Yui Ichikawa

Yui Ichikawa, is an actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. She is also known by her nickname, Yui-nyan. As an actress she has appeared in several dramas, and in recent years she has concentrated more on her film career.

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Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

Volunteer home-care worker Rika is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Misaki Itō  •  Kanji Tsuda

Volunteer home-care worker Rika is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Misaki Itō  •  Kanji Tsuda

Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)

While driving, the pregnant horror-movie actress Kyôko Harase and her fiancé are in a car crash. She loses her baby and her fiancé winds up in a coma. Kyôko was cursed together with a television crew when they shot a show in the haunted house where Kayako was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Noriko Sakai  •  Chiharu Niiyama  •  Kei Horie  •  Yui Ichikawa

While driving, the pregnant horror-movie actress Kyôko Harase and her fiancé are in a car crash. She loses her baby and her fiancé winds up in a coma. Kyôko was cursed together with a television crew when they shot a show in the haunted house where Kayako was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Noriko Sakai  •  Chiharu Niiyama  •  Kei Horie  •  Yui Ichikawa

About Love (2005)

Three stories are told, respectively set in Tokyo, Taipei, and Shanghai. The first two stories are about a Japanese person and a Taiwanese person. The last one is set in Shanghai with a story about a Japanese man and a Chinese woman. Some of the characters can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yibai  •  Ten Shimoyama  •  Yee Chin-Yen
CAST:  Chen Bolin  •  Mavis Fan  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Misaki Itō

Three stories are told, respectively set in Tokyo, Taipei, and Shanghai. The first two stories are about a Japanese person and a Taiwanese person. The last one is set in Shanghai with a story about a Japanese man and a Chinese woman. Some of the characters can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yibai  •  Ten Shimoyama  •  Yee Chin-Yen
CAST:  Chen Bolin  •  Mavis Fan  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Misaki Itō

Zebraman (2004)

A failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as the superhero "Zebraman". Although the TV series was canceled after only 6 episodes, this cannot stop him from acting out his escapist fantasy in a self made zebra-suit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Koen Kondo

A failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as the superhero "Zebraman". Although the TV series was canceled after only 6 episodes, this cannot stop him from acting out his escapist fantasy in a self made zebra-suit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Koen Kondo

Crime or Punishment?!? (2009)

Riko Narumi plays an unpopular idol who in an attempt to boost her faltering career becomes police chief for a day. During the day a robbery occurs at a convenience store and instead of letting a real police chief deal with the robbery she decides to take the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keralino Sandorovich
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Riko Narumi  •  Sakura Ando  •  Eriko Sato

Riko Narumi plays an unpopular idol who in an attempt to boost her faltering career becomes police chief for a day. During the day a robbery occurs at a convenience store and instead of letting a real police chief deal with the robbery she decides to take the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keralino Sandorovich
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Riko Narumi  •  Sakura Ando  •  Eriko Sato

Zoo (2005)

Five different directors adapt the works of Japanese author Otsuichi in this collection of unconventional live-action and animated shorts. A woman is murdered under odd circumstances in the title film, "Zoo"; twin sisters are treated differently in "Kazari and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Ando  •  Ryu Kaneda  •  Junpei Mizusaki  •  Komiya Masatetsu  •  Masaki Adachi
CAST:  Patrick Harlan  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Ryunosuke Kamiki  •  Ryoko Kobayashi

Five different directors adapt the works of Japanese author Otsuichi in this collection of unconventional live-action and animated shorts. A woman is murdered under odd circumstances in the title film, "Zoo"; twin sisters are treated differently in "Kazari and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Ando  •  Ryu Kaneda  •  Junpei Mizusaki  •  Komiya Masatetsu  •  Masaki Adachi
CAST:  Patrick Harlan  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Ryunosuke Kamiki  •  Ryoko Kobayashi

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DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Ishii
CAST:  Tomohisa Yamashita  •  Maki Horikita  •  Show Aikawa  •  Mao Daichi

Nana 2 (2006)

Two girls with the same name but very different personalities share an apartment in this sequel to Nana. The rising fame of Nana Osaki's band, the Black Stones, is beginning to take a toll on the best friends' relationship. Meanwhile, Nana Komatsu struggles to make ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Mika Nakashima  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Kanata Hongo

Two girls with the same name but very different personalities share an apartment in this sequel to Nana. The rising fame of Nana Osaki's band, the Black Stones, is beginning to take a toll on the best friends' relationship. Meanwhile, Nana Komatsu struggles to make ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Mika Nakashima  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Kanata Hongo

Forbidden Siren (2006)

A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren starts wailing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Yui Ichikawa  •  Leo Morimoto  •  Naoki Tanaka  •  Hiroshi Abe

A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren starts wailing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Yui Ichikawa  •  Leo Morimoto  •  Naoki Tanaka  •  Hiroshi Abe

Tokyo Tribe (2014)

In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. The simmering tension between them is about to boil over into all-out war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Young Dais  •  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Nana Seino

In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. The simmering tension between them is about to boil over into all-out war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Young Dais  •  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Nana Seino

Undulant Fever (2014)

A female student falls for a senior, but the senior not really for her. He is willing to go to bed with her, but doesn’t feel love. The couple embark on a painful yet passionate experiment. Based on the legendary book by Kei Nakazawa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Ando
CAST:  Yui Ichikawa  •  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Masaki Miura  •  Kumi Nakamura

