Yoshihiro Fukagawa

The pendant has disappeared, the shadow has disappeared. What will disappear next? The protagonist feels less and less alive every day. Even though...

Making of Island Times

Film by Yoshihiro Fukagawa, 1999.

Film by Yoshihiro Fukagawa, 1999.

Film by Yoshihiro Fukagawa, 1999.

This is an omnibus of six short films by six different directors, whose lead characters are unconventional women. They are "Hijoshi," females who...

A mother, daughter and two of their friends live in an old Western-style house in Suginami. As secrets are revealed, they face challenges together.

Haruto Asakura falls in love with hairdresser Misaki Ariake and asks her out. Watching Misaki Ariake work hard to achieve what she wants, Haruto...

A romance occurs via email, between Jun Shibahara, the ace in his swimming team, and an ill girl.

Jun, the ace in his swimming team, lost against his rival, Naoki, at the summer college tournament. But since then there is a special feeling between...

A drama about a struggling young widow with a baby whose dead husband returns to the world of the living to help her.

A drama about a struggling young widow with a baby whose dead husband returns to the world of the living to help her.

Dr. Ichito works at Honjo Hospital. His longtime friend Dr. Tatsuya Shindo, who comes from Tokyo, begins working at Honjo Hospital. In their...

"Girls" follows four beautiful women and depicts the troubles found in their love lives and work place. Yukiko Takigawa (Karina) works at a big...

There is a degree of realism when a professional in the field writes about his vocation and such is the case here. Adopted from a novel written by a...

A disillusioned Natsume arrives at Coin de Rue, a popular Tokyo pastry shop, begging for work. Aiming to become a high-calibre pastry chef, she is...

A pawn shop owner in Osaka is murdered, but due to a lack of conclusive evidence the police lists the man's death as a suicide. Detective Sasagaki,...

Fifteen-year-old Masaharu (Yanagisawa Daisuke) lives on the small island of Aogashima, which has a population of 197. On the island, life is simple...

Fifteen-year-old Masaharu (Yanagisawa Daisuke) lives on the small island of Aogashima, which has a population of 197. On the island, life is simple...

Fifteen-year-old Masaharu (Yanagisawa Daisuke) lives on the small island of Aogashima, which has a population of 197. On the island, life is simple...

Following the death of his wife professor Kyoichi leads a solitary life by the sea. A stray cat called Mii, who was being fed by his wife, not only...

The hero is the the younger brother of the criminal suffers discrimination and prejudice of the people surrounding him, he will draw carefully...

Two holes appear suddenly on the walls of a cheap apartment where a piddling fiction writer, Makiguri, lives. What he wrote fiercely after that was...

Two holes appear suddenly on the walls of a cheap apartment where a piddling fiction writer, Makiguri, lives. What he wrote fiercely after that was...

One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass...

In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, Kei Asai is a high school student and is able to remember...

In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, Kei Asai is a high school student and is able to remember...

In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, Kei Asai is a high school student and is able to remember...

In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, Kei Asai is a high school student and is able to remember...

Onizuka, a former motorcycle gang member turned high-school teacher is assigned to a private academy full of troubled students. The issue at this...

Kiyoyoshi Kuga attends law school, aiming to work in the legal field as a lawyer. His childhood friend Mirei Orimoto also attends the same law...

When a new, smart and sweet Tokyo girl, Rumiko, starts at a rural elementary school, Akira finds himself smitten, like every other male pupil....

Tangled up in the past secrets, three graduates reunite; one becomes an attorney, one becomes a suspect, then another becomes a victim of a murder....

Yuji is a 50-year-old screenwriter.Kana is a 42-year-old actress.They got married two years ago.She lives with her husband's mother in a house in...

Depicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing poems at the age of 92 and published her first...

Depicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing poems at the age of 92 and published her first...

A romance occurs via email, between Jun Shibahara, the ace in his swimming team, and an ill girl.

Jun, the ace in his swimming team, lost against his rival, Naoki, at the summer college tournament. But since then there is a special feeling between...

Wataru, his woman Kotoe and daughter Shiori are ranchers and dairy farmers in Hokkaido in northern Japan. He is following in his father's footsteps....

"Movie Box-ing" is a Japanese film from 2003. It is an omnibus-style film consisting of three short stories: "Run-ing", "The Spinning Boy" and "The...

Two 17 year old teens are hospitalized for different reasons. Ezaki suffers from Hepatitis A, while Akiba is due to a weak heart. The relationship...

A disillusioned Natsume arrives at Coin de Rue, a popular Tokyo pastry shop, begging for work. Aiming to become a high-calibre pastry chef, she is...

Too shy to speak out the word of appreciation, too busy to show that you care... Many excuses lie between each and every couple, when they look back...

A series of suspicious death cases take place. All the victims were terminal patients. Detective Hayato Inukai (Gou Ayano) and Detective Asuka...