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.

A film by a new upcoming filmmaker Takuya Kato, which depicts the fragile and crumbling daily life, the process of becoming a　woman from a girl, the bittersweetness and frustration of sweet and sad love, and the conflicts that can only be contained within　oneself, in a life-sized romantic film that pierces the heart.
Yumi is studying design at university. One day, she realizes that she is pregnant. She has a boyfriend, Naoya, whom she met when　she made a flyer for a theater club she knows, but she is not confident that he is the father of her baby. Yumi feels troubled.
On　the other hand, the more Naoya tries to accept the reality, the more his thoughts and feelings towards Yumi diverge...


2022 New York Asian Film Festival, Vanguards Section
12th Beijing International Film Festival, FORWARD FUTURE Section

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.

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。

This film is based on a Shino Sakuragi’s master novel “Hotel Royal” which won the 149th Naoki Novel Prize.
Masayo is the only daughter of a family who owns Hotel Royal, a love hotel in Hokkaido, overlooking the Kushiro Marshland. Failing her entrance exam for art school, she reluctantly starts to help out her family business, while having secret crush on Miyagawa, the sex toy salesman. Customers who come to the hotel are those who need to escape from reality and take a break from their suffocating everyday life. One couple uses the room to take nude photos, another couple stops by to get away from their children and elderly mother. There is also a high school girl and her teacher who have been betrayed by their loved ones. One day, Masayo must deal with double suicide that takes place in the hotel. And to make matters worse, her father Daikichi suddenly falls ill. Now the owner of the hotel, Masayo needs to make a decision - a decision that will decide her faith with Miyagawa and her family. And one that will help her take a huge step into the future.

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!

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。

A woman is found strangled to death in an apartment in Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward.
The victim is Michiko Oshitani, a resident of Shiga Prefecture who worked for a home cleaning company.
What’s more, the occupant of the apartment where the murder took place, Mutsuo Koshikawa, has gone missing.
Matsumiya (Junpei Mizobata) and his fellow detectives of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Investigation Section 1 begin investigating, but hit a brick wall when they fail to find any links between Oshitani and Koshikawa.
Why was Oshitani, who lived in Shiga, killed in Tokyo?
Eventually, the detectives’ inquiries lead them to a theater director named Hiromi Asai (Nanako Matsushima).
They learn that Oshitani came to Tokyo to visit her former classmate Asai, but again come up with nothing when searching for connections between Asai and Koshikawa, and their investigation grinds to a halt.
Matsumiya has a hunch that a charred corpse found nearby the murder scene may have some relevance to the case, and subsequently discovers an item among the victim’s belongings with the names of Nihonbashi’s 12 bridges written on it.
When Kyoichiro Kaga (Hiroshi Abe) learns of this, he is deeply shaken.
It is somehow connected to his mother, who died alone...


도쿄 카쓰시카구 코스게에 위치한 아파트에서 여성의 교살사체가 발견된다.
피해자는 하우스 클리닝회사에 근무하는 사카현출신의 오시타니 미치코.
살해현장의 아파트 주민・고시카와 무쓰오도 행방불명이다.
마쓰미야（미조바타 쥰페이）를 포함한 경시청수사제1과의 형사들이 수사에 임하지만,
오시타니 미치코와 고시카와 무쓰오와의 관계가 전혀 발견되지 않고 수사는 난항을 겪 는다.
시가현에 사는 오시타니가 왜 도쿄에서 살해되었는가?
머지않아 수사선상에 떠오른 여성연출가・아사히 히로미（마쓰시마 나나코）
오시타니 미치코가 동창인 아사이 히로미를 만나러 도쿄에 온것을 알게 되지만, 아사 이 히로미와 고시카와 무쓰오와의 관계가 밝혀지지 않은채 수사는 진전을 이루지 못한 다. 마쓰미야는 근처에서 발견된 소사체와의 관련을 의심하며 수사를 이어가고 그 유 품에 니혼바시를 둘러싼 12개의 다리이름이 씌여진것을 발견한다.
그 사실을 알게 된 가가 쿄이치로（아베 히로시）는 몹시 동요한다.
바로 고독사한 쿄이치로의 어머니와 관련이 있기 때문이었다.


