Manami Higa

Manami Higa is a Japanese actress. Higa's mother was a model. She graduated from Okinawa Prefectural Central High School. Her break as an actress came when she was selected in an audition of 2,156 people to star in the NHK Asadora Dondo Hare in 2006.

Fly, Dakota, Fly! (2013)

In January 1946 a British military transport plane departs from Shanghai on its to Tokyo, Japan. During the flight the airplane makes an emergency landing on Sado Island. The residents on the island have heard stereotypes of the British soldiers and have mixed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Aburatani
CAST:  Manami Higa  •  Masataka Kubota  •  Akira Emoto  •  Yoriko Doguchi

In January 1946 a British military transport plane departs from Shanghai on its to Tokyo, Japan. During the flight the airplane makes an emergency landing on Sado Island. The residents on the island have heard stereotypes of the British soldiers and have mixed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Aburatani
CAST:  Manami Higa  •  Masataka Kubota  •  Akira Emoto  •  Yoriko Doguchi

Letters from Kanai Nirai (2005)

Fuki who lives with her grandfather Shoei in Taketomi Island, Okinawa, dreams of becoming a photographer. In her childhood, her mother Masami left Fuki to live in Tokyo. Although Masami has not come back, Fuki receives birthday cards from Masami every year on her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoto Kumazawa
CAST:  Manami Higa  •  Yuta Kanai  •  Hitomi Kawai  •  Gin Maeda

Fuki who lives with her grandfather Shoei in Taketomi Island, Okinawa, dreams of becoming a photographer. In her childhood, her mother Masami left Fuki to live in Tokyo. Although Masami has not come back, Fuki receives birthday cards from Masami every year on her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoto Kumazawa
CAST:  Manami Higa  •  Yuta Kanai  •  Hitomi Kawai  •  Gin Maeda

Saru Lock: The Movie (2010)

Saru is a talented young locksmith who unlocks any kind of lock. He is, however, a complete fool when it comes to women. One day a girl Mayumi asks him to open a safe full of stolen money. Knowing nothing about it, Saru takes the money briefcase with Mayumi and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Manami Higa  •  Manami Konishi  •  Sousuke Takaoka

Saru is a talented young locksmith who unlocks any kind of lock. He is, however, a complete fool when it comes to women. One day a girl Mayumi asks him to open a safe full of stolen money. Knowing nothing about it, Saru takes the money briefcase with Mayumi and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Manami Higa  •  Manami Konishi  •  Sousuke Takaoka

We Were There: First Love (2012)

We Were There follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano & Nanami Takahashi. During their high school days, Motoharu Yano was the most popular boy in school, but can't get over the death of his girlfriend from a car crash. Nanami Takahashi falls in love with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Miki
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka  •  Sousuke Takaoka  •  Yuika Motokariya

We Were There follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano & Nanami Takahashi. During their high school days, Motoharu Yano was the most popular boy in school, but can't get over the death of his girlfriend from a car crash. Nanami Takahashi falls in love with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Miki
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka  •  Sousuke Takaoka  •  Yuika Motokariya

Delivery of Death (2014)

Reporters Takehara and Tsumura Aki work for the magazine "Shukan Dodongo". Their chief editor tells them to monitor Okase Shohei who is an ex-bureaucrat and was recently released from prison. 7 years ago, Shohei was arrested for embezzling 1 billion yen. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kunimoto
CAST:  Osamu Mukai  •  Manami Higa  •  Takashi Yamanaka  •  Susumu Terajima

Reporters Takehara and Tsumura Aki work for the magazine "Shukan Dodongo". Their chief editor tells them to monitor Okase Shohei who is an ex-bureaucrat and was recently released from prison. 7 years ago, Shohei was arrested for embezzling 1 billion yen. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kunimoto
CAST:  Osamu Mukai  •  Manami Higa  •  Takashi Yamanaka  •  Susumu Terajima

We Were There: True Love (2012)

During the 2nd year of high school in the winter season, Yano transferred from Kushiro to Tokyo due to a family matter. Yano and Nanami promised to meet again. A couple of years later, Nanami is busy finding a job, while Yano's friend Takeuchi supports her. in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Miki
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka  •  Sousuke Takaoka  •  Yuika Motokariya

