Tomu Miyazaki

Honey and Clover (2006)

Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Takata
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Ryo Kase  •  Megumi Seki

Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Takata
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Ryo Kase  •  Megumi Seki

Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014)

This erotically charged drama traces the intersecting stories of a group of employees and visitors at a notorious "love hotel" in Tokyo's red-light district.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Atsuko Maeda  •  Kaho Minami  •  Lee Na-ra

This erotically charged drama traces the intersecting stories of a group of employees and visitors at a notorious "love hotel" in Tokyo's red-light district.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Atsuko Maeda  •  Kaho Minami  •  Lee Na-ra

Her Father, My Lover (2015)

Taeko’s friend Maya confesses that she has a crush on Taeko's father. Taeko tells her father and mother. Taeko's mother laughs and Taeko's father acts like its not a big deal. Since then, Maya rushes to Taeko's father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Yamauchi
CAST:  Mitsuru Fukikoshi  •  Yukino Kishii  •  Wako Ando  •  Kei Ishibashi

Taeko’s friend Maya confesses that she has a crush on Taeko's father. Taeko tells her father and mother. Taeko's mother laughs and Taeko's father acts like its not a big deal. Since then, Maya rushes to Taeko's father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Yamauchi
CAST:  Mitsuru Fukikoshi  •  Yukino Kishii  •  Wako Ando  •  Kei Ishibashi

Zomvideo (2011)

Aiko and Hashimoto discovere a VHS videotape called "A Guide to Surviving Zombies From". This is a video with a set of instructions that will help them cope with the invasion of the undead living in Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Murakami
CAST:  Akari  •  Mai Hagiwara  •  Tomu Miyazaki  •  Yûji Morita

Aiko and Hashimoto discovere a VHS videotape called "A Guide to Surviving Zombies From". This is a video with a set of instructions that will help them cope with the invasion of the undead living in Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Murakami
CAST:  Akari  •  Mai Hagiwara  •  Tomu Miyazaki  •  Yûji Morita

Nemuriba (2010)

Mika (Marie Ono), a Japanese-American woman, returns to her native Saitama hometown and becomes a therapist for a "nemuriba" ("a place to sleep").  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Sonoda
CAST:  Marie Ono  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Asumi Miwa  •  Asaya Kimijima

Mika (Marie Ono), a Japanese-American woman, returns to her native Saitama hometown and becomes a therapist for a "nemuriba" ("a place to sleep").  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Sonoda
CAST:  Marie Ono  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Asumi Miwa  •  Asaya Kimijima

Hold Up Down (2005)

A bank robbery goes completely to pot, a pair of shoplifters get both an old man and a cop behind them. It is the beginning of this zany comedy, including the guys from boy band V6.  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Masayuki Sakamoto  •  Hiroshi Nagano  •  Yoshihiko Inohara  •  Go Morita

A bank robbery goes completely to pot, a pair of shoplifters get both an old man and a cop behind them. It is the beginning of this zany comedy, including the guys from boy band V6.  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Masayuki Sakamoto  •  Hiroshi Nagano  •  Yoshihiko Inohara  •  Go Morita

Character (2021)

A kind man aspires to become a manga writer, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him, for he has little experience or natural inclination for them. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Nagai
CAST:  Masaki Suda  •  Fukase  •  Shun Oguri  •  Mitsuki Takahata

A kind man aspires to become a manga writer, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him, for he has little experience or natural inclination for them. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Nagai
CAST:  Masaki Suda  •  Fukase  •  Shun Oguri  •  Mitsuki Takahata

エロスの果て (2001)

A boy genius named "Kadokawa" invents the ultimate anesthetic for SM play. Kadokawa's madness is turned into reality by his childhood friends Oyamada and Saigo. "A near-future science fiction work that will burn out the "endless everyday life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Kankuro Kudo  •  Shoko Ikezu  •  Shima Ise

