In this harrowing post-apocalyptic world where giant spider-like creatures have overwhelmed much of the human population, four high-school boys find themselves huddled in a secluded cabin nestled in Californian woods. It was their spring break. And suddenly, it was the end of days. Of the four boys is Alan, an outsider, a reclusive kid with a passion for writing and a long history of being bullied. The same history carries on inside this cabin as all the boys, due to cabin fever and the mental toll of the apocalypse, grow increasingly savage and liken Alan to a punching bag for their stress, control, and ego. Even with the monsters outside, there are still monsters within. When one night, after a brutal beating, Alan wakes up to one of the creatures, glowing a bright green light, dangerously close to the cabin. Doing everything he can to keep the place as a civil and safe haven, but increasingly going savage himself, Alan contends with the claustrophobia, the dangers outside and in, and the darkest of all thoughts. Does Alan fight to live to fight another day? Or does he succumb to what the other boys have succumbed to long ago?

Canary

An Introverted young man, Shun Miyata moves to Tokyo to change his environment. He starts working part-time at a take-away meal shop in downtown Tokyo, and tries to find a writer's job in the meantime. While he struggles to find a writer job openings, his new life in Tokyo seemed to be off to a good start, surrounded by such new people as the friendly owner Yuriko Kodama, fellow part-timer Yuka, and their friends.&nbsp; However, the situation turns when Shun and Yuka discover Yuriko's secret. Yuriko was having an affair with Saeki, the head of the neighborhood association, and they were secretly leading the insurance fraud by murdering elders in the neighborhood.Yuka and Shun are disappointed and disgusted by Yuriko, but are unable to take action. Despite their agony, the relationship between the two, who share a secret, gradually gets intimate. Meanwhile, the chairman of the board and Yuriko's plan is steadily being promoted.&nbsp;What did the two youths feel and see?&nbsp; This work ironically and ruthlessly depicts the contrast between the darkness of the adults lurking in the seemingly ordinary and desolate shopping district and the youth of today.&nbsp;

English

Dead Fishes　僕らはみーんな生きている

Dr. Bala, who has been doing volunteer work seven days a year for twelve years, brings expertise to the underdeveloped medical field in Southeast Asia.&nbsp; His strong build and dependable nature earned him the nickname Dr. Bala, meaning “powerful” in Burmese. His work empowers many and offers a message of hope in communities plagued with grief.

Dr. Bala　ドクター・バラー

Enemy Alien is a poetic retelling of the experiences of Joseph Murakami, a fourteen-year-old boy from Darwin, who is summarily rounded up and interned by his government on the basis of his ethnicity. Enemy Alien explores his memory and the loss this traumatic event imprinted upon him.

Enemy Alien

Overview:The theme of the story is first love. The film depicts a variety of first loves, but the happily ever after begins to take an unsettling turn, and the first love takes a sudden turn in an unexpected direction. The film is a story in which 17 actors were initially chosen, and then cast in roles and written for each actor based on his or her individuality. Synopsis:The story is about the ensemble drama depicting several "first color ≈ first love”. Yasuko, a former teacher, is reunited with her pupils for the first time in 10 years and spends a brief, happy time with them. One of her students, Tsuyoshi, adores Yasuko more than anyone else. Fuyumi is given a ring for the first time in her life and develops a liking for the man. The story is about the first loves of the little people who live and breathe in the town.

