Taiga Nakano

Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized, however, by a car accident on a rainy day after they go out together, and wakes up with short term memory loss, where she cannot remember anything beyond the present day. Yukisuke tries to live close to her as before but the lack of collective memory starts to stagger him.

In the final days of the samurai, 11 condemned warriors are offered redemption—defend a mountain pass and face a brutal siege or die forgotten.

Ex-military doctor Yoko Nishi Freeman begins working in an old clinic in a back alley of Kabukicho, helping the colorful residents of the neon district.

The tale of Hansuke and temporary housing residents twelve years after the great disaster.

They work for the police, but have no investigative authority! Even so, suspended detective Suzunosuke Shikahama, pacifist administrator Haruhi Mabuchi, blunt public safety officer Sesuna Tsumiki, and imaginative accountant Ruka Kotori all gather for one purpose. They seek the truth using their unconventional methods, even if it that truth turns out to be bigger than anyone expected. ©NIPPON TV

With his highly perceptive attention to character, director Koji Fukada creates an explosive family drama with HARMONIUM (FUCHI NI TATSU). Intended as a companion piece to the black comedy HOSPITALITE, HARMONIUM returns to the domestic sphere as it captures the collapse of a seemingly ordinary Japanese family. Life for Toshio, his wife, and their younger daughter Hotaru carries on as usual until he hires the mysterious Mr. Yasaka, an old acquaintance dressed in white who has just been released from prison, in his workshop. HARMONIUM captivated critics and audiences alike during the 69th Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize

[With ENG Subtitles] Two unconventional heroes, who have polar opposite personalities, heroic, blond-haired Mitsuhashi, rather unjust, conniving and calculating and his spiky-haired buddy Ito, a champion of justice who abhors anything wicked, form a solid bond and become an unbeatable combo only because they both believe in protecting their friends and allies.

[With ENG Subtitles] Japanese society calls people who were born between 1987 and 2004 the "yutori generation." They are seen as having no ambition, no competitive spirit, and no sense of cooperation. Three men who are labeled as the "yutori generation," struggle with work, family, love, and friendship in this drama.

Shuhei’s erratic mother feels threatened when he starts to awaken to a world beyond her distorted control, sending the family hurtling towards tragedy.

A man who can control people with a stare could rule humanity with his unusual ability if he so wished. Instead, he chooses a life of solitude, using his gift only when necessary. Cleverly, he makes sure that those under his control cannot remember.

Grumpy Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayaki, pastries filled with sweet red bean paste (“an”). When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the kitchen, he reluctantly accepts. She will soon prove to have magic in her hands. Thanks to her secret recipe, the little business flourishes.