Wonderful Paradise
In consequence of his professional mistakes and declining career, Shuji and his family, the Sasaya’s, are forced to leave the wealthy suburb of Tokyo. The move is slow, long and…
We Are Little Zombies
Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can’t cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions.
It Stopped Raining
A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized, however, by a car accident…
Chokolietta
Chiyoko’s mother died when she was young. Since that time, Chiyoko has closed her heart to others. After her pet dies, Chiyoko feels loneliness. Her mother liked the Italian movie…
The Sun
The story is set in the early 21st century with the population decimated by bio terror. Two kinds of humans now exist. One is the Nokusu who were infected with…
Makuko
A 5th grade elementary school student meets a transfer student who has a mysterious charm about her. He then learns her big secret.
Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days then decide either to ‘execute’ or ‘pass over’. Today,…
L’amant
When three older men buy a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Chikako for a year’s-worth of sexual services — her motivation, aside from money, is never explained — the relationships among the…
Gemini
A successful doctor, Yukio’s picture perfect life is gradually wrecked, and taken over by his avenging twin brother, who bumps off his family members one by one and reclaims his…
Ritual
A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young girl who has a ritual of repeating “Tomorrow is my birthday” everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video…
Cutie Honey
When Honey’s uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as “Panther Claw,” she must use her magical powers of transformation (fueled by love) to save him. Meanwhile the…
Yakuza Weapon
After four years overseas, Shozo returns to Japan to avenge his yakuza boss who was assassinated by his own treacherous top man, Kurawaki. The resulting battle leaves both men severely…
Shinjuku Swan
Shiratori Tatsuhiko works as a scout for Burst, a talent agency in Kabukichō, Shinjuku’s red light district. In a business where money means everything Tatsuhiko finds himself in a constant…
Still the Water
Taking place during the full-moon night of traditional dances in August and set on the Japanese island of Amami-Oshima, the drama centers on a 14-year-old boy who finds a dead…
Punk Samurai Slash Down
Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious group is trying to destroy them. He gets hired by…
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
The story takes place over a 24 hour period. In the southernmost part of Japan, 20 fishing boats of an unknown nationality suddenly fire upon and occupy parts of the…
Heaven’s Story
A senseless double murder resonates eight years later in four intertwined stories.