Usotoki Rhetoric(2024)

The "Lion's House" is the name of a hospice located on a beautiful island. The people who live there are people with a short life expectancy. Shizuku, a 29-year-old who was told how long she had to live at a young age, comes to live there. She feels a little regretful over not being able to improve her relationship with her family before coming. At the "Lion's House", snack time is a time where the residents are allowed to request a snack from their memories but Shizuku is unable to choose. The days of laughter and tears begin alongside the other residents. What does Shizuku find and leave behind in the last days of her life?

Toki Kaneda, a tough yet kind-hearted delinquent, falls for his dashing teacher Ichiro Sahara, sparking an earnest one-sided romance and newfound motivation.

A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945.

Keiichi is due to marry his girlfriend in 48 days when she returns from her business trip to China. However, before that happens, Keiichi ends up sharing his apartment with 3 other women and tries to hide this from Kano who happens to return home earlier than expected.

Henmi Ayumi is a nurse working on the front lines in the convalescent ward of a hospital, where she tends to patients who have either a few months left to live or have difficulties in daily life due to certain medical conditions or dementia. As she witnesses the life and death of a variety of patients, she strives to make their days in hospital the best they can possibly be despite the circumstances. Hirono Seiji is a doctor who transfers from the general ward to the convalescent ward on a part-time basis, and along with Henmi he becomes involved in the affairs of the patients and their families.

In Tokyo, police officer Mari Kouda and Chinese interpreter Ryo Arikino solve cases while bonding over meals from different cultures, forming an unexpected connection through their shared experiences.

Living in Ikebukuro — an area infamous for juvenile crime, 21-year-old Makoto Majima becomes associated with a youth gang called the G-Boys. A troubleshooter known for his cool headedness and ability to get things done, Makoto diffuses tense situations around Ikebukuro to keep his friends and others out of harm's way. However, the mysterious death of his girlfriend and an escalating gang turf war threaten to be more than Makoto can handle.

Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all—with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is, until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplussed by Mafuyu Satō and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks Mafuyu to sing, the power of that song pierces him to the core.

Taxi carry customers every day. At that moment, the life of a driver who lives in a taxi intersects with a customer who has each situation. A conversation of just a few minutes to a few tens of minutes can create a faint love. Enjoying the once-in-a-lifetime meeting, sometimes sadness, sometimes laughing, and a dense human drama unfolds in the car. Kotaro Yamaki, the main character of such a story and an individual taxi driver, loves Chinese food in the town. Most of the famous Chinese restaurants in Tokyo are in my head, and after sending customers, the man stops at the famous Chinese restaurants in the town. And he eats the supreme gem. The "joy of life" born there. It is linked to the life of the customer I met by taxi. After eating, the man who left the store slowly lit a cigarette and muttered. "Well, do you want to run another run?" Then the man started running in the night city again.

Kurisu has always admired his father, who runs a tax accounting firm, and dreamed of working with him one day. To broaden his skills, he joined a major tax firm, but a professional setback left him disillusioned. His life takes an unexpected turn when he meets racehorse owner Sanno Kozo, reigniting his sense of purpose.

Longtime friends and total opposites, Yamato and Kakeru always stick together. When the reserved Yamato admits his feelings, can everything change?

Follow the unexpected romance between a new hire at a computer graphics company and a skilled designer over the course of 14 months.

Kanata Moriguchi, a representative of the fashion subscription service "shareDresser", becomes popular overnight, because of a famous artist's shout-out on SNS. From there, surrounded now by luxury, Moriguchi starts touting the concept that the number of followers on social channels is the most important thing and everything else will just work on its own. Because of his popularity, he becomes a part of a celebrities circles, but also ends up as the object of envy and respect of his fellow industry colleagues. However, everything changes when Moriguchi receives a message from a stranger. In it, he receives a video that should never see the light of day and could ruin his life. Forced to follow the blackmailer's instructions, Kanata tries to find out who is behind it and what his motives are. At the same time, he faces a dilemma whether to save his career or confess his sins to the world.

Sets in the 1910s, this is the story of Hanada Suzuko, a young girl who grew up in a family that owned a bathhouse in downtown Osaka. From a young age, Suzuko loved to sing and dance, and joined the Umemaru Girls Opera Company (USK) in Dotonbori. Suzuko continued to show her talent for singing and eventually became a star of the postwar era.

Commemorating the 120th anniversary of Ozu Yasujiro's birth, six up-and-coming filmmakers remade six of his early silent films as a contemporary mini-series.

Togo Jun and Mishima Ran, estranged sisters who had a falling out over a man, are reunited following their mother's death. The man, Ritsu, was Jun's boyfriend and is now the husband of Ran. The three have wound up living together under one roof.

Stage actor Toma Kiryu suddenly retires. Toma, who lives for watching stage plays, is the favorite of office worker Hitomi Nakajo, who is devastated by his sudden retirement... One day, that "favorite" suddenly appears as Hitomi's "boss"! Toma was actually Shuichi Takagi, the heir to a wealthy family! Even without his costume, his aura radiates, and he treats the many female employees who approach him with kindness. Hitomi is also approached, but seeing her favorite right in front of her, she panics and unintentionally acts coldly. Shuichi takes an interest in Hitomi, but every time Toma-Shuichi approaches her, she feels overjoyed, yet she struggles to accept the reality that her idol is right in front of her, not in VR or 3D.

Kiyomi is a third-year college student whose shy personality leads to difficulties in making friends. However, she starts working part-time at a family restaurant where she is able to change herself and communicate with customers through her cooking.