Riona Hazuki

Riona Hazuki, born Mai Yamada, is a Japanese actress. In 1999, she played the main role in Owls' Castle.

Parasite Eve (1997)

Toshiaki Nagashima is a biologist who is doing major research on mitochondria. When his beautiful young wife is tragically involved in a car accident which leaves her brain dead, in desperation he steals her liver from her body in order to recieve the mitochondria ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Ochiai
CAST:  Hiroshi Mikami  •  Riona Hazuki  •  Tomoko Nakajima  •  Ayako Omura

Toshiaki Nagashima is a biologist who is doing major research on mitochondria. When his beautiful young wife is tragically involved in a car accident which leaves her brain dead, in desperation he steals her liver from her body in order to recieve the mitochondria ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Ochiai
CAST:  Hiroshi Mikami  •  Riona Hazuki  •  Tomoko Nakajima  •  Ayako Omura

Black Angel (1998)

Tokyo is a dark technopolis, a city of faceless chrome and cold marble. It is ruled by Nogi, a yakuza boss specializing in drugs and murder. He gained absolute power by executing the former boss and marrying his daughter, Chiaki. Only the mysterious Ikko, Chiaki's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Ishii
CAST:  Riona Hazuki  •  Miyuki Ono  •  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Reiko Takashima

Tokyo is a dark technopolis, a city of faceless chrome and cold marble. It is ruled by Nogi, a yakuza boss specializing in drugs and murder. He gained absolute power by executing the former boss and marrying his daughter, Chiaki. Only the mysterious Ikko, Chiaki's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Ishii
CAST:  Riona Hazuki  •  Miyuki Ono  •  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Reiko Takashima

Spy Sorge (2003)

A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia. The spy becomes acquainted with a sympathetic communist who like he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Iain Glen  •  Masahiro Motoki  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Takaya Kamikawa

A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia. The spy becomes acquainted with a sympathetic communist who like he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Iain Glen  •  Masahiro Motoki  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Takaya Kamikawa

Sharaku (1995)

A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Frankie Sakai  •  Shima Iwashita  •  Tsurutaro Kataoka

A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Frankie Sakai  •  Shima Iwashita  •  Tsurutaro Kataoka

Owls' Castle (1999)

As the great military commander Nobunaga Oda was consolidating his power across Japan, one of his actions was to wipe out a clan of assassins, killing every man, woman and child he found in the village. Years later, one of the survivors has hired a young but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Mayu Tsuruta  •  Riona Hazuki  •  Toshiya Nagasawa

As the great military commander Nobunaga Oda was consolidating his power across Japan, one of his actions was to wipe out a clan of assassins, killing every man, woman and child he found in the village. Years later, one of the survivors has hired a young but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Mayu Tsuruta  •  Riona Hazuki  •  Toshiya Nagasawa

Retribution (2006)

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows him, and he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Manami Konishi  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows him, and he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Manami Konishi  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

Box: The Hakamada Case (2010)

Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence and many ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Masato Hagiwara  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Riona Hazuki  •  Takenori Murano

Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence and many ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Masato Hagiwara  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Riona Hazuki  •  Takenori Murano

Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction (1996)

A detective film by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi. Made for TV.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiko Obayashi
CAST:  Takanori Jinnai  •  Riona Hazuki  •  Mirai Yamamoto  •  Shin'ya Ohwada

A detective film by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi. Made for TV.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiko Obayashi
CAST:  Takanori Jinnai  •  Riona Hazuki  •  Mirai Yamamoto  •  Shin'ya Ohwada

Hanaikusa (2007)

The tale of hardship, love, determination and life of Mineko, a young maiko (apprentice geisha) in the Gion district of Kyoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiko Hoshida
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Riona Hazuki  •  Naho Toda  •  Yumi Shirakawa

The tale of hardship, love, determination and life of Mineko, a young maiko (apprentice geisha) in the Gion district of Kyoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiko Hoshida
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Riona Hazuki  •  Naho Toda  •  Yumi Shirakawa

Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill (2015)

Masanao Ushio and other detectives from Shinjuku West PD discover the strangled dead body of a woman in an empty building in West Shinjuku in Tokyo. According to her husband Takeshi, the murdered Chieko Akiba was a top salesperson at the insurance company where she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuo Ikehiro
CAST:  Tsurutaro Kataoka  •  Kumiko Okae  •  Maiko Kawakami  •  Makiya Yamaguchi

Masanao Ushio and other detectives from Shinjuku West PD discover the strangled dead body of a woman in an empty building in West Shinjuku in Tokyo. According to her husband Takeshi, the murdered Chieko Akiba was a top salesperson at the insurance company where she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuo Ikehiro
CAST:  Tsurutaro Kataoka  •  Kumiko Okae  •  Maiko Kawakami  •  Makiya Yamaguchi