Masterpieces by Popular Japanese Actors & Directors

Saki returns to her hometown after struggling to make it as a model in Tokyo. On the night of the fireworks festival, she unexpectedly runs into Mami, a former classmate she once admired. Seeing Mami on crutches, the two decide to head to a certain place together...

Intelligence is essential for survival, yet the protagonist attempts suicide in order to satisfy his intellectual curiosity…

Selfish and eccentric, "I" have always hated mediocrity, and have only valued the things that interest me. In contrast, Manami-chan, a member of the gymnastics club, is an ordinary girl, but for some reason I have been in love with her for a long time. During high school, college, and even now, after 10 years of encounters and breakups with friends and lovers, his love for her has remained unchanged, and he still does not know the reason for this love. Then Manami's wedding day arrives...

A certain high school class of 2nd year students. One day, a class "About LGBT" was suddenly held. However, the class was not held in any other classes, and the students began to wonder, "Is there an LGBT person in our class?” It caused wide repercussions in the daily lives of students... What does the conflict of teenagers' emotions cause them to do?

Hagino moved to a town after marrying Atsuhiro, who has a middle school daughter, Moeka. As Hagino has not had a good family environment, this is the home she has always dreamed about. However, this peaceful life is short-lived when one day, Hagino receives a call from Moeka in a desperate voice. Hagino rushes home to find a strange girl sitting on top of Moeka’s body in her bed. She had a pair of scissors in her hand and Moeka's clothes were torn to pieces. Later, they found out that the girl is “Chi-chan”, who used to live in the house. Chi-Chan had blinded a classmate in the past, which caused her family to move away, but she occasionally returns and wreaks havoc in the neighborhood. In spite of their worries, Moeka, who feels lonely because of her father’s new marriage, resonated with Chi-chan's behaviour and they start to hang out together. However, Chi-chan’s erratic behavior escalates and turns her attention to Hagino and Moeka...

2 days until the “Last Graduation Ceremony” of high school, the building was to be demolished. Each student accepted their “farewell to youth” and moved forward with regret and hope in mind. One student visits the library to meet her secret admirer who is also her teacher, one calls her boyfriend with a strained relationship due to the distance of their colleges, one is trying to expose a secret that she hid for the last 3 years, and the last student, Manami, has to give a speech during the graduation ceremony but couldn’t overcome her pain.

Hiroto, Kanamori, and Kureha spent their youth together but break apart due to an incident. Several years later, Hiroto became a member of Sugawara’s crime group and was recognized by the gang leader, standing out in the group and eventually finding a place where he belonged. On the other hand, Kanamori spends his time fighting and doing shady business in another crime group and totally out of control that even Sugawara’s group do not want to involve with him. Two of them who used to be close friends and now become enemies reunited with Kureha by a murder case, and they start to escape together.

In the depths of a Tokyo winter, Yuki, a Yuki Onna, falls in love with a human. Drawn to the warmth in his eyes and his gentle smile, she longs to be closer to him. In exchange for her memories of love, God gives Yuki a human body, and she returns to the place where they first meet. In the heat of the summer, Yuki falls in love once again…

The story is set in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Takashi has come to the city for a language study program. One day, while walking with Tetsu, a friend he met in Taiwan who loves Japanese culture, he meets Feng, a young woman working at a street food stall. Takashi falls for her instantly. However, he struggles to express his feelings, and time slowly slips away, without him realizing just how little of it he has.

Kyoka, who works as a web designer in Tokyo, gets a Kai of the humanoid "Personal Care Humanoid (PCH)" that allows her to live her daily life together. Kai gradually learns about the owner through repeated conversations with Kyoka. Kyoka gradually begins to have "more emotions than things" in Kai. One month, they are given a life between humans and humanoids. Are they humans and humanoids? Or did they become a woman and a man? In dialogue with friends, mother, and Shin, another PCH owner, Kyoka decides the future as a human woman while swinging between reality and instinct.

After running away from home, Tatsumi wanders the city at night and meets Shiro Tsuchikawa, a homeless man who was once a professional shogi player. A hard-drinking, reckless man, Tsuchikawa suddenly claims Tatsumi as his son, and the two begin an unusual life together. As Tatsumi slowly regains his smile, it becomes clear that Tsuchikawa is hiding a secret from his past.

A mysterious video essay depicting a man in the midst of a moratorium.