Mikako Tabe

In 1975, the year before the Sex Pistols released their first album, a Japanese punk band called Gekirin recorded their single, "Fish Story" and then they broke up, never to record again. Thirty-seven years later, in 2012, their song saves the world. This is the tenth film from Yoshihiro Nakamura and we're not saying any more about it. (subwaycinema.com)

In "Route 225," Yoshihiro Nakamura takes an approach somewhere between stranger-in-a-strange-land fantasy and coming-of-age parable. His 14-year-old heroine and her pudgy younger brother may make a wrong turn into an alternative reality, but instead of plunging into Miyazakian adventures with strange creatures, they find themselves trying to unravel a maddening puzzle, with no logical clues to its solution, somewhat like Alice trying to decipher the nonsensical commands of the Queen of Hearts. (japantimes.co.jp)

Well-meaning, but socially awkward, Sawako Kuronuma (Mikako Tabe) is nicknamed "Sadako" by her classmates because of her similar hair cut with the main character from the horror movie "Ringu". Her life then takes a turn when Shota Kazehaya (Haruma Miura), the most popular boy in school, falls for her ... (asianmediawiki.com)

On the way to India to collect ancient holy scrolls, the sacred priest, Tripitaka and his loyal band of followers led by monkey are implored by a mysterious princess to protect her people from a powerful demon warlord, king gold horn and his tyrannical brother, king silver horn.

A reclusive wheelchair-bound preteen boy controls a robot that goes to school in his place.

Katsu is now an old woman who even at seventy three has not lost her penchant for being sardonic and dissatisfied. Upon visiting a photography studio her life and body are transported to that of a twenty-year-old girl giving her the opportunity to make up for missing out on her earlier dreams of becoming a singer, a more harmonious family member and to have more fun than life generally afforded her. (imdb)

Noriko is a university student. By her mother's recommendation, Noriko begins attending a Japanese tea ceremony near her house with her cousin Michiko. There, Noriko learns from Teacher Takeda. Noriko now has the Japanese tea ceremony in her life and it's there for her during moments when she is sad or happy. (imdb)

Five bizarre tales for the fall of 2014.

Su-chan, a struggling manga writer with a gambling addiction, is knocked down and comes back as a cat. As Tora-San, he has one month to turn his family's fortunes around and show his daughter the love he couldn't in life.

In a park on a rainy evening, a 19-year-old university student, Fumi, offers an umbrella to a soaking wet 10-year-old girl, Sarasa. Realizing her reluctance to go home, Fumi lets her stay in his place, where she spends the next few weeks in peace. They take each other's hands and seem to have finally found their place in the world. Fifteen years later, Sarasa has a chance encounter with Fumi who is now running a cafe... (imdb)

Haruto Narusawa, the president of a video game company, enjoys life in the affluent seaside town of Kamakura with his wife and daughter, who attends an elementary school. However, tragedy befalls this happy family when his daughter is kidnapped. The only way to save his beloved daughter is to take matters into his own hands without the police’s involvement and, together with his wife, stand against the kidnappers. (letterboxd)

Ayane, who has transferred to Seiran Girls' Academy, is troubled by her strange auditory hallucinations. Before long, she had a series of unnatural deaths and disappearances around her...

Five years have passed since 12 members of the choir were brutally murdered in the music room of Seiran Jogakuin, a prestigious school in the suburbs of Tokyo. A TV news crew visits the scene to clarify the rumor that children's songs can be heard coming from the closed school. Accompanied by Kyoko, an acoustic analyst, the team begins their own investigation into the incident, but one after another, strange things begin to happen to the staff...