Masaki Okada

Based on four of the six short stories compiled in Murakami Haruki’s anthology, After the Quake explores the complex aftermath of Japan’s ...

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle ...

Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze of interlocking cube-shaped rooms containing ...

Bookstore clerk Mikado sees ghosts. When exorcist Hiyakawa pulls him into a cursed murder case, the two uncover dark truths—and the killer’s ...

The Yorozuya gang returns to protect the country’s shogun when the Shinsengumi police force finds itself in a crisis.

Morioh, 1999—a normally quiet and peaceful town has recently become a hotbed of strange activity. Jōtarō Kūjō, now a marine biologist, heads to ...

In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work however he can.

5 university students gather to exchange information on their job search activities. They encourage each other and post their thoughts & ...

When Mutta was 12-years-old and Hibito was 9-years-old the two brothers saw what they thought was an UFO flying towards the moon. They made a ...

A young woman named Izumi suffers the loss of her boyfriend Junichi, who died from a fatal motorcycle accident. The shock from her ...

Devastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren’t ...

Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called “Raiou” (the tree was ...

Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services ...

In this high school romance Hiro is dismayed to learn her new love Shu will be going away to college in Tokyo. She asks him not to go.

Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman.

When eighth-grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and honest Soyo ...

A university student finds himself wrapped up in the bizarre world of his next door neighbor, learning about his history and relationship with a ...

After failing to avenge her father’s murder, Princess Scarlet, wakes up in the “Land of the Dead.” In this world filled with ...

Three men, born in 1987, are from the yutori (“relaxed”) generation, and they continue their attempts at finding love, friendship, ...

Set in Kyoto, Japan, a love story takes place between Hajime and Reika. Hajime is a handsome young man, who is usually a second quicker than ...

When Chihiro was a baby, she suffered from eczema. Her parents tried to find a cure, but nothing worked. Her father’s co-worker then gave ...

Ataru, who suffers from “savant syndrome,” has the power to discover, observe, see through, and deduct microscopic evidence of unsolved cases. ...

A widower and his daughter deal with the death of the man’s wife.