Rino Higa

Schoolgirl Apocalypse (2011)

Japanese schoolgirl Sakura has her idyllic small-town life turned inside-out when the local men start savagely killing the women. Armed with only her kyudo bow for protection and an English textbook for comfort, Sakura journeys through an apocalyptic world of mayhem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cairns
CAST:  Rino Higa  •  Mai Tsujimoto  •  Max Mackenzie  •  Asami Mizukawa

Japanese schoolgirl Sakura has her idyllic small-town life turned inside-out when the local men start savagely killing the women. Armed with only her kyudo bow for protection and an English textbook for comfort, Sakura journeys through an apocalyptic world of mayhem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cairns
CAST:  Rino Higa  •  Mai Tsujimoto  •  Max Mackenzie  •  Asami Mizukawa

Bon Lin (2014)

Natsuko Yotsuya is a teenager and she is also known as Bon. She lives in a town and has a friend, Miyu-chan, who lives with her boyfriend in Tokyo. Miyu-chan though is abused by her boyfriend. To bring back her friend back, Natsuko and her childhood friend Rintaro ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Kobayashi
CAST:  Ema Sakura  •  Mahiro Takasugi  •  Hakushu Togetsuan  •  Rino Higa

Natsuko Yotsuya is a teenager and she is also known as Bon. She lives in a town and has a friend, Miyu-chan, who lives with her boyfriend in Tokyo. Miyu-chan though is abused by her boyfriend. To bring back her friend back, Natsuko and her childhood friend Rintaro ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Kobayashi
CAST:  Ema Sakura  •  Mahiro Takasugi  •  Hakushu Togetsuan  •  Rino Higa

Tokyo City Girl (2015)

6 Short films from various directors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshitatsu Yamada  •  Michihito Fujii  •  Hiroto Hara  •  Tomokazu Yamada  •  Kento Yamaguchi  •  Kentarô Shima
CAST:  Rina Takeda  •  Misato Aoyama  •  Himeko Toya  •  Rino Higa

6 Short films from various directors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshitatsu Yamada  •  Michihito Fujii  •  Hiroto Hara  •  Tomokazu Yamada  •  Kento Yamaguchi  •  Kentarô Shima
CAST:  Rina Takeda  •  Misato Aoyama  •  Himeko Toya  •  Rino Higa

Hierarchy of Girls: A Girl at the Bottom (2016)

Momoko is a student at a high school. She's viewed as being stupid and sits at the bottom of her school's hierarchy. While her friends are asked out on dates and they have good times with their boyfriends, Momoko doesn't have a boyfriend. Momoko relieves her stress ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiyuki Morioka
CAST:  Natsumi Hirajima  •  Ami Tomite  •  Nanami Abe  •  Yuki Tsumuraya

Momoko is a student at a high school. She's viewed as being stupid and sits at the bottom of her school's hierarchy. While her friends are asked out on dates and they have good times with their boyfriends, Momoko doesn't have a boyfriend. Momoko relieves her stress ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiyuki Morioka
CAST:  Natsumi Hirajima  •  Ami Tomite  •  Nanami Abe  •  Yuki Tsumuraya

Dorome: Boys' Side (2016)

Drama clubs from an all boys high school and an all girls high school hold a joint training camp. The schools are set to merge the following year. At the training camp, horrific and unusual events take place. Soon, the students learn that Dorome an old mountain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eisuke Naito
CAST:  Yuta Koseki  •  Aoi Morikawa  •  Tatsuya Nakayama  •  Toko Miura

Drama clubs from an all boys high school and an all girls high school hold a joint training camp. The schools are set to merge the following year. At the training camp, horrific and unusual events take place. Soon, the students learn that Dorome an old mountain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eisuke Naito
CAST:  Yuta Koseki  •  Aoi Morikawa  •  Tatsuya Nakayama  •  Toko Miura

Dorome: Girls' Side (2016)

Drama clubs from an all boys high school and an all girls high school hold a joint training camp. The schools are set to merge the following year. At the training camp, horrific and unusual events take place. Soon, the students learn that Dorome an old mountain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eisuke Naito
CAST:  Aoi Morikawa  •  Yuta Koseki  •  Tatsuya Nakayama  •  Toko Miura

Drama clubs from an all boys high school and an all girls high school hold a joint training camp. The schools are set to merge the following year. At the training camp, horrific and unusual events take place. Soon, the students learn that Dorome an old mountain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eisuke Naito
CAST:  Aoi Morikawa  •  Yuta Koseki  •  Tatsuya Nakayama  •  Toko Miura

