One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on. Akari was together with Socks day and night. However, as Akari grows up, her feelings and interest moves away from Socks. Year by year, their distance grows, which also leads to her physical distance as she moves to a far off city, and must leave Socks behind to a childhood friend.One day Akari remembers the 10 promises that she had made with Socks and her deceased mother...

Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society t...

Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with...

Two brothers united by the game, and broken by the passion

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Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Em...

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorro...

A Kurdish woman is sentenced to six years of house arrest with an electronic ankle bracelet. The cha...

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27-year-old Eto Kana lives in Tokyo and has never been out of the city before. She used to work as a...

The young Katelijne grows up in a strict Protestant peasant family. As the only girl between six bro...

Chi earned her American dream after persevering with her studies in Taiwan. Following her grandmothe...

It's almost Christmas but these three people are still on the road. The products don't sell, the car...

Another thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers struggling ...

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his b...

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