Atsushi Arai

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Lesson of the Evil (2012)

Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer, who slowly takes control of the students and faculty through murder and manipulation. When he is caught in the act during preparations for the school ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Takayuki Yamada  •  Takehiro Hira  •  Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer, who slowly takes control of the students and faculty through murder and manipulation. When he is caught in the act during preparations for the school ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Takayuki Yamada  •  Takehiro Hira  •  Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO Movie Wars Mega Max (2011)

Movie War Mega Max featured the first seven Kamen Riders (Kamen Rider 1, 2, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, and Stronger) to commemorate the franchise's 40th anniversary. Trailers for the film shown during airings of Fourze also showed the return of Kamen Rider Double as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koichi Sakamoto
CAST:  Ryosuke Miura  •  Tetsu Inada  •  Takahiro Fujimoto  •  Hirofumi Tanaka

Movie War Mega Max featured the first seven Kamen Riders (Kamen Rider 1, 2, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, and Stronger) to commemorate the franchise's 40th anniversary. Trailers for the film shown during airings of Fourze also showed the return of Kamen Rider Double as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koichi Sakamoto
CAST:  Ryosuke Miura  •  Tetsu Inada  •  Takahiro Fujimoto  •  Hirofumi Tanaka

Brain Fluid Explosion Girl (2015)

Hana Ichii attends a school that she admired since she was a child. One day, she wakes up and finds herself locked in a cage with her classmates. They are forced to take part in a survival game using their cellphones.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Abe
CAST:  Hinata Kashiwagi  •  Haruka  •  Moka Kamishiraishi  •  Yūmi Shida

Hana Ichii attends a school that she admired since she was a child. One day, she wakes up and finds herself locked in a cage with her classmates. They are forced to take part in a survival game using their cellphones.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Abe
CAST:  Hinata Kashiwagi  •  Haruka  •  Moka Kamishiraishi  •  Yūmi Shida

KIRI – Profession: Assassin (2015)

Kiri was trained as a professional assassin. She carries out missions given by her boss. She has Rui whom she adores like a real younger sister. Rui was also trained as a professional assassin with Kiri. A horrific incident leads to the death of Kiri's mother and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koichi Sakamoto
CAST:  Yumiko Shaku  •  Yuki Kubota  •  Ayame Misaki  •  Ayane Nagabuchi

Kiri was trained as a professional assassin. She carries out missions given by her boss. She has Rui whom she adores like a real younger sister. Rui was also trained as a professional assassin with Kiri. A horrific incident leads to the death of Kiri's mother and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koichi Sakamoto
CAST:  Yumiko Shaku  •  Yuki Kubota  •  Ayame Misaki  •  Ayane Nagabuchi

Checkpoint of the Life (2018)

Set around Ide, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, Sasaoka Yuri and Ogawa Yosuke have been friends since they were children. They are crazed about bicycling. The two grow up through interacting with people in town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yu Sakudo
CAST:  Atsushi Arai  •  Amane Okayama  •  Ayumu Mochizuki  •  Taiyo Yoshizawa

Set around Ide, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, Sasaoka Yuri and Ogawa Yosuke have been friends since they were children. They are crazed about bicycling. The two grow up through interacting with people in town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yu Sakudo
CAST:  Atsushi Arai  •  Amane Okayama  •  Ayumu Mochizuki  •  Taiyo Yoshizawa

Laughing Lucky Cats (2017)

Hitomi Takagi (Fumika Shimizu) and Akako Honda (Rena Matsui) are members of comedy duo “Akako to Hitomi.” The created the comedy duo about 5 years ago, but they are still not very popular. Everyday, they perform manzai to a regular audience in a corner of a small ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka
CAST:  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Rena Matsui  •  Motoki Ochiai  •  Atsushi Arai

Hitomi Takagi (Fumika Shimizu) and Akako Honda (Rena Matsui) are members of comedy duo “Akako to Hitomi.” The created the comedy duo about 5 years ago, but they are still not very popular. Everyday, they perform manzai to a regular audience in a corner of a small ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka
CAST:  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Rena Matsui  •  Motoki Ochiai  •  Atsushi Arai

Sanada 10 Braves (2016)

Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of a ninja group who all serve under samurai warrior Yukimura Sanada.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Kantarô Nakamura  •  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Oshima Yuko  •  Kento Nagayama

Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of a ninja group who all serve under samurai warrior Yukimura Sanada.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Kantarô Nakamura  •  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Oshima Yuko  •  Kento Nagayama

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

Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai (2012)

The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuzo Inohara
CAST:  Arisa Mizuki  •  Yu Shirota  •  Kotaro Satomi  •  Yuta Hiraoka

The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuzo Inohara
CAST:  Arisa Mizuki  •  Yu Shirota  •  Kotaro Satomi  •  Yuta Hiraoka

The Chasing World 3 (2012)

Set in the year 3000 in New Tokyo where this time round, human beings with blood type B are being targeted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mari Asato
CAST:  Kento Yamazaki  •  Tatsuya Kishida  •  Kasumi Yamaya  •  Naoyuki Morita

Set in the year 3000 in New Tokyo where this time round, human beings with blood type B are being targeted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mari Asato
CAST:  Kento Yamazaki  •  Tatsuya Kishida  •  Kasumi Yamaya  •  Naoyuki Morita

The Chasing World 4 (2012)

One day, it's decided that all people with blood type B have to be killed. There are people in black costumes who chase after and kill everyone with blood type B. Tsukasa is one of those people. Together with her friend Yui she tries to stay alive and staying alive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mari Asato
CAST:  Atsushi Arai  •  Itsuki Sagara  •  Honoka Yahagi  •  Nozomi Maeda