During the 2nd year of high school in the winter season, Yano transferred from Kushiro to Tokyo due to a family matter. Yano and Nanami promised to meet again. A couple of years later, Nanami is busy finding a job, while Yano's friend Takeuchi supports her. in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Miki
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka  •  Sousuke Takaoka  •  Yuika Motokariya

Prisoner/Terrorist (2007)

During a suicide attack on an airport, the hand grenade of 'M', one of three terrorists, malfunctions, leaving him captured. Exposed to maltreatment in prison, he slowly loses his grip on reality as he is forced to confront his ideological convictions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masao Adachi
CAST:  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Taka Okubo  •  Joji Kajiwara  •  Keiko Oginome

During a suicide attack on an airport, the hand grenade of 'M', one of three terrorists, malfunctions, leaving him captured. Exposed to maltreatment in prison, he slowly loses his grip on reality as he is forced to confront his ideological convictions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masao Adachi
CAST:  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Taka Okubo  •  Joji Kajiwara  •  Keiko Oginome

My Teacher (2017)

Hibiki Shimada, a normal 17-year-old high school student, still does not know how to fall in love—although surrounded by love "experts"—until one day she realizes that she's fallen in love with her hot and nice 26-year-old teacher, Itou. She then takes a path to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Miki
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Suzu Hirose  •  Ryo Ryusei  •  Aoi Morikawa

Hibiki Shimada, a normal 17-year-old high school student, still does not know how to fall in love—although surrounded by love "experts"—until one day she realizes that she's fallen in love with her hot and nice 26-year-old teacher, Itou. She then takes a path to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Miki
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Suzu Hirose  •  Ryo Ryusei  •  Aoi Morikawa

Kanon (2016)

Ai Kishimoto, Yukari Miyazawa and Akane Kishimoto are sisters. The sisters live apart in Kanazawa, Toyama and Tokyo, but they gather together to attend their grandmother's funeral. There, they learn about their mother whom they know as deceased. While seeking out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshirô Saiga
CAST:  Manami Higa  •  Mimura  •  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Honami Suzuki

Ai Kishimoto, Yukari Miyazawa and Akane Kishimoto are sisters. The sisters live apart in Kanazawa, Toyama and Tokyo, but they gather together to attend their grandmother's funeral. There, they learn about their mother whom they know as deceased. While seeking out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshirô Saiga
CAST:  Manami Higa  •  Mimura  •  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Honami Suzuki

Tsuyoki ari (2014)

Based on the novel "Tsuyoki Ari" by Seicho Matsumoto In her past, Isako Sawada ran a restaurant. She then met Nobuhiro who is 31 years older than her and an executive of a corporation. They eventually married. Nobuhiro owns a large mansion and his money is managed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Masanobu Takashima  •  Manami Higa  •  Yûko Fueki

Based on the novel "Tsuyoki Ari" by Seicho Matsumoto In her past, Isako Sawada ran a restaurant. She then met Nobuhiro who is 31 years older than her and an executive of a corporation. They eventually married. Nobuhiro owns a large mansion and his money is managed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Masanobu Takashima  •  Manami Higa  •  Yûko Fueki

Code Blue: The Movie (2018)

A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. One day, four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Nishiura
CAST:  Tomohisa Yamashita  •  Yui Aragaki  •  Erika Toda  •  Manami Higa

A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. One day, four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Nishiura
CAST:  Tomohisa Yamashita  •  Yui Aragaki  •  Erika Toda  •  Manami Higa

Contents of the Desk (2007)

A man tutoring a high school girl for her university entrance exam becomes obsessed with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Yoshida
CAST:  Mio Suzuki  •  Kôji Abe  •  Manami Higa  •  Yutaka Mishima

A man tutoring a high school girl for her university entrance exam becomes obsessed with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Yoshida
CAST:  Mio Suzuki  •  Kôji Abe  •  Manami Higa  •  Yutaka Mishima

Shunichi Doba Suspense Deviation ~First Investigation Division/Keiji Sawamura~ (2013)

