Isao Yukisada

In 1980s Kyushu, two teenagers fell in love, and exchanged their secrets and thoughts by way of sending tape recordings to each other. More than a decade later, the boy (now grown-up and bittered) rediscovers the last recording of his long-dead lover's voice. Her words trigger a series of flashbacks illustrating the joyful beginning and tragic end of their relationship. (imdb)

A wild - at times bloody - story about a guy from the North Korean community in Japan, who tries to find out what his roots are and where he belongs to. Sugihara speaks Japanese, he looks like an ordinary Japanese punk and has Japanese friends - but he is different... (IMDB Comments)

Young and handsome Ryunosuke Kusunoki is a new arrival in a Hokkaido village, to which his government official father, Mr. Kusonoki, has been sent to acquire land to push through a new airport. Mr. Kusunoki must persuade the resistant farm community to do his bidding. Ryunosuke has his own problems trying to fit in at his new school. (Yahoo! Movies)

Kae, a college student who dreams of becoming a teacher, discovers a notebook in the house she has just moved into. The notebook turns out to be the diary of a woman, Mano Ibuki, who had just started teaching in primary school. Kae becomes absorbed by the woman's pure heart, reading about her life and love. She falls for a painter, Ishitobi, while working at her part time job. As time passes, she finds out an unexpected sad truth. (movies.yahoo.com)

Four youths share a two bedroom apartment in a corner of Tokyo. A series of assault cases occur in the same district. Eighteen year old Satoru, a male prostitute, joins them as a new house mate. Their daily life slowly starts to change. (imdb)

Seven friends gather at a party in Kyoto to celebrate Masamichi's entry to graduate school. Maki & her boyfriend Nakazawa join the party and get drunk easily after the friendship reunion. Kate has a crush on one of the cute guy who doesn't have any interests on her though. The cheerful and unforgettable night is full of joy while the whales & the thief incidents also attract the attention of them. Before the sunrise, seven friends meet again on the beach so as to witness the fade of youth days. (imdb)

Early 20th century Japan. Kiyoaki Matsugae, a young aristocrat falls in love with a girl he grew up with; Satoko Ayakura, who is to be married to a prince of the royal family.

Matsuoi (Hiroshi Abe) and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. Matsuoi then thinks of his wife's lovers. Matsui goes to those men and informs them of Tatsuya's condition. The other women in the lives of those men are shocked and begin to re-examine their views of their men. (asianwiki.com)

An up-and-coming female writer and her younger brother are tied together by memories of their past, but she wants to escape her memories and starts writing them down. (kinoaero.cz/en/film/3007/Enclosed-Pain/)

A week in the melancholic life of Shinji Furuya, a down-and-out movie director with a sick wife. Detached from his career, his fame, and his love, Furuya wanders around Tokyo seeking emotional and physical fulfillment through the women in his life.

Haruna Wakagusa (Fumi Nikaido) is a high school student who lives with her mother. Ichiro Yamada (Ryo Yoshizawa) is gay and Haruna's classmate. He is bullied at school, but Haruna sticks up for Ichiro. They become intimate and Ichiro tells Haruna his secret. He found a dead body along the riverside. A new body is soon found. (AsianWiki)

2nd year university student Izumi Kudo receives a phone call from Takashi Hayama. Hayama was her adviser/teacher at her high school drama club. He asks her to take part in a graduation performance. Back in high school, Hayama helped her cope with difficulties with her school life. She eventually fell in love with him, but tried to forget about him. Now, for the first time in a year they meet again. (AsianWiki)

Kokko (Mana Ashida) is a third grade elementary school student. Even though she has a family who loves her, Kokko is full of dissatisfaction and she admires loneliness.

Kinky Kyoichi is a serial cheater and makes love to different easy women. The salaryman meets with an old class-mate from university called Wataru. Surprisingly, or not, he is an investigator hired by Kyoichi's wife to look into the husband's infidelity. However, Wataru has a sexual offer of his own for his old school-mate. (imdb)

This project, a fusion of poetry, music, and movies, gives birth to a new style of filmmaking, through the work of five directors.