Yuzumi Shintani

A young, temperamental Tokyo beautician struggles to navigate her relationships with lovers, friends, and family.

Newspaper reporter Machiko Iari meets middle-schooler Takashi Oka at a coin laundry she frequents. Gradually, Machiko begins to feel that Takashi has the same mood about him as Yoshiko, a close friend from her childhood days.

Haru and Reo perform as musical duo Haru-Reo. With their indie music, they suddenly get popular. Even with their newfound success, they decide to disband the duo. Haru-Reo go on one last tour together. Their roadie Shima goes with the girls on the tour.

Sarya lives between three worlds: Having fled from Turkey to Japan, her small family tries to maintain their Kurdish traditions. On the other hand, Sarya, who arrived when she was five, feels at home in Japan. But then, the family loses its refugee-status. Life becomes unpredictable and their days in Japan seem numbered. A haunting story about the balancing act of finding your place in the world.

This work is a 12-year story of Mana, a woman who cannot accept the death of her best friend, staring at her as she tries to step forward while having deep sorrow.

The Shinsen-gumi–Onishu conflict escalates, causing defections. Naruto and Inokubi vow to prove Shizuka’s innocence, leaving Namakura and Hijikata in charge. They investigate while Shizuka hides with his boss. At the hospital, a scuffle implicates Shinsen-gumi, causing arrests and deaths. Seeing the situation and loyal members’ faith, Shizuka resolves to confront Onishu-gumi himself.

Shizuka decides to confront Onishu-gumi, joined by Naruto, Inokubi, and loyal members. Former Onishu members Namakura, Hijikata, and Gomada switch sides to Shinsen-gumi, strengthening their forces. In the ensuing war, Shinsen-gumi defeats Onishu-gumi, and Shizuka faces Kaifu in a final showdown. Victorious, he surrenders to the police, but Ayako clears his name. Shizuka returns to normal life, now more determined than ever toward the Unification of Japan.

J attacks Shizuka at home again, and even while hiding at Namakura’s, Shizuka is targeted. He realizes J has spared him multiple times. At the peace signing, J appears, but Omura is shot instead. Kaifu, angered, starts a conflict—but it’s a setup to frame Shinsen-gumi. Media exposure reveals Shizuka’s yakuza identity. When Ayako is attacked, she accidentally kills J. To protect her, Shizuka takes the blame and goes on the run.

Haruka, a young recognized female entrepreneur, was forced to retire from her company due to the abuse of her authority. For her pride, she attempts to sell her family home and starts her new business, despite her two brothers and a sister living and running a small restaurant at the house.

Kondo Shizuka works at a design company by day and leads the Shinsen-gumi by night. Though a yakuza, he dislikes conflict and revitalizes his gang with fresh ideas. Months after the Onishu-gumi conflict, the new boss Kaifu poses a threat. While planning peace, Kaifu surprises Shizuka by proposing a negotiation. Displeased Onishu members hire legendary hitman J to kill him. Unaware, Shizuka meets Ayako, a high school girl who is a yakuza’s daughter. After surviving J’s attack with Inokubi’s help, Shizuka has three days to evade assassination before the peace talks.

In the wake of a sexual assault, young actress Noel goes to Blue Imagine, a refuge for people who have experienced violence. With the help of her fellow residents, she is able to reclaim some of her confidence, and decides to confront her abuser.

Yuya, who is stuck in his life in Tokyo, returns to his hometown with his girlfriend Aoi for the first time in a long time and visits the secret base where he used to spend time with his old friends. It used to be a special place where he shared precious time with his childhood friends Haruki and Yuika, but as time passes and they each face their own problems and conflicts, it has now become a place to escape reality...

When sophomore university student Nanamori meets Mugito, they decide to join a club. Intrigued by the Plushies Club, they soon realize it is not a place where people make plushies, but rather one where members are welcome to talk to stuffed animals about their feelings, or anything they might not want to discuss with other people. An introvert’s paradise. A safe space. An escape from society’s pressures and rules. For Nananori, it’s a natural fit: the club allows him to explore his uneasiness about dating and society’s imposed gender roles. But soon, an overwhelmed Mugito disappears, and the more pragmatic club member Shiraki begins voicing opposition to the group’s insular methods. Real life encroaches.

High school student Yuki suffers from a chronic disease and has lost hope for living. One day she has a life-changing encounter with Aki, her destructive classmate with a beautiful singing voice. Together they decide to form a band with Yusuke who secretly has feelings for Yuki.

A new bold interpretation of the plot of the literary masterpiece "Running Melos", transferred to our days! A high-tension literary comedy from the popular actor Yuta Koseki and director Ryutaro Nakagawa!

Scriptwriter Yokota Yuji, who is troubled by the fact that his next work is not going as well as he had hoped, receives an email offering "regression sleep", which claims to allow him to face his past self. Yokota attempts regression sleep, hoping to lead himself to becoming a successful scriptwriter by advising and encouraging his 30-year-old self. Although the young Yokota is perplexed by the fact that the 30-year-old version of himself that appears before him is far from his ideal image, he accepts the advice of his future self and follows a new world line that branches out from a promise he made with his theater friends and an encounter with Asami, a fan of Yokota's.