Shinsuke Kato

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Ken and Kazu (2015)

Ken was making his life by smuggling methamphetamine with long time buddy, Kazu. Ken has decided to start a new life when he learned that his girlfriend, Saki, became pregnant. At the same time, Ken finds out that Kazu started selling on the side without getting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Shoji
CAST:  Shuna Iijima  •  Katsuya Maiguma  •  Shinsuke Kato  •  Daisuke Ebara

Ken was making his life by smuggling methamphetamine with long time buddy, Kazu. Ken has decided to start a new life when he learned that his girlfriend, Saki, became pregnant. At the same time, Ken finds out that Kazu started selling on the side without getting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Shoji
CAST:  Shuna Iijima  •  Katsuya Maiguma  •  Shinsuke Kato  •  Daisuke Ebara

Jeux de plage (2019)

One day in Spring, a college student Sayaka visits Shonan with Yui. Sayaka is secretly attracted to Yui, but Yui's best friend Momoko was waiting for them. The three girls started to stay at a holiday villa by the beach. Sayaka's anger and disdain towards Yui ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aimi Natsuto
CAST:  Haruna Hori  •  Shinsuke Kato  •  Juri Fukushima  •  Nanaho Otsuka

One day in Spring, a college student Sayaka visits Shonan with Yui. Sayaka is secretly attracted to Yui, but Yui's best friend Momoko was waiting for them. The three girls started to stay at a holiday villa by the beach. Sayaka's anger and disdain towards Yui ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aimi Natsuto
CAST:  Haruna Hori  •  Shinsuke Kato  •  Juri Fukushima  •  Nanaho Otsuka

The Dork, The Girl, and The Douchebag (2015)

A man with a wife and child attempts to run off with a hostess, but he doesn’t show up at the place they agreed to meet. The hostess continues to wait fully aware he won’t come. Then a man calls out to her…. “The Dork, The Girl, and The Douchebag,” the latest film ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôsuke Okuda
CAST:  Yôsuke Okuda  •  Shunya Itabashi  •  Eri Iwata  •  Yoshiaki Ohnishi

A man with a wife and child attempts to run off with a hostess, but he doesn’t show up at the place they agreed to meet. The hostess continues to wait fully aware he won’t come. Then a man calls out to her…. “The Dork, The Girl, and The Douchebag,” the latest film ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôsuke Okuda
CAST:  Yôsuke Okuda  •  Shunya Itabashi  •  Eri Iwata  •  Yoshiaki Ohnishi

The Look (2015)

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DIRECTION:  Atsushi Urabe
CAST:  Toshie Negishi  •  Shinsuke Kato  •  Kenta Kiguchi  •  Takashi Irie

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DIRECTION:  Atsushi Urabe
CAST:  Toshie Negishi  •  Shinsuke Kato  •  Kenta Kiguchi  •  Takashi Irie

Double Mints (2017)

Mitsuo Ichikawa receives a phone call from Mitsuo Ichikawa. Their names are pronounced the same, but spelled differently using kanji. They also graduated from the same high school. Back in their high school days, Mitsuo Ichikawa was like a subordinate to Mitsuo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Uchida
CAST:  Yasushi Fuchikami  •  Shunsuke Tanaka  •  Shunpei Kawagoshi  •  Kenta Suga

Mitsuo Ichikawa receives a phone call from Mitsuo Ichikawa. Their names are pronounced the same, but spelled differently using kanji. They also graduated from the same high school. Back in their high school days, Mitsuo Ichikawa was like a subordinate to Mitsuo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Uchida
CAST:  Yasushi Fuchikami  •  Shunsuke Tanaka  •  Shunpei Kawagoshi  •  Kenta Suga

Samurai Marathon (2019)

When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Rose
CAST:  Takeru Satoh  •  Nana Komatsu  •  Mirai Moriyama  •  Shota Sometani

When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Rose
CAST:  Takeru Satoh  •  Nana Komatsu  •  Mirai Moriyama  •  Shota Sometani

The First Supper (2019)

