Little Forest: Winter & Spring

Plot:
Ichiko (Ai Hashimoto) lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.

Based on popular manga series "Ritoru Foresuto" written & illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi (published in Monthly Afternoon from December, 2002 – July, 2005).

Movie: Little Forest: Winter & Spring (literal title)
Romaji: Ritoru Foresuto Fuyu Hen ・ Haru Hen
Japanese: リトル・フォレスト 冬編・春編
Director: Junichi Mori
Writer: Daisuke Igarashi (manga), Junichi Mori
Producer: Keiichiro Moriya, Satoko Ishida
Cinematographer: Yukihiro Onodera
Release Date: February 14, 2015
Runtime: 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Food
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Little Forest: Summer & Autumn

Plot:
Ichiko (Ai Hashimoto) lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.

Based on popular manga series "Little Forest" written & illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi (published in Monthly Afternoon from December, 2002 – July, 2005).

Movie: Little Forest: Summer & Autumn
Romaji: Ritoru Foresuto Natsu Hen ・ Aki Hen
Japanese: リトル・フォレスト　夏・秋
Director: Junichi Mori
Writer: Daisuke Igarashi (manga), Junichi Mori
Producer: Keiichiro Moriya, Izumi Shima
Cinematographer: Yukihiro Onodera
Release Date: August 30, 2014
Runtime: 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Food
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Kamoshirenai Joyutachi

Plot:
Famous actresses Takeuchi Yuko, Maki Yoko, Mizukawa Asami briskly come through the entrance of a studio. Although they have glittering acting careers, when they enter a dressing room, they find themselves in a parallel universe. In this world, Yoko did not pass the audition for a production that would be the turning point for her as an actress, and goes on to work part-time at a bar while she plays minor roles as an extra. She has been keeping a diary because she cannot forget the embarrassment of being left behind by the people around her. Asami lost out on an audition for a production too. She feels insecure and jealous that Nanao, a friend of the same age who also aspires to be an actress, has scored a significant role. On the other hand, Takeuchi Yuko is scouted in Harajuku, but turns down the offer that would have been the turning point for her as an actress. She is now busy with her magazine editorial job at a publishing company, but leads a fulfilling life with her boyfriend. One day, Yuko is instructed by her boss to turn the manga which an acquaintance has drawn into a book. In an unexpected turn of events, the lives of these three women strangely start to have common ground and eventually get intertwined..

Title: かもしれない女優たち
Title (romaji): Kamoshirenai Joyutachi
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jun-23
Air time: 22:00

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Samulife

Plot:
Nagaoka (Takahiro Miura) is a former high school teacher. He decides to start a school with an ideal education environment. To achieve his goal, Nagaoka struggles to make money by running a bar and publishing company.

Movie: Samulife
Romaji: Samuraifu
Japanese: サムライフ
Director: Takeshi Moriya
Writer: Hidetaka Nagaoka (novel)
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Runtime: 118 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Warm and Cozy [16/16]

Plot:
Lee Jung-joo has struggled and worked hard all her life, but has never caught a break, leaving her perpetually grouchy. In her five years as an administrative employee at a clothing company in Seoul, she has never missed a day of work. But that doesn't stop her from losing her job, her house and her boyfriend in quick succession, so she unwillingly sets off to start a new life in Jeju Island.

There, she meets Baek Gun-woo, chef and owner of the restaurant "Warm and Cozy." Jung-joo first mistakes him for a con artist, because he can't seem to help himself from telling charming lies left and right. Gun-woo is a laidback romantic from a wealthy family who only does what he feels like doing, including opening a restaurant on Jeju simply because that's where his crush lives. Jung-joo and Gun-woo clash over their different personalities and priorities, then gradually fall in love with each other.

