Mitsu Murata

Prior to 2005, used name "Mitsuru".

Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku  •  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Ai Maeda  •  Shugo Oshinari

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku  •  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Ai Maeda  •  Shugo Oshinari

GO (2001)

Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Taro Yamamoto  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Taro Yamamoto  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

Returner (2002)

A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki
CAST:  Takeshi Kaneshiro  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Kirin Kiki  •  Goro Kishitani

A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki
CAST:  Takeshi Kaneshiro  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Kirin Kiki  •  Goro Kishitani

Platonic Sex (2001)

When Aoi is gang-raped by her classmates and kicked out of her home by her own parents she sees no reason to continue living. Before she commits suicide, however, she receives an email on her cellphone from a man named Toshi addressed to a girl named Ai. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masako Matsuura
CAST:  Saki Kagami  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Maho Nonami

When Aoi is gang-raped by her classmates and kicked out of her home by her own parents she sees no reason to continue living. Before she commits suicide, however, she receives an email on her cellphone from a man named Toshi addressed to a girl named Ai. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masako Matsuura
CAST:  Saki Kagami  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Maho Nonami

Sea Monkey (2004)

The movie "Umizaru" is the story of 14 young Japan Coast Guard officers who take part in a grueling training to become rescue divers. They must endure and survive a 50-day training. Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Ito) and 13 other recruits take part in the training. With ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichirō Hasumi
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Ai Kato  •  Karina  •  Atsushi Ito

The movie "Umizaru" is the story of 14 young Japan Coast Guard officers who take part in a grueling training to become rescue divers. They must endure and survive a 50-day training. Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Ito) and 13 other recruits take part in the training. With ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichirō Hasumi
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Ai Kato  •  Karina  •  Atsushi Ito

Black Kiss (2004)

Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Tezuka
CAST:  Reika Hashimoto  •  Kaori Kawamura  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Masanobu Ando

Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Tezuka
CAST:  Reika Hashimoto  •  Kaori Kawamura  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Masanobu Ando

Karaoke Terror (2003)

One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer and it escalates!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Kayoko Kishimoto  •  Kanako Higuchi  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer and it escalates!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Kayoko Kishimoto  •  Kanako Higuchi  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

The Negotiator (2003)

After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues, Lt. Ando, tries to find out why the men decided to take the hospital ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Hiroshi Mikami  •  Mayu Tsuruta  •  Shirō Sano  •  Kenichi Endo

After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues, Lt. Ando, tries to find out why the men decided to take the hospital ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Hiroshi Mikami  •  Mayu Tsuruta  •  Shirō Sano  •  Kenichi Endo

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends (2014)

Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keishi Otomo
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Takeru Satoh  •  Yu Aoi  •  Yûsuke Iseya

Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keishi Otomo
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Takeru Satoh  •  Yu Aoi  •  Yûsuke Iseya

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)

Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keishi Otomo
CAST:  Takeru Satoh  •  Yu Aoi  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Yûsuke Iseya

Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keishi Otomo
CAST:  Takeru Satoh  •  Yu Aoi  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Yûsuke Iseya

Neighbour No. 13 (2005)

Juzo Murasaki is a young man traumatized by his experience of bullying at school. He returns to his hometown and takes a job on a building site with his old nemesis Toru Akai. But Juzo's trauma has created a monster; he harbors a second personality, Neighbor No. 13 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Inoue
CAST:  Shido Nakamura  •  Shun Oguri  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Yumi Yoshimura

Juzo Murasaki is a young man traumatized by his experience of bullying at school. He returns to his hometown and takes a job on a building site with his old nemesis Toru Akai. But Juzo's trauma has created a monster; he harbors a second personality, Neighbor No. 13 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Inoue
CAST:  Shido Nakamura  •  Shun Oguri  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Yumi Yoshimura

Kamen Rider Hibiki: Asumu Transform! You can be an Oni, too!! (2005)

Asumu Adachi imagines if he could be like Kamen Rider Hibiki, and are approached by talking Disc Animals who teach him how to be like Hibiki, eventually allowing Asumu to transform into Kamen Rider Armed Hibiki.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayuki Shibasaki
CAST:  Rakuto Tochihara  •  Katsumi Shiono  •  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Mitsu Murata

Asumu Adachi imagines if he could be like Kamen Rider Hibiki, and are approached by talking Disc Animals who teach him how to be like Hibiki, eventually allowing Asumu to transform into Kamen Rider Armed Hibiki.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayuki Shibasaki
CAST:  Rakuto Tochihara  •  Katsumi Shiono  •  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Mitsu Murata

Kamen Rider Hibiki The Movie: Hibiki & The Seven War Oni (2005)

When a powerful new Makamou attacks and defeats Hibiki, Asumu dives into Takeshi’s history and discovers a book that details the ancient Oni and a boy sharing his name. As he reads on, he learns of the tensions between humans and Oni as they struggle to stop the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarou Sakamoto
CAST:  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Rakuto Tochihara  •  Toshinobu Matsuo  •  Jouji Shibue

When a powerful new Makamou attacks and defeats Hibiki, Asumu dives into Takeshi’s history and discovers a book that details the ancient Oni and a boy sharing his name. As he reads on, he learns of the tensions between humans and Oni as they struggle to stop the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tarou Sakamoto
CAST:  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Rakuto Tochihara  •  Toshinobu Matsuo  •  Jouji Shibue

Bungo Stray Dogs the Movie: BEAST (2022)

Set in an alternative world of Bungo Stray Dogs, this "what-if" story imagines if Atsushi Nakajima was in the Port Mafia and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa was in the Armed Detective Agency, instead of vice-versa. The story follows Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, who vows revenge on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koichi Sakamoto
CAST:  Shouhei Hashimoto  •  Yuki Torigoe  •  Rui Tabuchi  •  Masashi Taniguchi

Set in an alternative world of Bungo Stray Dogs, this "what-if" story imagines if Atsushi Nakajima was in the Port Mafia and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa was in the Armed Detective Agency, instead of vice-versa. The story follows Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, who vows revenge on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koichi Sakamoto
CAST:  Shouhei Hashimoto  •  Yuki Torigoe  •  Rui Tabuchi  •  Masashi Taniguchi

Fate/Grand Order THE STAGE - The Grand Temple of Time: Solomon Ars Nova (2020)

Tasked with preventing the destruction of humanity, the Chaldea Security Organization observes an anomaly: the Near-Future Observation Lens: Sheba proved the extinction of humanity in 2019. Chaldea pinpoints space-time Singularities thought to be the cause of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sakurako Fukuyama
CAST:  Takuya Ide  •  Kota Shinzato  •  Akari Takaishi  •  Akari Nanawo

Tasked with preventing the destruction of humanity, the Chaldea Security Organization observes an anomaly: the Near-Future Observation Lens: Sheba proved the extinction of humanity in 2019. Chaldea pinpoints space-time Singularities thought to be the cause of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sakurako Fukuyama
CAST:  Takuya Ide  •  Kota Shinzato  •  Akari Takaishi  •  Akari Nanawo

Attack on Titan: The Musical (2023)

The musical production of Attack on Titan, known in Japan as Shingeki no Kyojin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Go Ueki
CAST:  Kurumu Okamiya  •  Sara Takatsuki  •  Eito Konishi  •  Yu Fukuzawa

The musical production of Attack on Titan, known in Japan as Shingeki no Kyojin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Go Ueki
CAST:  Kurumu Okamiya  •  Sara Takatsuki  •  Eito Konishi  •  Yu Fukuzawa