First Love

Tsubaki, a high school senior, was at a point in her life where she needed to think about her future. However, her circumstances were far from ordinary.4 years prior, her father, Hideaki, had committed a murder, taking the life of an elementary school boy. Since then, Hideaki had disappeared and was presumed dead. One day, there was a report of a man resembling him approaching a child in the park, where the incident had occurred. The man, after the investigation, turned out not to be Hideaki. Tsubaki confided in the police. "When I heard the report, I found myself hoping that my father was still alive, despite another child nearly being attacked. I fear my heart may be as shattered as my father's." Two years later, Tsubaki's younger brother went missing. A claim was made on social media, "I have killed the son of the despicable murderer." The claim was a hoax, and her brother was found safe. Yet, another report came in that Hideaki, presumably anxious for his son, had been spotted. 高校３年生の椿は、将来について考えなければいけない時期に来ていた。しかし椿は他の人とは違う環境にいた。椿の父・秀明は４年前に小学生を殺害する事件を起こして消息を絶ち、もう死んだと思われていた。 ある日、似た男が公園で子供に声をかけたと目撃情報が入った。しかし男は別人だった。警察に思いを吐露する椿。「私、目撃情報を聞いて『お父さんが生きていて嬉しい』と思っちゃったの。また小さい子が襲われかけたのに、私の心もお父さんみたいに壊れているのかもしれない」 ２年後、椿の弟が行方不明になる事件が起こる。SNSに「卑劣な殺人犯の息子を殺害した」と犯行声明が出される。だが犯行声明はイタズラで、弟は無事だった。しかし今度は、弟を心配して出てきたであろう秀明が目撃されたという情報が入り…。

For whom the flowers bloom  　誰が為に花は咲く

After several years of absence Yukie returns to Baba's house in search of her identity. In this house of a thousand corners, these two lonely souls meet, but a great chasm separates them. Little by little, between the murmur of the television and the abandoned garden, tongues are loosened and the distance decreases. "Fuku Nashi is a fascinating film, as much a documentary born from an urgent quest for identity as a fictional look at the uprooting of its director. Julie Sando, the Swiss-Japanese filmmaker and artist trained at the HEAD in Geneva, films with surprising maturity the difficult encounter between two lonely souls, who have remained distant for too long. The visual aspect of this difficult intimate dialogue also bears witness to a long process of immersion, indispensable to the documentary perspective. Indeed, reality and cinematic fiction incessantly merge, and do so from the first nocturnal shots of an introspective movement that precedes a mise en scène of daily life composed of shade and light. Through the delicate observation of everyday silences and gestures, the camera’s presence opens up this middle ground that is vital for reunions in fiction and the real liberation of sensitive and painful speech, built around identity and the need for acceptance. A personal work, Fuku Nashi is a delicate and moving account that makes a lasting impression". Javier Martin

Fuku Nashi

The ex-Syrian refugee and a food deliverer, Yasser meets Eita, a solitary Japanese boy in the city park, and they grow a family-like bond as they play soccer and cook together after Yasser’s bike gets stolen.

Gift

Shogo Manna runs a restaurant in Yanbaru, the northern part of Okinawa's main island. He is told by a shamanist to make a sandwich as a offering for the god. In search of hints for a sandwich worthy of offering to the gods, Manna visits various people involved in food. Through the experience, the passion for food and the way of life of food producers and chefs in the island, Manna begins to think deeply about food and the way of life. 沖縄本島の北部「やんばる」。この地で飲食店を営む料理人（満名匠吾）は、カミンチュ（神事を司どる人）から、「神様に捧げるサンドウィッチを作るように」と告げられる。神に捧げるにふさわしいサンドウィッチへのヒントを求め、満名は「食」にかかわるさまざまな人に会いに行く。生産者や料理人たちの「食」への想いとその生き方に触れ、満名は「食と人間の生き方」について深く考え始める。 <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/d225cba54e1c4e8a43466f024989c2bd.jpg" width="241" style="display: block; margin: auto;">

HAPPY SANDWICH　幸せのサンドウィッチ

Wataru Ueshima (33), who is living in his car during his divorce proceedings, meets a hitchhiker, Patrick Johnson (36), who is looking for a car to go to Okinawa and decides to take him nearby. Wataru is attracted to John, whose way of life is completely different from his own, but he has a big secret.