A boy genius named "Kadokawa" invents the ultimate anesthetic for SM play. Kadokawa's madness is turned into reality by his childhood friends Oyamada and Saigo. "A near-future science fiction work that will burn out the "endless everyday life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Kankuro Kudo  •  Shoko Ikezu  •  Shima Ise

Magnet Man (2014)

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DIRECTION:  Satoru Nakajima
CAST:  Osamu Mukai  •  Saki Aibu  •  Jun Kaname  •  Hiroki Miyake

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DIRECTION:  Satoru Nakajima
CAST:  Osamu Mukai  •  Saki Aibu  •  Jun Kaname  •  Hiroki Miyake

Better Left Unsaid / Mr. Yamaoka (2002)

A middle-aged push-over has an argument with two friends at the hotel he reserved for their holiday. They pick on him until an unexpected protector starts defending him. / An alien homeroom teacher gives career advice to a student.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunichiro Miki
CAST:  Kanji Tsuda  •  Yoshiyuki Morishita  •  Yoji Tanaka  •  Tomu Miyazaki

A middle-aged push-over has an argument with two friends at the hotel he reserved for their holiday. They pick on him until an unexpected protector starts defending him. / An alien homeroom teacher gives career advice to a student.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunichiro Miki
CAST:  Kanji Tsuda  •  Yoshiyuki Morishita  •  Yoji Tanaka  •  Tomu Miyazaki

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DIRECTION:  Kankuro Kudo
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Tasuku Emoto  •  Tomu Miyazaki  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

When the Rain Falls (2022)

Hazuki clips her nails every time it rains. She caressed 'her' with these fingers back then. Hazuki, an editor of a publishing company now, is attracted by Shiori, the head of planning. On a day when the two women soaked wet in the rain, they enter an motel for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Kazuha Komiya  •  Yurisa  •  Kazumi  •  Aika Yukihira

Hazuki clips her nails every time it rains. She caressed 'her' with these fingers back then. Hazuki, an editor of a publishing company now, is attracted by Shiori, the head of planning. On a day when the two women soaked wet in the rain, they enter an motel for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Kazuha Komiya  •  Yurisa  •  Kazumi  •  Aika Yukihira

You've Got A Friend (2022)

Yoshio is a man who works for the city's water department and live with his mother. He regularly visits to the SM Queen Miho, but he still cannot forget the legendary SM Queen Yukiko.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Jun Murakami  •  Nahana  •  Masao Yoshii  •  Wyolica

Yoshio is a man who works for the city's water department and live with his mother. He regularly visits to the SM Queen Miho, but he still cannot forget the legendary SM Queen Yukiko.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Jun Murakami  •  Nahana  •  Masao Yoshii  •  Wyolica

Mistaken (2011)

Kawashima senses a strange presence inside his apartment, and sets up security cameras in an attempt to find out what that is. Then the doorbell rings, and a succession of other bizarre phenomena send him into a state of panic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayuki Ito
CAST:  Kunihiro Kawashima  •  Jun'ichi Kômoto  •  Hiroki Kawata  •  La Salle Ishii

Kawashima senses a strange presence inside his apartment, and sets up security cameras in an attempt to find out what that is. Then the doorbell rings, and a succession of other bizarre phenomena send him into a state of panic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayuki Ito
CAST:  Kunihiro Kawashima  •  Jun'ichi Kômoto  •  Hiroki Kawata  •  La Salle Ishii

Let's Go Karaoke! (2024)

Nothing worries Satomi Oka more than the upcoming final choir competition of his middle school career—right up until he is accosted by a stranger from the shadows who demands, “Let's go karaoke!” As a yakuza, Kyouji Narita doesn't scare easily, but a terrifying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita
CAST:  Go Ayano  •  Jun Saitō  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Kyoko Yoshine

Nothing worries Satomi Oka more than the upcoming final choir competition of his middle school career—right up until he is accosted by a stranger from the shadows who demands, “Let's go karaoke!” As a yakuza, Kyouji Narita doesn't scare easily, but a terrifying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita
CAST:  Go Ayano  •  Jun Saitō  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Kyoko Yoshine