Taiga Nakano

An Indonesian town by the sea has been ruined by war and tsunami. A man is found on the coast there by Atsuko (Mayu Tsuruta) and her son Takashi (Taiga Nakano). They are working in disaster recovery. The man speaks poor Japanese and Indonesian. They name him Rau which means sea in Indonesian and protect him. Soon, Rau is connected with many miraculous cases. (asianwiki.com)

A naked drunk man shows up on a national live TV in the middle of a sacred festival Namahage, where men dressed in ogre-like costume visit homes to scare kids not to do bad things in the next year. The man, young father Tasuku, gets ostracized for shaming the village and its tradition, flees to Tokyo by himself. After two years, he comes back to his hometown to make it up to his ex-wife and their little daughter, but the reality bites. (Gaga Corporation)

A middle-aged former yakuza is released from prison after thirteen years where he was placed for murder. He is struggling to adapt to society and freedom, find a job and communicate normally, but he is also preoccupied by the quest for his mother from whom he was separated as a child. He finds allies in his search for his parent and a place in mainstream society, but the process is not seamless or smooth. (imdb)

A struggling, unemployed musician living with his girlfriend looks to improve his life after he discovers how she's been paying the rent. (imdb)

Airi Nishina is a high school student. On the way home from school, Airi is kidnapped by someone. Then, nine more high school students are all kidnapped like Airi. Those kidnapped students are forced to participate in Jinroh Game, with their lives at stake.

12 years after "Nani" In this town, there was a temporary housing where people who were affected by "Nani" could stay. The main character, Shinsuke Tanaka, also known as Hansuke, infiltrates this town with a lighthearted feeling that he can receive "up to 10,000 yen!" However, as Hansuke observes the residents who have a reason to live in the last minute, he gradually comes to like the residents of this town. (imdb)

Growing tired of covering competitions, Takako, an announcer from Tokyo, travels to Minami-Osumi-cho, Kagoshima Prefecture, to cover the Misaki Festival.

A teacher is sexually involved with an underage student. She visits her father's home and discovers a boy who's been kept as a sex slave. The teacher continues harboring the boy out of fear and begins to feel sexually attracted to him.

Two high school students, Mitsuhashi Takashi and Ito Shinji, set out to become the strongest delinquents in Japan. (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)

Amidst the Boshin War's brutal conflicts, a motley squad of criminals and samurai undertakes a desperate defense of a fortress, their stand triggered by clashing interests of the Shibata clan, the shogunate, and the new government.

Hikuma Koichi, a former saxophone player, becomes the advisor of a small brass band at a run-down high school. He has to deal with problem students who have lost their dreams as well as the teachers' opposition to him as the advisor.

Toshihiko is a first-year high school student who’s insecure about his inability to grow body hair. Ayako, on the other hand, is excessively hairy but has trouble shaving for her swimming club. Fascinated by Ayako’s ability to grow hair, Toshihiko agrees to personally shave her arms and legs for her in secret. Over their time together, he begins to have feelings for her.