Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai

Plot:
High school student Jinta (Nijiro Murakami) is a hikikomori and lives in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. One summer day, when Jinta is absorbed in a video game, a girl suddenly appears in front of him. The girl is Jinta's childhood friend Meiko (Minami Hamabe), but it seems impossible because Meiko died on a summer day. Meiko wears the same white dress when she died, but she looks a little taller. She tells Jinta that she has a wish and that's why she came back as a ghost, but Meiko can't remember what her wish was.

To grant Meiko's wish, Jinta along with his friends Atsumu (Jun Shison), Naruko (Airi Matsui), Chiriko (Marie Iitoyo), Tetsudo (Yuta Takahata) and Meiko gather together for the first time in 7 years. Jinta soon realizes that he is the only one able to see Meiko.

Drama is based on anime series "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day” which aired from April-June, 2011 on Fuji TV.

Title: あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。
Title (romaji): Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.
Also known as: Ano Hana / The Flower We Saw That Day
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Fantasy, romance, drama
Viewership ratings: 9.1%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast date: 2015-Sep-21
Air time: 21:00 - 23:18
Opening song: Aoi Shiori by Galileo Galilei
Ending song: secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ by Silent Siren

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A Stitch of Life

Plot:
Ichie (Miki Nakatani) is the owner of a dressmaking shop. Her grandmother started the shop and now Ichie runs the business. Her clothes are made with an old sewing machine and are very popular. Following her grandmother’s will, Ichie only makes clothes for individuals and turns down offers to turn her clothing into a brand.

Based on the manga "Tsukuroi Tatsu Hito" by Aoi Ikebe (first published March 11, 2011 by Kodansha Ltd.).

Movie: A Stitch of Life
Romaji: Tsukuroi Tatsu Hito
Japanese: 繕い裁つ人
Director: Yukiko Mishima
Writer: Aoi Ikebe (manga), Tamio Hayashi
Producer: Itaru Kurosawa, Yasushi Udagawa
Cinematographer: Kazutaka Abe
Release Date: January 31, 2015
Runtime: 104 min.
Distributor: Drama
Distributor: Gaga Communications
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Koinaka [09/09]

Plot:
Miura Aoi is an indecisive guy with a timid personality who dislikes summer. He once aspired to become an architect, but his dream has faded as he lets the days go by working as an assistant in a small architectural firm in Tokyo. Then one day, Aoi has a fateful reunion with Serizawa Akari, his first love and a childhood friend. Back in their school days, the two were always together. However, Akari suddenly disappeared in the summer of their third year in high school. Aoi forced himself to bury his feelings for her deep within him, but it could never truly be forgotten. Aoi's heart is once again moved by their unexpected reunion. However, there is another guy who is also named Aoi standing next to her...

Title: 恋仲
Title (romaji): Koinaka
Also known as: Best Friends in Love
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 9
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-20 start
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Kimi ga Kureta Natsu by Ieiri Leo

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Iron Girl: Ultimate Weapon

Plot:
Set in the near future in a lawless world. Kurisu Saotome (Kirara Asuka) is a beautiful woman, but she is also a deadly bounty hunter. She wears an armored suit, possessing great power, and she is known as Iron Girl. Kurisu Saotome doesn't remember who she really is or where she comes from. To regain her memory, she continues her lonely battle.

Movie: Iron Girl: Ultimate Weapon
Romaji: Aiangaru Ultimate Weapon
Japanese: アイアンガール Ultimate Weapon
Director: Kenichi Fujiwara
Writer: Yasutoshi Murakawa (screenplay)
Producer: Masaaki Saito
Release Date: January 17, 2015
Runtime: 83 min.
Distributor: Female-Action / Sci-Fi
Production Company: Shibuya Productions
Distributor: Shibuya Productions
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Konkatsu Deka [12/12]

Plot:
35-year-old Hanada Yoneko is a detective of Ryogoku Police Precinct who is looking for a marriage partner. She swings between love and justice as she pursues cases with her partner, Fujioka Tsutsuji. Yoneko will not turn a blind eye to crime. In addition, she wants to be happy. But for some reason, all the handsome men she likes turn out to be criminals.

Title: 婚活刑事
Title (romaji): Konkatsu Deka
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy, mystery
Episodes: 12
Broadcast network: NTV / YTV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-02 start
Air time: Thursday 23:59
Theme song: Kizuguchi by Saito Kazuyoshi

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Strobe Edge

Plot:
Ninako is a female high school student. She has a pure and honest personality. Her classmate Daiki likes her and she knows how he feels about her, but she isn't sure how she feels about him. Ninako does feel something unusual when she is around him.

