Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow

6.9

Satoshi Murayama is a player of shogi (Japanese chess) who learned the game from Mori over a 10-year period starting at the age of 15. In 1994, he decided to move to Tokyo to get Meijin, which is one of the seven titles…

Sea and Sunset and Her Tears Strawberry Fields

6.8

Maki is a member of their school's judo club, having earned a spot in a judo tournament she has to go with 3 of her classmates. When others refused to go, Mika, Natsumi and Risa volunteers. On their way to the tournament…

14 That Night

6.8

Set in the 1980's at a video rental shop in country village. Middle school student Takashi and his friends are absorbed in delusions about sex. They get excited by news that AV actress Kyoko will appear there for an…

I'm Really Good

6.9

A normal day for little Riko at home and at school. A vivid snapshot pervaded by the calm flow of reality that creates an authentic sense of wonder. (Source: Far East Film Festival 22)

Samulife

6.9

Nagaoka has big ideas for his own version of the ideal education system which runs counter to the traditional school establishment. He runs a shot bar and publishing company with the goal of earning enough money to…

Juken no Kamisama

6.9

35 year old Umezawa Isamu works for a major trading firm and is a single dad to his only son, Hiroshi, a 6th-grader who hates to study but loves to play baseball. Ever since his wife divorced him on a whim 5 years…

Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta

6.9

Nishida and Izumi played a married couple, and Nishida's possible forced early retirement raises questions of divorce. Their son, an unemployed but aspiring manga artist, gets in a fight with his father and leaves…

Adult Drop

6.9

In the summer of their final year of high school, four teens deal with anxiety brought on by the transition from childhood to adulthood. Yu attempts to set up a date with his long-time crush Anne through his best friend…

The Boy Inside

6.9

An 18-year-old man named Morio wakes up from a coma 12 years after he was involved in an accident. Although he has the body of an adult, he still has the mind of a child. He’s soon reunited with his childhood best…

A City of Love and Hope

6.9

A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing of Kyoko, an older student whose heart is touched after Masuo sells his pigeons to her. However, after his scam is revealed,…

Koteyama Miyabi

Koteyama Miyabi is a Japanese actor born in Kumamoto, Japan.

Sugisaku Jitaro

Sugisaku Jitaro is a Japanese manga artist, actor, entertainer, musician, writer, and film director born in Iyo, Ehime, Japan. He is the founder of Lobo no Hakaba Production. He left Aiko Junior High School but later graduated from Komazawa University. During university, he pursued comedy and formed…

Yonekura Masakane

Yonekura Masakane was a Japanese actor born in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Kubo Akira

Kubo Akira is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto, Japan.

Masuda Yukio

Masuda Yukio is a Japanese actor from Osaka, Japan.

Sakuraba Hiromichi

Sakuraba Hiromichi is a Japanese actor from Hokkaido, Japan. He was affiliated with By the Way Entertainment Agency. He left the industry in June 2006.

Sonoyama Keisuke

Sonoyama Keisuke is a Japanese actor from Kanagawa.

Kawada Aki

Kawada Aki is a Japanese child actress.

Takahashi Hiroko

Takahashi Hiroko is a Japanese actress and voice actress, born in Hyogo prefecture.

Watanabe Noriko

Watanabe Noriko is a Japanese actress and singer born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. In 1983, she won the Japan Academy prize for Newcomer of the Year for her role in the movie "Tsumiki Kuzushi" and, in 1986, she won the Yokohama Fil, Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress on her role in the movie…