Hidekazu Akai

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant... (imdb)

In Hanari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearly twenty years. Each day passes eventlessly... until one day. The monotony of their daily lives is interrupted by the appearence of a bautiful femaile college student, Momoko (Suzuki Kyoka), who comes to visit her aunt. After catching a glimpse of Momoko, both Tatsuya (Takenaka Naoto) and Nobuyuki (Akai Hidekazu) can't stop thinking about her. Since then, the small town is not so quiet anymore... (KG)

The "origin" movie of the title Ultraman, who befriends a little boy named Musashi and fights an updated version of a classic Ultra-foe, Baltan-Seijin. (imdb)

Two former lovers are reunited in war-torn Shangai during its occupation by Japanese troops in World War 2. (imdb)

Tohko is living in 1999, and dreams of falling in love before the world supposedly ends in 2000. When she sees aspiring boxer Tokieda Yuji practicing in a park, she falls for him instantly. Unfortunately, in spite of her best efforts, Yuji doesn't see Tohko as a love interest, and is instead feeling his own unrequited love for Kaori, his boss at his part time job. But Tohko is determined to win Yuji, and never stops cheering him on in his dream to become a champion boxer. (imdb)

A boxer attempts to make a comeback after suffering a major head injury.

*** Tamamori Yuta as a down-on-his-luck college grad who lives with a holographic image of a female maid. *** Watanabe Eri as a divorcee who feels uncomfortable with her newfound friendship with a so-called... *** Nounen Rena as a high schooler who delves too much into her fantasies of Samurai warlords. *** Eikura Nana as a TV director who gets into an accident and sees her life flash before her eyes but in the form of a movie. *** Fujiki Naohito as a doctor who cannot forget a hurtful past.

Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through his journey, Daisuke meets a number of interesting people, including friendly truck driver Sumire and a mysterious mountaineer girl. (imdb)

An unfortunate low-ranking samurai Hikoshiro decides to pray in a small shrine and ask the resident gods for help. Unfortunately the resident gods are those of poverty, pestilence and death and they latch onto him. (imdb)

Tendokai's Washio Kazuma, the underboss of Japan's largest crime syndicate, goes on the warpath when his blood brother and family turn up dead.

A pair of schoolgirls get caught up in a scheme targeting local businesses. Loan shark Ginjiro can help, but first things first: what’s in it for him?