On the morning of Christmas, Ryoko found a dead body of her classmate Takuya in the snowy high school yard. While the police and the teachers conclude the death was a suicide, Ryoko receives an anonymous letter informing that it was a murder by Shunji and others. Whether the death was a suicide or murder becomes the object of a great deal of media and social network attention.
While the school principal Masao tries to resolve the situation, another accident occurs. Being unconvinced by adult’s handling of mysterious incidents which occur one after another, Ryoko rises with an idea, “Why don’t we hold a trial by ourselves?”. An unprecedented in-school trial by the students begins…

After the collapse of the bubble, in 1997, a foreign capital fund suddenly appeared in Japan still struggling in the middle of the “lost decade”. Masahiko Washizu, the president of the fund, is fiercely criticized, but promotes and wins takeovers on major banks and elite corporations suffering from bad loans. As the “Specialist of takeovers,” he probes deeper into a company than anyone else and challenges it. Called “the most eager corporate buyer”, Washizu scares Japanese companies, but carries out revolutions within corrupt corporations and Japanese business community by taking drastic and piquant measures that no one has dared to take.

Original: Jin Mayama

It’s midnight and the lights of the eatery called the “Midnight Diner” are just flickering on.
As most of the city sleeps, a few unique characters seek out this eatery for good food and good conversation. The menu only lists a pork, rice and soup set but on request, the chef will make almost anything. Despite his stern appearance, the eccentric chef is a friendly listener who draws out interesting stories from the variety of patrons who show up at his shop. At this late hour, his customers include characters from all walks of life including office workers, washed-up singers, failed actors, strippers and gangsters.


身心疲惫的客人带着故事今晚也会在店主的料理中得到满足。
霓虹灯闪闪发光的大都会繁华街道的小巷里藏着一家“小饭店”。因为营业时间从深夜0点开始到早上7点，所以人们都叫它“深夜食堂”。在只有长柜台可以吃饭的小店里，虽然菜单只显示了酒和猪肉酱汤，如果材料齐全的的话店里什么菜系都可以做。这位善良的店主推出的菜系都是曾经熟悉的味道，充满了温情，有感于这种朴实无华的舒心感觉，无论春夏秋冬，今晚又有各种客人光顾。

A heart-gripping story of a mother’s unconditional love for her children and her economic plight in a harsh reality. The story serves as an anthem for all people who have ever had or have ever been a child.

Koharu is widowed by her beloved husband, Shin, in an accident one day. Left with her two young children, Koharu is suddenly faced with a reality as a single mother. Determined to provide for her children, Koharu works day and night on multiple jobs, but it does not take long for her income and savings to fall into a downward spiral that leads the family into poverty. As a measure of last resort, Koharu pleadingly applies for public welfare, but there, she is notified that her own mother, who had deserted her family for another man twenty years ago, has agreed to offer financial support. Thus, she is told by the bureau that her application for welfare could not be accepted. To Koharu's knowledge, her mother was a heartless woman who never showed or had any maternal love for Koharu to the extent of being able to abandon her. Confused and skeptic that such a woman would even want to help her, the exhausted Koharu decides to confront her estranged mother to refuse any financial aid--as her mother was the last person on earth she wanted to seek help from--but upon doing so, Koharu learns an unforgivable truth about her husband's death...