Nobuo Mizuta

The Apology King (2013)

Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Mao Inoue  •  Masaki Okada  •  Katsumi Takahashi

Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Mao Inoue  •  Masaki Okada  •  Katsumi Takahashi

Tug of War! (2012)

The mayor of Oita wants to improve the image of his city, so he instructs Chiaki - a young woman working for the city's PR department - to form a female tug of war team. Nobuo MIZUTA mixes comedy, drama and a pinch of social criticism to tell a tale of eight women, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Tetsuji Tamayama  •  Naomi Nishida

The mayor of Oita wants to improve the image of his city, so he instructs Chiaki - a young woman working for the city's PR department - to form a female tug of war team. Nobuo MIZUTA mixes comedy, drama and a pinch of social criticism to tell a tale of eight women, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Tetsuji Tamayama  •  Naomi Nishida

No More Cry (2009)

Abandoned by his father as a boy, Yuta grows up as the foster son of a restaurant owner and takes over the restaurant at the owner's death. Cheery, always smiling, always helpful, Yuta is known as Yama-chan, the friend everyone turns to. When Yuta discovers he had ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Shunji Fujimura  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara

Abandoned by his father as a boy, Yuta grows up as the foster son of a restaurant owner and takes over the restaurant at the owner's death. Cheery, always smiling, always helpful, Yuta is known as Yama-chan, the friend everyone turns to. When Yuta discovers he had ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Shunji Fujimura  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara

Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel (2006)

Ichiro Hanada is a mischievous boy who gains the ability to see and talk to ghosts after a near-death experience. (live-action adaptation of the manga )  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Kenta Suga  •  Ryoko Shinohara  •  Masahiko Nishimura  •  Masako Motai

Ichiro Hanada is a mischievous boy who gains the ability to see and talk to ghosts after a near-death experience. (live-action adaptation of the manga )  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Kenta Suga  •  Ryoko Shinohara  •  Masahiko Nishimura  •  Masako Motai

252: Signal of Life (2008)

At some point in the distant future, a massive, catastrophic earthquake strikes Tokyo, causing the temperature of the Pacific Ocean to rise meteorically and the largest typhoon in recorded Japanese history to sweep toward the city and inundate it with water. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Takayuki Yamada  •  Hideaki Ito  •  Yuu Kashii

At some point in the distant future, a massive, catastrophic earthquake strikes Tokyo, causing the temperature of the Pacific Ocean to rise meteorically and the largest typhoon in recorded Japanese history to sweep toward the city and inundate it with water. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Takayuki Yamada  •  Hideaki Ito  •  Yuu Kashii

Sing My Life (2016)

Katsu (Mitsuko Baisho) is a 73-years-old woman. She often makes trouble with her biting remarks. While raising a daughter alone, Katsu was unable to live the life she wished for. One day, Katsu goes to a photo studio and takes a picture. She leaves the photo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Mikako Tabe  •  Mitsuko Baisho  •  Satomi Kobayashi  •  Jun Kaname

Katsu (Mitsuko Baisho) is a 73-years-old woman. She often makes trouble with her biting remarks. While raising a daughter alone, Katsu was unable to live the life she wished for. One day, Katsu goes to a photo studio and takes a picture. She leaves the photo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Mikako Tabe  •  Mitsuko Baisho  •  Satomi Kobayashi  •  Jun Kaname

Goodbye to Our Kindergarten (2011)

One day, five kindergarten children suddenly disappear from a kindergarten in Tokyo, sending their teachers and parents into a panic. The five of them are connecting on trains and headed to an unfamiliar place for some purpose. Before their journey, they had made a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Mana Ashida  •  Hikari Mitsushima  •  Ruiki Sato  •  Ryoka Ihara

One day, five kindergarten children suddenly disappear from a kindergarten in Tokyo, sending their teachers and parents into a panic. The five of them are connecting on trains and headed to an unfamiliar place for some purpose. Before their journey, they had made a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Mana Ashida  •  Hikari Mitsushima  •  Ruiki Sato  •  Ryoka Ihara

Maiko Haaaan!!! (2007)

Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Saori

Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Saori

JOKE - 2022 Panic Haishin! (2020)

The story of a comedian in a horror set in the near future of post-corona.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Toma Ikuta

The story of a comedian in a horror set in the near future of post-corona.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Toma Ikuta

I Am Makimoto (2022)

Sou Makimoto works in the "send-off" department at the city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for people who die alone and bury them at a cemetery. Makimoto doesn't like to socialise with his colleagues or listen to them. By doing his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Denden  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Suzuki Matsuo

Sou Makimoto works in the "send-off" department at the city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for people who die alone and bury them at a cemetery. Makimoto doesn't like to socialise with his colleagues or listen to them. By doing his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Denden  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Suzuki Matsuo

Hana's Miso Soup (2014)

Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes one day when he meets the irrepressible Matsunaga Chie by accident. Just as their relationship is blossoming however, Chie tells Shingo that she has breast cancer. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sarasa Ayuba  •  Tsurutaro Kataoka  •  Toshiyuki Kitami  •  Kyoko Maya

Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes one day when he meets the irrepressible Matsunaga Chie by accident. Just as their relationship is blossoming however, Chie tells Shingo that she has breast cancer. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sarasa Ayuba  •  Tsurutaro Kataoka  •  Toshiyuki Kitami  •  Kyoko Maya