Sayaka Yamaguchi

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Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)

To save the world, Mothra goes back in time in an attempt to defeat a younger King Ghidorah.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Okihiro Yoneda
CAST:  Megumi Kobayashi  •  Misato Tate  •  Aki Hano  •  Atsushi Ônita

To save the world, Mothra goes back in time in an attempt to defeat a younger King Ghidorah.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Okihiro Yoneda
CAST:  Megumi Kobayashi  •  Misato Tate  •  Aki Hano  •  Atsushi Ônita

Rebirth of Mothra (1996)

A new Mothra takes to the air and battles against Desghidorah to save all of humanity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Okihiro Yoneda
CAST:  Megumi Kobayashi  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Aki Hano  •  Kazuki Futami

A new Mothra takes to the air and battles against Desghidorah to save all of humanity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Okihiro Yoneda
CAST:  Megumi Kobayashi  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Aki Hano  •  Kazuki Futami

Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)

The fairies from Infant Island discover a lost city, as well as a giant monster that is attracted to environmental calamities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kunio Miyoshi
CAST:  Maho Nonami  •  Megumi Kobayashi  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Aki Hano

The fairies from Infant Island discover a lost city, as well as a giant monster that is attracted to environmental calamities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kunio Miyoshi
CAST:  Maho Nonami  •  Megumi Kobayashi  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Aki Hano

Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune (2009)

Komaki is a thirty-something woman that has had it with her perpetually unemployed aspiring writer husband. Following the divorce, she moves back to her Tokyo-area hometown of Kyojima along with her young daughter, Non-chan. However, she has a difficult time making ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Ogata
CAST:  Hiroo Andô  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Manami Konishi  •  Yoshinori Okada

Komaki is a thirty-something woman that has had it with her perpetually unemployed aspiring writer husband. Following the divorce, she moves back to her Tokyo-area hometown of Kyojima along with her young daughter, Non-chan. However, she has a difficult time making ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Ogata
CAST:  Hiroo Andô  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Manami Konishi  •  Yoshinori Okada

The Red Thread (2008)

Mei has been in love with Yuya all her life. They've grown up together. But when they reach their second year of middle school, Yuya suddenly professes his love for her older sister, Haruna.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shosuke Murakami
CAST:  Junpei Mizobata  •  Nao Minamisawa  •  Ryô Kimura  •  Rei Okamoto

Mei has been in love with Yuya all her life. They've grown up together. But when they reach their second year of middle school, Yuya suddenly professes his love for her older sister, Haruna.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shosuke Murakami
CAST:  Junpei Mizobata  •  Nao Minamisawa  •  Ryô Kimura  •  Rei Okamoto

Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009)

Chiaki is an aspiring conductor who faces the challenge of leading an orchestra which is made up of substitutes. Nodame gives her support to her beloved as she works hard towards achieving her dream to pass a promotion exam at their music conservatory. Will Chiaki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideki Takeuchi  •  Yasuhiro Kawamura  •  Sekino Munenori
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Juri Ueno  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Eiji Wentz

Chiaki is an aspiring conductor who faces the challenge of leading an orchestra which is made up of substitutes. Nodame gives her support to her beloved as she works hard towards achieving her dream to pass a promotion exam at their music conservatory. Will Chiaki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideki Takeuchi  •  Yasuhiro Kawamura  •  Sekino Munenori
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Juri Ueno  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Eiji Wentz

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

Tomie: Replay (2000)

Infected with Tomie's blood, a surgeon disappears, leaving his daughter, Yumi, to try to discover Tomie's identity and to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fujirô Mitsuishi
CAST:  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Mai Hosho  •  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Kenichi Endo

Infected with Tomie's blood, a surgeon disappears, leaving his daughter, Yumi, to try to discover Tomie's identity and to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fujirô Mitsuishi
CAST:  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Mai Hosho  •  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Kenichi Endo

Suzaku (1997)

Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naomi Kawase
CAST:  Jun Kunimura  •  Machiko Ono  •  Kotaro Shibata  •  Yasuyo Kamimura

Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naomi Kawase
CAST:  Jun Kunimura  •  Machiko Ono  •  Kotaro Shibata  •  Yasuyo Kamimura

FLARE (2014)

A meeting in the middle of Tokyo between Jan, a middle age French photographer who is living his life carelessly, and Flare, a 17 years old runaway girl with a complicate family background. Charmed by Jan’s works, a budding of love soon developed in Flare. While ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Otsuka
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Alice Hirose  •  Valentin Bonhomme  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi

A meeting in the middle of Tokyo between Jan, a middle age French photographer who is living his life carelessly, and Flare, a 17 years old runaway girl with a complicate family background. Charmed by Jan’s works, a budding of love soon developed in Flare. While ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Otsuka
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Alice Hirose  •  Valentin Bonhomme  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi

April Fools (2015)

Ayumi Nitta is a member of a hospital cleaning staff and suffers from extreme social anxiety. After having a one-night stand with genius surgeon and sex addict Wataru Makino, Ayumi discovers she’s pregnant. However, when she tells Wataru, he dismisses her claim as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Ishikawa
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Nanao  •  Yusuke Santamaria

Ayumi Nitta is a member of a hospital cleaning staff and suffers from extreme social anxiety. After having a one-night stand with genius surgeon and sex addict Wataru Makino, Ayumi discovers she’s pregnant. However, when she tells Wataru, he dismisses her claim as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Ishikawa
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Nanao  •  Yusuke Santamaria

I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore (2012)

