Kou Shibasaki

People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log. The plot thickens as the surviving characters persue the answers to this mystery which could save their lives. (imdb)

Ninth grade students are taken to a small isolated island with a map, food and various arms. They have to fight each other three days long until the last one remains and are forced to wear a special collar which will explode when they break a rule (imdb)

In the aftermath of a major earthquake under Suraga Bay, Misaki (a young girl) and Toshiro (a pilot of a deep sea submarine) are rescued from a ruined city street just as leaking gasoline ignites. Reiko Abe arrives just in time, lowered from a helicopter. Scientists predict that Japan will sink within 40 years, due to subduction of a tectonic plate to the west... (imdb)

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)

After Ken misses his wedding in Las Vegas, his angry girlfriend returns to Hong Kong to find him, but instead finds their interior designer and a bunch of Yazuka thugs. What's happened to her fiancée?

A female warrior (Shibasaki) who was raised as a man joins a young samurai's quest to recover his body parts from demons and restore his dad's natural form. (imdb)

A Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial arts school. (imdb)

Miyuki, a waitress in a café in Tokyo develops an obsessive crush on grimy young rock musician Yoshinori. She takes to bringing in his garbage bags and rifling through his refuse. Collecting his smoked cigarette ends in a jar, cutting out pictures from discarded magazines, and wearing his shredded denim jacket - the ultimate trophy - in the privacy of her own room, she begins to identify with him through the by-products of his day to day existence. (http://www.midnighteye.com)

In the town of Aso a boy returns to his mother after he was missing for 58 years. Inspector Kawada from the welfare ministry is sent to the town to investigate these strange occurence. Soon, more and more dead people are resurrected and return to their loved ones. (imdb)

The body of a male has been discovered, strangled to death, his face pulverized beyond recognition and fingers burned to a crisp. Assigned to the case are local precinct detective, Kaoru Utsumi, and her ex"colleague from headquarters, Shunpei Kusanagi. It turns out that the neighbor of the victim's ex"wife is a college alumnus of brilliant physicist, Manabu Yukawa, aka "Detective Galileo."He is Tetsuya Ishigami, a high school math teacher whom Yukawa personally considers a true genius. (AsianMediaWiki)

A salaryman is hijacked by bank robbers. (imdb)

Saori has always disliked her gay father and has lived her life denying his existence. [She finds out] her father is dying of cancer and that the nursing..is in danger of closing. Out of curiosity and debt, Saori goes to visit her father at the House of Himiko, a nursing home for gay old men. It is a sad place but filled with sardonic good cheer..She begins taking an interest in keeping the nursing home alive... (asianmediawiki.com)

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

The third chapter of the pentalogy (3 Movies + 2 OVAs). A retelling of Kenshiro's final battle with Raoh. (wikipedia)

The story is about a catastrophic future in which most of the World, resources of Earth are destroyed after a nuclear war. Kenshiro, the next successor of the fighting style Hokutou Shinken, is fighting against one of the new World tyrants Souther, along with his friend Shu. This movie summarizes and originates from some part of the series Hokutou no Ken. (ann)

A theater troupe rehearsing a classic play of murder, betrayal and phantasmagorical vengeance find life bloodily imitating art backstage. (TIFF)

The search for her vanished brother Tsuyoshi leads Kaoru to the lonesome village Kozukata in the Japanese back-land. The locals react repelling to her, which the exception of the Chinese girl Sally. As her car breaks down Kaoru is trapped in the village; will she have to repay for something she has done in the past? (imdb)

In Galileo, Fukuyama Masaharu plays a genius physicist and university associate professor, Yukawa Manabu, who solves difficult mysteries. Affectionately known as Detective Galileo, Yukawa is brilliant, an all-round sportsman, tall and handsome but eccentric. Yukawa's partner is a rookie cop, Utsumi Kaoru, a hot-blooded woman with a strong sense of justice. (mydramalist)

Genuis Reiji Matsushima realises that he and fiancé Asahi will be killed due to a the theory which he advanced. One da, in 2013 Reiji dies in an airplane crash. Asahi is a capable career woman working at a large IT company. His death (and hers) is predicted on a death list which already lists a number of known fatalities. Asahi doesn't know why someone wants to kill her. Lloyd, who looks exactly like Reiji, suddenly appears in front of her. Lloyd comes from 2113 to protect her. (imdb)

Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration. (imdb)

Yuuki Kai is a senior at a university studying social welfare psychology and trying to find a job. One day, he encounters a girl, Hagio Sae, playing the violin, and becomes intrigued. (imdb)

Set after WWII, "Wagaya no Rekishi" (The History of Our Family) follows the Yame family and its 7 members over the next two decades. The drama will provide a mixture of laughter, romance, drama, and suspense.

A mysterious woman team up with a man whose daughter was killed and who is now seeking revenge. Together they kidnap members of an organization and torture them to find out what really happened.

After time-travelling to Japan's Sengoku Era and taking the identity of Oda Nobunaga, Saboru must fulfill Oda's destiny in unifying Japan. How will Saboru, a teenager from current-day Japan, fare in his duty? (imdb)

Risako Yamazaki becomes an alternate lay judge in a criminal case involving Mizuho Ando, a housewife accused of drowning her baby. Risako's feelings towards Mizuho change during the trial. (imdb)