Anri Sugihara

Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus traveling on a long isolated mountain road.

Anri (Anri Sugihara) becomes successful as a gravure idol and she catches the attention of men across the world, but she realizes that she forgot her wish of "I want to be an idol like the blue sea." She wants to take back what she lost, but...

Machiko Mai joined the private school Arama. She was late on the very first day but the principal Kokedaruma did not seem to care because Machiko was a Tokyo University graduate. He requested that Machiko to make the students smart enough to enter Tokyo University so that Arama can be a prestigious high school. 　

It's a behind-the-scenes mockumentary following 19 idols who are competing to earn a place in TV Tokyo's new idol unit