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Starring Tokio Emoto
AI Love You
In the near future, the development of AI has made it possible to determine human compatibility with high probability. A young couple goes to the inlaws to meet them before being wed. As if in opposition to the efficiency-oriented world, the couple had been dating without having their compatibility score determined by an AI app. What will happen when the inlaws find out about this?
Raita Yabushita / 0:06:55 / Japan / Drama / 2023
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Audience Award（Live-action Competition Asia International）
Road to Harvard
When something threatens to derail a mother's long term plan of getting her 10 year-old son to be admitted into Harvard University, she will do whatever necessary to course correct the trajectory, no matter the consequences.
Dan Chong / 0:14:19 / Malaysia / Drama / 2023
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The 13th Visual Tourism Award, Japan Tourism Agency Commisioner's Award
Thank You, Gateway To The World
[Narita City, Chiba Prefecture]
"I want to thank you, too. You helped me remember something important."
This is a story about a woman who works for the Narita Airport Ground Handling Services. She’s always complaining and is unable to find any sense of purpose in her job, until a commotion her family causes at the airport helps her recall the importance of gratitude.
When Narita Airport gets hit by a devastating typhoon, ground handling staff member Ayako Takaoka (Misa Shimizu) has to cope with the situation. Even as people from around the world vent their frustrations and fears to her, she always responds with a smile. On the third day of the ordeal, after two nights without sleep, she finally arrives home and proceeds to take it out on her husband Hiroshi (Toshiro Yashiba.) Her daughter Misora (Rin Kataoka) retorts, "Stop complaining so much. You’re filling the house with bad vibes." When Ayako tells Misora to try getting a job before telling her what to do, the two are primed for a fight. Misora ends up taking her little brother Wataru (Akito Matsuno) to the airport to take photos of the planes. She happens to see her mother working, earnestly helping foreign travelers and being thanked in return. Misora starts to appreciate the pride associated with working at "The Gateway to Japan," and realizes Narita can help her pursue a future like no other. As a plane passes overhead, Misora shyly tells her mother, "Thank you for everything."Yuki Saito / 0:25:00 / Japan / Branded Movie / 2024
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Like bamboo, like bamboo shoot
Akira is obsessed with handheld 'Teztsu' fireworks, which originate in Toyohashi. His son, Yuto, who is neurodivergent, has a talent for drawing pictures but Akira shows no interest in them. One day, Akira falls ill and hospital tests show that he has little time left to live.
Shinya Kawakami / 0:25:00 / Japan / Drama / 2024
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Starring Jun Kunimura
Blue and White
Ryusuke, who is grieving, makes salt on the day of his wife's funeral, aiming to preserve the local salt's history.
Hiroyuki Nishiyama / 0:25:00 / Japan / Drama / 2022
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Grandpa’s Kata Yuzen
Grandfather’s retirement means the loss of another craftsman who has the traditional technique. Before they discard the atelier where he has been working for years and his precious tools, I want to capture them in the film as a memento of how he worked.
Ikumi Okazaki / 0:04:13 / Japan / Non-fiction / 2023
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Hey… Mom…
Kenji, who works alone, meets a young woman on his way home from work who is an AI robot who calls him "master". To avoid making his wife jealous, he suggests that If the robot looked like his mother there would be no way that she would have an issue.
Seiko Tano / 0:18:30 / Japan / Drama / 2023
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A Perfect Day: Seven Scenes and Others
A certain case about a perfect day depicted with seven scenes at several locations in a suburb in the U.S.
Takashi Yoneoka / 0:24:17 / Japan / Animation / 2024
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Oyu
It is the last day of the year and night falls on the small town of Toyama, Japan. A man goes to the public bath to retrieve a forgotten object. But once inside, the promise of a hot bath compels him to stay.
Atsushi Hirai / 0:21:31 / France, Japan / Drama / 2023
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PICTO
When Pictomark was skipping around, he fell down and ran outside... but he was overjoyed to have a three-dimensional body! There is a danger of fire on the way! He rushes to get back to normal. After that, Mr. Picto thought about the meaning of his job and decided to fulfill his duties.
Yuta Yomogita / 0:04:51 / Japan / Animation / 2024
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