Hiroyuki Seki

Based on the director's own school days, this film was made with love for his classmate Satoru, who is bullied after people spread the word that he is gay, and Sosuke, who is not good at talking to people and has no friends. This is a coming-of-age drama that depicts the emotional exchange between two lonely high school boys who end up in the same hotel room during a school trip.

Musician Sakura gets pregnant at an important time, when her popularity is rising. However, because she had relationships with multiple men, she has no idea who the father of her child is. That's how she ends in "Ochiki" - japanese term for worst time of life.

Tanaka is a young man who works in a scrapyard. He falls for his colleague Yoshiko, but she's trapped in a violent relationship with a small-time gangster.

A married couple wants to return to the mountain where they spent their honeymoon. But the man is carrying a secret with him to the summit.

Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.

Izumi Sakuragi is a new police sergeant with the Special Investigations Office, which was set up within the Metropolitan Police in November last year. The new investigation team uses DNA analysis and the latest in forensics science to investigate cold cases as well as cases suspected to involve missing persons.