Index

Akechi Kogoro, a detective appearing in novels written by Edogawa Rampo is well known. But the fact his wife Fumiyo also was a skilled detective is not.

When Hisazo returns home from battle in the Second World War his face has been burnt and he has lost his limbs. Still he is proud of his war medals.

10 people answer an ad to get paid 112,000 yen per hour for participating in an experiment, which involves being under 24-hour surveillance in an individual room for 7 days. In each room there is a lethal weapon.

One summer day Atsushi and his brother, Toki, and mother, Yumiko, travel from Tokyo to a small village in Taiwan. They want to return his father’s ashes to his birthplace.

As the Edo period moves to the Meiji period, values and order of theworld are changing significantly. This film portrays the Inoyama family, which served the Maeda family from Kaga clan with an abacus instead of a sword.

On June 30, 1966, the home of senior managing director from a soy paste manufacturing company was set fire and 4 members of the household were killed in the Shizuoka prefecture. The Shizuoka police arrest Hakamada, a company employee and former professional boxer. At first Hakamada denies the allegation but just 3 days before being released from custody he confesses to the crime.

Secrets and lies, love and loneliness. This is a beautiful and bitter love story. Ruriko is a popular teddy bear maker and has been married to Satoshi for 3 years. From the outside they are a perfect couple but in reality they don’t know how to fill the void in their marriage.

“Why were we born?” This is a moving childbirth documentary including children’s testimonies about their memories of being in the womb.

During the Edo period Kanemi Sanzaemon, the head of Unasaka clan of north western Japan, kills Renko, a mistress of the lord Ukyo-Dayu who had a great influence on Ukyo for decision making. Three years later, after he loses his wife to illness, Sanzaemon tries to pay for what he did and searches for a place to die.

After I left Japan, Hiro and I learned that absence certainly made our love grow stronger. We texted daily, sent presents, and talked on Skype at all hours of the night. So when Hiro announced his impending trip to Canada, I was deliriously delighted.

For the first time ever, I am able to spend a whole 24 days here in Montreal, and I am experiencing the wonderful feel of its slower pace of life.

A retro-futuristic hangout for artists and creators. Laïka is an urban style cafe which opened in 1999.