Taxi Driver no Suiri Nisshi 26: Tokyo ~ Kyoto Biwako Tochikan no Aru Jokyaku

~~ Adapted from the novel "Yoake Hideo no Jikenbo Series" (夜明日出夫の事件簿シリーズ) by Sasazawa Saho (笹沢左保).

In an Isolated Cottage on a Snowy Mountain

6.8

Kuga Kazuyuki aspires to become an actor. He auditions for the lead role in a theater company's next work. Among the 300 people who take part in that audition, only seven people are selected for a final audition round.…

There Is a Stone

A young woman spends a day in some non-place between town and countryside, has random encounters and watches stones skip over the surface of the river. Tatsunari Ota’s film explores a world without productivity and…

The Reason Why He Can’t Marry

7.1

Mariko Goto is 29 years old and dreams of marrying her ideal man by the age of 30. She finds her ideal man in Mitsuo Tomizawa. He works as a section chief at the same company where Mariko Goto works. Mitsuo Tomizawa…

Tax Solver

7.5

Aiba Soichiro works in the tax department at city hall. His job is to get people to pay taxes that are past due. For that, he evaluates their financial situation and visits their home. Sometimes, he seizes their property…

The Murders of Oiso

The jealousy and resentment of four twenty something loafers in a seaside town, spin out of control when the boss at a corrupt construction company where they work part time, dies. (Source: IMDb)

The Diary of a Novelist

One year has passed since the shocking news that Serizawa Tamaki, a best-selling mystery author, suddenly passed away after falling down a flight of stairs. Eto Megumi, who had finally been on the verge of becoming…

Company Retreat

8.5

A woman working as a hotel receptionist is harassed by her superior. This docu-fiction shows that sexual harassment affects not only the victim and the perpetrator, but everyone around them. (Source: TIFF)

A Man

7.8

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with Rie, who is his ex-client. She asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke. After Rie got a divorce, she raised her child alone and returned…

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

7.3

There is a mountain village where a bridge is being built. Toichi is a boatman. He ferries people on his rowboat between the village and a nearby town. One ordinary day, a girl appears in front of him. Since then,…

Takano Akira

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Ueno Ryo

Uehara Misa

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Kasagi Shizuko

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Wakayama Setsuko

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Sanada Hiroyuki

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Hasebe Keiji

Toda Akihisa

Nagashima Ryuichi

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