Mayu Ozawa

An American actor in Tokyo struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese 'rental family' agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients' worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality.

Incredibly indolent cop Tomokawa spends his time making fun of his mentally challenged friend Sukemasa, riding his bike all over the city and sleeping with married women. But his whole world changes when he meets Yoko.

In 1838, the prisoners on Hachijo Island represent the furthest extreme of Japanese society. Instead of execution, they have been forced to eke out a dismal existence on the island, without help or support of any kind from those back on the main four islands.

When Yuki's classmate suddenly dies, rumors begin to spread about her death and the relationships between Yuki and her classmates are disrupted amidst grief and forced normalcy.

Hinako comes across the novel “Tamaran Hill” and immediately starts reading it with delight, as “tamaran” (intolerable) happens to be her father’s favorite swear word. She soon imagines herself inside the book’s story, which also deals with someone intrigued with that particular word, and even meets the real-life author Senji Kuroi there.

Aoi is a 17-year-old girl uncertain about her future, but one thing she’s sure of is her pride in being a junior to the legendary actor RYU Chishu, who graduated from her school a century ago. Unfortunately, she’s the only member of her high school’s film club, which now faces closure as her graduation approaches. One summer afternoon, she discovers an old, tattered script in the clubroom, sparking her imagination—who could have written it? As her thoughts run wild, Her strained relationship with her father, a homeroom teacher whose stance remains unclear—friend or foe— and navigates her interactions with a group of eccentric classmates.

Nine men and women awake totally disoriented in a locked room without knowing how they got there. But that is just the beginning, because suddenly there stands someone in a cheap samurai costume and introduces himself as "The Game Master," who tells them that they have been chosen as candidates for the "Death-Sushi-Games" - a bloody battle begins!

A couple falls in love again through strange encounters and awkward situations during a hot summer. Hajime sees his wife in the street wearing strange clothes. When asked, she says it wasn’t her. Hajime then installs cameras to monitor his wife and that’s just the start of his paranoia. His interactions with people become more twisted, leading him to question reality. Whimsical, odd and surreal, with great black-and-white cinematography.

Step aside, GTO, class is in session and Yuichi Hoshino, with his bowl cut, is leading it. Hoshino is an old-fashioned "hot-blooded teacher," which means he uses his upbeat never-say-die attitude to bulldoze people into education. He has been assigned to a rural school as a substitute teacher, which is where he finds that his attitude might not be enough as Hoshino confronts the children of 2025 who are suffering from a variety of issues. For instance, there is Kana, who is a Highly Sensitive Person and has resorted to e-learning. Meanwhile Eita labours under a strict father whose overly-demanding attitude causes stress. As Hoshino communicates with the kids and their parents, his attitude crashes into the complications surrounding contemporary education.

Mika is a single woman in her 40s living in a corner of Tokyo. While sorting through her mother's belongings after she died of cancer, she finds a skirt that her mother loved as a child. One day, a divorced man with a child, Akio, comes to the beauty salon where Mika works. He is Mika's elementary school classmate, and the two exchange contact information when they meet again for the first time in 30 years. That night, Mika gets into trouble on her way home and asks Akio for help, but for some reason, he comes running to her wearing the skirt.

After spending 13 years in prison for committing murder, Yoko is released and is reunited with her daughter Akari, who was raised in a children's home. Now, the two begin a new life together in Akari's home in a quiet port town. As if trying to make up for the years lost, the mother and daughter slowly begin to reconnect despite the unease they feel toward one another.