Tateto Serizawa

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Miss ZOMBIE (2013)

A doctor and his family receive an unexpected delivery from an old friend at their remote country home - a large wooden crate containing a gun, a female zombie and an instruction sheet telling them not to feed her meat. The family is concerned, of course, but she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Ayaka Komatsu  •  Makoto Togashi  •  Toru Tezuka  •  Taro Suruga

A doctor and his family receive an unexpected delivery from an old friend at their remote country home - a large wooden crate containing a gun, a female zombie and an instruction sheet telling them not to feed her meat. The family is concerned, of course, but she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Ayaka Komatsu  •  Makoto Togashi  •  Toru Tezuka  •  Taro Suruga

Isn't Anyone Alive? (2012)

In a Japanese military hospital, a mysterious pandemic strikes and quickly kills seemingly at random. A group of unconnected individuals must come to terms with their own impending deaths, and the fragile absurdity of life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gakuryu Ishii
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Rin Takanashi  •  Hakka Shiraishi  •  Asato Iida

In a Japanese military hospital, a mysterious pandemic strikes and quickly kills seemingly at random. A group of unconnected individuals must come to terms with their own impending deaths, and the fragile absurdity of life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gakuryu Ishii
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Rin Takanashi  •  Hakka Shiraishi  •  Asato Iida

Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats (2014)

Fuku-chan is generous, light-hearted and a little chubby. When a woman from his past returns, his old fear of women is finally put to the test  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôsuke Fujita
CAST:  Miyuki Oshima  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa  •  Tateto Serizawa

Fuku-chan is generous, light-hearted and a little chubby. When a woman from his past returns, his old fear of women is finally put to the test  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôsuke Fujita
CAST:  Miyuki Oshima  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa  •  Tateto Serizawa

Their Distance (2016)

Reon is a young Korean man. He avoids contact with other people and works as an apprentice shoemaker. One after, he sees a woman Sona passed out and sleeping on a bench in the park. Reon doesn't know why, but he can't get her out of his mind. Meanwhile, Kokaze ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Ren  •  Fumiko Aoyagi  •  Hanae Kan  •  Minhyun

Reon is a young Korean man. He avoids contact with other people and works as an apprentice shoemaker. One after, he sees a woman Sona passed out and sleeping on a bench in the park. Reon doesn't know why, but he can't get her out of his mind. Meanwhile, Kokaze ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Ren  •  Fumiko Aoyagi  •  Hanae Kan  •  Minhyun

Ping Pang (2017)

Everyday a woman feverishly practices ping pong by herself. She play ping pong to distract herself from the reality of her life which includes the occasional sexual harrasment at work. A chance encounter one night slowly begins to change her world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Tanaka
CAST:  Elisa Yanagi  •  Yu Peng  •  Seitarou ishibashi  •  Norizuke Matsukawa

Everyday a woman feverishly practices ping pong by herself. She play ping pong to distract herself from the reality of her life which includes the occasional sexual harrasment at work. A chance encounter one night slowly begins to change her world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Tanaka
CAST:  Elisa Yanagi  •  Yu Peng  •  Seitarou ishibashi  •  Norizuke Matsukawa

Hurt (2016)

Ken, an AD at an infomercial company, and their program host, Tada, are both suddenly caught up in pro wrestling started by their company president, Sakaguchi. To save the fate of his company, Sakaguchi decides to start a new program, combining pro wrestling and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Horie
CAST:  Gôichi Mine  •  Asami Shibuya  •  Yuki Yoshida  •  Satoshi Sakata

Ken, an AD at an infomercial company, and their program host, Tada, are both suddenly caught up in pro wrestling started by their company president, Sakaguchi. To save the fate of his company, Sakaguchi decides to start a new program, combining pro wrestling and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Horie
CAST:  Gôichi Mine  •  Asami Shibuya  •  Yuki Yoshida  •  Satoshi Sakata

Siblings of the Cape (2019)

A pair of siblings are living together in the outskirts of society. The brother, Yoshio, has a hurt leg, the sister, Mariko, has an intellectual disability and spends most of her time at home. When Yoshio loses his job he does the unthinkable and sells his sister's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinzo Katayama
CAST:  Yuya Matsuura  •  Misa Wada  •  Kenji Iwaya  •  Yuki Kazamatsuri

