Sanae Miyata

Departures (2008)

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Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yojiro Takita
CAST:  Masahiro Motoki  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yojiro Takita
CAST:  Masahiro Motoki  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Noriko's Dinner Table (2007)

A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Tsugumi  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka

A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Tsugumi  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka

Where Are You? (2009)

Yuto Kobayashi stars as a down-on-his-luck 16-year-old named Ryo Kawai. Ryo grew up fatherless, and has been trying to make a living by working at a local convenience store ever since his mother was hospitalized with a prolonged illness. Unable to support himself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kobayashi
CAST:  Yuto Kobayashi  •  Masahiro Kobayashi  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Tokio Emoto

Yuto Kobayashi stars as a down-on-his-luck 16-year-old named Ryo Kawai. Ryo grew up fatherless, and has been trying to make a living by working at a local convenience store ever since his mother was hospitalized with a prolonged illness. Unable to support himself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kobayashi
CAST:  Yuto Kobayashi  •  Masahiro Kobayashi  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Tokio Emoto

Signal (2012)

University student Keisuke returns to his hometown during his summer holiday and takes a part-time job at a run-down movie theater. However, his boss Ruka, a projectionist who lives on the premises, has not set foot outside in three years, and always falls into a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Taniguchi
CAST:  Azusa Mine  •  Takahiro Nishijima  •  Kengo Kora  •  Jun Inoue

University student Keisuke returns to his hometown during his summer holiday and takes a part-time job at a run-down movie theater. However, his boss Ruka, a projectionist who lives on the premises, has not set foot outside in three years, and always falls into a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Taniguchi
CAST:  Azusa Mine  •  Takahiro Nishijima  •  Kengo Kora  •  Jun Inoue

A Lone Scalpel (2010)

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Yui Natsukawa  •  Hisashi Yoshizawa  •  Noriko Nakagoshi

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Yui Natsukawa  •  Hisashi Yoshizawa  •  Noriko Nakagoshi

Happy Flight (2008)

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Haruka Ayase  •  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Shinobu Terajima

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Haruka Ayase  •  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Shinobu Terajima

Tokyo Zombie (2005)

Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sakichi Sato
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Erika Okuda  •  Arata Furuta  •  Show Aikawa

Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sakichi Sato
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Erika Okuda  •  Arata Furuta  •  Show Aikawa

Adrift in Tokyo (2007)

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Joe Odagiri  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Joe Odagiri  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka

Sixteen (2007)

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Okuhara
CAST:  Ayu Higashi  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Mantaro Koichi  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Okuhara
CAST:  Ayu Higashi  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Mantaro Koichi  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka

Pray (2005)

Our story begins with two losers, Mitsuru and Maki, driving down the road with a drugged and kidnapped little girl in the back of their car. They owe lots of yen for drugs and a kidnapping scheme seemed to only possible way to get the money. The problem is, that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Satoh
CAST:  Katsuya Kobayashi  •  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Sanae Miyata  •  Asami Mizukawa

Our story begins with two losers, Mitsuru and Maki, driving down the road with a drugged and kidnapped little girl in the back of their car. They owe lots of yen for drugs and a kidnapping scheme seemed to only possible way to get the money. The problem is, that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Satoh
CAST:  Katsuya Kobayashi  •  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Sanae Miyata  •  Asami Mizukawa

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DIRECTION:  Kazumasa Nemoto
CAST:  Nagisa Katahira  •  Hidehiko Ishizuka  •  Mami Nomura  •  Zen Kajiwara

Surrogacy (2021)

Tamaki who becomes a surrogate mother for the sake of her elder brother, Satoshi, who is gay by going through artificial insemination using his partner Keito's sperm with her egg and the siblings wanting to reveal the truth to their parents after her pregnancy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arai Toshio
CAST:  Mayu Hotta  •  Yoshihiko Hosoda  •  Kenta Inozuka  •  Hajime Inoue

Tamaki who becomes a surrogate mother for the sake of her elder brother, Satoshi, who is gay by going through artificial insemination using his partner Keito's sperm with her egg and the siblings wanting to reveal the truth to their parents after her pregnancy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arai Toshio
CAST:  Mayu Hotta  •  Yoshihiko Hosoda  •  Kenta Inozuka  •  Hajime Inoue

Tales of the Bizarre: 2004 Spring Special (2004)

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2004 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Koroshiya desu no yo (It's a Hitman, You Know) - starring Mizuki Alisa. 2. Jibun-counsellor (Self-counsellor) - starring Inohara Yoshihiko. 3. Be Silent - starring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshinori Kobayashi  •  Masato Hijikata  •  Takao Kinoshita  •  Jun'ichi Tsuzuki
CAST:  Tamori  •  Arisa Mizuki  •  Yoshihiko Inohara  •  Atsuro Watabe

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2004 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Koroshiya desu no yo (It's a Hitman, You Know) - starring Mizuki Alisa. 2. Jibun-counsellor (Self-counsellor) - starring Inohara Yoshihiko. 3. Be Silent - starring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshinori Kobayashi  •  Masato Hijikata  •  Takao Kinoshita  •  Jun'ichi Tsuzuki
CAST:  Tamori  •  Arisa Mizuki  •  Yoshihiko Inohara  •  Atsuro Watabe

Yoake (2021)

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DIRECTION:  Tasuku Emoto
CAST:  Naotaro Moriyama  •  Kiyoko Nishimura  •  Eriko Aso  •  Sanae Miyata

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DIRECTION:  Tasuku Emoto
CAST:  Naotaro Moriyama  •  Kiyoko Nishimura  •  Eriko Aso  •  Sanae Miyata

Ikiru (2007)

Remake of Kurosawa Akira‘s Ikiru  (more)

DIRECTION:  Meiji Fujita
CAST:  Matsumoto Hakuō II  •  Kyoko Fukada  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Yusuke Santamaria

Remake of Kurosawa Akira‘s Ikiru  (more)

DIRECTION:  Meiji Fujita
CAST:  Matsumoto Hakuō II  •  Kyoko Fukada  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Yusuke Santamaria