Homecoming Hitchhike

At dawn, Kelsey Akioka hikes out onto the Kalapana lava fields with a camera in hand and 80 lbs of gear on his back. We observe his methodical photography process amid one of nature’s most beautiful and chaotic events. Under the shade of a pop-up tent, he sells these photos at a small makeshift marketplace to apathetic tourists. By the end of the day, Kelsey returns home, exhausted and worn, to his son and elderly father. When he learns his friend is sacrificing his passion and moving away from home to pursue a better life for his family, Kelsey begins to question his own choices. As his frustrations spill into his home life, Kelsey must confront the turmoil stirring within him.

Inheritance

The eldest daughter, Masami, who ran away from home three years ago and hadn't heard from her father and sister who run the ramen shop "Kogawa Shokudo" in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, suddenly returns.&nbsp;In place of her mother, Masae, who went missing in the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake, her father, Tsuyoshi, took over the store.&nbsp;Masami's sister was standing in the kitchen helping Takeshi, who was prone to illness. One day when the sisters' clashes continued, his father, Tsuyoshi, fell ill and was hospitalized urgently. In this way, without the help of their father, the sisters begin their struggle to create the best ramen that tastes just like their mother's memories. 岩手県、釡石市でラーメン屋「小川食堂」を営む父と妹の所 に、3年前に家を飛び出して音信不通だった長女・正実が突然 帰ってきた。&nbsp;戻って早々、厨房に立つ妹・仲良に「お前なんかにお母ちゃん の味は出せねえ!」と悪態をつく始末。&nbsp; 東日本大震災の津波で行方不明になった母・正恵の代わりに、 父・剛志が店を継いでいた。&nbsp;仲良は病気がちな剛志を助けて厨房に立っていたのだ。姉妹の衝突が続いたある日、父・剛志が病に倒れ、緊急入院す ることになる。&nbsp;そこで父を慕う町の人々の優しさに触れ、正実は「小川食堂」 が町の人たちにとって、とても大切な場所になっていたことに 気づく。&nbsp;そんな頃、人気ユーチューバー・マリリンが現れ、ご当地ラー メンのベストテン企画で「小川食堂」のラーメンを取り上げた いと言う。&nbsp; 正実は改心し「よし!お前らに最高のラーメンを食わせてや る!」と挑戦を受けた。&nbsp;こうして、姉妹は父の手を借りずに、二人だけで母の思い出の 味に迫るべく、最高のラーメンを目指して、大奮闘が始まる!&nbsp;

Kamaishi Ramen Story　　釜石ラーメン物語

Haunted by grief, the loss of his father and the mounting pressure of becoming a father himself, Adam finds a mysterious baseball glove on the beach. In attempting to track down the owner, he learns of his unlikely connection to a stranger across the world in Japan, a stranger he has more in common with than he ever realized.

Kanashimi

Nicole and Sam is a happy couple. But it still requires some effort to keep their relationship happy and glorious. ニコルとサムは幸せなカップル。しかし彼らの関係を幸せで素晴らしいものにし続けるにはいくつかの秘密があった…

Nicole and Sam

In the middle of the night, before they are to be sent to a Japanese American Internment Camp, one family buries a secret in their backyard garden. 80 years later, a clue is discovered and what begins as a mystery soon turns criminal as a family of different minds try to come together to discover the truth of their past.

