Call Me Chihiro / Chihirosan (2023)
Drama
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
Starring: Kasumi Arimura, Hana Toyoshima, Tetta Shimada, Van, Ryûya Wakaba, Yui Sakuma, Itsuki Nagasawa
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi
It's All My Fault / Zenbu Boku no Sei (2022)
Drama
Yuta lives in an orphanage believing his mother is going to pick him up. After learning about where his mother is, he escapes from the orphanage to find her. After finding her he learns that she's been living with a man and no longer wants him around. In his dispair he meets a homeless man, Sakamoto, and Shiori, a high school girl that grew up in a wealthy family but now has no place at school or home.
Starring: Haruto Shiratori, Ririka Kawashima, Marika Matsumoto, Joe Odagiri, Ryûya Wakaba, Taiga Nakano
Director: Yusaku Matsumoto
Prior Convictions / Zenkamono (2022)
Crime | Drama
Kaya has worked as a probation officer for 3 years, she finds her job rewarding. But one client, Makoto, an ex-murderer, suddenly disappears around the time that the police are investigating a series of murders committed by a mystery man.
Starring: Kasumi Arimura, Gô Morita, Hayato Isomura, Ryûya Wakaba, Makita Sports, Shizuka Ishibashi
Director: Yoshiyuki Kishi
On the Street / Machi no Uede (2019)
Drama | Music | Romance
Aoi Arakawa works at a secondhand clothing store in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. He lives a simple life. In his free time, he likes to browse used bookstores or go to bars by himself. Things become more complicated when Aoi Arakawa gets involved with four women.
Starring: Ryûya Wakaba, Moeka Hoshi, Kotone Furukawa, Minori Hagiwara. Seina Nakata, Ryô Narita
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi
In Those Days / Ano koro (2021)
Drama
Mikito Tsurugi fails to enter a university. He doesn't have a girlfriend or money. There's nothing to make him happy. He watches an Aya Matsuura music video and becomes fascinated by the idols from Hello. Project. He then forms the band "Renai Kenkyukai" with people he met at an idol event. They spend their days working on their music as a band. As time goes by, the band members begin to have more important things to do than following idols and playing in their band. The band members drift apart. Mikito learns that band member Kozumin has cancer. Because of this, he meets the other band members from "Renai Kenkyukai" for the first time in a long time.
Starring: Tôri Matsuzaka, Taiga Nakano, Takashi Yamanaka, Ryûya Wakaba, Tateto Serizawa, Kentarô Kokado
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi
All the Things We Never Said / Happened to live / Ikichatta (2020)
Drama
Atsuhisa is an ordinary man living with his wife Natsumi and a five-year-old daughter Suzu. Atsuhisa and Natsumi have been friends with Takeda since high school. Once dreamed of becoming singers, Takeda and Atsuhisa are now taking Chinese and English lessons, hoping to become businessmen one day. One day, Astuhisa discovers that Natsumi is having an affair, and Natsumi asks Atsuhisa for a divorce. All the Things We Never Said is the first of the six low-budget films from the Hong Kong International Film Festival's Back to Basics project. Director Ishii Yuya paints a portrait of disjointed and helpless yet unhateable youth who have bottled-up resentment that needs to be released. Director Park Jong-beom makes an appearance as Atsuhisa's older brother.
Starring: Taiga Nakano, Ryûya Wakaba
Director: Yûya Ishii
Just Only Love / What Is Love? / Ai ga nanda (2018)
Drama | Romance
Twenty-eight-year-old office lady Teruko is head over heels with Mamoru. The sting of love is so strong that she has all but ignored her friends, home and work. Her family and friends are indifferent when she loses her job. Yet, Mamoru may not be reciprocating the feelings, but Teruko's passion is unfazed.
Starring: Yukino Kishii, Ryô Narita, Mai Fukagawa, Ryûya Wakaba, Noriko Eguchi, Mariko Tsutsui, Reiko Kataoka
Director: Rikiya Imaizumi