Ohno plays the role of Tarui Shotaro, an ordinary guy who dreamed of becoming a hero when he was a child, but now gets by as a part-time worker. The unexpected story unfolds when one day, the daughter of a yakuza boss asks him to plan a make-believe kidnapping. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Satoh
CAST:  Satoshi Ohno  •  Yui Aragaki  •  Ryuta Sato  •  Shihori Kanjiya

Ohno plays the role of Tarui Shotaro, an ordinary guy who dreamed of becoming a hero when he was a child, but now gets by as a part-time worker. The unexpected story unfolds when one day, the daughter of a yakuza boss asks him to plan a make-believe kidnapping. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Satoh
CAST:  Satoshi Ohno  •  Yui Aragaki  •  Ryuta Sato  •  Shihori Kanjiya

Ramen Samurai (2011)

Hikari (Dai Watanabe) receives news that his father passed away. Hikari decides to take over his father's ramen shop. To do so, Hikari quits his job at a design company and goes back to his home town of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture. Now, taking over his father's shop ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Daichi Watanabe  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Koto Takagi  •  Kaoru Miyano

Hikari (Dai Watanabe) receives news that his father passed away. Hikari decides to take over his father's ramen shop. To do so, Hikari quits his job at a design company and goes back to his home town of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture. Now, taking over his father's shop ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Segi
CAST:  Daichi Watanabe  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Koto Takagi  •  Kaoru Miyano

Water Boys 2 (2004)

Water Boys was a major sliver screen hit in 2001 that took the Japanese public by storm in depicting high school boys who pour all the passion of their youth into becoming synchronized swimmers. The year 2003 saw the start of a new TV series of the same name that ...  (more)

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CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Akiyoshi Nakao  •  Keita Saito

Water Boys was a major sliver screen hit in 2001 that took the Japanese public by storm in depicting high school boys who pour all the passion of their youth into becoming synchronized swimmers. The year 2003 saw the start of a new TV series of the same name that ...  (more)

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CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Akiyoshi Nakao  •  Keita Saito

Mixed Doubles (2017)

To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and to help revive her late mother's tennis table club, a table tennis prodigy decides to take part in a mixed doubles table tennis tournament.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Ishikawa
CAST:  Yui Aragaki  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Kenichi Endo

To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and to help revive her late mother's tennis table club, a table tennis prodigy decides to take part in a mixed doubles table tennis tournament.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Ishikawa
CAST:  Yui Aragaki  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Kenichi Endo

The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (2018)

Kaoruko and Kazumasa Harima are a separated couple with two children. They plan to divorce once their daughter, Mizuho, enters elementary school. One day, they receive devastating news of their daughter falling into a coma after a near-drowning accident at a pool. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Ryoko Shinohara  •  Kentaro Sakaguchi  •  Rina Kawaei

Kaoruko and Kazumasa Harima are a separated couple with two children. They plan to divorce once their daughter, Mizuho, enters elementary school. One day, they receive devastating news of their daughter falling into a coma after a near-drowning accident at a pool. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Ryoko Shinohara  •  Kentaro Sakaguchi  •  Rina Kawaei

The Confidence Man JP - The Movie - (2019)

In Hong Kong, Dako, Boku-chan and Richard take a huge amount of money from people who are greedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Tanaka
CAST:  Masami Nagasawa  •  Masahiro Higashide  •  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Shinya Kote

In Hong Kong, Dako, Boku-chan and Richard take a huge amount of money from people who are greedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Tanaka
CAST:  Masami Nagasawa  •  Masahiro Higashide  •  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Shinya Kote

Threads - Our Tapestry of Love (2020)

Ren Takahashi and Aoi Sonoda were both born in 1989. They met for the first time at the age of 13 and became each other's first love, but they separated. At the age of 21, they met again. They were unable to undo their past. Now, they are 31 years old.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahisa Zeze
CAST:  Masaki Suda  •  Nana Komatsu  •  Nana Eikura  •  Takumi Saitoh

Ren Takahashi and Aoi Sonoda were both born in 1989. They met for the first time at the age of 13 and became each other's first love, but they separated. At the age of 21, they met again. They were unable to undo their past. Now, they are 31 years old.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahisa Zeze
CAST:  Masaki Suda  •  Nana Komatsu  •  Nana Eikura  •  Takumi Saitoh

Tokimeki Memorial (1997)

Looking for something to do during the summer, Akihiko Suzuki teams up with four girls (Namie, Natsumi, Mishiyo, and Komugi) and a guy (Kosuke) to start a little cafe down by the beach. Actually, he is more interested in the girls than the job. They used to ignore ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Sugawara
CAST:  Kanako Enomoto  •  Emiri Nakayama  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Akiko Yada

Looking for something to do during the summer, Akihiko Suzuki teams up with four girls (Namie, Natsumi, Mishiyo, and Komugi) and a guy (Kosuke) to start a little cafe down by the beach. Actually, he is more interested in the girls than the job. They used to ignore ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Sugawara
CAST:  Kanako Enomoto  •  Emiri Nakayama  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Akiko Yada

Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 1 (2002)

MEINICHI Directed By Tomoyuki Akashi Cast: Sayaka Yamaguchi, Asami Mizukawa "Maybe father was right. Maybe we should not have moved into that house..." When Minako loses her boyfriend in an accident, her sister tries to cheer her up, though sinister forces would ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi  •  Tomoyuki Akashi
CAST:  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Toru Masuoka  •  Renji Ishibashi

MEINICHI Directed By Tomoyuki Akashi Cast: Sayaka Yamaguchi, Asami Mizukawa "Maybe father was right. Maybe we should not have moved into that house..." When Minako loses her boyfriend in an accident, her sister tries to cheer her up, though sinister forces would ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi  •  Tomoyuki Akashi
CAST:  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Toru Masuoka  •  Renji Ishibashi
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