A pair of siblings are living together in the outskirts of society. The brother, Yoshio, has a hurt leg, the sister, Mariko, has an intellectual disability and spends most of her time at home. When Yoshio loses his job he does the unthinkable and sells his sister's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinzo Katayama
CAST:  Yuya Matsuura  •  Misa Wada  •  Kenji Iwaya  •  Yuki Kazamatsuri

On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020)

When you're a bored teenager looking for thrills, sometimes the only thing you can turn to is rock 'n roll. Having no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, a feared trio of high school delinquents nevertheless decide they are destined for musical glory in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Iwaisawa
CAST:  Shintaro Sakamoto  •  Ren Komai  •  Tomoya Maeno  •  Tateto Serizawa

When you're a bored teenager looking for thrills, sometimes the only thing you can turn to is rock 'n roll. Having no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, a feared trio of high school delinquents nevertheless decide they are destined for musical glory in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Iwaisawa
CAST:  Shintaro Sakamoto  •  Ren Komai  •  Tomoya Maeno  •  Tateto Serizawa

When a Tree Falls (2019)

A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the distraught father begins to look for answers into his son’s death, what appears to be a tragic accident turns out to have been the result of multiple blunders by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Mao Inoue  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Yukiya Kitamura

A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the distraught father begins to look for answers into his son’s death, what appears to be a tragic accident turns out to have been the result of multiple blunders by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Mao Inoue  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Yukiya Kitamura

Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Grease (2019)

Deputy Officer of the United Nations Alliance, Simon Marcus, who aims to conquer the world with the terrorist organization Downfall along with the mad scientist Keiji Uraga, attack the Kamen Riders with overwhelming strength. It is only on Kamen Rider Grease that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shojiro Nakazawa
CAST:  Kouhei Takeda  •  Michael Tomioka  •  Tamiyasu Cho  •  Kaho Takada

Deputy Officer of the United Nations Alliance, Simon Marcus, who aims to conquer the world with the terrorist organization Downfall along with the mad scientist Keiji Uraga, attack the Kamen Riders with overwhelming strength. It is only on Kamen Rider Grease that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shojiro Nakazawa
CAST:  Kouhei Takeda  •  Michael Tomioka  •  Tamiyasu Cho  •  Kaho Takada

Prison 13 (2019)

Mari is a female university student. She takes part in an experiment held by popular VTuber Sophia. When Mari arrives at the place where the experiment is to be held, she notices the place looks like a prison. 12 people participate in the experiment and they are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kensaku Watanabe
CAST:  Mayu Hotta  •  Ken Nakajima  •  Kenshiro Iwai  •  Yûka Yano

Mari is a female university student. She takes part in an experiment held by popular VTuber Sophia. When Mari arrives at the place where the experiment is to be held, she notices the place looks like a prison. 12 people participate in the experiment and they are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kensaku Watanabe
CAST:  Mayu Hotta  •  Ken Nakajima  •  Kenshiro Iwai  •  Yûka Yano

Extro (2019)

Dives deep into the tragicomic world of the"towns-people" stand-ins working at Warp Station Edo, a popular shooting location for samurai dramas, through a piercing study of a 63-year-old extra. Utilizing mockumentary stylings, this ambitious film forms a compelling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Murahashi
CAST:  Haginoya Kozo  •  Koji Yamamoto  •  Yuki Saito  •  Yasufumi Terawaki

Dives deep into the tragicomic world of the"towns-people" stand-ins working at Warp Station Edo, a popular shooting location for samurai dramas, through a piercing study of a 63-year-old extra. Utilizing mockumentary stylings, this ambitious film forms a compelling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Murahashi
CAST:  Haginoya Kozo  •  Koji Yamamoto  •  Yuki Saito  •  Yasufumi Terawaki

Take 8 (2016)

The actor playing the father doesn’t appear at an independent film shoot of a wedding. Meanwhile, the actress’ father turns up at the hotel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichiro Ueda
CAST:  Tateto Serizawa  •  Mayumi Yamamoto  •  Kôji Muta

The actor playing the father doesn’t appear at an independent film shoot of a wedding. Meanwhile, the actress’ father turns up at the hotel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichiro Ueda
CAST:  Tateto Serizawa  •  Mayumi Yamamoto  •  Kôji Muta

The Asian Angel (2021)

