Ryoko Fujino

Innocent days are filled with kindness, at times with bitterness, but are always brimming with light. Mieko and Makio are friends in high school who befriend Eiji, a college student who works with them. Eiji and Makio fall in love, Mieko gives birth to their child, and Makio encounters his old childhood friend Asato. This is a story of youth and their beautiful yet bitter experiences.

Based on actual events and one of the biggest assassination mysteries of all time, this movie shows a unique view of the bloody yet beautiful world of war and love in 1863. Through the eyes of young Itosato, we find a woman’s struggle for love and happiness. Three women risking everything for life and love had to make hard choices; collaboration, secrets and suicide.

Yoji Minamimaru, with a unique ability, finds his professor missing, thrust into a gripping mystery.

The eldest son of a wealthy farming family, Eiichi Shibusawa, develops a passion for business from watching his father. This leads to him meeting the last shogun of Japan, Yoshinobu Tokugawa—an encounter that changes the trajectory of his entire life. This is the remarkable journey of the man who becomes the father of modern Japanese economics in the post-shogunate era of Japan. © NHK

From the mind of horror auteur Kurosawa comes yet another chilling thriller that relies on psychological rather than body horror.