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On the eve of her 30th birthday, Haruka is desperately searching for a husband when she runs into her colleague Ikki at a matchmaking event. A habitual liar who joined for fun using a fake profile, Ikki mocks her for chasing romance instead of marriage. Tired of repeated heartbreak, Haruka decides to follow his advice and focus on finding a spouse rather than finding love. Around them, others pursue marriage for very different reasons: Mizuki seeks a home through a sugar-daddy arrangement, Takeshi joins matchmaking for his mother’s sake, Yuto is earnest but clueless about women, and high-schooler Noai excels at matters of the heart. Meanwhile, a same-sex couple, Hiromi and Takumi, disagree over whether they should have a wedding. As these unlikely people fall for partners who seem completely wrong for them, they must confront a difficult question: can marriage bring happiness without love?

Nagoya, 1983: Legendary filmmaker Koji WAKAMATSU decides to open a cinema – not least to show his own films. The Cinema Skhole quickly turns into a hot spot for local cinephiles. Junichi INOUE tells an empathetic and almost true story about motion picture enthusiasts in this loose sequel to Kazuya SHIRAISHI’s DARE TO STOP US.

Three girls - Miwa, an introvert who's best friend is her turtle, Saori, a rich girl from a celebrity family, and Koyuzu, a member of a revenge agency - wind up in a complex rivalry with one another.

Rebellious teenager Natsumi arrives from Tokyo on a small provincial island in search of the treasure left by her deceased mother.

In 1958, as a deadly typhoon approaches, a young boy embarks on a perilous journey to a haunted mountain pool, determined to calm a sorrowful spirit whose grief has cursed the village with devastating floods.

Film based on someone's anonymous love story.

While documenting a controversial tragedy that shook her community, a filmmaker must put her morals to the test when a perverse secret in her own life is revealed.

Shibuya in Tokyo, a city that continues to change due to redevelopment. At a house in the corner of Shibuya, Ai dreaming of a model, Mizuho working for the editorial department of a magazine, and musician Erika live together. This story is about the modest cohabitation of the three.

In 1970s Japan, Satoshi Kirishima was a member of the "Scorpion Cell" of the East Asian Anti-Japan Armed Front, a recently formed left-wing extremist group. Wanted for a series of corporate bombings, he spent half a century evading capture while living under an assumed identity. What did he discover in the depths of his loneliness? What did he spend his life chasing?

Tatsuya Kawakami's mother becomes a member of a religious group after her husband commits suicide, and makes a large donation to the organization. Her three children are forced to live in poverty, and her eldest son, who is blind in one eye due to illness, takes his own life. Kawakami comes to believe that the religious group has ruined his life, so he creates a homemade gun and carries out an assassination plot against former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who has close ties to the religious group, which has been accused of siphoning off money from its members.

Two con artists, Samejima (Yuki Tamaki) and Oshikiri (Osamu Soma), have secured a promise from Harue (Sanae Kaneko), the wife of a wealthy family, to buy her money. However, when they visit Harue, they find that a wake is being held. Harue Taki's property will be inherited by the last person remaining at the wake. When Tsuji (Yoshinori Ito), the executor's lawyer, read out the will, a deceptive game of deceit began among the four, including the grandchild, Sahi (Miru Nagase)!

Haruka, who is in a hurry to get married before her 30th birthday, bumps into her colleague Kazuki, who attends a matchmaking party just for fun. Kazuki makes fun of Haruka for thinking that marriage comes after love. According to him, love-based marriages have a higher divorce rate than arranged marriages. He also says that love ends in marriage. Haruka got tired of failing in love and decided to try marriage hunting...

Minori is a pretty server in a ramen shop. She is fed up with people who care only about her appearance and themselves. She is always straight forward and angry at everyone. She is also angry at herself who cannot really change anything.

Shinpei first meets Kasumi at a movie theatre, in a certain way an impressive encounter as he wrongly sits in her seat. The path of the two cross again as Kasumi later becomes Shinpei’s co-worker at a restaurant. One night, Shinpei finds Kasumi acting suspiciously in front of a building. She is stalking her boyfriend, whom she suspects cheated on her. Knowing the secret, Shinpei is asked to lend a hand in the infidelity investigation. Their nights then turn into a detective game and Shinpei finds himself drawn to the charm of Kasumi...

Yumi, a 20-year-old living in the countryside of Gunma Prefecture, has an older friend named Ishii. Eccentric and irresponsible, Ishii is far from ordinary, yet the two share an inexplicable bond. Yumi lives with her mother, who often tells her, “I love you more than anyone in the world.” Bound by those words, Yumi takes on the responsibility of supporting their household in place of her unemployed mother. One day, Ishii suddenly disappears, leaving behind a single note:“We are being questioned by life.”Those words become the quiet push Yumi needs to finally step out of her confined world. Five years later, now living a glamorous life in the city, Yumi finds herself reflecting on the past.Where is Ishii now? What kind of life is her living?

Jun is being picked on at school. He visits his brother who lives apart from the family and begins to learn boxing. Jun becomes stronger, but he still can't stand up for himself. His brother finally decides to do something.

A young man who's failed the Tokyo University of the Arts exam five times is jealous of a talented high school artist who eventually helps him unlock his hidden potential. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

Hino Mitsunari runs evening classes at a high school attended by foreigners, the elderly, and students struggling with various difficulties. The lessons are called “Community Ball” and involve everyone, including the teacher, sitting in a circle and thinking together on a question under the rule that no one should argue while someone is speaking. The various perspectives of the students all inform the film.