Kenji Mizuhashi

A kid named Akagi plays mahjong for the first time and shocks everyone in the underworld

A young woman, Yuki Kawahara (Mizukawa), is hired as an assistant by a well-known novelist, Risa Tonou (Nakatani). The novelist suffers from writer's block after years of intense pressure from her publisher to produce novels and screenplays. The assistant, herself an aspiring writer, at first offers ideas for plots and then eventually takes over all of the writing duties...

The film is based on the life of the manga comic-strip artist Abe Shinichi and above all his legendary album Miyoko Asagaya kibun (also the Japanese title of the film). Miyoko was the girlfriend, wife and, not lastly, the muse of the manga artist. Asagaya is the district of Tokyo where they lived back then. The district had a certain artistic reputation because a lot of writers lived there. The title represents the feeling of living in Asagaya with Miyoko. (mubi.com)

The story follows Takaki and Akari, two close friends in elementary school who are separated when Akari moves away. They try to maintain their relationship through letters and a single, emotionally charged meeting on a snowy night. The film tracks the evolving distance and emotional gulf between them as they grow up, exploring themes of time, distance, and the pain of holding onto past connections that continue to shape their present lives.

Tomie, a stunningly beautiful transfer student, takes over her new high school class with her ability to reduce men to lovesick slaves and women to jealous wretches. As her classmates begin to go mad, they decide they have to kill Tomie in order to save themselves. But Tomie isn't what she appears to be, and has unique abilities that make her very difficult to kill.

Katakura Suzume (Ueno Juri) is a really bored housewife. Her most important job is to feed her husband's turtle. Desperate for something else, she answers a secret ad that she accidently finds for a..spy agency. Suddenly, she's working for one of the weirdest couples you've ever seen. Come to find out, she's not the only spy in the neighborhood. The mission they giver her; act normal and do not act suspicious. (http://community.livejournal.com/asian_movies/)

A romantic drama about a stepbrother and sister living together with their parents. Their feelings for each other might be a little too much for society (and them) to handle. Another gemstone from one of Japan's most promising and subtle, young filmmakers. Cream Lemon is based on the same-named anime of the Hentai genre. (AsianWiki)

An anthology series of eight stories by seven directors, showcasing all manner of random horror tales from Japan. ~~ Inspired by stories collected throughout Japan by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama, and the Japanese horror TV show: 'Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro'.

Photographer Suga (Kenji Mizuhashi) aiming to win the photo contest and Lulu (Sakura Mizutani), is a girl who works as a model. Two people who are drawn to each other while maintaining the relationship between the photographer and the model. One day, a mysterious woman, Sayoko (Yoko Kashiwagura), appears in the viewfinder of Suga. Eventually, Suga and Lulu win the long-awaited victory.

After a group suicide, two journalists investigate the cycle of suicides caused by spirits bound by the Suicide Manual. (imdb)

Set in the Philippines, the film revolves around elite salaryman Kohei Hayasaka, who is sent to the clink after being falsely accused of trafficking a kilo of heroin. Sporting an expensive suit and designer luggage, he recoils at the teaming squalor of his new accommodations. (All Movie)

A beautifully crafted and darkly comic exploration of innocence and perversity. Shiota gets a great deal of mileage out of the extreme contrast between the film's placid surface - that of a lightweight teen romance - and it's underlying themes of sexual degradation and control. (Viz Films)

Based on a novel by Nakatori Ramo, NIGHT OF BODY'S MODEL is a grotesque and surreal tale of alienation. A young woman has moved into a new apartment to continue her laboratory work, and quickly finds herself the center of attention among her new neighbors, including an upstanding student and his invalid father, a goofy busy-body, and a quiet OCD neighbor... do they just want to be nice, or could these men be dangerous?