Hikari Mitsushima

Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the perpetrator. An all out battle between the greatest minds on earth begins, the winner controlling the world. (imdb)

Shinigami own notebooks called "Death Notes" which are used as killing devices. Whoever's name they write down in a death note will die within 40 seconds. Shinigami Ryuku accidentally dropped his Death Note in the human world where it's found by honor high school student Light. With the death note actually having directions in it for its use, Light discovers he now has the power to discreetly kill people... (imdb)

What if extensions carried the grudge of the individual to which the hair originally belonged and started attacking people wearing it at random? Customs agents discover a huge amount of human hair used as materials for 'hair extensions' along with the dead body of a young girl with a shaved head... (imdb)

Forced to confess his sins by his priest father, Yu devotes himself to wrongdoing and becomes a legend of sneak photography. Then he meets Yoko, and becomes involved with a mysterious religious cult... (filmex.net)

23-year-old Sawako is stuck in Tokyo with a dead-end job, a deadbeat boyfriend, and no passion for life. Her wake-up call is a request to return to her provincial hometown and take over her terminally ill father's shellfish packing business. But that means facing up to all the problems she has been running away from.

Seeking an honorable end, poverty-stricken samurai Hanshiro(Ebizo Ichikawa) requests to commit hara-kiri in the courtyard of feudal lord Kageyu's estate.Trying to dismiss Hanshiro's wish to save face, Kageyu(Koji Yakusho) recounts the tragic story of a similar plea years ago from young ronin Motome(Eita). But the arrogant lord is unaware of vengeful Hanshiro's bond to Motome. The film is a remake of the 1962 feature directed by Masaki Kobayashi based on the novel by Yasuhiko Takiguchi. (ropeofsilicon.com)

An aimless young laborer has trouble getting his life together and spends his time seducing women over the internet, but when one ends up dead suspicions abound.

Stuck with a wrongly accrued yakuza debt, failed actor Kinuta (Satoshi Tsumabuki) gets a loan from a mysterious goth-Lolita banker, but in order to repay it he must work with silent tough guy Joe (Masatoshi Nagase) and his leprechaun-like sidekick, transporting sensitive items in the dead of night for shady clients with lots of yen. (Mubi.com)

After a bad breakup, a young woman returns to her hometown and opens a menuless restaurant. (IMDb)

The story of the relationship between a college student whose relationship with her boyfriend is going nowhere and a bisexual medical artist who makes prosthetic body parts. (imdb)

Daigo is a young boy whose family is falling apart around him. He lives with his older sister Kiriko and his children's book author father Kohei. One day Daigo kills a rabbit at school. In an attempt to connect with her brother, Kiriko takes Daigo to see a 3D horror film involving a rabbit doll. Somehow Daigo manifests the same rabbit doll from the movie and develops a dark bond with it. Soon, he and his sister are pulled into a limbo in which the rabbit doll grows and begins to terrorize them. (LA Pacific Film Fest)

Shio Asami (Stephanie) was brought up in a wealthy family whose mother is a prominent opera singer. However, the bankruptcy of her father's business forced her to give up becoming an opera singer. Moe Midorikawa (Hikari Mitsushima) entrapped Shio and claimed a victory in an opera contest. A competition of two heroines ensues, placing their pride on the line.

Tomoko maintains a relationship with an even-tempered older married man named Shingo at the same time she's seeing an emotional younger man named Ryota. (Eigapedia)

20 years ago, an elementary school student falls on an island in the northern tip of Hokkaido. A teacher and 6 students makes contact through songs. What happened to the student who fell? The teacher returns 20 years later to meet with her former students. (imdb)

A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities. (imdb)

Although certain monsters from the previous Ultra Series appear here in this series, the characters do not actually recognize them. This series does not have any direct continuity to any of the other Ultra Series. (wikipedia)

The Straw Hat Pirates are taking on Gild Tesoro, one of the richest men in the world.

Magazine reporter TANAKA is granted request to investigate a year old murder case gone cold, where a "perfect" family - a successful businessman, his beautiful wife and adorable child - were brutally murdered. Tanaka interviews acquaintances of the dead but gradually finds out that the family was not exactly ideal as believed, as stories of their true nature unfold. Equally disturbing are the interviewees themselves, each letting loose their own hidden nature. (imdb)

One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass window and breaks out of jail. This crime even reaches the ears of Urata Susumu, the chief warden of Kosuge Prison in Tokyo. Urata had been in charge of those sentenced to life in the prison until last year. (The Movie Database)

Based on The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart, a strange flower grants a girl magic powers. (imdb)

Set in 1945 at the end of World War II. Saku arrives on Kakeromajima as the head of navy special forces. (themoviedb.org)

Koike Minami competes to win a competition to sing with Avril Lavigne in a concert in Tokyo.

Takeshi Yamada arrives in a small village in the Hokuriku region. There, he begins to work at a small factory which makes shiokara (salted fish paste). Through the introduction of the CEO of the factory, he begins to live in at an old and cheap apartment building. One day, his apartment building neighbor Kozo Shimada visits Takeshi and asks to take a bath in his bathroom. Since then, Takeshi begins to make relations with the residents at the apartment building and he becomes friends with Kozo. L

Young, free and madly in love. As teenagers, the world was their oyster but as adults, their lives seem dimmer, like a very important piece is missing. (imdb)

An elementary student named Junichi is having trouble returning an eraser he borrowed from his secret crush, Maeda. With the support and encouragement of rookie teacher Anna, Junichi gets over his shyness and starts a band with his classmates. (letterboxd.com)

Maki, Suzume, Iemori, and Beppu accidentally met in a karaoke one day while bringing instruments. They then decided to form a musical quartet and live together in Karuizawa during the winter. (imdb)

Heisuke Hara works as a teacher at an all-boys high school where he had an unfortunate accident 15 years ago. Now, it's decided that the boys school where he works will be merged with a girls school because of a decline in student numbers. (imdb)

Hiroki's sister was killed by a friend. Hiroki then meets the killer's sister, Futaba, 15 years after the incident. Both of their families have been burdened with grief, but through their meeting they struggle to find a brighter tomorrow. (imdb)

A determined single woman raising two children despite her struggles in life with her health. (imdb)

Five siblings live together. They have arguments everyday and sometimes even fight with each other. Each of the siblings have their own problems like studying, finding a job, marriage, etc. There are also people connected with the siblings who either yearn for them or are their romantic interests.