Shoko Aida

Instant Swamp (2009)

A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her real father who happens to be an off-beat antique shopkeeper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Kumiko Aso  •  Ryo Kase  •  Morio Kazama  •  Keiko Matsuzaka

A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her real father who happens to be an off-beat antique shopkeeper.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Kumiko Aso  •  Ryo Kase  •  Morio Kazama  •  Keiko Matsuzaka

Pride (1998)

Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo as a family man who fought to defend Japan and Asia from western colonialism but was ultimately hanged by a vengeful United States.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunya Ito
CAST:  Masahiko Tsugawa  •  Eiji Okuda  •  Gin Maeda  •  Takehiro Murata

Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo as a family man who fought to defend Japan and Asia from western colonialism but was ultimately hanged by a vengeful United States.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunya Ito
CAST:  Masahiko Tsugawa  •  Eiji Okuda  •  Gin Maeda  •  Takehiro Murata

Black Kiss (2004)

Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Tezuka
CAST:  Reika Hashimoto  •  Kaori Kawamura  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Masanobu Ando

Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Tezuka
CAST:  Reika Hashimoto  •  Kaori Kawamura  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Masanobu Ando

The Man in White (2003)

After his father figure (a yakuza boss) is murdered, Azusa Moribe (Masaya Sato) goes on a one man killing spree to exact revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Masaya Kato  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Ryôsuke Miki  •  Renji Ishibashi

After his father figure (a yakuza boss) is murdered, Azusa Moribe (Masaya Sato) goes on a one man killing spree to exact revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Masaya Kato  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Ryôsuke Miki  •  Renji Ishibashi

The Case of Hana & Alice (2015)

Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa has just moved to a new house with her recently divorced mother and enrolled at a school where a strange rumor lingers among the students about "Judas," who is said to have been murdered over a year before. She is told that if anybody ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Shoko Aida  •  Ranran Suzuki

Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa has just moved to a new house with her recently divorced mother and enrolled at a school where a strange rumor lingers among the students about "Judas," who is said to have been murdered over a year before. She is told that if anybody ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Shoko Aida  •  Ranran Suzuki

Tokyo Ghoul (2017)

A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Hagiwara
CAST:  Masataka Kubota  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Nobuyuki Suzuki  •  Yo Oizumi

A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Hagiwara
CAST:  Masataka Kubota  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Nobuyuki Suzuki  •  Yo Oizumi

Rainbow Song (2006)

Tomoya Kishida is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato. This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoto Kumazawa
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Juri Ueno  •  Yu Aoi  •  Shoko Aida

Tomoya Kishida is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato. This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoto Kumazawa
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Juri Ueno  •  Yu Aoi  •  Shoko Aida

Hana & Alice (2004)

Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Anne Suzuki  •  Yu Aoi  •  Kaku Tomohiro  •  Shoko Aida

Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Anne Suzuki  •  Yu Aoi  •  Kaku Tomohiro  •  Shoko Aida