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- DirectorKeishi OtomoStarsTakeru SatohTatsuya FujiwaraEmi TakeiShishio has set sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the Meiji government and return Japan to chaos, carrying Kaoru with him. In order to stop him in time, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
- DirectorShunichirô MikiStarsKanoko KawaguchiRinko KikuchiRyû MoriokaA giant shopgirl struggles to fit in her store. Mysterious green pods populate bedrooms. Heartbroken woman meets wood nymphs who offer her special fruit. In the end we wonder if it's all a dream.
- DirectorKatsuhito IshiiHajime IshimineShunichirô MikiStarsAndrew AlfieriHideaki AnnoMoyoco AnnoAn outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
- DirectorYûji ShimomuraStarsTak SakaguchiYura KondoTakumi SaitôA legend covert soldier with a mysterious past now decides to once again unleash his beast inside of him to stand up for what he cares about.
- DirectorAkihiko ShiotaStarsTasuku NagaokaYuki MamiyaYûmi AkagiWhen a successful, but tired Tokyo-based playwright who has sworn off easy women and casual encounters takes refuge in the countryside, his plans are disrupted by a horny woman who pedals fast into his life and is unrelenting.
- DirectorShigeaki KuboTsuyoshi NakakukiStarsRyôhei AbeAkiraShintarô AkiyamaIn order to conceal past corruption by the government, the Kyuryu gang proceeds on a plan to destroy a street and build a casino. To stop the Kyuryu gang, members of the SWORD begin to move.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsLily FrankySakura AndôKirin KikiOn the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
- DirectorKatsuyuki MotohiroStarsMackenyuHaruma MiuraKen'ichi MatsuyamaLike most students Aoi is a member of an extracurricular club at school and practices archery. Due to ample practice, Aoi is good at it. The members are mostly good friends. All is well until blitz and thunder hit the premises and the school and its students are not the same anymore. They are transported to a different era, one in which samurai roamed Japan. The students are not only caught in an anachronism, but they are also in the midst of a historic battle.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsMasato HagiwaraKoji YakushoTsuyoshi UjikiA frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
- DirectorKazuya ShiraishiStarsKoji YakushoJunko AbeYôsuke EguchiHiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shooting and death is everywhere. At the same time, there is a suspicion that the former man has his own ties to the thugs. Certainly many of his methods and actions are thuggish, violent and should be illegal.
- DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsEllRyunosuke KamikiMinami HamabePost war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.