No No Girl

History...but this is "Herstory". The role of Nikkei (Japanese descent) who was never small in Hawaiian history. What kind of history and hardship did the Nikkei women have? Valuable testimonies of Japanese Americans, especially the elderly Nisei second generation, about their their parents Issei first immigration, life on the plantation, women during World War II, and their contributed in building Hawaii society after the war. This movie will document the history (Herstory) and "Gambari (Effort)" of Japanese women who immigrated to Hawaii and Japanese American women who were born in Hawaii. Okagesama de (Thanks to you)... Save to Maui! Please donation to <a href="https://www.paypal.me/okagesamademovie?fbclid=IwAR1lvQbRmJvsXP1EePuLjmrP9e7Fum12rsSbmBKywZ7Do4Nr1-bPsKFGuBE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.me/okagesamademovie</a> Message from director:マウイは、前作『Go for Broke! Memories of Hawaii Japanese Nisei』で証言してくれた多くの二世ベテランや、私のNPOがサポートと交流をしているKansha Preschoolがあります。ハワイ訪問時には毎回マウイにも足を延ばして、二世やプリスクールの子供やスタッフと交流をしておりました。ですので、今回の被災に、胸が張り裂けそうな想いになり、大変落ち込みました。 しかし、マウイ大仏のあるラハイナ浄土院の住職と連絡が取れ「広くマウイ復興に支援を」とのお言葉を賜り、マウイの日系人が心を寄せていたラハイナの日系宗教組織へのドネーション活動を始めました。町ごと消失したラハイナは、人口１万２千名余りの小さな町で「歴史ある町」としてマウイの観光の目玉でした。しかし1914年のラハイナ中心部の居住者名を見ると、そのほとんどは日本人でした。「歴史ある観光の町ラハイナ」は、日系の町でもあったのです。だから小さな町にも関わらず、日系の宗教施設が４つもあったのです。どうか、宗旨や宗派の違いを超えて、日本人の先人が生き形作っていたラハイナの復興にお力をお貸しください。 『Okagesama de』マウイ日系組織へのドネーション<a href="https://www.paypal.me/okagesamademovie?fbclid=IwAR1lvQbRmJvsXP1EePuLjmrP9e7Fum12rsSbmBKywZ7Do4Nr1-bPsKFGuBE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.me/okagesamademovie</a>

Okagesama de ~Hawaii Nikkei Women's Trajectory~

Mei, a Japanese Canadian teenage girl, lives with her single father Tatsuya. Mei just found out that her trip to Japan which she long- awaited for has been cancelled due to Tatsuya’s work. Although Mei is upset at her father for breaking his promise of taking her to Japan, she is mature enough to understand her father's situation and work responsibilities. Consequently, she tries not to voice her complaints directly, but her disappointment still shows through her changed behaviors toward her father. However, a traditional Japanese custom, Okuribi, gives Mei an opportunity to reflect on her actions and reconcile with her father.

Okuribi

After Jin meets not only his father but also unknown family members for the first time, everything becomes confused and chaotic.

Our Late Father

The film "Planet of Love" is said to have been decided to be produced since ancient times.Six months after completion of the first film-making, a whale appeared when director MIKI was meditating,“I want you to record my voice”."I want you to play crystal bowls with the sound”.The whale told him, "When people listen to the sound, they will be awakened”.The whale also showed MIKI an image of the whale on a large screen, which suggested making the second film about whale songs. Keeping in mind what MIKI sensed during the mediation, he recorded the whale's voice and began working on the film.Interviews with people deeply involved with whales and dolphins.The film also includes a number of messages from dolphins, whales, and unborn children which were received through hypnotherapy and that they hope to convey to us now.An awakening film that created a big buzz in Japan.The voices of dolphins and whales, and the sounds of crystal bowls. The film also looks at the meaning of sound, including why sound was created on earth. あなたの愛が目覚めるとき地球と宇宙は、再び一つになる。本来、私たち一人ひとりは「愛の存在」だということ。その真実に気づくことで、この地球は、愛の溢れる星へと変わっていく。私たちの暮らす、この星に愛が溢れるとき地球と宇宙は、再び一つになる。この映画は、宇宙の始まりから約束された、統合への物語。

