Asami Usuda

Asami Usuda (臼田 あさ美, Usuda Asami, real name: 臼田 麻美 (before marriage, same reading), October 17, 1984) is a Japanese actress and model. She is affiliated with A-Team. She was spotted and scouted outside the famous Shibuya 109 fashion compartment store in Tokyo at age 15 and began appearing in magazines as a model. Her husband is Reiji Okamoto, drummer of the rock band Okamoto's. She currently lives in Tokyo.

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Into a Dream (2005)

Low-profile theater troop actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey back to his hometown, marked by his quest to find the one responsible of infecting him with a STD.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Tetsushi Tanaka  •  Yûna Natsuo  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Jun Murakami

Low-profile theater troop actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey back to his hometown, marked by his quest to find the one responsible of infecting him with a STD.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Tetsushi Tanaka  •  Yûna Natsuo  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Jun Murakami

Cold Bloom (2012)

Industrial Hitachi City is the location for this post-3.11 drama. Still recovering from the tsunami, Shiori receives news of her husband’s accidental death, which marks the start of a personal recovery that mirrors the town’s for Shiori as well as forgiveness of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Funahashi
CAST:  Asami Usuda  •  Takahiro Miura  •  Yo Takahashi  •  Tarô Suwa

Industrial Hitachi City is the location for this post-3.11 drama. Still recovering from the tsunami, Shiori receives news of her husband’s accidental death, which marks the start of a personal recovery that mirrors the town’s for Shiori as well as forgiveness of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Funahashi
CAST:  Asami Usuda  •  Takahiro Miura  •  Yo Takahashi  •  Tarô Suwa

Suzuki Sensei (2013)

Teacher Akira Suzuki breaks away from long-held customs and norms at his school. He tries hard to have the ideal classroom by using his own "Suzuki method". The new semester begins. His homeroom 2-A class is about to have a student council election and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hayato Kawai
CAST:  Hiroki Hasegawa  •  Asami Usuda  •  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Honoka Yahagi

Teacher Akira Suzuki breaks away from long-held customs and norms at his school. He tries hard to have the ideal classroom by using his own "Suzuki method". The new semester begins. His homeroom 2-A class is about to have a student council election and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hayato Kawai
CAST:  Hiroki Hasegawa  •  Asami Usuda  •  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Honoka Yahagi

The Woodsman and the Rain (2012)

A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shuichi Okita
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Shun Oguri  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Kengo Kora

A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shuichi Okita
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Shun Oguri  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Kengo Kora

Tokyo Playboy Club (2011)

Katsutoshi is forced to flee his hometown and ends up at a rundown nightclub called "Tokyo Playboy Club." His hot-headedness gets him into further trouble, and the club's waiter Takahiro and his girlfriend Eriko also get caught up in it as their underworld ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôsuke Okuda
CAST:  Nao Omori  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Asami Usuda  •  Masaaki Akahori

Katsutoshi is forced to flee his hometown and ends up at a rundown nightclub called "Tokyo Playboy Club." His hot-headedness gets him into further trouble, and the club's waiter Takahiro and his girlfriend Eriko also get caught up in it as their underworld ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôsuke Okuda
CAST:  Nao Omori  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Asami Usuda  •  Masaaki Akahori

Good Stripes (2015)

Midori Mantani and Masao Minamisawa are both 28-years-old. They have dated for 4 years, but their relationship seems to be just going through the motions. They think about breaking up. At that time, Midori becomes pregnant. Midori and Masao decide to marry. While ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukiko Sode
CAST:  Juri Ibata  •  Akiko Kikuchi  •  Ayumu Nakajima  •  Yuko Nakamura

Midori Mantani and Masao Minamisawa are both 28-years-old. They have dated for 4 years, but their relationship seems to be just going through the motions. They think about breaking up. At that time, Midori becomes pregnant. Midori and Masao decide to marry. While ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukiko Sode
CAST:  Juri Ibata  •  Akiko Kikuchi  •  Ayumu Nakajima  •  Yuko Nakamura

End Call (2008)