The Name (2018)

Having failed with his business and gone absolutely penniless, Masao (45) divorced with his wife, and is currently leading a hopeless life in Ibaraki. One day, a mysterious high school girl, going by the name Emiko, showed up before Masao. Every now and then, Masao ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Toda
CAST:  Kanji Tsuda  •  Ren Komai  •  Mariko Tsutsui  •  Tamotsu Kansyuji

Having failed with his business and gone absolutely penniless, Masao (45) divorced with his wife, and is currently leading a hopeless life in Ibaraki. One day, a mysterious high school girl, going by the name Emiko, showed up before Masao. Every now and then, Masao ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Toda
CAST:  Kanji Tsuda  •  Ren Komai  •  Mariko Tsutsui  •  Tamotsu Kansyuji

Lapse (2019)

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DIRECTION:  Hidenobu Abera  •  Kentarô Shima
CAST:  Rino Higa  •  Shuntaro Yanagi  •  Mari Hayashida  •  Hidenobu Abera

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DIRECTION:  Hidenobu Abera  •  Kentarô Shima
CAST:  Rino Higa  •  Shuntaro Yanagi  •  Mari Hayashida  •  Hidenobu Abera

Life Is Dead (2012)

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DIRECTION:  Kôsuke Hishinuma
CAST:  Atsushi Arai  •  Aya Enjoji  •  Rino Higa  •  Ryôsuke Kawamura

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DIRECTION:  Kôsuke Hishinuma
CAST:  Atsushi Arai  •  Aya Enjoji  •  Rino Higa  •  Ryôsuke Kawamura

Made in Japan (2018)

When Shoichi learns that a former coworker is behind a publisized murder, he takes it to social media to reveal that he knows the murderer. But when he agrees to be interviewed by the media, his life is about to change.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusaku Matsumoto
CAST:  Takahiro Konishi  •  Rino Higa  •  Kohei Shinya  •  Mao

When Shoichi learns that a former coworker is behind a publisized murder, he takes it to social media to reveal that he knows the murderer. But when he agrees to be interviewed by the media, his life is about to change.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusaku Matsumoto
CAST:  Takahiro Konishi  •  Rino Higa  •  Kohei Shinya  •  Mao

Himawari -Okinawa wa Wasurenai, Ano Nichi no Sora o- (2013)

After an American helicopter crashes into a classroom in Okinawa International University, student Ryuichi is compelled to write a report on a similar accident 52 years ago, in 1959, when an American jet fighter crashed into his grandfather's elementary school. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Oikawa
CAST:  Kyōzō Nagatsuka  •  Kenta Suga  •  Non  •  Saki Fukuda

After an American helicopter crashes into a classroom in Okinawa International University, student Ryuichi is compelled to write a report on a similar accident 52 years ago, in 1959, when an American jet fighter crashed into his grandfather's elementary school. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Oikawa
CAST:  Kyōzō Nagatsuka  •  Kenta Suga  •  Non  •  Saki Fukuda

Adventures of Paradise: Tales from Okinawa (2019)

Five authentic tales of people young and old, searching for a fresh adventure and new beginnings, all with one thing in common - they all take place on the exquisite island of Okinawa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gori  •  Tsukasa Kishimoto  •  Takako Miyahira  •  Sachiko Judy Fukumoto
CAST:  Yenda Chan  •  Moeko Fukuda  •  Rino Higa  •  Michihiko kakazu

Five authentic tales of people young and old, searching for a fresh adventure and new beginnings, all with one thing in common - they all take place on the exquisite island of Okinawa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gori  •  Tsukasa Kishimoto  •  Takako Miyahira  •  Sachiko Judy Fukumoto
CAST:  Yenda Chan  •  Moeko Fukuda  •  Rino Higa  •  Michihiko kakazu

Toshie The Nihilist (2021)

Cryptocurrency exchange secretary Toshie ought to be celebrating the release of her boyfriend from jail. Instead, a freak accident compels her to swim from Japan to Hawaii with the child of an American-Vietcong war hero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Chozick
CAST:  Rino Higa  •  Taro Yabe  •  Takato Yonemoto  •  Matthew Chozick

Cryptocurrency exchange secretary Toshie ought to be celebrating the release of her boyfriend from jail. Instead, a freak accident compels her to swim from Japan to Hawaii with the child of an American-Vietcong war hero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Chozick
CAST:  Rino Higa  •  Taro Yabe  •  Takato Yonemoto  •  Matthew Chozick