The story follows a brain surgeon named, Minakata Jin, who has spent the last two years in anguish, as his fiancee lies in a vegetative state after an operation he performed. One day, he faints at the hospital and awakens to find himself transported back in time to the Edo… [More]

Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the department. Her partner, though a well-respected and experienced detective, has grown complacent after unsuccesfully pursuing these cases that many consider an exercise in futility. With her… [More]

Suffering from writer’s block, Reiko (Nakatani Miki) moves to a countryside villa at her editor’s beckoning, to quietly work on her next novel. Her new environment turns out to be anything but peaceful when she catches sight of her next door neighbor surreptitiously moving a thousand-year-old mummified corpse into his… [More]

8-year old boy, Shimpei, who loves fishing and painting, lives with his beautiful mother, surrounded by nature. His mother, Satsuki, has a weak constitution and lost her husband years ago. She takes care of her son lovingly but sometimes strictly, on her own. Shimpei's childhood sweetheart, Sayuri, is deaf, but… [More]

Koichi (Takeru Sato) & Atsumi (Haruka Ayase) have been friends since their childhood days and they eventually became lovers. About one year ago, Atsumi attempted to commit suicide and fell into a coma afterwards. Koichi, desperate to know why Atsumi attempted suicide, takes part in a new medical procedure that… [More]

July 1590, Odawara. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army had surrounded the Odawara Castle for over three months, hoping to conquer this last obstacle to his dream of the country's unification. Standing at the gate of the castle, a lone man facing the menacing guards shouted out: "Do not throw your lives away.… [More]

In a strange world there is a secret hotel behind a shabby diner called the Venus Café, harbouring some unusual people where compelling secrets lie in each resident's heart—torturing secrets that have broken their emotional boundaries in the past. In this bittersweet, heart-wrenching story, there is a man by the… [More]

Risa Tono is a novelist in her 30's. She's highly respected, but she worries that her talents have been exhausted. Risa also has Yuki (Asami Mizukawa). Yuki is in her 20's and possesses talent as a novelist. She works as a ghostwriter. Risa and Yuki face off against each other,… [More]

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eventually becomes one of the primary influences upon the Japanese tea ceremony. With his elegant esthetics, Sen no Rikyu is favored by the most powerful man in Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi… [More]

For generations, the blue-blooded Homonji family has been devoted to a pure and rigorous pursuit of knowledge in all forms, regardless of the powers that be or the fortunes of the aristocracy with whom they sympathize. But now, inheriting the pedagogic mantel of the family as its 89th master is… [More]

Mitsuki Hiura (Miki Nakatani) is the former manager for a university American-style football team. A reunion for the football team takes place. Mitsuki Hiura attends the reunion, as well as the team's former quarterback Tetsurou Nishiwaki and other teammates. There, Mitsuki Hiura confesses that she killed a person. She also… [More]