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This anthology-style mystery series is part of the D‑5 PROJECT, centered around Detective Office 5 - a long-running private detective agency in Kawasaki. Each detective is known only by a number rather than a name (e.g., Detective 596, 532), with standalone stories featuring different characters and surreal, quirky cases.
'Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi' (Literally: “True Scary Stories”) is a horror comic series published by Asahi Shimbun Publications that compiles scary stories—such as school ghost stories—said to have actually happened, as well as an original video based on the series and a Fuji TV television drama adapted from that video. It is commonly known as “Honkowa”.
Infected with Tomie's blood, a surgeon disappears, leaving his daughter, Yumi, to try to discover Tomie's identity and to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance.
The search for her vanished brother Tsuyoshi leads Kaoru to the lonesome village Kozukata in the Japanese back-land. The locals react repelling to her, which the exception of the Chinese girl Sally. As her car breaks down Kaoru is trapped in the village; will she have to repay for something she has done in the past?
Modern remake of the Kaiki Daisakusen / Operation Mystery tv show. A special unit called SRI (Science Research Institute) is investigating mysterious cases.
In this film, Sora Aoi plays two roles, the high school teacher, and a girl who had committed suicide the year before the high school teacher arrived.
Kitahara (Hitoshi Ozawa) is a prisoner who is obsessed with escaping from prison. He is a born escapee, who is not waiting for anyone or seeking freedom, but is determined to break out of prison. What could Kitahara's new escape plan be? And what awaits at the end of the complex and intertwined bonds between men?!
For Kei, a delinquent mom trucker, the bigger the payoff, the less she cares what’s in the cargo. She keeps hauling dangerous stuff without a second thought. This time, though, the goods she got from her client, Goto, are different — they’re apparently worth hundreds of millions. Sure enough, Nakajima, an old acquaintance, has his eyes on the cargo…
Japan's greatest ever V-cinema franchise touches on life of a single mother gambler this time.
A few years ago, when Tomomi (Hiroko Akune) was on the way home from school, she saw her friend Keiko (Misaki Mori) about to be raped by a man. Tomomi hit the man in the head with a stone and saved Keiko. In the present, Keiko, has buried her past, sells her body in Tokyo. One day, Keiko is contacted by Tomomi. They haven't spoken since their high school graduation. They meet and Keiko lets Tomomi stay at her apartment. Soon, the bizarre lives of the two women begins, with Tomomi also selling her body.
Tomoko couldn't sleep all night. She bought a house and can't pay the mortgage. Tomoko is a banker, and she mainly goes out on the road, but her performance is not good. She nand her husband discuss money, but as usual, she says she'll do something about it...
Kei has lost her beloved ‘Kaguya-hime’ truck, second only to her daughter in importance, taken as collateral for a debt. While searching for work in a port town, she meets and quickly bonds with Mai, a stripper. Meanwhile, the man infatuated with Mai is Kariya, a master of illegal abalone poaching.
Hana is a nineteen-year old expectant mother. She travels with her grandmother's ashes to her grandmother's house. Hana's mother, who gave birth to Hana when she herself was a teenager, now resides in the home. They are on the outs with each other, but are forced to stay with each other when Hana's boyfriend fails to show.