Planet of Love Ⅱ 　愛の地球(ホシ)へ Ⅱ

In present-day Tokyo, high school students Hayato and Ami are in a relationship.　One day, after a quarrel over a trivial matter, Hayato has an accident and is knocked unconscious.　Ami blames herself for him being in a coma. In Hayato’s hospital room, she finds "Pécopin and the Devil" by Victor Hugo, and she starts reading it. Pécopin, Lord of Sooneck Castle, an expert hunter and a handsome man, is betrothed to Bauldour, the beautiful daughter of the Lord of Falkenburg Castle. Three days before his wedding, Pécopin goes hunting and his hunting skills become recognized by the Count of the Court. This leads him to travel all over the world as he rises through the diplomatic ranks. On his travels he wins battles against various monsters, including the Beetle Man, the Grasshopper Man, the bronze giant Nimrod and the devil Asmodée. But on his return to Bauldour, a startling truth awaits him. 現在と中世ダークファンタジーの異次元世界が交差して行く中、二人の未来はー 現代の東京、交際中の高校生、隼人と亜美はある日、些細な事で喧嘩してしまう。別れた後に隼人は交通事故に遭い、意識不明に……。自分を激しく責めながら憔悴する亜美は、ふと隼人の鞄に入っていたヴィクトル・ユーゴ―著の『美男ペコパンと悪魔』を手に取り、読み始める。 ゾンネック城主のペコパンは、狩りの名人で、美男子だった。ペコパンは、ファルケンブルク城主の美しき娘・ボールドゥールと婚約する。ボールドゥールとの婚礼を3日後に控えた日、ペコパンは狩りに出かけ、その狩りの腕前が宮中伯に認められ、どんどん出世していつしか世界中を旅することに……。カブトムシ人間、バッタ人間、青銅の巨人ニムロデ、悪魔アスモデなど様々な怪物との対峙を乗り越えボールドゥールの許に帰ってきたペコパンに、驚愕の事実が待ち受けていた……。

Pécopin and the Devil   美男ペコパンと悪魔

The movie "Sampaguita" is a love story based on a true story.Emilia, a Filipino who came to Japan to become a model,Meet photographer Miki.Two people from other countries are attracted to each other and ask for something they don't have.That is somewhat fragile and fleeting.Miki kept taking pictures so that she wouldn't miss the moment.However, Emilia leaves Japan after an incident.The story then shifts to the Philippines. サンパギータは国際結婚の実話を基に描く物語。モデルになるため日本に来たフィリピン人のエミリアは、フォトグラファーのミキに出会う。異国のふたりは互いにないものに惹かれ、求め合う。それはどこか脆く、儚い。ミキはその瞬間を逃さないように写真を撮り続ける。しかしエミリアはある出来事をきっかけに日本を去ることになる。そして物語はフィリピンへと移り変わる。

Sampaguita　サンパギータ

Every stamp has a story. The resilience and determination of Japanese American World War II soldiers, who were asked to fight for their country despite having their freedom unjustly taken away, embody the best of the American spirit. While remembering their achievements and struggles, this short documentary tells the extraordinary story of how, after 15 years, a grassroots movement led by three elderly Nisei (2nd generation) women overcame all odds to successfully campaign for a Go For Broke stamp.

Stamp Our Story

Will left to Japan to work at Tatara, the traditional Japanese furnace.&nbsp;Now his falling out dad, David is visiting his son after 10 years.&nbsp;As he understands his son’s ideas on life, their relationship shifts toward something good.

TATARA

In the spring of 1945, just before the end of the war, in a village. Three women have married into the Shimada family. The three sisters-in-law, who are not related by blood, continue to protect the house while the men are away during the war. The eldest daughter-in-law, Chie, who is supposed to be the matriarch of the family, is worried sick. Emi, the third sister-in-law, spends her days caring for her sister-in-law.The second son's wife, Yoko, suspects that Chie is pretending to be crazy.Soon, the demon appears in front of the women again. The world is flipped upside down and the act is seen through.

THEATRICS

An Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo.

The Old Young Crow

Akutagawa, the acclaimed mystery writer, is in serious trouble. His plot twists are clever, his tricks still flawless, yet the author’s recent novels ring lifeless and dull. A young stranger, Naoki, appears at the writer's remote lake-side home with a timely offer. He'll be Akutagawa’s assistant, cooking, cleaning, doing whatever necessary, just to be close to the great author and his work. Most fortuitous of all, Akutagawa finds his young fan has a surprising talent for writing and hires him to ghostwrite his next novel. Yet is everything as lucky as it seems?

