Kanji Furutachi

Mikio runs a small printing company in working-class Tokyo, taking care of the machines while his young, beautiful wife manages the books and the education of her stepdaughter Eriko, from Mikio's previous marriage. Mikio's sister lives with them, retreating from her own broken marriage. Their earnest if humdrum lives see little drama, except the escape of their parakeet Pea, and the gossipy interference of the Neighbourhood Watch. (imdb)

When ratings begin to slip for the network's "Spirit Sightings" program, Hiroshi Usui (Toshihiro Wada) prepares to tape and air the exorcism of a young girl named Runa (Shihori Kanjiya). During production, Hiroshi receives an email inquiring about Dead Waves emanating from his series. (Amazon)

Controversial and headline-making gravure model Dan Mitsu stars as Kana, a female employee at a publishing company who strikes up a sexual relationship with a younger co-worker (Mayama Akihiro). He soon discovers that Kana's fetishes extend to sadomasochistic tendencies, involving a mysterious man only known as "Sensei" (Itao Itsuji). This discovery will push his relationship with Kana to a new, dangerous level that he may not be ready for. (PTP)

32-year-old Tatsuo Fukuda, nickname "Fuku-chan" (Miyuki Oshima), is a painter who lives in a run-down apartment complex called Fukufuku Flats.

Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live. During his last summer, high school student Mai appears. Hiroshi becomes attracted to her. (asianwiki.com)

The harmony of a Japanese family is crippled by an uncanny visitor.

A teenage boy goes to hell and encounters rock'n'roll-playing demons.

Noriko (Fumi Nikaido) prepares to take her university entrance exam. Her aunt Kie (Mayu Tsuruta) tells her to stay two weeks at her relative's (Makiko Watanabe) house as they went on a trip. There, Noriko meets Kie's childhood friend Usagikichi (Kanji Furutachi), his daughter Tatsuko (Kiki Sugino) and his nephew Takashi (Taiga). The nephew came from Fukushima. Unlike Kie who is consumed by work, Noriko enjoys her short summer vacation. (Asianwiki)

Twenty-somethings Hisashi and Mai are engaged. When suddenly Mai's heart stops and she falls into a coma all Hisashi can do is remain by her side, albeit without knowing whether she might improve. Things look up when Mai finally comes out of the coma and becomes conscious again, but she has suffered brain damage and cannot remember her man. -aghaemi from IMDB

Saeki works with death-row convicts as a prison chaplain. He tries to instill the prisoners with a sense of morality and help them become a better person. He is a good communicator with the death-row convicts assigned to solitary cells. Saeki agonizes over whether his words really touches the prisoners and whether he is doing the right thing. Saeki also faces his past which he wants to forget. (imdb)

A stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a 2 year old daughter with a surprising gift. (imdb)

24-year-old office employee Yoshika has a secret crush on her former junior high school classmate Ichi, but then her colleague Ni asks her to be his girlfriend. She's excited but ambivalent about being asked out by a guy for the first time in her life, and she decides to throw a reunion party so she can see Ichi again. Yoshika anguishes over her feelings about Ichi versus Ni and ideals versus reality. (JFF)

Set within the highly competitive animation industry. People in that field work hard to receive the title of "haken," which is given to the most popular animation. Saito Hitomi works on her first anime as a director.…

Following the manga series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring the same cast, a young and relatively inexperienced man comes across a woman during his working day and sparks fly. (imdb)

Francesco is a woman with no relatives who lives a solitary life after having grown up in a convent. One day while inspecting her genital area with a hand mirror, she notices a "growth with a human face".