東京都葛飾區小菅的公寓裏發現被絞殺的女性屍體。
被害者是住在滋賀縣，於房屋清掃公司工作的押谷道子。
同住在案發公寓的越川睦夫也下落不明。
松宮（溝端淳平飾）與警視廳捜査一課的刑事警察們進行調查後，完全都找不到押谷道子和越川睦夫的關連證據，使得案情膠著。
住在滋賀縣的押谷倒底為何在東京被殺？
線索隨著調查漸漸浮出台面，原來押谷道子是為了與學生時代的同學舞台劇女導演・淺居博美（松嶋菜菜子飾）見面才來到東京。但仍舊查不出淺居博美與越川睦夫之間的關連證據，調查停滯不前。

松宮懷疑該事件與附近被發現的焦黑屍體有關，在進行調查時，發現遺物中寫著日本橋附近的12座橋名。知道這一事實後的加賀恭一郎（阿部寛飾）情緒顯得激動。因為，這跟孤獨死去的加賀母親有關。

This is a true story based on a boy's relationship with his mother.
The drama follows the boy’s story of how he takes back his mother's love.
After making new friends, he tries to face his mother and tell her how much he loves her while he looks back on his miserable past.

友達からも親からも愛されたことがない青年が、愛を掴みとるまでの感動の実話。
主演は、若手実力派の中でも注目株の太賀。代表作と呼ぶに相応しい迫真の演技をみせている。
やり場のない哀しみを秘めた母を演じるのは、人気・実力ともトップの吉田羊。
さわやかなイメージを覆す鬼気迫る熱演に息を呑む。
共演には森崎ウィン、白石隼也、秋月三佳のフレッシュな顔ぶれに加え、木野花ら実力派が脇を固めている。
せつなくも、どこまでも強く優しい歌川たいじの原作を『すーちゃん　まいちゃん　さわ子さん』などの話題作を手かける御法川修監督が、温かいまなざしで丹念に描く。
主題歌は、ゴスペラーズが本作のために書き下ろしたラブソング。
せつない歌声がエンディングを包み込み、希望の光を照らす。

Original story by Maha Harada "Fantastic Girls, Okayama, 1980" (Shodensha).　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　In 1980, Ayuko (Mio Yuki) is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends. She can only rely on her boyfriend Hideho who is a college student. Ayuko secretly draws a romance manga about herself and her boyfriend Hideho. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi (Rika Adachi), becomes a big fan of Ayuko's manga and they become close friends. Due to an incident, they drift apart.
30 years later, Ayuko (Yuri Shirahane) becomes a manga artist and comes back to Okayama to give a lecture at her former high school. Ayuko happens to meet Takemi (Kei Aran) who becomes a teacher. Both of them had secrets that they couldn't tell each other at that time …


剛從東京轉學到岡山的鮎子都沒有朋友。他的精神支柱就是長得很帥又會彈吉還在念大學的男朋友hideho。鮎子偷偷畫了以他們兩個人為主角的戀愛漫畫。有一天，美女同學武美看到她的漫畫。兩個人藉由漫畫漸漸成為很要好的朋友，但是後來因為某件事情讓他們不歡而散。30年後鮎子變成漫畫家，因為在母校演講所以回到了岡山。鮎子想也沒想到會再見到武美。 相隔30年再次見面的兩人，在當時都有不能說的秘密…


東京から岡山に転校してきたたばかりの佐々岡鮎子（優希美青）はクラスに友達がいなかった。鮎子の心の支えはかっこよくてギターもうまい大学生の彼、ヒデホくん。鮎子は密かに2人を主人公に、恋愛マンガを描いていた。ところがある日、その漫画をクラスでも目立つ、美人の秋本武美（足立梨花）に見られてしまう。漫画を通して次第に仲を深める2人だったが・・・ある事件がきっかけで決定的な仲違いをしたまま別れることに。
30年後。大人になり、漫画家になった鮎子（白羽ゆり）は、母校で講演会をするため岡山へやってきた。鮎子はそこで、思いがけず武美（安蘭けい）と再会する。2人には、あの時どうしても言えなかった秘密があって・・・。全てが明らかになった時、待ち受ける意外な結末が心に染みる。

An award-winning film by Shinji Somai. Jun, spectacled Watanabe, and plump Yamashita make up a trio of sixth-grade boys who come to understand death for the first time during their summer vacation. When Yamashita’s grandmother dies, the boys go to stay with the grandfather to help him out. During their stay, they hear the grandfather’s stories about the war, losing his wife, and facing the reality of living his last days alone. The boys’ experience that summer stays with them forever, as they gain a more adult perspective on life and death, and a greater value for their own friendships.

Feature version of a television documentary that follows twenty-six years in the life of a young woman who strives to become a veterinarian. In 1987, three calves "enroll" at a small elementary school in Niigata Prefecture. Takahashi Tomomi, a third-year student, helps take care of one of the calves that often falls ill, and starts to see a future for herself as a "cow doctor." The camera also follows her attempts to enter university and pass the national exam for veterinarians. In the present, we see Takahashi, now married with children, as she continues to tend to the wellbeing of living creatures. Her endeavors convey the importance of holding on to a dream, caring for family, and the joys and harsh realities of her vocation.