Maki Sakai

Tales of Terror (Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: gekijô-ban) is a collection of short horror films from different Japanese directors. Among these horror films there are few more light hearted one's with bits of black comedy. All of them are made with very low budget so it can be seen in the quality (especially in the quality of special effects). (imdb)

Wakamatsu here tells the story of the Asama-Sanso hostage drama, which riveted Japan for ten days in 1972, and remains as evocative there as the words "Patty Hearst" or "Munich '72" are in the west. The Asama-Sanso incident brought a bloody end to not just a small group of radical extremists, but also to the idealism of the 1960's, as the romance of rebellion gave way to the darker sides of human nature, from Altamont to the Japanese mountainside. (Kosmorama.no)

The lives of three washed-up nobodies intersect as they are all drawn together in one way or another by baseball. (HKFlix)

A love story depicting the younger days of Mizuma Shigeru, author of "Gegege no Kitaro," the well-known comic on 'yokai' (supernatural beings), and his wife Mura Nunoe, who supported him through the years. The film is based on Nunoe's autobiography, but it focuses mainly on their days as newlyweds when they lived through extreme poverty, and provides a heart-warming account of their struggles as they start a life together. (vikalenda.com)

A widower sends daily reminders to the petty criminal who killed his wife in a traffic accident that on the anniversary of her death, he will kill him. (imdb)

A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.

Silent poor - the poor and needy whose cries for help are drowned out in today's bustling society. Their existence is spreading rapidly across the nation, and as such, the government decided to set up a body to help them. Nationwide, there are now people called Community Social Workers (CSW), and their jobs are to attend to the poor and needy. One such person is Satomi Ryo, and she works at the Shitamachi area's Council of Welfare. The people that she meets in her busy working life are... (imdb)

Nobuko tried to be successful as an actress in Tokyo, but wasn't popular. She married her manager and soon divorced. Now a once-divorced woman in her mid-30s, she returns home to the Shinto shrine that her family runs, to help out with domestic chores. (imdb)

On a gloomy Monday morning, my week begins. Although I am sleepy, I put on my make-up and I leave home for work at a bank. I take the subway crowded with passengers and get off at the nearest station.

Masao, bullied by his teacher and his classmates, endures further torment until one day a paranormal girl covered in scars appears before him.

Masajiro Miyazawa owns and runs a pawn shop for generations. His first son is Kenji and his daughter is Toshi Miyazawa. Kenji is supposed to take over the pawn shop as the first son, but he refuses. Masajiro is soft on his son. Meanwhile, Toshi is smart and wise. She gives advice to her father and her older brother. One day, Toshi gets sick. (imdb)