One day, on the way home on the train, Ninako meets Ren. He attends the same high school as Ninako. Ren is popular with the female students. They spend more time together and Ninako begins to have feelings for Ren.

Based on the manga series "Strobe Edge" by Io Sakisaka (published from July, 2007 to September, 2010 in monthly shōjo manga Bessatsu Margaret).

Movie: Strobe Edge
Romaji: Sutorobo Ejji
Japanese: ストロボ・エッジ
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Writer: Io Sakisaka (manga), Sayaka Kuwamura
Producer: Hisashi Usui
Release Date: March 14, 2015
Runtime: 115 min.
Distributor: Teen-Romance / Based on a Comic
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Death Note [11/11]

Plot:
Yagami Light, an ordinary university student who aspires to be a civil servant, lives with his detective father, Soichiro, and younger sister, Sayu. Besides going for live performances by Ichigo Berry, which Amane Misa belongs to, he works hard at his studies and part-time job. One day, he sees Sakoda, a classmate from high school days who was sent to a juvenile corrective institution, show up and extort his good friend, Kamoda. Light tries to stop Sakoda, but ends up having his mobile phone taken away. On the way home, Light picks up a mysterious notebook with the words “Death Note” written on it by chance. “The person whose name is written in this notebook will die,” is written inside.

Light laughs this off and jots Sakoda’s name down as a joke. But the next morning, Sakoda death is reported. Many people are delighted with Sakoda’s death. Light even succeeds in killing the vicious criminal who snatched a police officer’s gun and took his father hostage while out on parole. Once Light realises the power of the weapon he has in his hands, he decides to reduce the number of criminals and create a peaceful world. He starts to pass judgement on bad people who threaten peaceful daily life with the Death Note and is gradually worshiped on the internet as the hero called “Killer” by the public. However, the world famous detective, L, appears before Light.

The mysterious L had noticed the time that a rash of mysterious deaths occurred in the world was skewed towards Japan. He says Killer is bad and declares that he will catch him. Which is justice and which is evil? Who will die and who will survive? A battle of wits are waged by the two geniuses and N watches this with a defiant smile. A new battle finally begins ..

Title: デスノート
Title (English): Death Note
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Crime, sci-fi, suspense
Episodes: 11
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-05 start
Air time: Sunday 22:30

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One Night in Taipei

Plot:
A bachelor who decides to propose to his girlfriend with his mother's ring only to have the ring is accidentally into the gutter by a boy. He travels through the nightlife of Taipei and meets many interesting individuals throughout his mission to get the ring back.

Movie: One Night in Taipei
Chinese: 台北夜蒲團團轉
Director: Wilson Chin
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Runtime: 94 min.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan

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HEAT [09/09]

Plot:
Ikegami Tatsuya works for a real estate company, on an urban development project that costs billions of yen. The city of Sachio is currently proposed as the site of the project. To buy the necessary land, Tatsuya has to find out who the owners are. So he hides his identity and joins the Sachio volunteer fire department. There he meets other fire fighter volunteers including Azumi Sakura and Goda Atsushi. At first, Tatsuya who is focused on result policy, has a hard time relating with them, but he changes. Meanwhile, competition between Tatsuya and employees at the real estate company proposing an alternate site for the project becomes intense.

Title: HEAT
Genre: Drama Business
Episodes: 9
Broadcast network: Fuji TV / KTV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-07 start
Air time: Tuesday 22:00

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Kabukicho Love Hotel

Plot:
Movie follows the lives of various people connected by a love hotel in Kabukicho, Tokyo. Characters include Toru (Shota Sometani), Saya (Atsuko Maeda), the cleaning woman for the love hotel (Kaho Minami), the cleaning woman’s husband (Yutaka Matsushige), music producer (Nao Omori), salaryman (Jun Murakami), prostitute scout (Shugo Oshinari) and the manager of a call girl business (Tomorowo Taguchi).

Toru dreamed of working at a 5 star hotel, but he now works as the manager of the short stay love hotel in Kabukicho, Tokyo. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Saya struggles to become a famous musician. Toru and Saya become bored of living together.