The Devil has a phone number, and if you call him on your mobile phone at midnight, he will grant your wish. In return however, he will control your life for the duration of the call.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Yamamoto
CAST:  Yuria Haga  •  Asami Usuda  •  Tasuku Nagaoka  •  Tetsu Watanabe

The Devil has a phone number, and if you call him on your mobile phone at midnight, he will grant your wish. In return however, he will control your life for the duration of the call.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Yamamoto
CAST:  Yuria Haga  •  Asami Usuda  •  Tasuku Nagaoka  •  Tetsu Watanabe

A Heartful of Love (2005)

Hiroshi, a 30 year-old businessman, has traveled back in time 20 years. He encounters Kazumi, a young woman who was gravely ill. Hiroshi regarded this as an opportunity to help the young woman from his past, the memory of whom he had always cherished.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Mimura  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Ryo Katsuji

Hiroshi, a 30 year-old businessman, has traveled back in time 20 years. He encounters Kazumi, a young woman who was gravely ill. Hiroshi regarded this as an opportunity to help the young woman from his past, the memory of whom he had always cherished.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Mimura  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Ryo Katsuji

Oh, My Buddha! (2009)

Based on the semibiographical novel by Jun Miura, Oh My Buddha is the classic summer coming-of-age story that is burned to a crisp with teenage angst, youthful dreams and that warm sense of folk zeitgeist of the 70s. The narrator is a first-year student at an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomorowo Taguchi
CAST:  Daichi Watanabe  •  Kazunobu Mineta  •  Shigeru Kishida  •  Asami Usuda

Based on the semibiographical novel by Jun Miura, Oh My Buddha is the classic summer coming-of-age story that is burned to a crisp with teenage angst, youthful dreams and that warm sense of folk zeitgeist of the 70s. The narrator is a first-year student at an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomorowo Taguchi
CAST:  Daichi Watanabe  •  Kazunobu Mineta  •  Shigeru Kishida  •  Asami Usuda

Hutch the Honeybee (2010)

Hutch the Honey Bee and friends set on an adventure to find Hutch's missing Queen Bee Mother, whom he lost during a surprise attack by a group of Hornets. In the process Hutch makes friends with various other animals. At a town called Sepiatown he even befriends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuro Amino
CAST:  Ayaka Saito  •  Ayaka Wilson  •  Naoki Tanaka  •  Kon Arimura

Hutch the Honey Bee and friends set on an adventure to find Hutch's missing Queen Bee Mother, whom he lost during a surprise attack by a group of Hornets. In the process Hutch makes friends with various other animals. At a town called Sepiatown he even befriends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuro Amino
CAST:  Ayaka Saito  •  Ayaka Wilson  •  Naoki Tanaka  •  Kon Arimura

Sky of Love (2007)

During her freshman year in high school, Mika Tahara (Yui Aragaki) loses her cellular phone, but later finds it in the school library with the help of an unknown caller. Throughout the summer, Mika and the mysterious caller continue to communicate, and agree to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Natsuki Imai
CAST:  Yui Aragaki  •  Haruma Miura  •  Keisuke Koide  •  Karina

During her freshman year in high school, Mika Tahara (Yui Aragaki) loses her cellular phone, but later finds it in the school library with the help of an unknown caller. Throughout the summer, Mika and the mysterious caller continue to communicate, and agree to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Natsuki Imai
CAST:  Yui Aragaki  •  Haruma Miura  •  Keisuke Koide  •  Karina

The Furthest End Awaits (2014)

Set at the edge of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, with its beautiful scenic views, the film revolves around two women from different backgrounds who develop a friendship, and how they begin to influence and change each other’s lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chiang Hsiu-Chiung
CAST:  Hiromi Nagasaku  •  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Hiyori Sakurada  •  Masatoshi Nagase

Set at the edge of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, with its beautiful scenic views, the film revolves around two women from different backgrounds who develop a friendship, and how they begin to influence and change each other’s lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chiang Hsiu-Chiung
CAST:  Hiromi Nagasaku  •  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Hiyori Sakurada  •  Masatoshi Nagase

Pumpkin and Mayonnaise (2017)

A struggling, unemployed musician living with his girlfriend looks to improve his life after he discovers how she's been paying the rent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masanori Tominaga
CAST:  Asami Usuda  •  Taiga Nakano  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Ken Mitsuishi

