Taro Yamamoto

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

Ryunosuke Tatsumi

A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.

Battle Royale

Shogo Kawada (Boy #5)

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

Detective School Q

Kotaro Nanami

The city is filled with countless urban legends. Strange incidents that occur in the midst of these legends lead people into a labyrinth... It is the five young detective hatchlings who take on these difficult cases. Overflowing with intellectual curiosity, they make the most of their abilities. They are full of intellectual curiosity and show their abilities to the fullest as they run through the city and get to the bottom of the mystery. And what lurks behind the scenes is a professional criminal planner... Through fierce battles with the enemy and encounters with various people, they are sometimes hurt, but they gradually grow up. This is a pop youth mystery that depicts the friendship and adventures of a group of talented detectives.

My Way

Noda

During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incredible story inspired director Kang Je-Gyu to create this epic war drama.

BAZOOKA!!!

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Futarikko

Born over a tofu shop in Osaka, twin sisters Reiko and Kyoko have very different characters. Reiko is diligent, and longs for a secure, middle class lifestyle. Kyoko is a free spirit, who seeks thrills and adventure.

Shinsengumi!

Harada Sanosuke

Shinsengumi! is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the Bakumatsu period.

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Joji Funai

Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life is no better. A debt collector named Endo arrives to collect money owed. The debt collector offers two choices to Kaiji: spend 10 years paying off his loan or board a gambling boat for one night to repay his debt & possibly make a boat load of money. Could the debt collector Endo actually be setting up Kaiji? One way or another, for Kaiji it's going to be the night of his life.

Medaka

Yabe

Takako Meguro, a typical office worker known to her friends as Medaka, starts a new career as a night school teacher when her company restructures. At first, she's not so crazy about her new job and gets by with a minimum of effort. But as she continues, she finds out it's quite a challenge after all. Her students range from a high school dropout to a salaried worker, and also include a self-employed fellow, and a cabaret hostess, in short, a motley crew! What's more, half of them are older than her and, to make matters worse, one of them is a elementary school classmate. But a certain turn of events results in Medaka's becoming a really dedicated teacher! Although she's surprised herself at this change of character, her trials are just about to begin.

Best Friend

Yamada Taisuke

Kouhei asks his girlfriend Kaede to marry him. He also reveals that his company going to transfer him to London office and that he would like his bride-to-be to come along. As Kaede walks home she bumps into Yuuko, a girl from far-off Yaizu who has come to town for meeting with her ex-boyfriend's buisiness partner. The girls inadvertently swap addresses books in the confusion, leading Kaede to discover that Yuuko has meeting planned with Kouhei. She immediately expects the worse.

Regatta: Kimi to ita eien

Makoto is a promising oarsman at a University regatta team. One day, he loses his best friend by a tragic accident which he believes and blames himself for the very cause. Although he once leaves the team out of tremendous sense of responsibility, he finally decides to return by the encouragement of Misao and his teammates, and moreover, for the love and passion of regatta. He is determined than ever to become a top class oarsman and struggles to fulfill his dream to participate in the Olympic games. Through the severe practices and competitions of regatta, Makoto learns the bitterness and difficulties of life. Rivalry with teammates, agonies of love and friendship.

Shusaku's Odyssey

In Edo, a determined young swordsman, Chiba Shūsaku, joins a dojo to pursue his dream. He forges strong friendships with fellow students, including one who works for a magistrate. As Shūsaku trains under a respected master, he faces challenges both within the dojo and in the city, growing as a swordsman and navigating the vibrant Edo society.

At Seventeen

木村浩介

After parting with her six childhood friends for several years, Takumi decides to return back to her hometown to reunite with them. However, her six friends worry about her comeback as she's a real trouble-maker and has made their lives very miserable in the past. Slowly, they come to realise that they are wrong about Takumi, and just then she disappears before them once again, leaving behind the sweet memories they have together at the age of seventeen.

GO

Tawake

Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.

The Ice Wall

Two mountaineers fall in love with the same woman. When one of the men plunges to his death, suspicion falls on the survivor.

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie Wars Core

Seiichiro "Matsu" Matsui / Spider Dopant

Confronting a mysterious enemy, the Pteranodon Yummy, Kamen Rider W receives aid from Ryu, who has infuriated Akiko by being too busy to attend her wedding! Akiko demands to know why he even became a Kamen Rider in the first place and the Pteranodon Yummy as it uses the Memory Memory on her to give her the answer to her question. Meanwhile, at the Kougami Foundation, Kousei Kougami talks of the most avaricious man in Japan, Oda Nobunaga, whose final resting place was found. With Doctor Maki overseeing the process, Kougami commissions the creation of a Cell Medal homunculus based on Nobunaga himself. Later, Kamen Rider Core begins to destroy the area as Kamen Riders OOO and W team up to fight the enemy. However, Kamen Rider Core proves too powerful and the two go underground to destroy the Gaia Memory’s source of power to even the odds.

Izo

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.

Real Clothes

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That's Cheating! The Biggest Plan in History?

Rikimaru

The setting is the prestigious, traditional Japan University of Science. Mitsugu Kimura, a top-achieving student, is a resident of Sigma House, a student dormitory. Mitsugu is joined by a group of unique, problematic students with the lowest grades, but Sigma House is in danger of being demolished. Professor Migita, who is conspiring to build a hotel on campus, has plotted to close the dormitory unless all the students get straight A's on their next exams. In Campus Academic Wars, students wage a cheating war against a corrupt university professor, with the survival of Sigma House at stake. Will glory or ruin await them at the end of this righteous(?) cheating that brings together all their intelligence and physical strength? Namie Amuro, the top J-pop music sensation, plays one of the students. Screening alongside the film In Tomoko's Case (starring Rie Tomosaka, directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro) as a double feature theatrical release.

The King of Minami: Formula for Deception

#37 in the series, following "Yakuza Finance."