Aoki is a failing novelist, and Sol is a failing pop singer. Encountering each other in South Korea, speaking different languages, they and their families somehow end up in a truck heading off into the Korean countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii
CAST:  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Choi Hee-seo  •  Kim Min-jae

Aoki is a failing novelist, and Sol is a failing pop singer. Encountering each other in South Korea, speaking different languages, they and their families somehow end up in a truck heading off into the Korean countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii
CAST:  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Choi Hee-seo  •  Kim Min-jae

All the Things We Never Said (2020)

Atsuhisa Yamada is an ordinary man, with a wife and a 5-year-old daughter. He is close to his childhood friend Takeda. One day, Atsuhisa Yamada leaves his office during work hours and goes back home early. There, he witnesses his wife and an unknown man having sex, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii
CAST:  Taiga Nakano  •  Oshima Yuko  •  Park Jung-bum  •  Katsuya Maiguma

Atsuhisa Yamada is an ordinary man, with a wife and a 5-year-old daughter. He is close to his childhood friend Takeda. One day, Atsuhisa Yamada leaves his office during work hours and goes back home early. There, he witnesses his wife and an unknown man having sex, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii
CAST:  Taiga Nakano  •  Oshima Yuko  •  Park Jung-bum  •  Katsuya Maiguma

Over the Town (2019)

Arakawa Ao lives happily on his own and hardly ever leaves Shimokitazawa, where he works at a vintage clothing shop, goes to occasional concerts and hangs out at his favorite bar. Then, he gets an unusual request to appear in an independent film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Wakaba Ryuuya  •  Moeka Hoshi  •  Kotone Furukawa  •  Minori Hagiwara

Arakawa Ao lives happily on his own and hardly ever leaves Shimokitazawa, where he works at a vintage clothing shop, goes to occasional concerts and hangs out at his favorite bar. Then, he gets an unusual request to appear in an independent film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Wakaba Ryuuya  •  Moeka Hoshi  •  Kotone Furukawa  •  Minori Hagiwara

Wild Virgins (2019)

According to a Japanese urban legend, those who didn’t get down and dirty by the time they hit thirty, will be transformed into a superhero. Mikio Hoshimura is a 29-year-old incompetent pencil pusher at an insurance firm. He’s at the bottom of the company’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken'ichi Ugana
CAST:  Tomoya Maeno  •  Hinako Sano  •  Tateto Serizawa  •  Takayuki Hamatsu

According to a Japanese urban legend, those who didn’t get down and dirty by the time they hit thirty, will be transformed into a superhero. Mikio Hoshimura is a 29-year-old incompetent pencil pusher at an insurance firm. He’s at the bottom of the company’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken'ichi Ugana
CAST:  Tomoya Maeno  •  Hinako Sano  •  Tateto Serizawa  •  Takayuki Hamatsu

Sexual Drive (2021)

Designer Enatsu worries about his sexless life. Office worker Akane is getting ready to return to work while undergoing rehab at home for panic attacks. Elite advertising agent Ikeyama wants to end his relationship with his lover. A shabby man named Kurita appears ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōta Yoshida
CAST:  Tateto Serizawa  •  Manami Hashimoto  •  Ryo Ikeda  •  Honami Sato

Designer Enatsu worries about his sexless life. Office worker Akane is getting ready to return to work while undergoing rehab at home for panic attacks. Elite advertising agent Ikeyama wants to end his relationship with his lover. A shabby man named Kurita appears ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōta Yoshida
CAST:  Tateto Serizawa  •  Manami Hashimoto  •  Ryo Ikeda  •  Honami Sato

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

In Those Days (2021)

Having failed to get into graduate school, with no girlfriend, no money, and no prospects of success with his band, Tsurugi's life has reached rock bottom. One day, after watching the video of Aya Matsuura's song “Momoiro Kataomoi”, he becomes obsessed with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Taiga Nakano  •  Takashi Yamanaka  •  Wakaba Ryuuya

Having failed to get into graduate school, with no girlfriend, no money, and no prospects of success with his band, Tsurugi's life has reached rock bottom. One day, after watching the video of Aya Matsuura's song “Momoiro Kataomoi”, he becomes obsessed with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Taiga Nakano  •  Takashi Yamanaka  •  Wakaba Ryuuya
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