Nobuhiro Yamashita

Tsuboi and Kinoshita have just arrived at a desolate town. Both of them are amateur filmmakers. Tsuboi is a screenwriter and Kinoshita a director. They have come to this town because Funaki, an actor, has tempted them to come here, but he has yet to arrive. Tsuboi and Kinoshita start wandering around the town and happen to meet a young woman, Atsuko. The three of them go on a journey together and become friends. But one day, Atsuko disappears... (asianwiki.com)

A music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival. (imdb)

A young girl in a small village develops a fondness for the new student.

Based on a novel by one of Japan's greatest writers, Ryunosuke Akutagawa

An anthology featuring ten dreams.

Daisuke Sakai (Hiroshi Yamamoto) and his girlfriend Hisako Shimada (Tomoko Kotera) have failed at selling a smelly health drink named Akajiru in Tokyo, amassing five million yen in debts. In order to recover financially, they retreat to Daisuke's island home town. Then, when things still fail to go as planned, the pair resort to extreme measures... (ICA)

You could think of My Back Page as a (very different) companion piece to United Red Army. It's based on a reputedly autobiographical novel by Kawamoto Saburo about his days as a rookie journalist from 1969 to 1972 and specifically about his closeness to a highly charismatic radical activist who preaches violent revolution. (Tony Rayns, Vancouver Film Festival site)

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)

Tsutomu meets Kee outside a Pachinko hall. The two strike up an unlikely friendship. (imdb)

Kanta is a 19-year-old labor worker who only went far as middle school. He's now hooked on alcohol while playing around. Kanta develops feelings for Yasuko, who works in a used bookstore, but he has never had a girlfriend or, currently, any friends. Kanta also meets Shoji who he becomes friends with. Jealousy soon threatens their friendship. (iSugoi.com)

Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She spends her time just eating and sleeping throughout the four seasons of the year. (imdb)

During a band's show in Osaka, a young man suddenly rushes the stage. He grabs the mic and begins to sing. The audience is stunned by his actions at first, but they become overwhelmed his voice. After the song, the band manager, Kasumi, asks about the young man's story. He tells them that he doesn't know, because of his memory loss. Kasumi is interested in his singing talents, nicknaming him "Pochi Man". The man becomes the singer for the band, but a big problem occurs due to his memory loss. (asianwiki.com)

A recently divorced and traumatized man moves to Hakodate, Hokkaido and attends a vocational college to learn carpentry along with several other students who are in the same boat as he. When a couple of the guys go to a hostess club the man meets an unconventional girl who likes him and a relationship is born. (imdb)

Hardcore is about the life story of a treasure hunter who lives in the countryside of Gunma in Japan. He is pure and kind, but has no communication skills and has a mind of his own. His sole friend is his co-worker. This man has never had sex. The friends find a robot one day. The robot wants to stay with the men. A bond is formed. The men resolve to change their lives. (imdb)

An anthology of human relationship stories connected by the only open in the wee hours diner the characters frequent. Resolutions are often facilitated by the owner/chef. (imdb)

After she was attacked by zombies, a woman escapes and shuts herself up in a bathroom.

Abandoned in the sleepy beach town of Iketeru, 11-year-old Karin finds herself in the care of Anzu: a 37-year-old, human-sized “ghost cat” with a penchant for pachinko and speedy scootering. (366weirdmovies.com)

It is summer vacation but high schoolers Kokoro and Miku have been instructed by their PE teacher, Yamamoto, to clean the swimming pool. The pool has been drained of water and it is covered with sand from the baseball team’s field next door. Thus, under the blazing sun, they are meant to sweep the sand but distractions abound as Chizuru and Yui join them and stray in their path. Together, they initially discuss school life, love and makeup... (Jason Maher)

Satomi Oka is worried about his final choir competition but is accosted by a shadowy gangster, Kyouji Narita, who demands karaoke sessions with him.