A female student falls for a senior, but the senior not really for her. He is willing to go to bed with her, but doesn’t feel love. The couple embark on a painful yet passionate experiment. Based on the legendary book by Kei Nakazawa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Ando
CAST:  Yui Ichikawa  •  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Masaki Miura  •  Kumi Nakamura

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DIRECTION:  Susumu Ooka
CAST:  Misako Tanaka  •  Akio Kaneda  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Suzuka Ohgo

Kiri no hi (2008)

Kiri no Hi (霧の火) is a Japanese television drama which originally aired on Nippon Television (NTV) on August 25, 2008. Directed by Nozomu Amamiya and with a screenplay by Yō Takeyama, it starred Etsuko Ichihara and Karina Nose. The story takes place in Maoka City, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nozomu Amemiya
CAST:  Etsuko Ichihara  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Miho Shiraishi

Kiri no Hi (霧の火) is a Japanese television drama which originally aired on Nippon Television (NTV) on August 25, 2008. Directed by Nozomu Amamiya and with a screenplay by Yō Takeyama, it starred Etsuko Ichihara and Karina Nose. The story takes place in Maoka City, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nozomu Amemiya
CAST:  Etsuko Ichihara  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Miho Shiraishi

Alley Cat (2017)

A depressed ex-boxer (Yosuke Kubozuka) self-medicating for the injuries that ended his career finds a stray cat that brightens his day, but she is snatched up by a comical grungy mechanic (Kenji Furuya). Calling each other by the competing names they gave the cat, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Sakaki
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Kenji Furuya  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Ryoma Baba

A depressed ex-boxer (Yosuke Kubozuka) self-medicating for the injuries that ended his career finds a stray cat that brightens his day, but she is snatched up by a comical grungy mechanic (Kenji Furuya). Calling each other by the competing names they gave the cat, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Sakaki
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Kenji Furuya  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Ryoma Baba

Traces of Sin (2017)

Tanaka is going through a tough time trying to support his younger sister Mitsuko, recently arrested and hold up in jail. As an investigative reporter, he immerses himself into a story about a shocking murder case gone cold; a family was brutally murdered a year ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kei Ishikawa
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Hikari Mitsushima  •  Keisuke Koide  •  Asami Usuda

Tanaka is going through a tough time trying to support his younger sister Mitsuko, recently arrested and hold up in jail. As an investigative reporter, he immerses himself into a story about a shocking murder case gone cold; a family was brutally murdered a year ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kei Ishikawa
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Hikari Mitsushima  •  Keisuke Koide  •  Asami Usuda

Rough (2006)

A diver on the university team must decide which of her two childhood friends she loves, and they're both on the swim team. High school diver Ami (Masami Nagasawa) and swimmer Keisuke (Mokomichi Hayami) don't exactly get along. Their parents run rival sweets shops ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Masami Nagasawa  •  Mocomichi Hayami  •  Tsuyoshi Abe  •  Yui Ichikawa

A diver on the university team must decide which of her two childhood friends she loves, and they're both on the swim team. High school diver Ami (Masami Nagasawa) and swimmer Keisuke (Mokomichi Hayami) don't exactly get along. Their parents run rival sweets shops ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Masami Nagasawa  •  Mocomichi Hayami  •  Tsuyoshi Abe  •  Yui Ichikawa

108 (2008)

At a high school in the city of Yokohoma the baseball team trains to go to the top. There are struggles, hardships and successes and not all of it is due the star pitcher or batter and those in the centre of attention. There are rewards to being the great, but it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshitaka Mori
CAST:  Yoshiki Saito  •  Aoi Nakamura  •  Riki Takeuchi  •  Ryohei Abe

At a high school in the city of Yokohoma the baseball team trains to go to the top. There are struggles, hardships and successes and not all of it is due the star pitcher or batter and those in the centre of attention. There are rewards to being the great, but it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshitaka Mori
CAST:  Yoshiki Saito  •  Aoi Nakamura  •  Riki Takeuchi  •  Ryohei Abe

A Cup of Life (2015)

An old cafe nestled deep in the mountains. Three eccentric regulars enjoy hanging out at the cafe with the cheerful and dynamic proprietress Mariko. But, there's a scary rumor that the cafe's customers keep disappearing…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ko Honekawa
CAST:  Megumi Seki  •  Chika Arakawa  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Kaoru Fujiwara

An old cafe nestled deep in the mountains. Three eccentric regulars enjoy hanging out at the cafe with the cheerful and dynamic proprietress Mariko. But, there's a scary rumor that the cafe's customers keep disappearing…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ko Honekawa
CAST:  Megumi Seki  •  Chika Arakawa  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Kaoru Fujiwara

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DIRECTION:  Haruo Inoue
CAST:  Yui Ichikawa  •  Chizuru Ikewaki  •  Ryudo Uzaki  •  Shin Ishikawa

波の塔 (2012)

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DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Ikki Sawamura  •  Michiko Hada  •  Shirō Sano  •  Takeshi Kaga

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DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Ikki Sawamura  •  Michiko Hada  •  Shirō Sano  •  Takeshi Kaga
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