Nanako Okochi

Boys, Be Ambitious (1996)

Chunba and Kotetsu, grows up in the working class neighborhood of Kishiwada in Osaka in the mid-seventies. Their life in school is a never-ending series of fights and reprisals against rival gangs landing them in trouble with organised crime and in the juvenile court.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyuki Izutsu
CAST:  Takashi Okamura  •  Hiroyuki Yabe  •  Nanako Okochi  •  Hiroyuki Miyasako

Chunba and Kotetsu, grows up in the working class neighborhood of Kishiwada in Osaka in the mid-seventies. Their life in school is a never-ending series of fights and reprisals against rival gangs landing them in trouble with organised crime and in the juvenile court.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyuki Izutsu
CAST:  Takashi Okamura  •  Hiroyuki Yabe  •  Nanako Okochi  •  Hiroyuki Miyasako

Suicide Bus (1998)

A young girl named Mitsuki receives a ticket for a bus tour from her uncle. The tour appears to be normal (expect that everyone appears to be quite sombre), but Mitsuki learns its true purpose: the other passengers and the tour manager have a suicide pact to send ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Shimizu
CAST:  Dankan  •  Nanako Okochi  •  Toshinori Omi  •  Ippei Souda

A young girl named Mitsuki receives a ticket for a bus tour from her uncle. The tour appears to be normal (expect that everyone appears to be quite sombre), but Mitsuki learns its true purpose: the other passengers and the tour manager have a suicide pact to send ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Shimizu
CAST:  Dankan  •  Nanako Okochi  •  Toshinori Omi  •  Ippei Souda

Fantastipo (2005)

Two brothers must take the helm of their family's company, Armadillo, Inc., after their father steps down from his position as the company's director. Through trials and tribulations, the two slowly begin to learn the true meaning of family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shogo Yabuuchi
CAST:  Taichi Kokubun  •  Tsuyoshi Domoto  •  Hiroshi Fujioka  •  Medaka Ikeno

Two brothers must take the helm of their family's company, Armadillo, Inc., after their father steps down from his position as the company's director. Through trials and tribulations, the two slowly begin to learn the true meaning of family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shogo Yabuuchi
CAST:  Taichi Kokubun  •  Tsuyoshi Domoto  •  Hiroshi Fujioka  •  Medaka Ikeno

Monday (2000)

A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Hideki Noda

A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Hideki Noda

Amen, Somen and Rugger Men! (2000)

The second collection of "Rabu cinema" which the expectant six directors took in full digital video. Spoofed comedy by Director Koshi Mihara of "Heroine! Naniwa Bombers" "Burning Ping Pong". Heroine is "I can not live" Nanako Okochi. Osaka comes to a boys school in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsuhiro Mihara
CAST:  Tenkyû Fukuda  •  Yumi Higashino  •  Nobuo Kyô  •  Tsuyoshi Miura

The second collection of "Rabu cinema" which the expectant six directors took in full digital video. Spoofed comedy by Director Koshi Mihara of "Heroine! Naniwa Bombers" "Burning Ping Pong". Heroine is "I can not live" Nanako Okochi. Osaka comes to a boys school in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsuhiro Mihara
CAST:  Tenkyû Fukuda  •  Yumi Higashino  •  Nobuo Kyô  •  Tsuyoshi Miura

Kagura Me (2015)

A woman bears a 13 year grudge with her father over the traditional dance he was performing that caused him to be absent from her mother's death, until they reconnect over the very same dance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Okuaki
CAST:  Ren Osugi  •  Mariko Tsutsui  •  Ryoko Takizawa  •  Mei Kurokawa

A woman bears a 13 year grudge with her father over the traditional dance he was performing that caused him to be absent from her mother's death, until they reconnect over the very same dance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Okuaki
CAST:  Ren Osugi  •  Mariko Tsutsui  •  Ryoko Takizawa  •  Mei Kurokawa

Revenge Court (2015)

