Japanese

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

Told in three interconnected segments, Takaki tells the story of his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.

A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.

Shinya Shokudo is a tv series from Japan since 2009. It tells many stories about ordinary people eat in shinya shokudo, which means a restaurant at midnight. This small restaurant opens from 12 in the evening to 7 in the morning.

An anthology of human relationship stories connected by the only open in the wee hours diner the characters frequent. Resolutions are often facilitated by the owner/chef.

A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

On set making-of documentary about Akira Kurosawa's Dreams.

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.

The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.

Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family of an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him.

Hajime is in line to be the next head of a prominent electronics company. He toils day and night over his work and has no time for his family. But one day, his mother in Shimane falls ill, and his best friend dies in an accident. Grief-stricken, Hajime returns home, where memories of his childhood dream come back to him. He had always wanted to be a train conductor and drive the local "bataden" Ichibata Electric Railway.

Seven women of varying backgrounds sign up for a guided trip to a remote waterfall. Expecting relaxation and a quiet setting far away from busy city life, some are looking for a place to clear their thoughts, some to commune with nature, and some just for photographic opportunities. Their guide goes missing and leaves them stranded, with insightful and comic results.

A mother and her three children find their fate thrown into chaos by an incident that happened one night. The family members each go their separate ways but reunite after 15 years and struggle to restore their family bonds.

Yoshika is 24 years old and works in an office. She doesn't have a boyfriend in her life, but still romanticizes her former junior high school classmate.

Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a geisha, like her now-deceased mother. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.

When a musician dies, his spirit can only be seen and heard by an awkward university student. They can switch places for 30 minutes using a Walkman. The student learns to socialize with the musician's old band and girl.

Sato is 27 years old, lives in the northern prefecture of Sendai and is single. He is searching for the spark and explosion that will change his life and give him love and romance.

A 60 year old retired salaryman finds new purpose in exploring the food of his neighborhood. Aided by his fantasy companion, a samurai who inspires him to boldly experience this new chapter of his life.

Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof.

Welcome to the Rokuhodo teahouse, run by four talented and handsome men who try to help out troubled customers.

An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.

A boy swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - and becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.

After bubbles that broke the laws of gravity rained down upon the world. Cut off from the outside world, Tokyo has become a playground for a group of young people who have lost their families.