has casual relations with two women in his workplace, however, he feels kind of bore for dull days without excitement. He has never fallen in love with someone from the bottom of his heart.
One day, he meets a mysterious woman named Ukiyo (means “transitory world”) and saves her life who was about to die in a railroad crossing because of her car’s engine problem. Ukiyo is beautiful, but her off-guard attitude causes lots of problems for other people including Tsuji. Though he notices her troublesome nature, he unconsciously gets involved with her. Gradually Tsuji comes to have a dangerous relationship with underworld figures. Even he loses usual life style, he is willing to save Ukiyo, but that leads him to an even worse situation.

中小卸売会社に勤める辻一路は、仕事は無難にこなしつつも、どこか真剣になれず退屈な日常を過ごしていた。そんな辻は、会社
の2人のOLと深い関係にあった。 ある夜、辻は、不思議な雰囲気の女性・葉山浮世の運転するレンタカーが踏み切りで立ち往生し
、他の車にぶつかってしまう現場に出くわす。警察の聴取に浮世は、運転していたのは辻だ、と答える。浮世が嘘を認めて、事件
は解決したが…。 その後、街で浮世と偶然に再会した辻は、浮世がやばいスジからの借金を抱えていることを知る。関わりたくは
ない。しかし辻は、分別のない行動をとる浮世を放っておけず、浮世を追ってさらなる深みに嵌っていき、破滅への道を歩みだし
た…。

在中小商社工作的公司職員辻一路，在公司內評價很好，也有像戀人關係一樣的女性，但是不擅長被他人喜歡，也不擅長去喜歡別人，從來沒有認真談過戀愛.有一天，他無意中救了謎一般的女子葉山浮世，一連串的麻煩事卻隨之展開。浮世經常令人措手不及，為身邊的人帶來很多麻煩，然而，辻一路卻被她深深吸引，即使被浮世打亂了他的日常生活，他卻沒法抽離，更奮不顧身地去接近浮世，使辻一路陷入更加糟糕的處境⋯⋯導演深田晃司擅長透過不正常的男女愛情觀，展現人性的複雜樣貌。新作《真愛假不了》首次改編自同名漫畫的日劇。經過重新剪輯後濃縮成232分鐘的電影版、入圍2020年康城影展主競賽單元。