Kasumi Arimura

Based on a 1967 children's book by British writer Joan G. Robinson. Anna (voiced by Sara Takatsuki), an unhappy 12-year-old orphan who calls her kindly adoptive mother "aunt," and Marnie (Kasumi Arimura), an outgoing, if mysterious, blonde-haired girl become friends while Anna is spending a summer on the Hokkaido coast with her mother's relatives. It quickly becomes apparent, however, that Marnie is not what she seems and that the story will be more than an ode to budding female friendship. (japantimes.co.jp)

Sayaka Kudo is a girl who wears miniskirts and dyes her hair blonde. Although she is a 2nd year senior high school student, she is on par academically with 4th grade elementary school students. To prepare her for her university entrance examination, her mother decides to send her to Seiho Cram School. However, when the school director, Yoshitaka Tsubota, hears about Sayaka's academic problem, he makes it his personal achievement to help her enter the university of her choice. (imdb)

Ninako confesses her love to Ren. But get rejected because he is already have a girlfriend. They promise to stay as a friend. Some other guy confess their love to her but she rejects them. Is it because she still wants to be with Ren? (imdb)

One day, after returning from work late in the evening, Hideo witnesses a traffic accident in which a car crashes into a nearby pedestrian, killing the victim instantly. However, despite severe injuries including a broken neck, the victim's body stands up and walks away. Hideo questions whether this is another one of his hallucinations, but strange events begin happening around him. (imdb)

"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - connecting the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka in Hyogo prefecture. One of the commuters is Shoko (Miki Nakatani), an office worker in her 30s who lost her boyfriend to a younger colleague. There's also a college student (Erika Toda) who is so easily persuaded by her no good boyfriend.

Five women are summoned to battle evil. They each represent a color; red, blue, green, yellow and navy. Together, they must learn to work together as a team to save the world. (imdb)

The live-action version of a manga and anime story about a young man who is constantly transferred back in time right before something life-threatening occurs, and attempts to use this ability to find out what happened to his old missing classmate.

Looking for jobs, five young friends regularly meet at one's apartment. Judging and gauging one another by their ability to land job pits the friends as also competitors. When one of the friends finds work the remaining four feel abandoned and the relationships are not the same anymore. (imdb)

Rei Kiriyama (Ryunosuke Kamiki) is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by himself in Tokyo, because his parents and younger sister died in an traffic accident when he was little. One day, Rei Kiriyama meets three sisters who are his neighbors. The three sisters are Akari Kawamoto, Hinata Kawamoto and Momo Kawamoto. This is his first meeting with someone outside of the shogi world in many years... (The Movie Database)

The time spent between professional Janggi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal his wounds. As he prepares to secure another win in an upcoming tournament, the father who left the three sisters appears and disturbs the peace. (The Movie Database)

The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari.

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)

Kazu works for family at a café. There is a belief that occupying a specific table seat at a table allows the occupant to travel back in time. While the traveller can choose the destination he has to abide by certain rules. Additionally, one's time travelling is limited to the period by which the coffee gets cold. (imdb)

Seven people wake up around of a table, handcuffed and with animal masks. The only tool to guess why they are there is a touch screen in front of each one.

When Natsumi's father dies she returns to the forest which she had visited with him with his motorcycle. She meets and decides to stay with a family who also own a store nearby. (imdb)

Based on the fifth Dragon Quest game. (imdb)

Shinichiro is lonely for two reasons. He lost his family in an accident when he was younger. He also has an unusual and morbid ability to see through and beyond the corporal bodies of those who are about to die. His life looks to be on the upswing when he meets the cute Aoi at a shop one day. They are well on the way to happiness together when the man begins seeing through the woman.

Kenshin's past catches up to him causing the destruction of Akabeko Restaurant, which was Kenshin's favorite place to eat. There, he finds a note with the word "Junchu" on it.

A shy and timid young man (much like his father) one day acts out od character and confronts a queue jumper who he accidentally causes to trip and fall. A young woman then confronts the queue jumper and admonishes him. From then on an anonymous harassment of the young man's family begins. In tandem his father faces work problems. the young woman is a budding journalist and scents a story. Self written plotline.

A love story spanning 5 years between a man and a woman. A 22-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman both miss the last train at Meidaimae Station in Tokyo and meet there. Their relationship develops romantically.

Chihiro used to work as a prostitute. She happened to stop by a seaside town and have a bento meal there. She loved the meal so much, she decided to settled down in the seaside town and work at the bento shop. She now greets customers with a smile at the bento shop and makes small talk with them. She doesn't even hide her past. Chihiro talks with customers about various problems and, through their conversations, they are comforted by her. Chihiro herself suffers from loneliness, which started wi

Kei Osanai enjoys a peaceful and happy life with his wife Kozue and daughter Ruri, but his wife and daughter die in an accident. Kei's life suddenly changes. One day, a man named Akihiko Misumi visits Kei and tells him that on the day Kozue and Ruri died, Ruri, who was a complete stranger to him, was coming to see him. Akihiko tells him about a woman named Ruri Masaki, who he once loved. These people, who don't seem related, connect under the name of love. (imdb)

Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven". (imdb)

Emotions resurface when a school teacher and her former student reconnect three years after sharing a forbidden attraction that scarred them both. (imdb)

The story of the unpopular comedy trio Macbeth, a waitress, and the waitress' younger sister who are stuck in a situation that anyone would call a failure in their life. (imdb)

Saeko falls into deep despair after her boyfriend Yusuke dies in a car accident. A few months later, she meets Naruse who received heart transplant from Yusuke and now he feels something for Saeko in his heart. (imdb)

Six young men and women who move from the countryside to the big city of Tokyo, each with their own dreams and aspirations. (imdb)