Lisa Takeba

Lisa Takeba (竹葉リサ Takeba Risa) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

The Pinkie (2014)

Since they were both five, Ryosuke has been stalked by Momoko - the ugliest girl in the village. Her love for Ryosuke is so boundless that she has her face surgically altered to suit his taste - but still he wants nothing to do with her. Ryosuke goes in for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Takeba
CAST:  Ryota Ozawa  •  Haruka Suenaga  •  Kanji Tsuda  •  Miwako Wagatsuma

Since they were both five, Ryosuke has been stalked by Momoko - the ugliest girl in the village. Her love for Ryosuke is so boundless that she has her face surgically altered to suit his taste - but still he wants nothing to do with her. Ryosuke goes in for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Takeba
CAST:  Ryota Ozawa  •  Haruka Suenaga  •  Kanji Tsuda  •  Miwako Wagatsuma

Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory (2015)

Haruko is a girl who prefers to cuddle up to her old-fashioned TV set. In this wondrous story, a television can transform into a man: and this is by no means the end of the strange cheerfulness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Takeba
CAST:  Aoi Nakamura  •  Moeka Nozaki  •  Sayaka Aoki  •  Brother Tom

Haruko is a girl who prefers to cuddle up to her old-fashioned TV set. In this wondrous story, a television can transform into a man: and this is by no means the end of the strange cheerfulness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Takeba
CAST:  Aoi Nakamura  •  Moeka Nozaki  •  Sayaka Aoki  •  Brother Tom

The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time (2021)

The Horse Thieves tells the story of gangsters who murder the father of a young family and steal the herd of horses that belonged to the village.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Takeba  •  Yerlan Nurmukhambetov
CAST:  Samal Yeslyamova  •  Madi Minaidarov  •  Mirai Moriyama  •  Dulyga Akmolda

The Horse Thieves tells the story of gangsters who murder the father of a young family and steal the herd of horses that belonged to the village.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Takeba  •  Yerlan Nurmukhambetov
CAST:  Samal Yeslyamova  •  Madi Minaidarov  •  Mirai Moriyama  •  Dulyga Akmolda

Signal 100 (2020)

A group of high school students are forced into a game where they are hypnotized to commit suicide on an unknown command. Where no one is safe from a sudden death, how can they avoid their fates?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Takeba
CAST:  Kanna Hashimoto  •  Keisuke Higashi  •  Toshiki Seto  •  Riku Ichikawa

A group of high school students are forced into a game where they are hypnotized to commit suicide on an unknown command. Where no one is safe from a sudden death, how can they avoid their fates?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Takeba
CAST:  Kanna Hashimoto  •  Keisuke Higashi  •  Toshiki Seto  •  Riku Ichikawa