Toshiki Ayata

Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range ...

A man with family troubles suddenly loses his job and finds a light of hope through a magnificent 1,000 year old community festival that he ...

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 ...

When there’s a transfer flight delay, a put-upon ground staff worker at a small town airport has to deal with a family that has plenty of ...

A story about a woman from Yanaka Village, Tochigi Prefecture, which was abolished by the government due to the Ashio Copper Mine pollution ...

In January 1946 a British military transport plane departs from Shanghai on its to Tokyo, Japan. During the flight the airplane makes an ...

A real estate agent, Shinji Sawaguchi finds a fallen meteorite by accident. On the next day, his missing sister Shiori shows up for the first ...

Tsukiko, whose father died before she was born, lives with her mother Yoko and they provide mutual support for each other. One day, Yoko comes ...

Shiro’s struggle with his father’s cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration ...

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband’s honor.

A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.

Ayami, who works in the marketing department of an advertising agency, is about to turn 30 and is beginning to think that she would rather live ...

Panic occurs when the Governor of Tokyo proposes to attract a nuclear power plant to Tokyo.

A S&M comedy about a masochist barber.

Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of ...

A government employee meets a hostess of a “pink club,” and together they set out on a journey.

Tatsuo was leading a peaceful suburban life with his wife and daughter. But an ex-girlfriend attends his bridge club. Then Haruo, an old friend, ...

A detective film by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi. Made for TV.

Based on the comic written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane.

Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two ...

Live-action adaptation of Jun Hatanaka’s manga “Mandaraya no Ryota”.

The family of a female theater critic is the target of unfounded hatred. The woman has no idea what is going on. Then, her daughter is kidnapped ...