Mitsunori Isaki – MRQE

Dreams

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

A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

Deguchi no nai umi

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Koji Namiki is a young pitcher who has shown great promise on the diamond by winning the National High School Basketball Championships. Shortly after entering college, however, Namiki’s athletic career is called into question after he suffers a severe elbow injury. But despite a disheartening diagnosis, Namiki is determined to make a comeback. With a little help from his teammates it appears that he is getting back on track, too. Recently, he’s even developed a new slow ball that he and his teammates have christened “the magic pitch”. Fate can be a cruel mistress though, and when World War II breaks out Namiki the entire team join the navy and begin a training regiment specifically designed to prepare them for the ultimate darkness, an submarine attack method also known as “The Human Torpedo”.

Howl’s Moving Castle

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

Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.

Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku

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

The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.

Kimurake no hitobito

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

Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.