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- DirectorRyûichi InomataStarsYoshikazu EbisuEiichirô FunakoshiRyohei HirotaMari and her puppies survive an earthquake by protecting their puppies and waiting for their owner's return.The tale of mari and three puppies, and the human family that struggles with them, surviving a terrible earthquake in Japan's countryside.
- DirectorJae-young KwakStarsHaruka AyaseKeisuke KoideRisa AiA lonely university student develops a romance with a beautiful interesting woman, who turns out to be a cyborg from the future.love story with science fiction
- DirectorYôichi SaiStarsKaoru KobayashiKippei ShînaTeruyuki KagawaAs a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers, training guide dogs (seeing eye dogs). When he grows to an adult dog, he is taken to a guide dog school, by a friendly, yet firm trainer Satoru Tawada. Although Quill is a little slower than the other dogs at the school, he seems to have an unusual 'empathy' and remarkable patience with his trainers. Tawade decides that Quill would be the ideal guide dog for Mitsuru Watanabe, but Wanatabe, a lonely and ill-tempered middle aged man, isn't as enthusiastic - he would "would rather sleep than be dragged around by a dog.". From here, the story is narrated by Wanatabe's daughter, Mitsuko, and slowly, Wantanbe is rehabilitated, venturing into the outside world, and learning, not only to trust other humans, but the animal at his side who guides him.
- DirectorJong-kwan KwonStarsJung Woo-sungLim Soo-jungCha Tae-hyunThis film follows the lives of four very different couples as they deal with love, loss and life in these romantic, loosely interconnected tales.
- DirectorSabuStarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaKarinaMana AshidaA man adopts his six-year-old aunt and raises her as his own kid.
- DirectorNagai AkiraIsshin InudouIsshin InudôStarsShidô NakamuraAoi MiyazakiMisaki ItôIt is no secret that dogs are superlative of superlatives when it comes to life and existence on this planet so it should be no surprise a film, or anthology, on these noble beings would tug at heart.
- DirectorKyu-dong MinStarsJu Ji-hoonKim Jae-WookYoo Ah-inJin-hyeok opens a cake shop in an old antique shop, hiring Seon-woo, Korea's best pastry chef, who fell in love with him in high school. Also there, are Su-young, crushing on Seon-woo, ex-boxer Ki-beom, and Seon-woo's French ex-boyfriend.
- DirectorRyo NishimuraStarsYui AragakiKento KakuNatsunaRanma, who suffers from a curse that turns him into a girl whenever he is splashed with cold water. In order to remove the curse and inherit a dojo, Ranma seeks out a secret hot spring, but he encounters a mysterious enemy.
- CreatorRumiko TakahashiStarsKappei YamaguchiMegumi HayashibaraNoriko HidakaA girl is involuntarily engaged to a boy who turns female when hit with cold water and male when hit with hot.
- DirectorHisashi EtoSoichi IshiiJun KawanishiStarsNao ÔmoriNanako MatsushimaMana AshidaA series of short stories explore the connection of love between dogs and people.
- DirectorGô ShichitakaStarsHayato IchiharaErika TodaShinnosuke AbeHayakawa is a loose cannon as a cop, much to the annoyance of his department. One day after chasing a fleeing suspect who collides with a hurrying doctor during the arrest, Hayakawa helps the doctor to a patient about to deliver, only to find out it's a dog. The runt of litter is stillborn, but Hayakawa coaxes the little albino puppy back to life. Several months later Hayakawa is surprised by a transfer to the K-9 division, which he sees as punishment until the dog he's assigned turns out to be the German Shepard he once saved.
- DirectorYoshinari NishikôriStarsKai InowakiHiroko YakushimaruJunko AbeWasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao himself turns part of the life of this former stray into an original story.
- DirectorKatsuhide MotokiStarsRena TanakaRyô KaseMayuko FukudaA teenage girl adopts a homeless puppy and names it "Socks". They take care of each others since then, until one day when she is thinking Socks to be smaller than she thought it used be...
- DirectorHyun-seok KimStarsUhm Tae-woongLee Min-JungDaniel ChoiThe Cyrano Agency is a dating agency which helps people who can't date to have a love life. The agency staff try helping their clients without being noticed. The agency's representatives Byeong-hoon (played by Eom Tae-woong)and Min-yeong (Park Sin-hye) are giving their best to pair up their client, Sang-yong (Choi Daniel), with his love interest named Hee-joong (Lee Min-jeong). But when Byeong-hun sees Hee-joong's profile, he begins to doubt their abilities. Will "Cyrano Agency" succeed in their mission? This is a fun little romantic comedy made the Korean way. And a special notice for Eom Tae-woong, who i think is a good actor.
- DirectorKim Jin YoungStarsJang Keun-sukLee Ah-JinSin-ho ByeonA rebellious high school student sees his life take a strange turn when he goes to the grocery store and someone leaves a baby in his shopping cart, along with a note claiming he's the father.
- DirectorIn-ho HwangStarsSon Ye-jinLee Min-kiPark Chul-minA magician meets an eccentric girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It is only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.
- DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsTatsuya FujiwaraKen'ichi MatsuyamaErika TodaPicking up where the first one leaves off, Light joins the task force searching for Kira in an effort to avert suspicion from himself---and get rid of L.
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaSota AoyamaShunji FujimuraA spin-out sequel to the popular Japanese thriller. This time it focuses on the character "L."
- DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsTatsuya FujiwaraKen'ichi MatsuyamaAsaka SetoA battle between the world's two greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals.
- DirectorJohnnie ToKa-Fai WaiStarsTakeshi KaneshiroGigi LeungEdmund ChenThis is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.
- DirectorMasaya KakehiStarsTakeshi KaneshiroManami KonishiSumiko FujiKaneshiro plays a Grim Reaper who appears to his victims in human form and spends a week with them before deciding whether to off them or not.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu IrinoDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
- DirectorJohnnie ToKa-Fai WaiStarsSammi ChengChing Wan LauCherrie YingA car accident gives a spoiled, troubled young woman the ability to see ghosts, including one of a former classmate.