Kaoru Kobayashi – MRQE

Housenka

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

An elderly inmate serving a life sentence awaits a lonely death in his solitary celluntil a voice calls out to him. It belongs to a balsam flower, Housenka, that speaks like a human. Through their “conversation”, the old man begins to reflect on the life he’s led.

Aburakurasu no matsuri

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Former punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His manic depression handicaps him further. Music seems to be the only solution for him to exorcise his demons, against all obstacles and sound volume controllers.

Untama giru

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to form an independent Okinawa before the island was returned to Japan in 1972.

Haru tono tabi

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao’s grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant to make.

Shinya shokudô the movie

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo.

Quill

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is initially reluctant to rely on his new partner.

“Days, The”

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat an unprecedented nuclear disaster.

Mukoku

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Kengo was gifted in Kendo (Japanese martial art) but he quits after a tragic incident. He works as a security guard and spends his days drinking. One day, he encounters a high school student Toru, who has a natural ability in Kendo. Toru revives the spirit of the sport in Kengo and he resumes practice again.

Tabidachi no shimauta: 15 no haru

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Junior high school student Yuna lives with her father Toshiharu. Her mother Akemi moved to Naha when her older sister entered high school, and Yuna is worried about her father’s life after she leaves.

Kaitanshi jokei

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go up a mountain to see the first sunrise of the year. Meanwhile, Haruo has inherited his family’s gas business, but things aren’t going well in his new endeavor and he becomes increasingly frustrated.