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Hokkaido Shinbun Press

Hokkaido Shinbun Press

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The Last Shot in the Bar poster
Movie

In order to find a missing university student, a detective and his buddy get involved with the owner of a modeling agency.

The Last Shot in the Bar

Dec 2017

A Chorus of Angels poster
Movie

Teacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she takes charge of six students. However, she is later forced to leave after an accident occurs. 20 years later, Haru learns that one of her former students has committed a crime, and eventually returns to the island once more.

A Chorus of Angels

Nov 2012

Year One in the North poster
Movie

In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them settled in their new land under the leadership of Hideaki, husband of Shino. However, as crops fail he is to go to Sapporo to learn new techniques of farming, leaving his wife and daughter for 5 years. All this time, the new community is constantly watched by the government which choose to again uproot them from their new homes.

Year One in the North

Jan 2005

A Banana? At This Time of Night? poster
Movie

A man is immobile and incapacitated, but has professional and nonprofessional volunteers serve and help him. Though, he takes full advantage of the situation and uses and abuses the volunteer crew.

A Banana? At This Time of Night?

Dec 2018

Sketches of Kaitan City poster
Movie

The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go up a mountain to see the first sunrise of the year. Meanwhile, Haruo has inherited his family's gas business, but things aren't going well in his new endeavor and he becomes increasingly frustrated.

Sketches of Kaitan City

Dec 2010

Sakura Guardian in the North poster
Movie

The film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri Yoshinaga fled with her two sons from the Russians to Hokkaido. In 1972, her son played by Masato Sakai returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.

Sakura Guardian in the North

Mar 2018

A Drop of the Grapevine poster
Movie

Two brothers work at a small winery in Hokkaido in northern Japan. The older brother is picky and strives for the highest quality to make the best wine possible.

A Drop of the Grapevine

Oct 2014

Haru's Journey poster
Movie

Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant to make.

Haru's Journey

May 2010

Detective in the Bar 2 poster
Movie

A friend of the detective has been is murdered. During the investigation, he comes across a source which tells him that his friend was murdered for involvement with the dark side of the political world. On top of that, a woman approaches the detective with a request.

Detective in the Bar 2

May 2013

Phone Call to the Bar poster
Movie

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the detective to complete a simple task. The detective, having an excellent sense for danger, thinks the work is easy and accepts the case. The next day he begins the investigation.

Phone Call to the Bar

Sep 2011