Nao Omori

High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children's games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat.

Dir. Takashi Miike · With Sota Fukushi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hirona Yamazaki

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.

Dir. Takashi Miike · With Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto

Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to his boss' daughter.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi

A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?

Dir. Hideaki Anno · With Sosuke Ikematsu, Minami Hamabe, Tasuku Emoto

Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.

Dir. Takashi Yamazaki · With Shota Sometani, Ai Hashimoto, Sadao Abe

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Takeshi Kitano, Kanako Higuchi, Yûrei Yanagi

Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.

Dir. Goro Miyazaki · With Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita

Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and Chang's life is endangered, Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Takeshi Kitano, Toshiyuki Nishida, Ken Mitsuishi

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.

Dir. Bong Joon Ho, Leos Carax, Michel Gondry · With Ayako Fujitani, Ryo Kase, Ayumi Ito

Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.

Dir. Michael Arias · With Kazunari Ninomiya, Yūsuke Iseya, Yu Aoi

One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themselves pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin.

Dir. Takashi Miike · With Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Shota Sometani

Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.

Dir. Mika Ninagawa · With Erika Sawajiri, Nao Omori, Shinobu Terajima

Ruthless dominatrixes pursue a mild-mannered salesman who wants to get out of his unbreakable contract with a secret bondage club.

Dir. Hitoshi Matsumoto · With Nao Omori, Mao Daichi, Shinobu Terajima

A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.

Dir. Martin Zandvliet · With Jared Leto, Tadanobu Asano, Kippei Shiina