Rintaro (Sometani Shota) returns home for the first time in a while to prepare for and attend his father's funeral. He and his sister are surprised to find that their mother has canceled the catering order, and instead will be making the food herself in accordance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shiro Tokiwa
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Erika Toda  •  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Yuki Saito

Rintaro (Sometani Shota) returns home for the first time in a while to prepare for and attend his father's funeral. He and his sister are surprised to find that their mother has canceled the catering order, and instead will be making the food herself in accordance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shiro Tokiwa
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Erika Toda  •  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Yuki Saito

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Harari
CAST:  Yuya Endo  •  Kanji Tsuda  •  Yuya Matsuura  •  Chiba Tetsuya

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Harari
CAST:  Yuya Endo  •  Kanji Tsuda  •  Yuya Matsuura  •  Chiba Tetsuya

A Helpless Love Song (2018)

After experiencing failure in business and his marriage, Mitsutoshi Yashiro (Shinsuke Kato) walks around looking for a place to die. He decides to stop at a red light district shop to have sex for one last time. He meets Hina (Rina Fujisaki) who changes his life. - ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenichiro Nishiumi
CAST:  Shinsuke Kato  •  Rina Fujisaki  •  Yuki Mamiya  •  Kokone Sasaki

After experiencing failure in business and his marriage, Mitsutoshi Yashiro (Shinsuke Kato) walks around looking for a place to die. He decides to stop at a red light district shop to have sex for one last time. He meets Hina (Rina Fujisaki) who changes his life. - ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenichiro Nishiumi
CAST:  Shinsuke Kato  •  Rina Fujisaki  •  Yuki Mamiya  •  Kokone Sasaki

Incarnation (2021)

A conman refuses to believe that the nice old lady sitting opposite him at the bar is a centuries-old vampire, yet he's starting to feel more and more uncomfortable. And that's not the only surprising revelation this short has in store for the viewer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Suzuki
CAST:  Mayumi Amano  •  Shiino Fujita  •  Shinsuke Kato  •  Bakko Maeda

A conman refuses to believe that the nice old lady sitting opposite him at the bar is a centuries-old vampire, yet he's starting to feel more and more uncomfortable. And that's not the only surprising revelation this short has in store for the viewer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Suzuki
CAST:  Mayumi Amano  •  Shiino Fujita  •  Shinsuke Kato  •  Bakko Maeda

Namonaihi: A Day with No Name (2021)

A human drama about the strange fate of the three brothers, played by Masatoshi Nagase, Joe Odagiri, and Nobuaki Kaneko, set in Nagoya.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yûichi Hibi
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Nobuaki Kaneko  •  Miki Imai

A human drama about the strange fate of the three brothers, played by Masatoshi Nagase, Joe Odagiri, and Nobuaki Kaneko, set in Nagoya.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yûichi Hibi
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Nobuaki Kaneko  •  Miki Imai

A Story Like Hot Milk (2020)

A girl and a man in a library - they talk about a story that is like warm milk. Years later, the man sets out to find the girl, because he has a story for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Tachizono
CAST:  Shinsuke Kato  •  Miro  •  Ran Taniguchi  •  Han Arai

A girl and a man in a library - they talk about a story that is like warm milk. Years later, the man sets out to find the girl, because he has a story for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Tachizono
CAST:  Shinsuke Kato  •  Miro  •  Ran Taniguchi  •  Han Arai

Until She Wakes Up (2021)

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DIRECTION:  Kosai Sekine
CAST:  Koharu Sugawara  •  Mirai Moriyama  •  Shuna Iijima  •  Shinsuke Kato

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DIRECTION:  Kosai Sekine
CAST:  Koharu Sugawara  •  Mirai Moriyama  •  Shuna Iijima  •  Shinsuke Kato

The Last Day (2021)

This is the last day of a divorcing couple, living in Zushi, a small town located 40miles south of Tokyo. While the wife tries to let the day pass, the husband asks her out for a walk. They walk separately without a word, but they start to share a feeling to make ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Momi Yamashita
CAST:  Maho Yamada  •  Shinsuke Kato