Movie: Kabukicho Love Hotel (English title) / Goodbye Kabukicho (literal title)
Romaji: Sayonara Kabukicho
Japanese: さよなら歌舞伎町
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Writer: Haruhiko Arai
Producer: Osamu Fujioka, Mikihiko Hirata, Tadayoshi Kubo, Yasushi Minatoya, Kazuya Naito, Naoya Narita
Cinematographer: Atsuhiro Nabeshima
Release Date: January 24, 2015
Runtime: 135 min.
Distributor: Tokyo Theatres
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats

Plot:
Fuku-chan (Miyuki Oshima) came to Tokyo more then 10 years ago. He lives in the apartment building "FukuFuku Flats”. Fuku-chan is a nice guy, but he sucks at dating . Fuku-chan holds a fear of women. He ruins a blind date arranged by his friend Shimacchi (YosiYosi Arakawa).

Fuku-chan's fear of women arose from an incident when he was in middle school. The incident involved his first love Chiho (Asami Mizukawa). One day, Chiho apologizes to Fuku-chan about his fear..

Movie: Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats
Romaji: Fukubuku no Bukuchan
Japanese: 福福荘の福ちゃん
Director: Yosuke Fujita
Writer: Yosuke Fujita
Producer: Adam Torel, Keiko Fujimura, Naoko Arai
Cinematographer: Yoshihiro Ikeuchi
Release Date: November 8, 2014
Runtime: 110 min.
Distributor: Phantom Film
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Joker Game

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Set along a backdrop of a fictitious second world war at an international city in Asia.

In Japan, Lieutenant Colonel Yuki (Yusuke Iseya) recommends the creation of spy training school "D Kikan". Meanwhile, Kato (Kazuya Kamenashi) is facing capital punishment for his refusal to follow a superior's order. Kato is then scouted by "D Kikan". He goes through a harsh training regiment and faces his first mission as a spy.

In order to seize American ambassador Graham's confidential documents "Black Note." Kato infiltrates into an international city. A battle to gain possession of the "Black Note" ensues between Kato, a mysterious woman named Rin (Kyoko Fukada), the British Spy Agency, the Soviet Spy Agency and the radical army in Japan.

Movie: Joker Game
Romaji: Joka Gemu
Japanese: ジョーカー・ゲーム
Director: Yu Irie
Writer: Koji Yanagi (novel), Yusuke Watanabe
Producer: Daisuke Fujita, Yuji Hiratai
Cinematographer: Yuta Tsukinaga
Release Date: January 31, 2015
Runtime: 108 min.
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Helios

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South Korea's top most wanted criminal, nicknamed "Helios" (Chang Chen), and his assistant, nicknamed "Messenger" (Janice Man), have successfully stolen a mass destruction weapon secretly developed by the South Korean military, the portable nuclear explosive device DC8 along with sixteen raw material spheres. The police forces of Hong Kong, China and South Korea were informed that "Helios" will hold an underground trading in Hong Kong.

An emergency response team was set up in Hong Kong. Its members, chief inspector Eric Lee Yan-ming (Nick Cheung) of the Counter Terrorism Response Unit, senior Chinese official Song An (Wang Xueqi), and two South Korean weapon experts Choi Min-ho (Ji Jin-hee) and Park Woo-cheol (Choi Siwon), work together to trace the whereabouts of the weapon. Lee also specially invites Physics professor Siu Chi-yan (Jacky Cheung) of the University of Hong Kong to serve as a special adviser for the operation.

Hong Kong, China and South Korea face the same objective, but with different purposes. Choi wants to hunt down "Helios" to take back the weapon to make sure not to divulge secrets of South Korea. In the position of the Chinese government, Song wants to resolve the current crisis in Hong Kong and halt any terrorism activities in Chinese territories. Lee and Siu face pressure from the two countries and have to deal with the greatest challenge since the establishment of Counter Terrorism Response Unit, with the situation getting more tense.

As times passes by each second, with "Messenger" arrested and DC8 falls into the hands of the Hong Kong Police Force, China and Korea fight for the right to possess the weapon. On the other hand, "Helios" appears in Macau, with plans to retaliate and repossess the weapon. During the last stand, conspiracies are gradually revealed, with everyone off guard.

Movie: Helios
Chinese: 赤道
Director: Leung Lok Man, Luk Kim-Ching
Writer: Leung Lok Man, Luk Kim-Ching
Producer: Catherine Kwan
Cinematographer: Jason Kwan
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Runtime: 119 min.
Genre: Action
Distributor: Media Asia Distributions
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, English
Country: Hong Kong, China

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