Wakato Kanematsu

Bunny Drop (2011)

Daikichi learns that his recently deceased grandfather has an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mother. The girl's name is Rin and she is just 6 years old. Everybody in Daikichi's family looks at the girl as an embarrassment and wants no part of her. Daikichi, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Karina  •  Mana Ashida  •  Mirei Kiritani

Daikichi learns that his recently deceased grandfather has an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mother. The girl's name is Rin and she is just 6 years old. Everybody in Daikichi's family looks at the girl as an embarrassment and wants no part of her. Daikichi, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Karina  •  Mana Ashida  •  Mirei Kiritani

By Rule of Crow's Thumb (2012)

Constantly on the run from a vicious loan shark, two small-time con artists, Take and Tetsu, plan their biggest and most complex con yet in order to get revenge and retire from a life of crime. However, things get complicated when they cross paths with Mahiro, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadafumi Ito
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Shôji Murakami  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Yū Koyanagi

Constantly on the run from a vicious loan shark, two small-time con artists, Take and Tetsu, plan their biggest and most complex con yet in order to get revenge and retire from a life of crime. However, things get complicated when they cross paths with Mahiro, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadafumi Ito
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Shôji Murakami  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Yū Koyanagi

Seed (2016)

Naomi Kawase describes Sakura Ando, the lead character in her film, as "a mysterious creature" who is "like a fairy. SEED is the story of the journey this girl takes from the enchanted nature of Nara to the chaos of Tokyo, and the encounters she has along the way. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naomi Kawase
CAST:  Sakura Ando  •  Jiji Boo  •  Wakato Kanematsu

Naomi Kawase describes Sakura Ando, the lead character in her film, as "a mysterious creature" who is "like a fairy. SEED is the story of the journey this girl takes from the enchanted nature of Nara to the chaos of Tokyo, and the encounters she has along the way. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naomi Kawase
CAST:  Sakura Ando  •  Jiji Boo  •  Wakato Kanematsu

Sweet Bean (2015)

The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naomi Kawase
CAST:  Kirin Kiki  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Miki Mizuno  •  Etsuko Ichihara

The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naomi Kawase
CAST:  Kirin Kiki  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Miki Mizuno  •  Etsuko Ichihara

Rinko Eighteen (2009)

What happens when an innocent 18-year-old girl has to work in the adult video industry? Find out the hilarious results in Rinko Eighteen, based on the comic by Matsumoto Taka. In her first starring role, gravure model Tashiro Sayaka stars as Rinko, an aspiring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Jojo
CAST:  Sayaka Tashiro  •  Yuta Moriya  •  Wakato Kanematsu  •  Koban

What happens when an innocent 18-year-old girl has to work in the adult video industry? Find out the hilarious results in Rinko Eighteen, based on the comic by Matsumoto Taka. In her first starring role, gravure model Tashiro Sayaka stars as Rinko, an aspiring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Jojo
CAST:  Sayaka Tashiro  •  Yuta Moriya  •  Wakato Kanematsu  •  Koban

The Last Recipe (2017)

A famous chef who is tasked with tracking down a 70-year-old missing recipe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yojiro Takita
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Go Ayano  •  Aoi Miyazaki

A famous chef who is tasked with tracking down a 70-year-old missing recipe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yojiro Takita
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Go Ayano  •  Aoi Miyazaki

Spring Has Come (2015)

Riko, who will begin university in Tokyo in spring, journeys there from Hiroshima in February with her father to find a place for her to live. On their travels, they meet various colorful characters. The father remembers his late wife, and raising his daughter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryûhei Yoshino
CAST:  Kyotaro Yanagiya  •  Anna Ishii  •  Romi Park  •  Akihiro Kakuta

Riko, who will begin university in Tokyo in spring, journeys there from Hiroshima in February with her father to find a place for her to live. On their travels, they meet various colorful characters. The father remembers his late wife, and raising his daughter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryûhei Yoshino
CAST:  Kyotaro Yanagiya  •  Anna Ishii  •  Romi Park  •  Akihiro Kakuta

One Cut in the Life (2020)

A rampage at a university, the students Yuka and Mai are frozen with fear. At gunpoint, the two perpetrators try to force them to decide which of them must die next. In a moment of distraction, Mai tries to escape but is badly injured by a shot in the back. After ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shintarō Hocchi
CAST:  Rio Kanno  •  Yuto Kobayashi  •  Wakato Kanematsu  •  Minami Kajihara

A rampage at a university, the students Yuka and Mai are frozen with fear. At gunpoint, the two perpetrators try to force them to decide which of them must die next. In a moment of distraction, Mai tries to escape but is badly injured by a shot in the back. After ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shintarō Hocchi
CAST:  Rio Kanno  •  Yuto Kobayashi  •  Wakato Kanematsu  •  Minami Kajihara

Pachinko Battler Sakura (2009)

Sakura Suzukawa is a popular beauty who works in the hall of 'Big Paradise'. She had a boyfriend named Goro Nanao, who worked for a listed pachislot maker and was assigned to set up pachislot machines and develop new machines. After living together for a year, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayuki Tamura
CAST:  Aino Kishi  •  Shuki Kawamata  •  Ryôichi Inaba  •  Seiji Karasawa

Sakura Suzukawa is a popular beauty who works in the hall of 'Big Paradise'. She had a boyfriend named Goro Nanao, who worked for a listed pachislot maker and was assigned to set up pachislot machines and develop new machines. After living together for a year, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayuki Tamura
CAST:  Aino Kishi  •  Shuki Kawamata  •  Ryôichi Inaba  •  Seiji Karasawa

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DIRECTION:  Jirō Ishikawa
CAST:  Nana Konishi  •  Tomohiro Okada  •  Wakato Kanematsu  •  Sanshirô Kobayashi