After the Storm ☆ Hiroshi Abe

Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother and beautiful ex-wife seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son, until a stormy summer night offers them a chance to truly bond again.

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Kiri no Hata *Maki Horikita

Yanagida Kiriko/Horikita Maki works at a food processing factory in Kita Kyushu (North Kyushu Islands) as she lives a modest life with her intellectually disabled younger brother, Masao/Furuhata Niino. When work at the factory ends, she declines invitations from her colleagues, and waits for half-price at the supermarket so that she can buy Masao’s favorite squid rings. Then she heads straight home where her brother is waiting. Masao stuffs squid rings into his mouth with child-like delight as Kiriko fondly gazes at his smile. The next day, Masao is overjoyed to get his salary. On the way home, Kikue who is seeing off a young man from a house nearby, spots Masao counting the notes inside an envelope. She has an uncomfortable smile on her face when she jams 10,000 yen into his pay packet and asks if he can keep quiet about this. His hand is taken by Kikue and placed on her chest. A shaken Masao is left speechless. Hearing that he had accepted 10,000 yen from Kikue, Kiriko admonishes him. He is not supposed to take money from other people for no reason. Kiriko is about to return the money, but Masao says he will go alone tomorrow. The next day, Masao visits Kikue’s home. His heart unexpectedly races as he recalls her behaviour yesterday. However, Kikue has been murdered by someone and Masao is detained as a suspect. Getting word of this, Kiriko desperately asserts, “My brother is different from an ordinary person!” But the police officers do not listen to her. On the other hand, Masao trembles in the interrogation and is not able to give an answer. If this goes on, he could end up becoming the murderer. Fretful Kiriko is reminded of the activities of the famous lawyer Otsuka Kinzo/Shiina Kippei whom she had seen in the news and goes to Tokyo on her own. She pounds on the door of Otsuka’s law firm. Otsuka, who has been extremely busy, is exhausted. He has cleared a big court case and is going on a holiday with his lover, Kouno Michiko/Kimura Yoshino. That is when Kiriko comes to visit. “Can you help my brother? Please!” Otsuka seems moved by Kiriko’s emotional appeal, but Michiko has already come to get him. When he snubs Kiriko, telling her that his fees will go up in price even for cases in faraway places. She concludes, “I see, so you won’t help the poor” and leaves. Bile rises up in Otsuka … … Returning home Kiriko scrambles about for Masao’s sake, but he is sentenced to life in prison at the trial. Even so, Kiriko tries to save him. However, her brother dies of heat stroke while in prison. The abysmal conditions of the cell resulted in his death. Kiriko does not even shed tears in front of Masao’s dead body. She feels an emotion seething within her and vows revenge on Otsuka.

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Kaseifu Wa Mita! 2014 SP EN Sub *Ryoko Yonekura/Streaming

Synopsis: Sawaguchi Nobuko (Yonekura Ryoko) is a surly divorced housekeeper with Kyoei Housekeeping Agency which is managed by Hirata Makiko (Azuma Chizuru). Although Nobuko sports black glasses as well as loose, disheveled hair, she is actually an exceptional beauty, but is deliberately hiding this with makeup because of some trauma. Nobuko is sent to the Uehara family which runs a cosmetic surgery practice, with a big paycheck of 2 million yen a month. The agency’s client is 20-year-old Nakamura Akemi (Kitano Kii) who lives at the Uehara residence. She had heard from her late mother that her father is Uehara Hidemitsu (Ito Shiro), the chairman of Uehara Group. Now that Hidemitsu is old, fighting over the inheritance has escalated. Akemi herself is not spared in this feud. She faces a lawsuit from the sons and their wives that “she is not the chairman’s own child”. Hidemitsu who is partial to Akemi, declares that if she is not recognised as his biological daughter, he will take her for his wife. Will she get thrown out of the Uehara residence or will she become the wife of Hidemitsu whom she loves dearly as a father and has close to a 50-year age gap. Akemi is in a predicament and asks Nobuko to protect her from Hidemitsu and the rest of the family. Moved by Akemi’s eyes which immediately saw through the truth of who she is right from the start, Nobuko pledges her loyalty, but … … On the day that it is determined Akemi is not the biological daughter of Hidemitsu, he announces his marriage to her. However, right after that, Akemi is kidnapped by someone. (with English subtitles for your ENJOYment)

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The Negotiator 'The Movie' *Ryoko Yonekura

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Synopsis: Criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall and take over 50 hostages. Reiko Usagi/Ryoko Yenekura and the SIT members are called in to break the stand-off. When Reiko goes into the shopping mall to negotiate, an explosion suddenly occurs. The hostages panic and run, while the criminals are able to blend into crowd of people and escape. Few weeks later, Reiko is at the Haneda Airport to go on a vacation. She then spots Yusuke Kimoto/Kento Hayashi, a man who was one of the hostages at the shopping mall. Reiko remembers Yusuke's bizarre behavior and her instinct starts to kick in. She decides to follow the man and boards the airplane that Yusuke is taking. Shortly after take-off her instincts proved correct; the airplane is hijacked.

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Synopsis: An old married couple Shukichi Hirayama (Isao Hashizume) and Tomiko ( Kazuko Yoshiyuki) live on a small island in the Inland Sea. They go to Tokyo. The couple have 3 children. The eldest son Koichi (Masahiko Nishimura) runs a hospital. The first daughter Shigeko (Tomoko Nakajima) runs a beauty salon. The second son Shuji (Satoshi Tsumabuki) works in stage art. The families ask the parents to take a rest in Tokyo, but the parents do not like staying in Tokyo. One day, Tomiko visits Shuji's apartment. There, Tomiko is introduced to Shuji's fiancé Noriko (Yu Aoi), but Tomiko collapses at Koichi's house ...