This is the last day of a divorcing couple, living in Zushi, a small town located 40miles south of Tokyo. While the wife tries to let the day pass, the husband asks her out for a walk. They walk separately without a word, but they start to share a feeling to make ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Momi Yamashita
CAST:  Maho Yamada  •  Shinsuke Kato

A Man (2022)

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kei Ishikawa
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Sakura Ando  •  Masataka Kubota  •  Nana Seino

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kei Ishikawa
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Sakura Ando  •  Masataka Kubota  •  Nana Seino

Somebody's Flowers (2021)

A neighbor dies when potted flowers fall from a balcony of an apartment complex. A man whose father suffers from dementia begins to question if it really was an accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôsuke Okuda
CAST:  Shinsuke Kato  •  Kazuko Yoshiyuki  •  Chōei Takahashi  •  Misa Wada

A neighbor dies when potted flowers fall from a balcony of an apartment complex. A man whose father suffers from dementia begins to question if it really was an accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôsuke Okuda
CAST:  Shinsuke Kato  •  Kazuko Yoshiyuki  •  Chōei Takahashi  •  Misa Wada

Unfeigned Happy Ending (2021)

Eimi, who came to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school, invites her sister Yu, who lives in her hometown of Shiga, to move to Tokyo with her. She is reluctant at first, but suddenly accepts and soon after goes missing. One day Eimi meets Hiyori, whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Matsuo
CAST:  Narumi Yui  •  Bambi Naka  •  Yuumi Kawai  •  Shima Tabata

Eimi, who came to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school, invites her sister Yu, who lives in her hometown of Shiga, to move to Tokyo with her. She is reluctant at first, but suddenly accepts and soon after goes missing. One day Eimi meets Hiyori, whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Matsuo
CAST:  Narumi Yui  •  Bambi Naka  •  Yuumi Kawai  •  Shima Tabata

A Far Shore (2023)

An unadorned perspective on impoverished life in Okinawa, an island in southern Japan whose modern history was tainted by the bloody battle for the Pacific. 17-year-old Aoi works as a nightclub hostess in order to earn rent money and to provide for her little boy. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Kudo
CAST:  Kotone Hanase  •  Yumemi Ishida  •  Yoshiro Sakuma  •  Ayano Ogura

An unadorned perspective on impoverished life in Okinawa, an island in southern Japan whose modern history was tainted by the bloody battle for the Pacific. 17-year-old Aoi works as a nightclub hostess in order to earn rent money and to provide for her little boy. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Kudo
CAST:  Kotone Hanase  •  Yumemi Ishida  •  Yoshiro Sakuma  •  Ayano Ogura

Lonely Glory (2023)

Haruka, a young recognized female entrepreneur, was forced to retire from her company due to the abuse of her authority. For her pride, she attempts to sell her family home and starts her new business, despite her two brothers and a sister living and running a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keitaro Sakon
CAST:  Kokoro Morita  •  Haya Nakazaki  •  Eriko Nakamura  •  Yuya Matsuura

Haruka, a young recognized female entrepreneur, was forced to retire from her company due to the abuse of her authority. For her pride, she attempts to sell her family home and starts her new business, despite her two brothers and a sister living and running a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keitaro Sakon
CAST:  Kokoro Morita  •  Haya Nakazaki  •  Eriko Nakamura  •  Yuya Matsuura

Night, Birds Scream (2022)

Shinichi debuted as a novelist at a young age, but his career has been stagnant for many years. He also has broken up with his girlfriend. His day have now become gloomy. At this time, Yuko and her son moves into Shinichi's home. Yuko is the ex-wife of Shinichi's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Jojo
CAST:  Yuki Yamada  •  Marika Matsumoto  •  Yurito Mori  •  Yurika Nakamura

Shinichi debuted as a novelist at a young age, but his career has been stagnant for many years. He also has broken up with his girlfriend. His day have now become gloomy. At this time, Yuko and her son moves into Shinichi's home. Yuko is the ex-wife of Shinichi's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Jojo
CAST:  Yuki Yamada  •  Marika Matsumoto  •  Yurito Mori  •  Yurika Nakamura
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