Chizuru Azuma

The Stare (2016)

Ayano Mishima works as an AD at a TV broadcasting station. She covers the mysterious death case of a young man. Before he died, he said that somebody was watching him. Covering the case, Ayano Mishima realizes that the mysterious eye is also coming after her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koichiro Miki
CAST:  Tomomi Itano  •  Shunya Shiraishi  •  Mari Iriki  •  Kotaro Yoshida

Ayano Mishima works as an AD at a TV broadcasting station. She covers the mysterious death case of a young man. Before he died, he said that somebody was watching him. Covering the case, Ayano Mishima realizes that the mysterious eye is also coming after her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koichiro Miki
CAST:  Tomomi Itano  •  Shunya Shiraishi  •  Mari Iriki  •  Kotaro Yoshida

For Love's Sake (2018)

Shiori is a star university student with an incredible palate for wine who dreams of studying winemaking in France. However, to her dismay she is assigned to a rural sake brewery for her internship. To make matters worse, upon arrival she discovers that the brewery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Rina Kawaei  •  Mao Miyaji  •  Hayato Onozuka  •  Yuichi Nakamura

Shiori is a star university student with an incredible palate for wine who dreams of studying winemaking in France. However, to her dismay she is assigned to a rural sake brewery for her internship. To make matters worse, upon arrival she discovers that the brewery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Rina Kawaei  •  Mao Miyaji  •  Hayato Onozuka  •  Yuichi Nakamura

Sure Death 6 (1996)

When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects foul play. She recruits the services of an assassin, who by chance encounters an old friend...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahisa Sadanaga
CAST:  Makoto Fujita  •  Kunihiko Mitamura  •  Kin Sugai  •  Mari Shiraki

When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects foul play. She recruits the services of an assassin, who by chance encounters an old friend...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahisa Sadanaga
CAST:  Makoto Fujita  •  Kunihiko Mitamura  •  Kin Sugai  •  Mari Shiraki

Yakuza Ladies 9 (1999)

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DIRECTION:  Ikuo Sekimoto
CAST:  Reiko Takashima  •  Keiko Saito  •  Chiharu Komatsu  •  Naomasa Musaka

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DIRECTION:  Ikuo Sekimoto
CAST:  Reiko Takashima  •  Keiko Saito  •  Chiharu Komatsu  •  Naomasa Musaka

Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide (2000)

Nami, the young madam of a well-established hot spring hotel in Kotohira, is reunited with her childhood friend Kana who has come to participate in an art auction. However, when people with links to the auction start getting killed one after another, Nami sets out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Uesugi
CAST:  Chizuru Azuma  •  Eiichiro Funakoshi  •  Sayuri Kokusho  •  Satomi Achiwa

Nami, the young madam of a well-established hot spring hotel in Kotohira, is reunited with her childhood friend Kana who has come to participate in an art auction. However, when people with links to the auction start getting killed one after another, Nami sets out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Uesugi
CAST:  Chizuru Azuma  •  Eiichiro Funakoshi  •  Sayuri Kokusho  •  Satomi Achiwa

The Housekeeper (2012)

Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family of six. The father, Tatsuya, is the head of a university hospital's department of internal medicine. He lives with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Kimiko Yo  •  Saki Takaoka  •  Mikihisa Azuma

Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family of six. The father, Tatsuya, is the head of a university hospital's department of internal medicine. He lives with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Kimiko Yo  •  Saki Takaoka  •  Mikihisa Azuma

Housekeeper the Peeper (2014)

Nobuko Sawaguchi is a surly, unattractive housekeeper in her mid-thirties. However, in actuality, she is a beautiful woman, but she hides this fact using her makeup because of a traumatic past experience. One day Nobuko is sent to housekeep for the Uehara family, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Kie Kitano  •  Yuki Matsushita  •  Toshinori Omi

Nobuko Sawaguchi is a surly, unattractive housekeeper in her mid-thirties. However, in actuality, she is a beautiful woman, but she hides this fact using her makeup because of a traumatic past experience. One day Nobuko is sent to housekeep for the Uehara family, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Kie Kitano  •  Yuki Matsushita  •  Toshinori Omi

The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder (1998)

Akane is the young mistress of Notoraku Inn in Ishikawa Prefecture. She is trained by her mother-in-law, Takako, daily. One day, as Yohei, Akane's husband, and Takako are on their way to a friend's wedding, Rekiko, Yohei's childhood friend, confesses her feelings ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeji Hidaka
CAST:  Yoshimi Iwasaki  •  Toshio Kakei  •  Chizuru Azuma  •  Kenjirō Nashimoto

Akane is the young mistress of Notoraku Inn in Ishikawa Prefecture. She is trained by her mother-in-law, Takako, daily. One day, as Yohei, Akane's husband, and Takako are on their way to a friend's wedding, Rekiko, Yohei's childhood friend, confesses her feelings ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeji Hidaka
CAST:  Yoshimi Iwasaki  •  Toshio Kakei  •  Chizuru Azuma  •  Kenjirō Nashimoto

Food Luck! (2020)

Yoshito grew up with his mother Yasue after his father passed away. His mother ran a yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurant that his father had left behind. Yoshito enjoyed eating his mother's cooking and their restaurant was loved by many people. Things changed after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jimon Terakado
CAST:  NAOTO  •  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Ken Ishiguro  •  Satoru Matsuo

Yoshito grew up with his mother Yasue after his father passed away. His mother ran a yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurant that his father had left behind. Yoshito enjoyed eating his mother's cooking and their restaurant was loved by many people. Things changed after ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jimon Terakado
CAST:  NAOTO  •  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Ken Ishiguro  •  Satoru Matsuo

SOMEDAYS

A group of friends raised in a children's home encounter each other again as adults.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Sone
CAST:  Mau Nishio  •  Yuhi  •  Honda Takafumi  •  Kento Hiramatsu

A group of friends raised in a children's home encounter each other again as adults.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Sone
CAST:  Mau Nishio  •  Yuhi  •  Honda Takafumi  •  Kento Hiramatsu

The Housekeeper Saw! (2015)

Sawagura Nobuko is back housekeeping again in this sequel to the 2014 SP! This time around Nobuko, having been given some pearl earrings as a present sometime before, decides to attend an exhibition for a pearl described as being the world's most expensive one. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Naomi Zaizen  •  Rui Takahashi  •  Chizuru Azuma

Sawagura Nobuko is back housekeeping again in this sequel to the 2014 SP! This time around Nobuko, having been given some pearl earrings as a present sometime before, decides to attend an exhibition for a pearl described as being the world's most expensive one. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Naomi Zaizen  •  Rui Takahashi  •  Chizuru Azuma