A struggling, unemployed musician living with his girlfriend looks to improve his life after he discovers how she's been paying the rent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masanori Tominaga
CAST:  Asami Usuda  •  Taiga Nakano  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Ken Mitsuishi

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

Honey (2018)

Kogure Nao is a shy and cute high school student. One day, Onise Taiga asks her "would you like to date with me on the promise that we will get married?" Nao is unable to turn down his proposal because she is scared of him. Taiga has red hair and piercing eyes. His ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Shintoku
CAST:  Yuna Taira  •  Sho Hirano  •  Ryusei Yokohama  •  Kaho Mizutani

Kogure Nao is a shy and cute high school student. One day, Onise Taiga asks her "would you like to date with me on the promise that we will get married?" Nao is unable to turn down his proposal because she is scared of him. Taiga has red hair and piercing eyes. His ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Shintoku
CAST:  Yuna Taira  •  Sho Hirano  •  Ryusei Yokohama  •  Kaho Mizutani

Life in Overtime (2018)

After decades of single-minded dedication to his work, a worker with an elite career course at a major bank is transferred or rather relegated to a subsidiary company, where he finds himself at a loos as he reaches retirement age.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Nakata
CAST:  Hiroshi Tachi  •  Hitomi Kuroki  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Asami Usuda

After decades of single-minded dedication to his work, a worker with an elite career course at a major bank is transferred or rather relegated to a subsidiary company, where he finds himself at a loos as he reaches retirement age.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Nakata
CAST:  Hiroshi Tachi  •  Hitomi Kuroki  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Asami Usuda

Listen to the Universe (2019)

Four pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is a former child prodigy who stopped playing when her mother died. One is a Julliard student. One is a new face and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kei Ishikawa
CAST:  Mayu Matsuoka  •  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Win Morisaki  •  Ouji Suzuka

Four pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is a former child prodigy who stopped playing when her mother died. One is a Julliard student. One is a new face and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kei Ishikawa
CAST:  Mayu Matsuoka  •  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Win Morisaki  •  Ouji Suzuka

Marriage Hunting Beauty (2019)

Takako (Mei Kurokawa) is a beautiful woman in her 30's and she works as a designer. Takako has only had relationships with married men. She decides to change herself with the help of her manga artist friend Keiko (Asami Usuda). Takako signs up at a matchmaking site ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiko Ohku
CAST:  Mei Kurokawa  •  Asami Usuda  •  Tomoya Nakamura  •  Seminosuke Murasugi

Takako (Mei Kurokawa) is a beautiful woman in her 30's and she works as a designer. Takako has only had relationships with married men. She decides to change herself with the help of her manga artist friend Keiko (Asami Usuda). Takako signs up at a matchmaking site ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiko Ohku
CAST:  Mei Kurokawa  •  Asami Usuda  •  Tomoya Nakamura  •  Seminosuke Murasugi

No-Pants Girls: Movie Box-ing2 (2004)

No Pants Girls is a 3 segment film directed by Sono Sion, Shô Tsukikawa and Reiko Saito. They deal with girls discovering sexuality, through their innocent eyes. The actors and actresses are the same in the three films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono  •  Sho Tsukikawa  •  Reiko Saito
CAST:  Hiroshi Aikawa  •  Ko Kudo  •  Akane Kurosawa  •  Arisa Matsunaga

No Pants Girls is a 3 segment film directed by Sono Sion, Shô Tsukikawa and Reiko Saito. They deal with girls discovering sexuality, through their innocent eyes. The actors and actresses are the same in the three films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono  •  Sho Tsukikawa  •  Reiko Saito
CAST:  Hiroshi Aikawa  •  Ko Kudo  •  Akane Kurosawa  •  Arisa Matsunaga

Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai (2012)

The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuzo Inohara
CAST:  Arisa Mizuki  •  Yu Shirota  •  Kotaro Satomi  •  Yuta Hiraoka

The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuzo Inohara
CAST:  Arisa Mizuki  •  Yu Shirota  •  Kotaro Satomi  •  Yuta Hiraoka
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