Izuru Narushima

A Chair on the Plains (2013)

Four people decide to travel to Hunza, Pakistan to find paradise. Kentaro Tooma works as head of sales for a camera company. One of his clients is Jujo Togashi who owns the shop Camera Togashi. The two men are friends and become captivated by a picture with only a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Michiko Kichise  •  Masahiko Nishimura

Four people decide to travel to Hunza, Pakistan to find paradise. Kentaro Tooma works as head of sales for a camera company. One of his clients is Jujo Togashi who owns the shop Camera Togashi. The two men are friends and become captivated by a picture with only a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Michiko Kichise  •  Masahiko Nishimura

Love Fight (2008)

Minoru has spent most of his life being protected by his spunky female best friend Aki. Fed up, he decides to take up boxing. However, just as he manages to get stronger than Aki she becomes obsessed with boxing herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Kento Hayashi  •  Kie Kitano  •  Takao Osawa  •  Shoko Fujimura

Minoru has spent most of his life being protected by his spunky female best friend Aki. Fed up, he decides to take up boxing. However, just as he manages to get stronger than Aki she becomes obsessed with boxing herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Kento Hayashi  •  Kie Kitano  •  Takao Osawa  •  Shoko Fujimura

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to obey which went against his own personal beliefs. While this infamous attack is a low point in Japanese and US ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Akira Emoto  •  Hiroshi Tamaki

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to obey which went against his own personal beliefs. While this infamous attack is a low point in Japanese and US ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Akira Emoto  •  Hiroshi Tamaki

A Lone Scalpel (2010)

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Yui Natsukawa  •  Hisashi Yoshizawa  •  Noriko Nakagoshi

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Yui Natsukawa  •  Hisashi Yoshizawa  •  Noriko Nakagoshi

Rebirth (2011)

After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Hiromi Nagasaku  •  Miwako Ichikawa  •  Eiko Koike

After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Hiromi Nagasaku  •  Miwako Ichikawa  •  Eiko Koike

Fly, Daddy, Fly (2005)

Suzuki’s world is shattered when his teenage daughter is brutally attacked. The assailant, Ishihara, son of a politician, brazenly mocks Suzuki as he throws him cover-up money. Angry, Suzuki finds he has no answer to Ishihara and in venting his anger, loses his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Junichi Okada  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Munetaka Aoki  •  Mire Aika

Suzuki’s world is shattered when his teenage daughter is brutally attacked. The assailant, Ishihara, son of a politician, brazenly mocks Suzuki as he throws him cover-up money. Angry, Suzuki finds he has no answer to Ishihara and in venting his anger, loses his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Junichi Okada  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Munetaka Aoki  •  Mire Aika

Midnight Eagle (2007)

A stolen military aircraft with nuclear missiles on board crashes in the snowbound Northern Japanese Alps. Two teams of rangers from Japan's Defense Force must reach the craft before the enemies do.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Ken Ishiguro  •  Takao Osawa  •  Akifumi Uchida  •  Osamu Shigematu

A stolen military aircraft with nuclear missiles on board crashes in the snowbound Northern Japanese Alps. Two teams of rangers from Japan's Defense Force must reach the craft before the enemies do.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Ken Ishiguro  •  Takao Osawa  •  Akifumi Uchida  •  Osamu Shigematu

Cape Nostalgia (2014)

Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Yûko Takeuchi  •  Tsurube Shofukutei

Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Yûko Takeuchi  •  Tsurube Shofukutei

Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment (2015)

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Ryoko Fujino  •  Machiko Ono  •  Mizuki Itagaki  •  Haru Kuroki

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Ryoko Fujino  •  Machiko Ono  •  Mizuki Itagaki  •  Haru Kuroki

Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion (2015)

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Ryoko Fujino  •  Mizuki Itagaki  •  Anna Ishii  •  Hiroya Shimizu

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Ryoko Fujino  •  Mizuki Itagaki  •  Anna Ishii  •  Hiroya Shimizu

To Each His Own (2017)

