Momoi Shimada

A small bar in Tokyo's red-light district run by an undercover detective with a tragic past links together a group of eccentrics, a search for aliens, FBI investigators, bizarre love affairs and assassins.

Suzuki Koichi, a 30-something hikikomori shut-in, allows his mother to dotingly tend to his needs. When she discovers that Koichi has killed himself, the shock is so great she loses consciousness and her memory of that day.

Akemi Yoshikawa discovers that her whole office is stuck in a time loop, repeating the same stressful work week over and over. Together with her colleagues she has to find out how to break the loop.

In this black comedy the lives of a timid small-time printer and his young wife are turned inside out by the arrival of a stranger who moves in and takes over their world. Set in a village-like outpost in the heart of Tokyo, this is a wry commentary on Japanese xenophobia. Kiki Sugino heads a spritely ensemble cast.

An assistant director investigates the authenticity of a popular autobiographical novel being adapted into a movie.

Housewife Yoko cares for her elderly father-in-law downstairs while secretly working as a prostitute upstairs, oblivious to the nosy neighbour next door. But one thing is always on Yoko's mind: her hatred for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe.

Satoko is a 15-year-old junior high school student. After a brief encounter with herclassmate Hayase at the ENT clinic, she begins to write a story sparked by herfeelings for him. Satoko is a 35-year-old working at a film publicity company. After being stabbed bythe wife of her married lover and hospitalized, she starts writing a story. Satoko is a 55-year-old housewife. On the last day of making lunchboxes for herthree sons, she remembers her childhood dream of becoming a writer and beginsto write.

Akane Kojima works for a stationary company. Her hobby, which she keeps as a secret, is reading BL manga. One day, she learns about fighting manga Grappler Baki. She is fascinated by the fighters' bodies, words, and behaviors. Her imagination takes the characters and fighting scenes from Grappler Baki and reimagines it for a BL story. She is happy in her imaginary world, but, by meeting Takano and Shibamoto, her peaceful and happy days are swayed.