Akio Hirose

After fending off a series of skilled assassins, gentleman thief Lupin III and his band of allies follow a strange invitation to an uncharted island. When their plane is shot down, the gang is stranded and soon hunted by the island’s inhabitants, past enemies, and a monstrous immortal being known as Muom, who threatens to destroy Lupin's legacy. As a deadly toxic fog settles over them, Lupin must confront his greatest enemy in his most daring escapade yet.

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Rich heiress Reiko Hosho lives a double life as a novice detective, fighting crime under Inspector Kazamatsuri—also from a wealthy family. After work, Reiko sheds her pantsuit to don a lovely dress for dinner each day. Difficult cases force her to confide in her butler Kageyama, who proceeds to savagely ridicule her inability to solve mysteries, all while brilliantly unraveling each case himself.

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To promote singer Fujisaki Hana, her manager Take tricks a yakuza gang into supplying stimulant drugs. When his scheme is uncovered, Take is brutally murdered by gangster Kusumi. In his final message, Hana discovers the location of the drugs and vows revenge on Kusumi. While on the run, she unexpectedly reunites with childhood friend Makoto, who had previously abandoned their band and is now struggling with debt after a failed business venture. Makoto hides Hana in a cramped hideout, while Kusumi and his gang search for her. As danger approaches, Hana and Makoto rekindle their lost love.

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Shinji Imaoka (Reiko and the Dolphins, Far Away, Further Away) of has directed this coming-of-age road movie about four people travelling the Koshu highway in a single car. Their number includes Lilico, an unsuccessful musician who has fallen out with her band members, Manami is mentally unstable because her boyfriend just dumped her, Taichi a former musician and freelancer, and his girlfriend Rumi, a bland girl who could be found anywhere. What lies at the end of their journey? A love confession.

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The new era begins! The turbulent era known as the Universal Century has ended. Now, mankind looks towards prosperity and peace in the new era known as the Regild Century (R.C.). One of the most important resources in this era is the Capital Tower - a space elevator which towers over the land connecting Earth to space. Its purpose, to transport the Photon Batteries the Earth relies on for power. It is worshiped as a holy place. Tasked with protecting the tower, one day on a practice mission, young Capital Guard cadet Bellri Zenam is attacked by a high-performance G-Self Mobile Suit. Despite having never before encountered the G-Self, he feels a strange connection to it and its pilot, a space pirate called Aida Surugan. Little does Bellri know that he is about to uncover truths which will shake the entire Regild Century. Go! Core Fighter is the first of five films compiling the 2014 Gundam Reconguista in G TV series, featuring new cuts and alterations.

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Todo, an old wealthy man, is fascinated by the appearance of Sayumi walking in the graveyard in midsummer, holding the urn of his late mother. Sayumi, who doesn't know her father, longs for Todo like her father and begins to love him as a man. One day, Sayumi, invited by Todo to visit the villa, finds a portrait of Kazumi, a girl with pigtails that looks exactly like her. And the relationship between Todo and Sayumi begins to go crazy in an unexpected direction due to an uninvited guest who arrives on a stormy night.

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A warrant’s been issued for an arrest but this time, it’s not for Lupin. Authorities are after Inspector Zenigata as they suspect Pops has been in cahoots with the master thief all along. In an effort to vouch for Zenigata’s innocence, Lupin is challenged to steal the curious Time Crystal. As Lupin and his gang go after the famed diamond he’s confronted with the unexpected betrayal of his most trusted partner.

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In order to support her son, single-mother works at a bar that operates an undisclosed adult entertainment business. One day, Ishioka Kazuya comes into the store as a customer, but Ishioka never sleeps with her, and instead just looks at the scenery outside the window.

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Akira Fudo learns from his best friend Ryo Asuka that demons will revive and reclaim the world from humans. With humans hopeless against this threat, Ryo suggests combining with a demon. With this, Akira becomes Devilman, a being with the power of demon but with a human heart.

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Hostess Aki has drinks with men and gets allowance in return. She survives day by day until one day she hears from Saiki that there is someone looking for a fake marriage partner. Aki thinks about it, but in the end decides to do it and marries Jin-il when she is on the verge of being evicted. They become a married couple but Jin-il's girlfriend visits from Korea and they have sex every night...

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Imaoka Shinji, one of Japan's best-known adult film directors and The Drudgery Train scriptwriter, tells a couple's secret tale. One day, Koji (Kaneko Noboru)'s wife Kaori (Miyaji Mao) suddenly dies. He learns from the doctor that Kaori was three months pregnant, but Kenji knows it can't be him. Eventually, he discovers an unknown side of Kaori.

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The Universal Century, a history marked by space colonization and space warfare, has passed. Humanity's prosperity, which ushered in a new era known as the Regild Century (R.C.), was believed to endure alongside global peace. In RC 1014, Bellri Zenam, a pilot in training of the Capitol Guard is somehow chosen by the G-Self - a highly maneuverable Mobile Suit of unknown origin - to lead to uncover hidden truths that will shake the peace of the Regild Century era.

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Lupin & Jigen have their sights set on a treasure called the Little Comet, which is located in the heavily fortified country of East Doroa. During the heist, Jigen is almost killed by a sniper named Yael Okuzaki. His specialty is preparing tombstones for his targets before executing them. It's said that no one can survive after Yael makes their tombstone.

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An entry in the third "Love & Eros CINEMA COLLECTION 2nd" film series "Winter", featuring works with themes of love and lust. A housewife troubled by her husband's adultery and her daughter's rebellious ways indulges in a relationship with her daughter's lover. Emiko (Hayama Reiko) witnesses her husband engaging in an affair, but finds herself unable to question him about it. Her daughter Hatsuho (Narita Risa) becomes flagrantly disobedient, and does not return home until morning on several occasions. One day, Emiko discovers an overly-expensive birthday present given to Hatsuho by her lover, and sets off for the bar he manages to try to return it.

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