Naoki Segi

The Thousand Year Fire (2004)

Having lost both his mother and father, an 11-year-old city boy is sent to live with his grandparents in a small seaside village. Feeling responsible for his father's accidental death, he becomes increasingly introverted and finds himself unable to make friends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Shohei Murata  •  Miho Fujima  •  Kikuo Kaneuchi  •  Chiyoka Kitasaki

Having lost both his mother and father, an 11-year-old city boy is sent to live with his grandparents in a small seaside village. Feeling responsible for his father's accidental death, he becomes increasingly introverted and finds himself unable to make friends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Shohei Murata  •  Miho Fujima  •  Kikuo Kaneuchi  •  Chiyoka Kitasaki

Route 42 (2012)

Tatsuya and Yoko promised to marry, but Yoko then died in a car accident. Tatsuya quit his job and spends his days thinking about suicide. One day, Tatsuya meets Yuri Takahashi, who looks exactly like Yoko. They then go on a road trip.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Akiko Kikuchi  •  Sousuke Takaoka  •  Kouhei Takeda  •  Mayumi Ono

Tatsuya and Yoko promised to marry, but Yoko then died in a car accident. Tatsuya quit his job and spends his days thinking about suicide. One day, Tatsuya meets Yuri Takahashi, who looks exactly like Yoko. They then go on a road trip.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Akiko Kikuchi  •  Sousuke Takaoka  •  Kouhei Takeda  •  Mayumi Ono

Ramen Samurai (2011)

Hikari (Dai Watanabe) receives news that his father passed away. Hikari decides to take over his father's ramen shop. To do so, Hikari quits his job at a design company and goes back to his home town of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture. Now, taking over his father's shop ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Daichi Watanabe  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Koto Takagi  •  Kaoru Miyano

Hikari (Dai Watanabe) receives news that his father passed away. Hikari decides to take over his father's ramen shop. To do so, Hikari quits his job at a design company and goes back to his home town of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture. Now, taking over his father's shop ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Daichi Watanabe  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Koto Takagi  •  Kaoru Miyano

Mother Lake (2016)

Set in 2036, famous photographer Fujii goes to a museum near Lake Biwa. He remembers a time twenty years earlier where he had believed that there was a dinosaur, Biwasshi, living in the lake and he had tried to convince people of this.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Maryjun Takahashi  •  Kanji Tsuda  •  Minehiro Kinomoto  •  Yu Takahashi

Set in 2036, famous photographer Fujii goes to a museum near Lake Biwa. He remembers a time twenty years earlier where he had believed that there was a dinosaur, Biwasshi, living in the lake and he had tried to convince people of this.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Maryjun Takahashi  •  Kanji Tsuda  •  Minehiro Kinomoto  •  Yu Takahashi

For Love's Sake (2018)

Shiori is a star university student with an incredible palate for wine who dreams of studying winemaking in France. However, to her dismay she is assigned to a rural sake brewery for her internship. To make matters worse, upon arrival she discovers that the brewery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Rina Kawaei  •  Hayato Onozuka  •  Mao Miyaji  •  Yuichi Nakamura

Shiori is a star university student with an incredible palate for wine who dreams of studying winemaking in France. However, to her dismay she is assigned to a rural sake brewery for her internship. To make matters worse, upon arrival she discovers that the brewery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Rina Kawaei  •  Hayato Onozuka  •  Mao Miyaji  •  Yuichi Nakamura

Karaage USA (2014)

Ayane is the daughter of a karaage (fried food) store owner, but she never liked karaage. Eventually, she left home, only to return 5 years later. Her family lives in the city of Usa in Oita Prefecture, Japan. She brings with her a young girl named Shirley, who is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Ai Takahashi  •  Princess Apuraku  •  Ken Kaito  •  Miyoko Asada

Ayane is the daughter of a karaage (fried food) store owner, but she never liked karaage. Eventually, she left home, only to return 5 years later. Her family lives in the city of Usa in Oita Prefecture, Japan. She brings with her a young girl named Shirley, who is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Ai Takahashi  •  Princess Apuraku  •  Ken Kaito  •  Miyoko Asada

Sketches of Life (2019)

Ryota Tanaka, a young man who was struggling to become a manga artist in Tokyo, came back to his hometown in Fukuoka, feeling the limits of his dream. It was a part-time job at the local life extension zoo that introduced Ryota, who was in the old friend's room, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Kanta Sato  •  Izumi Fujimoto  •  Tateto Serizawa  •  Ren Sudo

Ryota Tanaka, a young man who was struggling to become a manga artist in Tokyo, came back to his hometown in Fukuoka, feeling the limits of his dream. It was a part-time job at the local life extension zoo that introduced Ryota, who was in the old friend's room, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Kanta Sato  •  Izumi Fujimoto  •  Tateto Serizawa  •  Ren Sudo

Spice (2023)

This movie is about Spice  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Tsubasa Nakagawa  •  Mizuki Kayashima  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Shodai Fukuyama

This movie is about Spice  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Tsubasa Nakagawa  •  Mizuki Kayashima  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Shodai Fukuyama