Hibiki: Shôsetsuka ni naru hôhô

IMDB: 6.5/10

Hibiki is a precocious 15-year-old with a penchant for writing. She enters her novel to literary magazine Mokuren for nomination, but it does not satisfy conditions for their Rookie of the Year award, so it is tossed, until Editor...

Misumisô (AKA: Liverleaf)

IMDB: 6.2/10

As if bullied by her classmates everyday is not enough, Nozaki finds her house burnt to the ground and her parents dead. Knowing that the fire is not an accident, she sneaks off to punish those responsible one by one.

Violet Evergarden

IMDB: 8.4/10

In the aftermath of a great war, Violet Evergarden, a young female ex-soldier, gets a job at a writers' agency and goes on assignments to create letters that can connect people.

Past Lives

IMDB: 7.8/10

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.

Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi (AKA: The Yellow Handkerchief)

IMDB: 7.3/10

Three complete strangers embark on a road-trip to Hokkaido.

Zoku Shinya shokudô (AKA: Midnight Diner 2)

IMDB: 7.4/10

Follow the stories of ordinary individuals with a lot on their plates. As they pore over their worries, Master serves up homely delights and timely life advice. And as other customers begin to console one another, a family is born.

Kazoku wa tsuraiyo 2 (AKA: What a Wonderful Family)

IMDB: 7.0/10

In this sequel to the first It's A Wonderful Family, the characters who are still based on those in Tokyo Family (which itself was based on Tokyo Story), are a couple of years older with the father, grandfather and husband has tak...

Prey

IMDB: 4.7/10

An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions.