Taiga Nakano

Burdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world. Could she be holding the secret to his suc...

When Japan surrenders at the end of World War II, soldier Hiroo Onoda retreats into the jungles of the Philippines to continue the war himself for another 10,000 days.

A story about the disappearance of Kirishima, a star athlete of the volleyball club, and how this affects every person in his school.

A lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.

One day, a visitor leaves Hideki a memo of his unborn daughter's name "Chisa". Two years later, Hideki's house is attacked by a sinister presence. To protect his family, Hideki asks for help to perform a ritual to break an unknown...

Amidst the Boshin War's brutal conflicts, a motley squad of criminals and samurai undertakes a desperate defense of a fortress, their stand triggered by clashing interests of the Shibata clan, the shogunate, and the new government.

Meeting the woman of your dreams in Hawaii is a blessing until you discover she has short-term memory loss and forgets everything the very next day.

A battle between a man who can control people with a stare, and the only man he cannot control. When their fate cross, the survival battle begins. The two men with inevitable fate, who will survive ?

World War II story alternates between the past and present, linked by a fateful song. Japanese sub I-77 battles an American destroyer off the coast of Okinawa. Before heading to war, the captain received a final present from his l...

On the morning following the eve of their engagement, the fiancée disappears from the man's side. He is left to reminisce about why she chose to run away.

Graffiti featuring Haruko Azumi in spray-painted "Missing Girl" posters appear on walls in town. At the same time, the rise of a gang of vicious high school girls with random attacks on men. Are they connected? The story goes viral.

An Indonesian town by the sea has been ruined by war and tsunami. A man is found on the coast there by Atsuko and her son Takashi. They are working in disaster recovery. The man speaks poor Japanese and Indonesian. They name him L...

Five short 'film' stories of how 5 different directors imagine Japan to be in 10 years from now.

Yukisuke, a young man with a bad leg that forces him to limp constantly, strikes a romance with Koyomi, a young woman who runs a Taiyaki stall. Then she is hit by a car and lose her memory after she awakes from a coma.

Aoi Miura was born and grew up in Toyama Prefecture. He has an indecisive personality and does not like summer. He was the focal member of the high school swimming team, but he now works as an assistant at a small architectural of...

A struggling, unemployed musician living with his girlfriend looks to improve his life after he discovers how she's been paying the rent.

Since she was a child, 26-year-old Hanako Orimura has dreamed of becoming a movie director. Now, she is on the verge of making her debut as a movie director. She also has a fateful encounter with handsome Masao Date. Hanako experi...

The intricacies of intense emotional states experienced during profound love.

The school's handball club is about to close down. Can social media bring it back to life? Masao Kiyota is a high school student living in Japan's southern Kumamoto Prefecture.