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DIRECTION:  Meiji Fujita
CAST:  Masakazu Tamura  •  Yûko Takeuchi  •  Miyu Yagyu  •  Akiyoshi Nakao

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DIRECTION:  Meiji Fujita
CAST:  Masakazu Tamura  •  Yûko Takeuchi  •  Miyu Yagyu  •  Akiyoshi Nakao

Go Heat Man! (2001)

17 year old Tokyo pizza delivery boy Kosuke crashes his bike into photographer Reiko and breaks her expensive camera. He promises to deliver homemade pizza to make up for her broken camera. After discovering that Reiko has moved 1,200 km away to her hometown of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsuhiko Yazaki
CAST:  Kotaro Takada  •  Miwa Mukunoki  •  Jun Miho  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

17 year old Tokyo pizza delivery boy Kosuke crashes his bike into photographer Reiko and breaks her expensive camera. He promises to deliver homemade pizza to make up for her broken camera. After discovering that Reiko has moved 1,200 km away to her hometown of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsuhiko Yazaki
CAST:  Kotaro Takada  •  Miwa Mukunoki  •  Jun Miho  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer (2000)

Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the department. Her partner, though a well-respected and experienced detective, has grown complacent after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Miki Nakatani  •  Atsuro Watabe  •  Shigeru Izumiya  •  Hairi Katagiri

Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the department. Her partner, though a well-respected and experienced detective, has grown complacent after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Miki Nakatani  •  Atsuro Watabe  •  Shigeru Izumiya  •  Hairi Katagiri

Swing Man (2000)

A man is assaulted by someone with a bat and attempts to figure out why.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Houka Kinoshita  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Urara Awata  •  Kazuki Kitamura

A man is assaulted by someone with a bat and attempts to figure out why.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Houka Kinoshita  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Urara Awata  •  Kazuki Kitamura

Bullet Explosion (2004)

When a lowly thug gets brought into a powerful Yakuza gang by his successful younger brother, he is tasked to take the hit on a rival gang leader.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Yamamura
CAST:  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Kazuyoshi Ozawa  •  Nanako Okochi  •  Mitsugu Kazama

When a lowly thug gets brought into a powerful Yakuza gang by his successful younger brother, he is tasked to take the hit on a rival gang leader.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Yamamura
CAST:  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Kazuyoshi Ozawa  •  Nanako Okochi  •  Mitsugu Kazama

Maitresse (2000)

Okite (2003)

Yakuza film directed by Hiroki Matsukata.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroki Matsukata
CAST:  Masaya Kato  •  Nanako Okochi  •  Sawa Suzuki  •  Hitoshi Ozawa

Yakuza film directed by Hiroki Matsukata.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroki Matsukata
CAST:  Masaya Kato  •  Nanako Okochi  •  Sawa Suzuki  •  Hitoshi Ozawa

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DIRECTION:  Ryūichi Honda
CAST:  Kotaro Koizumi  •  Mimura  •  Nanako Okochi  •  Miwako Kakei

Ashura's Legend Death Fight (2001)

Yusaku who became the Japanese martial arts champion, is blinded by a mysterious woman in a red dress that night. After three years of bloody training, Yusaku returns to the gym and, despite being blind, quickly defeats the yakuza who had come to collect his debt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetaka Nagahama
CAST:  Koji Matoba  •  Nanako Okochi  •  Kenjirou Ishimaru  •  Ryo Amamiya

Yusaku who became the Japanese martial arts champion, is blinded by a mysterious woman in a red dress that night. After three years of bloody training, Yusaku returns to the gym and, despite being blind, quickly defeats the yakuza who had come to collect his debt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetaka Nagahama
CAST:  Koji Matoba  •  Nanako Okochi  •  Kenjirou Ishimaru  •  Ryo Amamiya

True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules (2002)

Former yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunichi Kajima
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Noboru Andō  •  Noriko Aota  •  Manabu Hamada

Former yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunichi Kajima
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Noboru Andō  •  Noriko Aota  •  Manabu Hamada