Takeshi Maeda

The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Shinkai
CAST:  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Yuuka Nanri  •  Unsho Ishizuka

In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Shinkai
CAST:  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Yuuka Nanri  •  Unsho Ishizuka

Dead Leaves (2004)

Pandy and Retro awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past. They embark on a crime spree in search of food and clothing, but are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Imaishi
CAST:  Kappei Yamaguchi  •  Takako Honda  •  Mitsuo Iwata  •  Kiyoyuki Yanada

Pandy and Retro awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past. They embark on a crime spree in search of food and clothing, but are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Imaishi
CAST:  Kappei Yamaguchi  •  Takako Honda  •  Mitsuo Iwata  •  Kiyoyuki Yanada

The Garden of Words (2013)

Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Shinkai
CAST:  Miyu Irino  •  Kana Hanazawa  •  Fumi Hirano  •  Takeshi Maeda

Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Shinkai
CAST:  Miyu Irino  •  Kana Hanazawa  •  Fumi Hirano  •  Takeshi Maeda

Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)

The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Shinkai
CAST:  Hisako Kanemoto  •  Kazuhiko Inoue  •  Miyu Irino  •  Rina Hidaka

The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Shinkai
CAST:  Hisako Kanemoto  •  Kazuhiko Inoue  •  Miyu Irino  •  Rina Hidaka

Dokidoki! Pretty Cure the Movie: Memories for the Future (2013)

One day, Mana Aida receives a wedding dress from her mother and grandmother that they had worn in the past. While thinking about who she would wear this beside someday, a mysterious man named Marsh appears, and Mana is thrown back into the past. She was happy to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoyuki Ito
CAST:  Mai Fuchigami  •  Minako Kotobuki  •  Kanako Miyamoto  •  Rie Kugimiya

One day, Mana Aida receives a wedding dress from her mother and grandmother that they had worn in the past. While thinking about who she would wear this beside someday, a mysterious man named Marsh appears, and Mana is thrown back into the past. She was happy to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoyuki Ito
CAST:  Mai Fuchigami  •  Minako Kotobuki  •  Kanako Miyamoto  •  Rie Kugimiya

Asylum Session (2009)

Hiyoko wants to become an artist like her mother, but her father would prefer that she took a different career path. Enraged when she notices that he took all paintings done by her mother from the house, she decides to run away. Unable to find a place to sleep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tact Aoki
CAST:  Masakazu Nemoto  •  Aya Hirano  •  Aiko Aihashi  •  Takehiro Hasu

Hiyoko wants to become an artist like her mother, but her father would prefer that she took a different career path. Enraged when she notices that he took all paintings done by her mother from the house, she decides to run away. Unable to find a place to sleep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tact Aoki
CAST:  Masakazu Nemoto  •  Aya Hirano  •  Aiko Aihashi  •  Takehiro Hasu

Touch: Cross Road (2001)

Trying to find his own game of baseball, and not that of his brothers, Tatsuya moves to America and pitches for a poor, struggling minor league baseball team called the Emeralds. Meanwhile, Minami is still in Japan, trying to find her own path after quitting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gisaburō Sugii
CAST:  Yuji Mitsuya  •  Noriko Hidaka  •  Minami Takayama  •  Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Trying to find his own game of baseball, and not that of his brothers, Tatsuya moves to America and pitches for a poor, struggling minor league baseball team called the Emeralds. Meanwhile, Minami is still in Japan, trying to find her own path after quitting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gisaburō Sugii
CAST:  Yuji Mitsuya  •  Noriko Hidaka  •  Minami Takayama  •  Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Blood-Club Dolls 2 (2020)

This gruesome tale depicts a fantasy-fulfilling club which houses deadly fights where winners are rewarded, and losers meet their ultimate fate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shutaro Oku
CAST:  Bernard Ackah  •  Aki Asakura  •  Yūya Asato  •  Gomoto Naoya

This gruesome tale depicts a fantasy-fulfilling club which houses deadly fights where winners are rewarded, and losers meet their ultimate fate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shutaro Oku
CAST:  Bernard Ackah  •  Aki Asakura  •  Yūya Asato  •  Gomoto Naoya