The View From the Bottom of the Lake

Program SummaryA cute college girl joins the research camp for tuna farming. She faces the difficulties of actual farming, but eventually grows up.&nbsp;Original script based on the ongoing research "Full-cycle aquaculture of Pacific bluefin tuna" by Kindai University. A scientific comedy-drama full of laughter and tears. Japanese actress Fuka Koshiba plays the heroine with passion. SynopsisCheerful but clumsy college girl Minami (Fuka Koshiba) came to Wakayama to participate in the research study camp for *Full-cycle aquaculture of Pacific bluefin tuna at Kindai University Aquaculture Research Institute. Blood, parasites, exhaustion... reality bites Minami. She struggles to maintain her motivation and interest in studying aquaculture. But while working with Professor Higuchi (Hidetoshi Hoshida), tuna-loving graduate student Sudo (Tom Fujita), and devoted classmates, through all of their unique personalities and passion for tuna farming, Minami regains her positivity and strength to the maximum. One day Minami made a serious mistake while streaming live video, and... *Full-cycle aquaculture of Pacific bluefin&nbsp;tuna;　Protective and sustainable farming method for natural resources, which has been succeeded to utilize at Kindai University since 2002. Genre :&nbsp; Heartwarming, Comedy, DramaNumber of episodes : 1Length :&nbsp; 90 minutesDirector &amp; Scriptwriter :&nbsp; Mana YasudaCast :&nbsp; Fuka Koshiba, Tom Fujita, Hidetoshi Hoshida, Hiroto Kanai, Ryosuke Yusa, Syuri Tanaka, Chal Inoue,&nbsp;Takashi Taniguchi, Takeshi Masu 壁に向かって突進して、失敗して 傷ついて 涙して―ツナガールはマグロのように前進あるのみ！ とびきり元気な女子大生が、マグロ養殖の研究合宿に参加！さまざまな困難に直面しつつも、大きく成長していきます。近畿大学が世界で初めて成功した「クロマグロの完全養殖」を丹念に取材したオリジナル脚本。ヒロインは、人気若手女優の小芝風花が熱演。笑って泣けてアツくなる、海辺のガクモン青春ドラマです。 【STORY】明るいがオッチョコチョイな女子大生·美波（小芝風花）は、和歌山の近畿大学水産研究所に、クロマグロの完全養殖の研究合宿にきた。血や寄生虫、疲れる作業…。厳しい現実に直面した美波は、養殖研究への意欲をすっかりなくしてしまう。しかし、樋口教授（星田英利）や、マグロ愛の深い大学院生·須藤（藤田富）、ひたむきな同級生たちと交わり、彼らの個性や情熱にふれるうちにポジティブパワーが全開！やがて、ネット番組の中継で大失敗をやらかしてしまい…！？ ※クロマグロの完全養殖：養殖魚に産卵させ→その卵から魚を育て→育てた成魚にまた産卵させる、天然資源保護につながる持続的な養殖技術。近畿大学水産研究所が2002年に世界で初めて成功した。 監督·脚本　安田真奈出演　小芝風花　藤田富　星田英利　金井浩人　遊佐亮介　田中珠里　井之上チャル　谷口高史　升毅（近畿大学卒業生　友情出演）主題歌：fumika with KINDAI GIRLS「無理かもって思ったら　それより先に進めない」 Sound Produced by つんく♂制作·著作　吉本興業　NTTぷらら 特別協力　近畿大学( 2019年　90分 )

Tuna Girl　　ツナガール

In the mountains of the Edo Period Japan, when a blind woman’s samurai father is killed by a young samurai avenging his own father’s death, she agrees to be escorted to the nearest village, but she’s not as helpless as she appears.

Yae: Blind Samurai Woman

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