Yuumi Goto

I Catch a Terrible Cat (2011)

Mr. Takada is a successful mature writer who falls into a creative blockade following the death of her wife. Incapable of finishing the novel his fans demand anxiously, and about to turn seventy, he starts wandering several pubs in the city, until he meets Sayo, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Kaori Aoyama  •  Fuyuki Moto  •  Kazuha Komiya  •  Yuumi Goto

Mr. Takada is a successful mature writer who falls into a creative blockade following the death of her wife. Incapable of finishing the novel his fans demand anxiously, and about to turn seventy, he starts wandering several pubs in the city, until he meets Sayo, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Kaori Aoyama  •  Fuyuki Moto  •  Kazuha Komiya  •  Yuumi Goto

Vortex of Love (2013)

A group of mid-twenty friends with unsteady jobs meet for a party where they intend to hook up two of their friends. Over the following weeks we follow their lives in four different small apartments as their relationships change and evolve and as everyone struggles ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi One
CAST:  Kenta Niikura  •  Naoko Wakai  •  Chihiro Shibata  •  Tokie Hirose

A group of mid-twenty friends with unsteady jobs meet for a party where they intend to hook up two of their friends. Over the following weeks we follow their lives in four different small apartments as their relationships change and evolve and as everyone struggles ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi One
CAST:  Kenta Niikura  •  Naoko Wakai  •  Chihiro Shibata  •  Tokie Hirose

Lowlife Love (2015)

Tetsuo (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Uchida
CAST:  Denden  •  Shugo Oshinari  •  Kanji Tsuda  •  Maya Okano

Tetsuo (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Uchida
CAST:  Denden  •  Shugo Oshinari  •  Kanji Tsuda  •  Maya Okano

Script (2010)

Four strangers participate in a psychological experiment in a dark space with nothing else other than a table and four envelopes. They are payed 100.000 yen to sit in there for 10 minutes, but this won’t be as easy as it seems…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Ventura
CAST:  Yuumi Goto  •  Takeo Nakahara  •  Takayuki Onishi  •  Takafumi Sasai

Four strangers participate in a psychological experiment in a dark space with nothing else other than a table and four envelopes. They are payed 100.000 yen to sit in there for 10 minutes, but this won’t be as easy as it seems…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Ventura
CAST:  Yuumi Goto  •  Takeo Nakahara  •  Takayuki Onishi  •  Takafumi Sasai

Tremble All You Want (2017)

Yoshika has had a crush on Ichimiya, whom she calls "the One" since she was in middle school. Now, a 24-year-old salarywoman, her all-consuming fixation has prevented her from even considering another candidate for boyfriend until an office colleague asks her out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiko Ohku
CAST:  Mayu Matsuoka  •  Daichi Watanabe  •  Anna Ishibashi  •  Takumi Kitamura

Yoshika has had a crush on Ichimiya, whom she calls "the One" since she was in middle school. Now, a 24-year-old salarywoman, her all-consuming fixation has prevented her from even considering another candidate for boyfriend until an office colleague asks her out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiko Ohku
CAST:  Mayu Matsuoka  •  Daichi Watanabe  •  Anna Ishibashi  •  Takumi Kitamura

14 That Night (2016)

In 1987, frustrated junior high student Takashi hates his uncool father hanging around their suburban home all the time, and is pestered by the area’s wannabe gangsters. But he’s interested in the girl next door, the bounteously-breasted Megumi. One day, Takashi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Adachi
CAST:  Naoki Inukai  •  Nana Asakawa  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Mari Hamada

In 1987, frustrated junior high student Takashi hates his uncool father hanging around their suburban home all the time, and is pestered by the area’s wannabe gangsters. But he’s interested in the girl next door, the bounteously-breasted Megumi. One day, Takashi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Adachi
CAST:  Naoki Inukai  •  Nana Asakawa  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Mari Hamada

The Extremists' Opera (2016)

When theater director Naoko (Saori) holds auditions for the first production of her newly established all-female theater troupe, she is mesmerized by Haru (Arisa Nakamura), who barges into the old garage where they rehearse. Naoko chooses Haru to be the lead as she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junko Emoto
CAST:  Saori  •  Arisa Nakamura  •  Yuki Sakurai  •  Yuka Masuda

When theater director Naoko (Saori) holds auditions for the first production of her newly established all-female theater troupe, she is mesmerized by Haru (Arisa Nakamura), who barges into the old garage where they rehearse. Naoko chooses Haru to be the lead as she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junko Emoto
CAST:  Saori  •  Arisa Nakamura  •  Yuki Sakurai  •  Yuka Masuda

Obon Brothers (2015)

A failed director is trying to get his next movie off the ground, while dealing with his cranky brother and his estranged wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Ohsaki
CAST:  Kiyohiko Shibukawa  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Kohki Okada  •  Makiko Watanabe

A failed director is trying to get his next movie off the ground, while dealing with his cranky brother and his estranged wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Ohsaki
CAST:  Kiyohiko Shibukawa  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Kohki Okada  •  Makiko Watanabe

Hold Me Back (2020)

Mitsuko Kuroda is 31-years-old and single. She enjoys her life as a single woman. A big reason why she enjoys her single life is that she has counsellor "A" in her mind, which is her other self. Whenever she does not know what do, "A" gives her the right answers. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiko Ohku
CAST:  Non  •  Kento Hayashi  •  Hairi Katagiri  •  Tomoya Maeno

Mitsuko Kuroda is 31-years-old and single. She enjoys her life as a single woman. A big reason why she enjoys her single life is that she has counsellor "A" in her mind, which is her other self. Whenever she does not know what do, "A" gives her the right answers. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiko Ohku
CAST:  Non  •  Kento Hayashi  •  Hairi Katagiri  •  Tomoya Maeno

Ararat (2021)

The third installment in the "Landscape of lovers who are not anyone" series directed by Michio Koshikawa, which depicts men and women passing each other and attracting each other. Sugi-chan, Saki's husband and painter, collapsed a few years ago and her left half ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michio Koshikawa
CAST:  Aika Yukihira  •  Tadatoshi Ogita  •  Yūkichi Kobayashi  •  Yuumi Goto

The third installment in the "Landscape of lovers who are not anyone" series directed by Michio Koshikawa, which depicts men and women passing each other and attracting each other. Sugi-chan, Saki's husband and painter, collapsed a few years ago and her left half ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michio Koshikawa
CAST:  Aika Yukihira  •  Tadatoshi Ogita  •  Yūkichi Kobayashi  •  Yuumi Goto