Yuriko Ishida

The mythological tale of a war between encroaching civilization and the beast gods of the forest. (Miramax)

A community of magical shapeshifting raccoons desperately struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development. (imdb)

Two members of a Japanese junior baseball team get mixed up with the local yakuza. After their coach is severely injured by the gangsters, the two boys set off to Okinawa to purchase a gun in order to get revenge (imdb)

A set of twins -- one a hard-working student and the other a drifter -- team up with a dropout to unlock the secrets of the universe and to build one of their own. (imdb)

In the town of Aso a boy returns to his mother after he was missing for 58 years. Inspector Kawada from the welfare ministry is sent to the town to investigate these strange occurence. Soon, more and more dead people are resurrected and return to their loved ones. (imdb)

When the older brother of junior high school student Saori is arrested for murder she is separated from her family for her own protection. She ends up living with a police detective named Katsuura and his family. Katsuura has to get information from her without making her already-troubled mental state any worse. Meanwhile, his own daughter finds parallels between herself and Saori. (eiga.wikia.com)

16 years ago, a horrifying incident occurred on the southern island, and all inhabitants died. This incident was covered up by the government, however, two boys miraculously survived. One of them, Michio Yuki..becomes an elite bank clerk, but moonlights as a ruthless killer. Another survivor Yutaro Garai..who is now priest tries to help Yuki's soul, but is crushed by a sense of helplessness. One day, Yuki finds a key to the incident occured 16 years ago called MW and plots to destroy the world. (sensasian.com)

The Army's new combat unit, the MADOX-01, is lost in transit after the convoy in which it was being transported crashed. It ends up in the hands of a mechanic by the name of Kouji. It doesn't take him long to get himself into it, but then he finds out that it won't let him out. All he wants to do is see his girlfriend, but a division of tanks is out to retrieve the MADOX - and it's set to defend itself. (Anime News Network)

Following in his father's footsteps, anime director Goro Miyazaki sets his story of young love and student protest against the period of Japanese modernization and revitalization ahead of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. With charm and tragedy, Miyazaki takes a nostalgic look back at a time when the preservation of the past clashed with progress for the future. (tiff.net)

The third chapter of the pentalogy (3 Movies + 2 OVAs). A retelling of Kenshiro's final battle with Raoh. (wikipedia)

In the main story, the series "Hokutou no Ken", Yuria is fiance of Kenshirou, who is kidnapped by Shin. The story of this movie is about unmentioned details of the Yuria side story. (ann)

Last of the Shin Kyuuseishu Densetsu pentalogy. A prequel set between Kenshiro's defeat at the hands of Shin and the beginning of the manga. (wiki)

The story is about Yutaka who is transferred to the Bangkok branch of Eastern Airlines where he meets a woman named Toko at a bar. He's set to marry Mitsuko the daughter of the airline's founder in the near future, though he's with her primarily to further his career ambitions. He gets caught up in a passionate love affair with Toko, but he eventually decides to break it off and go through with his marriage after all... (myac.asia)

Hama-chan & Su-san travels to Sasbo, Nagasaki for the opening of the 2nd Saikai Bridge. While on business, Hama-chan thinks of only fishing and eventually finds himself in trouble.

Su-san has put in the hard yards as president of the Suzuki Construction Company, and he has now been appointed its chairman. Su-san went missing sometime during his daily morning walk one day. Hama-chan fakes an illness in order to be absent from work and heads to Okayama, where the town residents, mainly the young folk have formed a anti-development group to protest the project which they believe will destroy their beautiful coastal waters.

A professional voyeur and an elusive serial killer both suffer from a sensory disorder that affects on in 100,000 people in director Toru Matsuura's hallucinatory thriller. Shin suffers from synesthesia, a rare sensory disorder in which one form of stimulus triggers a completely unrelated response. His constant mental state borders on insanity, and he makes his living by providing voyeuristic videos to a well-paying clientele. (rottentomatoes.com)

The fourth part of the new Hokuto no Ken pentalogy (3 movies, 2 OVAs). (myanimelist.net)

Lone wolf detective with an enormous personal grievance seeks to connect the mysterious death of his daughter to an urban legend of a villain who terrorizes Japan by insinuating himself into people's dreams and the collective psyche of the Japanese people. (imdb)

Takayuki is a much loved teacher in Tokyo. Out of the blue he is diagnosed with Behçet's syndrome. He quits his job and goes back to the family home in Nagasaki where his mother still resides. He determines to walk the town & imprint the cherished scenery of his youth before the disease runs its full course. He is joined there by his partner Yoko.

Kazu works for family at a café. There is a belief that occupying a specific table seat at a table allows the occupant to travel back in time. While the traveller can choose the destination he has to abide by certain rules. Additionally, one's time travelling is limited to the period by which the coffee gets cold. (imdb)

A Yakuza boss's wife and the widow of a rival crime syndicate's murdered leader bond over a common purpose: to seek vengeance. (themoviedb)

At some point, Irie Manato began to withdraw himself from the world. Even when picked on, it's not the real Irie, but an act. However one day he meets a strange girl - Misawa Yui. Yui, who finds the tedium of everyday life unbearable, teases Manato with her almost too upfront and honest manner. Alone and afraid Manato wavers but finds himself drawn to her. But his feelings for Yui are doomed to be unrequited. (mydramalist)

Asagi Serina is a housewife who loves her husband, Takefumi, to the extent that she would not mind being his shadow. However, his response to her excessive devotion is to attempt to avoid her "burdensome" and "gross" expression of love. (imdb)

Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His approval rating was the lowest in the history of modern Japan. During a recent speech, a citizen had thrown a rock at him causing him to lose his memory. Keisuke Kuroda's subordinate takes him to the official residence of the prime minister where he tries to implement changes to the country.

It is Xmas, the time for shopping, consumerism, gifts, late gifts and of course silly hats. This is no time for a call into a television station with an ultimatum about a bomb in a major population centre like Tokyo. In fact, a video is uploaded demanding a conversation with the Prime Minister or else.. a bomb will blow up. Can the police stop the criminal and avoid deaths? (imdb)

A Tokyo doctor moves back to her small hometown in the countryside where she works in a local clinic. Through her new job, she treats terminally ill patients at home who are unable or unwilling to travel to a hospital in a larger city.

The envy of all, the Ishikawa household is an affluent family of four consisting of licensed architect Kazuto (Tsutsumi Shinichi), his wife Kiyomi (Ishida Yuriko), high school son Tadashi (Okada Kenshi), and daughter Miyabi (Kiyohara Kaya). Then one day, their happy life takes a sudden turn after Tadashi stays out overnight without permission. The murder of Tadashi's classmate comes to light as is Tadashi's possible involvement. (jfdb.jp)

A man who used to work as a bodyguard now works as a security guard at a construction site due to an incident. The company where he works establishes a new bodyguard division and he then starts to work again there as a novice bodyguard. (imdb)