Kensuke Ashihara

The Charm of Others (2012)

Hyper-realistic, comic drama about a group of workers in a small Japanese vending-machine factory. The young men gossip in their grubby canteen about women and each other. In order to drive out the boredom, they play soccer on the colourless industrial site. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryutaro Ninomiya
CAST:  Yoshitaka Hosokawa  •  Ryutaro Ninomiya  •  Kensuke Ashihara  •  Daisuke Udagawa

Hyper-realistic, comic drama about a group of workers in a small Japanese vending-machine factory. The young men gossip in their grubby canteen about women and each other. In order to drive out the boredom, they play soccer on the colourless industrial site. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryutaro Ninomiya
CAST:  Yoshitaka Hosokawa  •  Ryutaro Ninomiya  •  Kensuke Ashihara  •  Daisuke Udagawa

After the Storm (2016)

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Kirin Kiki  •  Yoko Maki  •  Taiyo Yoshizawa

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Kirin Kiki  •  Yoko Maki  •  Taiyo Yoshizawa

Death Tube- Broadcast Murder Show (2010)

Tragedy begins with curiosity. The on-line killer website broadcasts scenes of death in real time. Viewers are drawn to the website through curiosity, and then are shocked by what they see. Against their will, random viewers are selected to enter the killing game. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôhei Fukuda
CAST:  Shoichi Matsuda  •  Wataru Kaoru  •  Ishino Atsushi  •  Tsukamoto Sanae

Tragedy begins with curiosity. The on-line killer website broadcasts scenes of death in real time. Viewers are drawn to the website through curiosity, and then are shocked by what they see. Against their will, random viewers are selected to enter the killing game. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôhei Fukuda
CAST:  Shoichi Matsuda  •  Wataru Kaoru  •  Ishino Atsushi  •  Tsukamoto Sanae

Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017)

Nobody knows where they came from. They parasitize in human beings, take control of them and change their bodies into hideous monsters (Necro-borg). The Necro-borg fight each other until the other dies. Where did they come from? To what end? Yuji and Kaoru, whom ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Yoji Tanaka  •  Tomori Abe  •  Kensuke Ashihara  •  Satoshi Eishima

Nobody knows where they came from. They parasitize in human beings, take control of them and change their bodies into hideous monsters (Necro-borg). The Necro-borg fight each other until the other dies. Where did they come from? To what end? Yuji and Kaoru, whom ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Yoji Tanaka  •  Tomori Abe  •  Kensuke Ashihara  •  Satoshi Eishima

Moonless Dawn (2019)

Kou created songs and uploads them to the Internet, and Yuka and Saki enjoy his music as fans, always listening with deep interest and admiration. Their final summer vacation has begun as junior high school students.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harika Abe
CAST:  Yuzu Aoki  •  Yuka Nakao  •  Haruka Echigo  •  Kenji Mizuhashi

Kou created songs and uploads them to the Internet, and Yuka and Saki enjoy his music as fans, always listening with deep interest and admiration. Their final summer vacation has begun as junior high school students.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harika Abe
CAST:  Yuzu Aoki  •  Yuka Nakao  •  Haruka Echigo  •  Kenji Mizuhashi

Astral Abnormal Suzuki (2019)

Suzuki Rara is left behind in the countryside due to mischief. She becomes a YouTuber, goes both crazy and offbeat. Wearing an eye-patch, loose track pants and often holding a sledgehammer she begins interacting with the locals, families and visitors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Ono
CAST:  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Mayuko Nishiyama  •  Taketo Tanaka  •  Kotoha Hiroyama

Suzuki Rara is left behind in the countryside due to mischief. She becomes a YouTuber, goes both crazy and offbeat. Wearing an eye-patch, loose track pants and often holding a sledgehammer she begins interacting with the locals, families and visitors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Ono
CAST:  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Mayuko Nishiyama  •  Taketo Tanaka  •  Kotoha Hiroyama

You Are Still in the Long Tunnel (2022)

Based on the manga "So Dangerous!?", which was released in 2019 and became an internet sensation, this coming-of-age film follows a group of high school students as they question the future of Japan. Asami Takahashi, a high school senior, has her own ideology about ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusei Naruse
CAST:  Konatsu Kato  •  Fuma Sadamoto  •  Kensuke Takahashi  •  Takashi Hagino

Based on the manga "So Dangerous!?", which was released in 2019 and became an internet sensation, this coming-of-age film follows a group of high school students as they question the future of Japan. Asami Takahashi, a high school senior, has her own ideology about ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusei Naruse
CAST:  Konatsu Kato  •  Fuma Sadamoto  •  Kensuke Takahashi  •  Takashi Hagino