Title: 맨도롱 또똣 / Maendorong Ttottos
Previously known as: 제주도 개츠비 / Jeju Island Gatsby
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2015-May-13 to 2015-Jul-02
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00
Original Soundtrack: Warm and Cozy OST

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Attack on Titan

Plot:
100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans lived in peace, but, 100 years later, the giant wall is broken.

Based on the manga series "Shingeki no Kyojin" by Hajime Isayama (first published September 9, 2009 by Kodansha's Bessatsu Shonen Magazine).

Movie: Attack on Titan
Romaji: Shingeki no Kyojin: Attack on Ttitan
Japanese: 進撃の巨人 ATTACK ON TITAN
Director: Shinji Higuchi
Writer: Hajime Isayama (manga), Yusuke Watanabe, Tomohiro Machiyama
Release Date: August 1, 2015 (Part 1) / September 19, 2015 (Part 2)
Runtime: 100 min.
Genre: Action / Based on a Comic
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Shinya Shokudo

Plot:
Every night, Master (Kaoru Kobayashi) is busy with customers at the restaurant he runs. He has a worried face, looking at the funerary urn which someone left at his restaurant. His customers also talk about the funerary urn.

Based on the manga series "Shinya Shokudo" by Yaro Abe (first published October, 2006 in Japanese seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original).

Movie: Shinya Shokudo
Romaji: Shinya Shokudo
Japanese: 深夜食堂
Director: Joji Matsuoka
Writer: Yaro Abe (manga), Katsuhiko Manabe, Joji Matsuoka
Producer: Shogo Ishizuka
Cinematographer: Ryo Ohtsuka, Ryuhei Tsutsui
Release Date: January 31, 2015
Runtime: 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Restaurant / Based on a Comic
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Princess Jellyfish

Plot:
Tsukimi (Rena Nounen) came to Tokyo to become an illustrator. She is crazy about jellyfish. Tsukimi is not very confident and she hesitates around men or attractive people.

She lives in the communal apartment Amamizu kan where men are not allowed. At the Amamizu kan, only otaku women, who belive men are not needed, live there.

One day Tsukimi gets into trouble at tropical fish shop. At that time, a stylish woman helps Tsukimi, but, in fact, the pretty woman is Kuranosuke (Masaki Suda) a male university student. Kuranosuke dresses like a woman because he was raised at the side of his powerful politician father and he does not want to become a politician.

Kuranosuke becomes interested in Tsukimi and Amamizu kan. He visits her at the apartment and hangs out with her. Tsukimi keeps his secret from her neighbors. Kuranosuke helps Tsukimi improve her appearance and she starts to change.

Based on the manga series "Kuragehime" by Akiko Higashimura (first published November 10, 2008 in Kodansha manga magazine Kiss).

Movie: Princess Jellyfish
Romaji: Kuragehime
Japanese: 海月姫
Director: Yasuhiro Kawamura
Writer: Akiko Higashimura (manga), Toshiya Ono
Producer: Yoko Ide, Mitsuru Uda, Takuya Matsushita
Cinematographer: Jun Fukumoto
Release Date: December 27, 2014
Runtime: 126 min.
Genre: Based on a Comic / Romantic-Comedy / Youth
Distributor: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Mask [20/20]

Plot:
Byun Ji Sook has always had a hard life with her father constantly going into debt and being chased by loan sharks. She desperately wants to know what life is like if she was born into a better family and didn’t have to worry about money all the time. When a series of circumstances brings Ji Sook to Eun Ha, a woman from a wealthy family who strongly resembles Ji Sook, she grabs hold of the chance for a better life and assumes Eun Ha’s identity and begins to live her elite life. She meets Min Woo, a chaebol heir who is mistrusting of the people around him. But when he realizes that Ji Sook is not like the other women he has met, he is drawn to her. How long can Ji Sook keep up the charade and hide her true identity?

Title: 가면 / Gamyun
Genre: Romance, melodrama
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2015-May-27 to 2015-Jul-30
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00
Original Soundtrack: Mask OST

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