Soko Wada

Soko Wada is a Japanese film and television actor.

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Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku  •  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Ai Maeda  •  Shugo Oshinari

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku  •  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Ai Maeda  •  Shugo Oshinari

Tokyo Noir (2004)

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In this excursion into Tokyo's dark side, a sexually repressed woman finds liberation by turning tricks at night a sex worker is taken by surprise when her ex drops by and a sex blogger finds strange kinship with a loner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Ishioka  •  Naoto Kumazawa
CAST:  Bengal  •  Kenichi Endo  •  Fumina Hara  •  Aya Seki

In this excursion into Tokyo's dark side, a sexually repressed woman finds liberation by turning tricks at night a sex worker is taken by surprise when her ex drops by and a sex blogger finds strange kinship with a loner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Ishioka  •  Naoto Kumazawa
CAST:  Bengal  •  Kenichi Endo  •  Fumina Hara  •  Aya Seki

The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi (2007)

Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi. As the title clearly states, pride of place goes to juicy, bite-sized meat, and viewers will get a delightful eyeful of food, food, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su-yeon Gu
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Yu Yamada  •  Arata Iura  •  Ai Maeda

Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi. As the title clearly states, pride of place goes to juicy, bite-sized meat, and viewers will get a delightful eyeful of food, food, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su-yeon Gu
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Yu Yamada  •  Arata Iura  •  Ai Maeda

Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi (2013)

Kyoko (Sakura Ando) works as an insurance agent. Due to a series of unfortunate events, she brings shame to her family and has to leave her hometown. Shuichi (Tasuku Emoto) killed his drunken father to save his mother. After he is released from prison, he begins to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Okuda
CAST:  Sakura Ando  •  Tasuku Emoto  •  Soko Wada  •  Ena Koshino

Kyoko (Sakura Ando) works as an insurance agent. Due to a series of unfortunate events, she brings shame to her family and has to leave her hometown. Shuichi (Tasuku Emoto) killed his drunken father to save his mother. After he is released from prison, he begins to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Okuda
CAST:  Sakura Ando  •  Tasuku Emoto  •  Soko Wada  •  Ena Koshino

Setsuna: Vampire's Love Of 100 Days (2012)

A vampire, Brado, becomes responsible for taking care of a girl, Setsuna, in exchange for his life saved by the evil that created her. The evil tells him that if she doesn't have sex for a hundred days, she'll become a full-fledged vampire, and Brado will be able ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Imaoka
CAST:  Jiro Dan  •  Midori Ezawa  •  Yohta Kawase  •  Riri Kouda

A vampire, Brado, becomes responsible for taking care of a girl, Setsuna, in exchange for his life saved by the evil that created her. The evil tells him that if she doesn't have sex for a hundred days, she'll become a full-fledged vampire, and Brado will be able ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Imaoka
CAST:  Jiro Dan  •  Midori Ezawa  •  Yohta Kawase  •  Riri Kouda

Beyond the Memories (2013)

Kanna Seto lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa, who also carries a painful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takehiko Shinjo
CAST:  Masami Nagasawa  •  Masaki Okada  •  Haru  •  Kengo Kora

Kanna Seto lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa, who also carries a painful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takehiko Shinjo
CAST:  Masami Nagasawa  •  Masaki Okada  •  Haru  •  Kengo Kora

The Floating Castle (2012)

In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes across unexpected resistance in the form of a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika, a frivolous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi  •  Isshin Inudo
CAST:  Mansai Nomura  •  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Yusuke Kamiji  •  Masachika Ichimura

In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes across unexpected resistance in the form of a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika, a frivolous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi  •  Isshin Inudo
CAST:  Mansai Nomura  •  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Yusuke Kamiji  •  Masachika Ichimura

Hotel Hibiscus (2002)

Hotel Hibiscus is the story of one very young energetic girl named Mieko and her internatioanl family who live in Okinawa. They live in a run down old hotel called Hotel Hibiscus with only one room for rent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Nakae
CAST:  Honami Kurashita  •  Karim Ryuta Nesmith  •  Jun Murakami  •  Naomi Nishida

Hotel Hibiscus is the story of one very young energetic girl named Mieko and her internatioanl family who live in Okinawa. They live in a run down old hotel called Hotel Hibiscus with only one room for rent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Nakae
CAST:  Honami Kurashita  •  Karim Ryuta Nesmith  •  Jun Murakami  •  Naomi Nishida

The Vanished (2006)

A young reporter is covering the mysterious case of a child found dead with missing internal organs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Tanaka
CAST:  Soko Wada  •  Yoko Maki  •  Riko Narumi  •  Tsutomu Takeshige

A young reporter is covering the mysterious case of a child found dead with missing internal organs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Tanaka
CAST:  Soko Wada  •  Yoko Maki  •  Riko Narumi  •  Tsutomu Takeshige

The Lightning Tree (2010)

Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Masaki Okada  •  Keisuke Koide  •  Akira Emoto

Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Masaki Okada  •  Keisuke Koide  •  Akira Emoto

Star Reformer (2006)

Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Hisashi Igawa

Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Hisashi Igawa

Liar Game: The Final Stage (2010)

In Liar game: Final Stage, Players are encouraged to trust each other to win the tournament. However, a mysterious player named X is secretly plotting to sabotage everyone of their chances to win the LGT.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroaki Matsuyama
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Shota Matsuda  •  Megumi Seki  •  Michiko Kichise

In Liar game: Final Stage, Players are encouraged to trust each other to win the tournament. However, a mysterious player named X is secretly plotting to sabotage everyone of their chances to win the LGT.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroaki Matsuyama
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Shota Matsuda  •  Megumi Seki  •  Michiko Kichise

Dead Waves (2005)

When a television producer visits the home of a brother and sister to interview them for his series on paranormal phenomena, what first appears to be a simple case of psychopathology turns into a full-blown epidemic of demonic manifestation. To his horror he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôichirô Hayama
CAST:  Akiko Esaki  •  Kanji Furutachi  •  Miho Hirata  •  Shihori Kanjiya

When a television producer visits the home of a brother and sister to interview them for his series on paranormal phenomena, what first appears to be a simple case of psychopathology turns into a full-blown epidemic of demonic manifestation. To his horror he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôichirô Hayama
CAST:  Akiko Esaki  •  Kanji Furutachi  •  Miho Hirata  •  Shihori Kanjiya

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

Heaven's Door (2009)

A young man Tomoya Nagase and a girl Mayuko Fukuda both learn that they have an untreatable illness and are nearing death. When one reveals that they have never been to the ocean, they embark on a comical adventure to see the sea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Arias
CAST:  Tomoya Nagase  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Keishi Nagatsuka  •  Koji Ohkura

A young man Tomoya Nagase and a girl Mayuko Fukuda both learn that they have an untreatable illness and are nearing death. When one reveals that they have never been to the ocean, they embark on a comical adventure to see the sea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Arias
CAST:  Tomoya Nagase  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Keishi Nagatsuka  •  Koji Ohkura

The Locker (2004)

A group of teenagers unleash a curse when they use haunted public lockers in Shibuya. Supposedly, if you leave a gift in one of the lockers you will be lucky in love. However, the results are anything but lucky as a creepy female ghost with long black hair soon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kei Horie
CAST:  Asami Mizukawa  •  Chisato Morishita  •  Fumina Hara  •  Maki Horikita

A group of teenagers unleash a curse when they use haunted public lockers in Shibuya. Supposedly, if you leave a gift in one of the lockers you will be lucky in love. However, the results are anything but lucky as a creepy female ghost with long black hair soon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kei Horie
CAST:  Asami Mizukawa  •  Chisato Morishita  •  Fumina Hara  •  Maki Horikita

The Longest Night In Shanghai (2007)

A successful Japanese make-up artist collides with a tough-talking Shanghai taxi driver in this romantic dramedy that twists traditional roles by making the beauty expert a male and the cab driver a feisty female. Although he works in a glamorous industry, Naoki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yibai
CAST:  Zhao Wei  •  Masahiro Motoki  •  Dylan Kuo  •  Sam Lee

A successful Japanese make-up artist collides with a tough-talking Shanghai taxi driver in this romantic dramedy that twists traditional roles by making the beauty expert a male and the cab driver a feisty female. Although he works in a glamorous industry, Naoki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yibai
CAST:  Zhao Wei  •  Masahiro Motoki  •  Dylan Kuo  •  Sam Lee

Cafe Isobe (2008)

Sakiko is a typical teenager in many ways. She hates her divorced father, who chases after every skirt he sees. She does not know, if she will ever be loved by the other sex. When her dad suddenly inherits a lot of money and becomes really lazy, she hates him even ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Yoshida
CAST:  Hiroyuki Miyasako  •  Riisa Naka  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Mickey Curtis

Sakiko is a typical teenager in many ways. She hates her divorced father, who chases after every skirt he sees. She does not know, if she will ever be loved by the other sex. When her dad suddenly inherits a lot of money and becomes really lazy, she hates him even ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Yoshida
CAST:  Hiroyuki Miyasako  •  Riisa Naka  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Mickey Curtis

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle (2016)

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A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Haru Kuroki  •  Go Ayano  •  Cocco  •  Go Jibiki

A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Haru Kuroki  •  Go Ayano  •  Cocco  •  Go Jibiki

Ninja the Monster (2015)

The shogunate announced “ninja prohibition order”. Gohime (Aoi Morikawa) and her party travel to Edo to ask for Nagano han’s relief. Denzo (Dean Fujioka) is a former ninja, with a mysterious past, now travelling with Gohime's party as security. While in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Aoi Morikawa  •  Soko Wada  •  Rantaro Mine

The shogunate announced “ninja prohibition order”. Gohime (Aoi Morikawa) and her party travel to Edo to ask for Nagano han’s relief. Denzo (Dean Fujioka) is a former ninja, with a mysterious past, now travelling with Gohime's party as security. While in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Aoi Morikawa  •  Soko Wada  •  Rantaro Mine
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