Utsukushii hito saba?

Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Hideo Gosha

Cast

Kanako Higuchi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Oginome

Jidai-geki period / folklore type stories that were comissioned by the Kumamoto prefacture of Kyushu island in 1996 and filmed over a period of three years. Kumamoto Monogatari is a 2002 omnibus which includes the three short films: Zuiketsu Genso: Tonkararin Yume Densetsu, Kikuchi-jo Monogatari: Sakimori-tachi no Uta, Onna Kunishuu I...

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Takashi Miike

Cast

Tohru Emori, Renji Ishibashi, Jinpachi Nezu

After winning the fierce Inter High race, Sakamichi and the other Souhoku team members receive an invitation to compete in the Kumamoto Hi Province Mountain Range Race towards the end of summer. The top-tier teams from around the country compete in this race, including Souhoku's rivals Hakone Academy (which yearns to take down Souhoku)...

Runtime

1h 30m

Cast

Daiki Yamashita, Jun Fukushima, Kentaro Ito

Aki Miyagawa moved to Tokyo to pursue her dream to be a taiko drummer, but had a hard time balancing her strict training regimen with her part-time job. Now, after 15 years, she's returning to coach others for a taiko festival.

Runtime

25m

Director

Yohei Suzuki

Cast

Rina Sato, Kenji Hamada, Mai Nakahara

A college student works a part time job at a bookstore, and meets an older patron wearing a long coat who tells her that "the young are beautiful, but the old moreso". Shortly afterwards, a friend tells her of a suspicious person who has been following her mother. When she gets home, she finds her mother watching a high school film fro...

Runtime

40m

Cast

Ai Hashimoto, Kengo Kora, Ryotaro Yonemura