Sawamura Keiji (Sorimachi Takashi) of Kanagawa Prefectural Police’s First Investigative Division, who is confined to office work while he is under treatment for insomnia, is hurriedly summoned by Taniguchi Goro (Hashizume Isao) the head of the First Investigative ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Nishiura
CAST:  Takashi Sorimachi  •  Manami Higa  •  Hakuryu  •  Tsuyoshi Muro

Sawamura Keiji (Sorimachi Takashi) of Kanagawa Prefectural Police’s First Investigative Division, who is confined to office work while he is under treatment for insomnia, is hurriedly summoned by Taniguchi Goro (Hashizume Isao) the head of the First Investigative ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Nishiura
CAST:  Takashi Sorimachi  •  Manami Higa  •  Hakuryu  •  Tsuyoshi Muro

The Best Skilled Surgeon 2017 (2017)

Maverick pediatric surgeon Mikoto Saijo agrees to work under his mentor, but only if he's allowed to care for a teenager with a risky pregnancy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manabu Asô
CAST:  Takumi Saitoh  •  Masao Kusakari  •  Nene Otsuka  •  Mirai Shida

Maverick pediatric surgeon Mikoto Saijo agrees to work under his mentor, but only if he's allowed to care for a teenager with a risky pregnancy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manabu Asô
CAST:  Takumi Saitoh  •  Masao Kusakari  •  Nene Otsuka  •  Mirai Shida

Doctors~The Strongest Doctor~2021 New Year SP (2021)

『DOCTORS』is back! Played by Sawamura Ikki, Surgeon Daisuke Sagara is back again during the new year of 2021. Masanobu Takashima, the director of the group, is preparing for the 100th anniversary of his Dojo General Hospital. However, the management condition of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Motohashi
CAST:  Ikki Sawamura  •  Manami Higa  •  Ran Ito  •  Keiko Matsuzaka

『DOCTORS』is back! Played by Sawamura Ikki, Surgeon Daisuke Sagara is back again during the new year of 2021. Masanobu Takashima, the director of the group, is preparing for the 100th anniversary of his Dojo General Hospital. However, the management condition of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Motohashi
CAST:  Ikki Sawamura  •  Manami Higa  •  Ran Ito  •  Keiko Matsuzaka

Promise of death (2021)

Detective Suguro is enjoying a stay at a luxurious hotel in Wakayama. Also staying at the hotel is an unusual family led by rich widow Mrs. Hondo. She acts like a tyrant around her children, who are afraid of her and are at her beck and call. Unfortunately, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidenori Joho
CAST:  Mansai Nomura  •  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Koji Yamamoto  •  Sylvia Grab

Detective Suguro is enjoying a stay at a luxurious hotel in Wakayama. Also staying at the hotel is an unusual family led by rich widow Mrs. Hondo. She acts like a tyrant around her children, who are afraid of her and are at her beck and call. Unfortunately, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidenori Joho
CAST:  Mansai Nomura  •  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Koji Yamamoto  •  Sylvia Grab

Love and the Grand Tug-of-war (2020)

Following the 2009 financial crash, Waseda University graduate Takeshi lost his job in Tokyo and retreated to his family home in Sendai. While he resumed his role as heir to the family construction company with a diligent attitude, his hidebound father resents that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Takahiro Miura  •  Kang Ji-young  •  Manami Higa  •  Ikki Sawamura

Following the 2009 financial crash, Waseda University graduate Takeshi lost his job in Tokyo and retreated to his family home in Sendai. While he resumed his role as heir to the family construction company with a diligent attitude, his hidebound father resents that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Takahiro Miura  •  Kang Ji-young  •  Manami Higa  •  Ikki Sawamura

Master Sake Brewers (2022)

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DIRECTION:  Seiji Aburanti
CAST:  Manami Higa  •  Naho Toda  •  Tengai Shibuya II

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DIRECTION:  Seiji Aburanti
CAST:  Manami Higa  •  Naho Toda  •  Tengai Shibuya II

Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final

Movie based on the Emergency Interrogation Room series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jôta Tsunehiro
CAST:  Yuki Amami  •  Tetsushi Tanaka  •  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Mocomichi Hayami

Movie based on the Emergency Interrogation Room series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jôta Tsunehiro
CAST:  Yuki Amami  •  Tetsushi Tanaka  •  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Mocomichi Hayami