One day, it's decided that all people with blood type B have to be killed. There are people in black costumes who chase after and kill everyone with blood type B. Tsukasa is one of those people. Together with her friend Yui she tries to stay alive and staying alive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mari Asato
CAST:  Atsushi Arai  •  Itsuki Sagara  •  Honoka Yahagi  •  Nozomi Maeda

The Chasing World 5 (2012)

When good-for-nothing employee Daichi is attending to a backlog of work, a frightening game of tag targeting people with blood type B begins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mari Asato
CAST:  Masahiro Inoue  •  Lisa Nakama  •  Yosuke Asari  •  Ryunosuke Kawai

When good-for-nothing employee Daichi is attending to a backlog of work, a frightening game of tag targeting people with blood type B begins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mari Asato
CAST:  Masahiro Inoue  •  Lisa Nakama  •  Yosuke Asari  •  Ryunosuke Kawai

Zutaboro (2015)

When friends graduate from junior high school and are enrolled in high school Koichi and Yakko join a motorcycle gang. They make new friends, have fights and flirt with girls. Yakko, however, is not having an easy time of it. Koichi stands up for his friend and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Tasuku Nagase  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Atsushi Arai  •  Mitsuru Hirata

When friends graduate from junior high school and are enrolled in high school Koichi and Yakko join a motorcycle gang. They make new friends, have fights and flirt with girls. Yakko, however, is not having an easy time of it. Koichi stands up for his friend and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Tasuku Nagase  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Atsushi Arai  •  Mitsuru Hirata

Messiah (2011)

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DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Atsushi Arai  •  Masahiro Inoue  •  Minehiro Kinomoto  •  Sho Jinnai

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DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Atsushi Arai  •  Masahiro Inoue  •  Minehiro Kinomoto  •  Sho Jinnai

High & Low The Worst (2019)

The street fighters of Oya High go up against the delinquent brawlers of Housen Academy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeaki Kubo
CAST:  Kazuma Kawamura  •  Aoi Yo  •  Jun Shison  •  Ken Aoki

The street fighters of Oya High go up against the delinquent brawlers of Housen Academy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeaki Kubo
CAST:  Kazuma Kawamura  •  Aoi Yo  •  Jun Shison  •  Ken Aoki

Summer Night Sky, Autumn Sunset, Winter Morning and Spring Breeze (2019)

An omnibus featuring four stories about the four seasons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Mukai
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Nagisa Saito  •  Nobuyuki Suzuki  •  Marie Iitoyo

An omnibus featuring four stories about the four seasons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Mukai
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Nagisa Saito  •  Nobuyuki Suzuki  •  Marie Iitoyo

High & Low The Worst X (2022)

Fists fly when Oya High’s street fighters defend themselves from a three-school alliance of brawlers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihisa Hiranuma
CAST:  Ryoki Miyama  •  Yuta  •  Kazuma Kawamura  •  Hokuto Yoshino

Fists fly when Oya High’s street fighters defend themselves from a three-school alliance of brawlers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihisa Hiranuma
CAST:  Ryoki Miyama  •  Yuta  •  Kazuma Kawamura  •  Hokuto Yoshino

GACHI-BAN: SUPREMACY 2 (2013)

High school dropout Leo gets a visit from his deadbeat father, who tells him to become a student in order to reap the benefits of financial aid. Along with his acquaintance Kokoa, he enrolls in night classes at Kinugasa High. Although, he is unaware of the fact ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Motoki
CAST:  Kazuma Sano  •  Atsushi Arai  •  Suzunosuke Tanaka

High school dropout Leo gets a visit from his deadbeat father, who tells him to become a student in order to reap the benefits of financial aid. Along with his acquaintance Kokoa, he enrolls in night classes at Kinugasa High. Although, he is unaware of the fact ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Motoki
CAST:  Kazuma Sano  •  Atsushi Arai  •  Suzunosuke Tanaka

GACHI-BAN: WORST MAX (2012)

Fourteenth instillation in this violent action series about a delinquent youth. A straight-shooting ruffian lets his anger loose at the vileness of a young loan shark. Directed by Motoki Takashi, who has handled numerous films in the series. Hayato (Kubota ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Motoki
CAST:  Masataka Kubota  •  Suzunosuke Tanaka  •  Tomoki Hirose  •  Daisuke Nagakura

Fourteenth instillation in this violent action series about a delinquent youth. A straight-shooting ruffian lets his anger loose at the vileness of a young loan shark. Directed by Motoki Takashi, who has handled numerous films in the series. Hayato (Kubota ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Motoki
CAST:  Masataka Kubota  •  Suzunosuke Tanaka  •  Tomoki Hirose  •  Daisuke Nagakura

GACHI-BAN: TRIBAL (2012)

Fifteenth film in this violent action series about young outlaws. Passionately depicts the power plays amongst loan sharks captivated by money, with the villain from the previous film GACHI-BAN WORST MAX as the protagonist. The lead is played by Arai Atsushi of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Motoki
CAST:  Atsushi Arai  •  Takaki Uda  •  Tomoki Hirose  •  Futaba Tadokoro

Fifteenth film in this violent action series about young outlaws. Passionately depicts the power plays amongst loan sharks captivated by money, with the villain from the previous film GACHI-BAN WORST MAX as the protagonist. The lead is played by Arai Atsushi of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Motoki
CAST:  Atsushi Arai  •  Takaki Uda  •  Tomoki Hirose  •  Futaba Tadokoro
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