Catching the Stars of This Summer

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when club activities were restricted, Japanese students launched an astronomical observation event called the "Star Catch Contest" via remote meetings. What began as a collaboration…

When I Opened That Garden Door

Yoko, a 5-year-old girl, on a walk with her father finds an abandoned Western-style building with a beautiful garden, into which an elderly woman is moving. Yoko is attracted to the noisy grandmother, although she…

Tales of Nobody

6.8

A woman who crosses the line between past and present! Lee Seon dreamed of becoming a wise mother and wife, leaving her unfortunate past behind. But there was no proper man in this world! Thinking that starting over…

Killers Never Old

A skilled killer named Shui is forced to retire after a failed mission. He moves into an apartment arranged by the organization. However, unexpected murders start happening in the community. Shui decides to investigate…

Following the Sound

7.5

Three individuals, Haru, Yukiko, and Tsuyoshi, cross paths in a series of everyday encounters. Haru meets Yukiko while seeking directions, and they visit a café that is closed. Yukiko takes Haru home, making her an…

Talking About the Ghost

Four stories focus not on the "appearance" of ghosts, but on "talking about" them, hinting at the way the world is, with an allegorical quality. >> Story 1: "Cat in the Fog" Novelist Watanabe is staying in a suburban…

Songs of Kamui

More than anything, brilliant Teru longs to attend school with other girls. But in early 20th-century Japan, Teru is excluded because she is Ainu. Instead of writing, the Ainu—indigenous people from Japan’s Hokkaido…

Thorns of Love

7.1

After getting dumped by her boyfriend Kentaro, Tomita Momo, who works at a library, suddenly discovers the existence of her ex-boyfriend's current girlfriend Riko through his social media. She is intrigued by Riko,…

Temperate

Shinda Taiki, a third-year student in the Department of Sociology at a private university, is dating his fellow departmental student, Yukikawa Midori. One summer, the two visit a contemporary art exhibition on the…

#TwoMoms

The hidden reality of rainbow families captured by a Japanese lesbian mother. This documentary follows four female same-sex couples in Japan as they build their families through assisted reproductive technology. Each…

Tomohito Wakizaki

Tomohito Wakizaki is a Japanese actor and model from Tokyo. He belongs to the talent agency Vingt-Sept Promotion(ヴァンセット・プロモーショ). Tomohito made his debut as an actor in 2002. Source: JP Wikipedia

Torigoe Mari

Her real name is Takako Torigoe and she is an actress, model and singer.

Hokimoto Sora

Hokimoto Sora studied Film and Performing Arts at the Tama Art University in Tokyo. Inspired by the work of director Aoyama Shinji, he started making films during his studies. His graduation film, A Song That Never Ends (2014), an homage to his deceased father made by using archival material and abstract…

Saki Cato

Saki Kato was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1989. She is a choreographer, actor and filmmaker. Kato began dancing from a young age and appeared in musicals in middle school. After experiences in theater production, choreography and acting, she studied at the Actor’s Course at Eiga Bigakkou where she…

Hayasaka Akira

Hayasaka Akira, born Tomita Yoshisuke (富田祥資), was a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. Born in Hojo, Onsen, Ehime, Japan, he grew up in a prominent merchant family and was exposed to pilgrimage culture early in life. He attended Matsuyama Middle School and was in the Naval Academy at the end…

Ha Sang Wook

Ha Sang Wook is a South Korean poet and singer. He graduated from Konkuk University with a bachelor's degree in communication design. He started working for Ridibooks, an e-book distribution company, and began posting his poems on Facebook in 2012. He published the bestseller poetry collection Seoul…

Nishimoto Haruka

Nishimoto Haruka is a Japanese actress, television personality, and former member of duo comedian Pirates. Currently, she runs an online shop Carina, a brand for women.

Tanaka Hosaki

Born in Tokyo, Japan, and studied at Keio University, where he joined the KAKI-KUU-KYAKU Theater Company in 2016. He has directed an independent film that won the Grand Prix in the Science Fiction category at the 9th TOHO CINEMAS Student Film Festival.

Shigehara Hideo

Shigehara Hideo was a Japanese cameraman, editor, recording engineer, and businessman born in Akakura Onsen in Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture. He was the inventor of the SMS system (Super Mohara Sound System), also known as the "Mohara-style talkie". He has served as President of the Mobara Research…

Kurihara Thomas

Thomas Kurihara, birth name Kisaburō Kurihara (栗原喜三郎), was born in Hadano, Kanagawa. Kurihara's father was a wood trader, but he failed in business. Kurihara went to United States and enrolled in a school for film actors in 1912. After graduation, working as an extra, he entered Oriental…