Takashi Aoyama has way too much work to do and pushes himself mentally too hard. He blacks out and collapses at a railroad station. When he is about to be hit by a train, he is saved by Yamamoto. After his encounter with Yamamoto, Takashi recovers his bright ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Sota Fukushi  •  Asuka Kudo  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Yasuo Katoh

Takashi Aoyama has way too much work to do and pushes himself mentally too hard. He blacks out and collapses at a railroad station. When he is about to be hit by a train, he is saved by Yamamoto. After his encounter with Yamamoto, Takashi recovers his bright ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Sota Fukushi  •  Asuka Kudo  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Yasuo Katoh

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DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Akira Emoto  •  Yui Natsukawa

A Morning of Farewell (2021)

Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she returns to her father Tatsuro's home in Ishikawa Prefecture. She then begins to work at the local Mahoroba Clinic. She works with the clinic director Toru, Nurse Mayo and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Suzu Hirose  •  Toshiyuki Nishida

Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she returns to her father Tatsuro's home in Ishikawa Prefecture. She then begins to work at the local Mahoroba Clinic. She works with the clinic director Toru, Nurse Mayo and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Suzu Hirose  •  Toshiyuki Nishida

Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie (2019)

The editor-in-chief of a literary magazine who is popular with women sets up a fake wife and bids farewell to his mistresses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Eiko Koike  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Ai Hashimoto

The editor-in-chief of a literary magazine who is popular with women sets up a fake wife and bids farewell to his mistresses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Eiko Koike  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Ai Hashimoto

Midori Woman (1985)

Midori, a woman with green genitals, and the three men who love her lead a strange and peaceful life together. However, when Midori returns from a trip alone, the balance suddenly begins to unravel, and the drama begins to run toward its tragic conclusion. The dry, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Akiko Hino  •  Yuko Takuma  •  Bunmei Harada  •  Masakazu Hasegawa

Midori, a woman with green genitals, and the three men who love her lead a strange and peaceful life together. However, when Midori returns from a trip alone, the balance suddenly begins to unravel, and the drama begins to run toward its tragic conclusion. The dry, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Akiko Hino  •  Yuko Takuma  •  Bunmei Harada  •  Masakazu Hasegawa

Família (2023)

Seiji Kamiya, a pottery craftsman who lives alone in a mountain village, temporarily returns to Japan with his fiancée, Nadia, who has been assigned to work in Algeria. Seiji opposes Satoru, who declares that Seiji should quit the company after marrying and Satoru ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Ryo Yoshizawa  •  Lucas Sagae  •  Fadile Waked

Seiji Kamiya, a pottery craftsman who lives alone in a mountain village, temporarily returns to Japan with his fiancée, Nadia, who has been assigned to work in Algeria. Seiji opposes Satoru, who declares that Seiji should quit the company after marrying and Satoru ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Ryo Yoshizawa  •  Lucas Sagae  •  Fadile Waked

Father of the Milky Way Railroad (2023)

Biopic based on the life of poet and novelist Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan’s most read and beloved authors of children’s stories. The story traces the genius writer’s brief but amazing life through his relationship with his loving father Masajiro, a successful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Masaki Suda  •  Nana Mori  •  Yudai Toyoda

Biopic based on the life of poet and novelist Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan’s most read and beloved authors of children’s stories. The story traces the genius writer’s brief but amazing life through his relationship with his loving father Masajiro, a successful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Masaki Suda  •  Nana Mori  •  Yudai Toyoda

52-Hertz Whales (2024)

Mishima Kiko was exploited by her own family. When she was little, her mother neglected her. After her mother remarried, Kiko was abused mentally and physically by her mother, stepfather, and younger stepbrother. She didn't belong to this family. Somehow, she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Hana Sugisaki  •  Jun Shison  •  Hio Miyazawa  •  Karin Ono

Mishima Kiko was exploited by her own family. When she was little, her mother neglected her. After her mother remarried, Kiko was abused mentally and physically by her mother, stepfather, and younger stepbrother. She didn't belong to this family. Somehow, she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Hana Sugisaki  •  Jun Shison  •  Hio Miyazawa  •  Karin Ono