Eri Tokunaga

..Town elders hope to exploit international fascination with Polynesian culture by building a Hawaiian-theme resort as bait for Japanese tourists and promoting it by training local girls as hula dancers.. Their teacher.., a hard-drinking, smart-mouthed Tokyo dancer whose very presence causes local parents to grouse that their daughters are being corrupted. In due course, the spunky teacher whips her crew of social misfits into professional artists and freethinking women. (movies.nytimes.com)

Hyeong-gu (Jung-woo Ha), a young Korean, visits Japan by boat three or four times a month to help with middle-aged Bo-gyung's smuggling business. It is always Tooru (Satoshi Tsumabuki), a young Japanese man, who welcomes him there. Hyung-gu and Touru sacrifice themselves for the sake of their families, money, and friendship. One day, Bo-gyung orders them to kidnap a woman named Ji-su (Su-yeon Cha) and take her to Japan, and this changes their future in an unexpected way. (AsianMediaWiki)

Mai (Yuki Shimizu) is a normal high school girl, full of dreams and hopes for new encounters and exciting adventures. Through her friend, she meets handsome Kagu (Akira Kagimoto), but her first impression of him couldn't be worse. He is rough and rude, and the two seem to end up quarreling every time they see each other. And yet, as they see each other more and more, Mai discovers Kagu's softer side and they slowly fall for each other.

Old fisherman takes a journey so he'll no longer burden his granddaughter Haru. Together they visit family in search of a new home.

Kou Ichinomiya (Kento Hayashi) comes from a wealthy family & his father runs a famous company. Kou is smart enough to already run several high-flying firms. From an early age Kou's father taught him to never owe anybody anything. Because of this, when he does owe someone something he will suffer an asthma attack. He's obsessed with never becoming in debt to another person. (asianwiki)

Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers Yasunari Kawabata, Osamu Dazai, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, & Saisei Muro. (The Movie Database)

Mio (Honoka Matsumoto) is 20-years-old. Her grandmother, who raised her instead of her late parents, is hospitalized. Mio leaves her hometown and goes to Tokyo to find a new job. She has a hard time adapting to life in Tokyo. Mio takes a job at a public bathhouse in an old shopping district. While working at the bathhouse, she interacts with the people in the area and begins to enjoy her time in Tokyo. Mio hears that the shopping district will be demolished. (Asianwiki.com)

An unidentifiable object zips through the sky. A suspicious looking man holding a net suddenly appears, trying to catch the thing that ran away from him. He must catch that high-speed "buddy" within six days or he will lose it forever. (imdb)

Frustrated by life with her boyfriend, thirty-something Wako can't stop herself from being interested in high schooler Yumeaki, despite their age gap. (imdb)