Actors Short Films Season 3

WOWOW Actors Short Films Season 3

The Nighthawk's First Love

Graduate student Aiko has always had low self-esteem because of the birthmark on her face. When her

Home Sweet Home

Kenji and Hitomi Kiyosawa decide to have a smart home built for their family, one which is able to r

Thorns of Love

Momo, 24, was recently dumped by Kentaro. Spotting his new girlfriend Riko on Instagram, Momo tracks

Asakusa Kid

Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa

Anita

This long-awaited biopic provides a vivid account of the remarkable life of Anita Mui in and behind

Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu

In 2010, while covering the issue of the "secret agreement" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the

Good-bye, Erymanthins

The War of Announcers

Dramatization of The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and its announcers activities to support t

17, Unstoppable

17-year-old high school students struggle and grow up while facing the life and death of animals.

Mori, The Artist's Habitat

Vegetation thrives in painter Morikazu's garden, which is home to creatures that serve as models for

Take Me to Another Planet

What will happen to the seesaw affair between five troublesome men and women? The latest masterpiece

Confess to Your Crimes

The story tells of the granddaughter of the political family Uta, who is kidnapped. The kidnappers'

If we had met that night

This will be the last. That is why I need to tell you...

Barber Shop with a View of the Sea

Set in a barbershop in a small town by the sea, this is a story about a quiet but passionate one-hou

How to Find Happiness

Toshihide works as a doctor at a clinic located by the sea. One day, he meets Ako. She looks exactly

Kisspeptin Chronicles

Can we ever be freed from the "curse of love" that dictates "women must be pretty and fall in love"?

Take a Stroll

Silent Love

A silent love story of a young man who wishes to make the dream come true of a young woman who lost

Fragments of the Last Will

Based on a true story - a true love story of a man and his wife who are at the mercy of fate, but wi

The Parades

A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has die

Twilight Cinema Blues

Kondo, a man with a reason for returning to his hometown of Ginpei-cho, where he spent his youth, un

April, Come She Will

Shun Fujishiro is a psychiatrist and works at a university hospital in Tokyo. He is engaged to Yayoi

CRANK

MARU runs around Tokyo.MARU hears from his fellow messenger HIDE that he might be leaving Tokyo.

Hand in Hand

Momo and Todo are two strangers who meet in a small bar, and walk hand in hand while singing a child

Desert of Namibia

For 21-year-old Kana, thinking about the future is too boring, and she doesn't even know what she wa

Light of Intricate Patterns

Yuri appreciates her son Kazuma's passion of figures, but worries about his ability to get along wit

Happyend

In a near-future Japanese city bracing for a devastating earthquake, a group of teenage friends navi

Zentai

An omnibus collection of six short films the stories are the result of skull sessions at workshops l

Strange Tales of Love and Strangers

A Taiwanese girl Yuwen comes to a village of Fukushima to study abroad. She thinks falling-in-love i

Saturday Fiction

Iconic actress Jean Yu returns to Japanese-occupied China to star in a play directed by her former l

Mystery Trilogy Special

This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.

Good Stripes

Midori Mantani and Masao Minamisawa are both 28-years-old. They have dated for 4 years, but their re

Gone Wednesday

This is a work depicting a man suffering from dissociative identity disorder, who is different on ea

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told i

Ito

A shy country girl chooses a part-time job at a maid cafe where she serves customers while dressed u

Rolling Marbles

Shibuya in Tokyo, a city that continues to change due to redevelopment. At a house in the corner of

Heisei Masumi Last Night Fever

The last night of Heisei. This time it will change.

What Is Love?

Teruko is a 28-year-old office worker. 5 months ago, she fell in love with Mamoru at first sight. Si

Love Nonetheless

Koji runs a second-hand bookstore. He likes female drummer Ichihana, but, suddenly, female high scho

Teki Cometh

Retired university professor Gisuke Watanabe lives a comfortable but secluded life of affluence in t

This Hamburguer Has No Pickles

Nouka no Mikata

Shindo Yuya quits his job and joins the agriculture and forestry division of Takasaki City in Gunma

Renoir

In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl copes with a terminally ill father and stress

Jinsei

The anime film follows a man's 100-year journey, from a lonely, bullied boy to an aspiring idol. Tol

Mame Daifuku Monogatari

BiSH presents PCR is PAiPAi CHiNCHiN ROCK'N'ROLL

The first omnibus film starring "BiSH", also known as “The punk band that doesn’t play any instrumen

Sato and Sato

It’s easy to promise ‘for better or worse’ in a wedding vow, but how many marriages can truly weathe

Anita 4K Re-edit Version

A household name in Hong Kong, queen of Canto pop, Anita Mui was the very definition of a cultural i

Extremely Inappropriate! New Years Special

Snarky 1980s PE teacher, Ogawa Ichiro, is back — crashing through the wall of Café Scandal! This tim