Masako Chiba

Travail (2002)

Asami and Rina are two sisters who are both professional shogi players in the same B League. Both are also unsatisfied with their partners — Asami is in a slump and is danger of slipping into the C League and she blames her husband Kazuya, and Rina is tired of her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Asaka Seto  •  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Mikako Ichikawa  •  Jun Murakami

Asami and Rina are two sisters who are both professional shogi players in the same B League. Both are also unsatisfied with their partners — Asami is in a slump and is danger of slipping into the C League and she blames her husband Kazuya, and Rina is tired of her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Asaka Seto  •  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Mikako Ichikawa  •  Jun Murakami

I Alone (2015)

A common horoscope brings a timid middle-aged salaryman and high school delinquent to the center of a political scandal, in which a corrupt incumbent mayor seeks to crush the candidacy of his reformer opponent. This anti-establishment tale blends a punk ethos with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Tsukikawa
CAST:  Makita Sports  •  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Shirō Sano  •  Ryusuke Komakine

A common horoscope brings a timid middle-aged salaryman and high school delinquent to the center of a political scandal, in which a corrupt incumbent mayor seeks to crush the candidacy of his reformer opponent. This anti-establishment tale blends a punk ethos with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Tsukikawa
CAST:  Makita Sports  •  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Shirō Sano  •  Ryusuke Komakine

Genkai in a Black Company (2009)

After the death of this mother, Masao Oneta (Teppei Koike) decides to leave the comfort of his room after years of self isolation and get a job. He lands a position at a small IT firm but doesn't yet realise this company is one of many 'black companies', known for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Satoh
CAST:  Teppei Koike  •  Maiko  •  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Hiroshi Shinagawa

After the death of this mother, Masao Oneta (Teppei Koike) decides to leave the comfort of his room after years of self isolation and get a job. He lands a position at a small IT firm but doesn't yet realise this company is one of many 'black companies', known for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Satoh
CAST:  Teppei Koike  •  Maiko  •  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Hiroshi Shinagawa

Animus Anima (2005)

Tokio (Shugo Oshinari) and his sister Sui (Shiina Eihi) fall in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reiko Saito
CAST:  Shugo Oshinari  •  Eihi Shiina  •  Maki Meguro  •  Hiroko Akune

Tokio (Shugo Oshinari) and his sister Sui (Shiina Eihi) fall in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reiko Saito
CAST:  Shugo Oshinari  •  Eihi Shiina  •  Maki Meguro  •  Hiroko Akune

Go! Boys' School Drama Club (2011)

Genki Ogasawara enrolls in an all boys high school. He then sets out to become popular with girls and looks for a club to join at school. Genki then comes across a performance of "Romeo and Juliet" performed by the school's drama club. Genki falls for the lead ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsutomu Hanabusa
CAST:  Aoi Nakamura  •  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Kazuma Kawahara  •  Keisuke Tomita

Genki Ogasawara enrolls in an all boys high school. He then sets out to become popular with girls and looks for a club to join at school. Genki then comes across a performance of "Romeo and Juliet" performed by the school's drama club. Genki falls for the lead ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsutomu Hanabusa
CAST:  Aoi Nakamura  •  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Kazuma Kawahara  •  Keisuke Tomita

Love-Craft Girl (2013)

Ogura Akane is twenty six years old and wants to become a designer. However, things go awry when in a double whammy she loses her job and finds her boyfriend cheating on her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsutoshi Hirabayashi
CAST:  Sei Ando  •  Tomoya Nakamura  •  Masako Chiba  •  Namiko Hatori

Ogura Akane is twenty six years old and wants to become a designer. However, things go awry when in a double whammy she loses her job and finds her boyfriend cheating on her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsutoshi Hirabayashi
CAST:  Sei Ando  •  Tomoya Nakamura  •  Masako Chiba  •  Namiko Hatori

Conquest (2015)

A massive yakuza war begins when the most powerful clan in Kansai plans to conquer all control of the country after attacking several headquarters of other clans in Japan and China.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shoichi Shibuya
CAST:  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Hakuryu  •  Hidejiro Mizumoto  •  Masako Chiba

A massive yakuza war begins when the most powerful clan in Kansai plans to conquer all control of the country after attacking several headquarters of other clans in Japan and China.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shoichi Shibuya
CAST:  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Hakuryu  •  Hidejiro Mizumoto  •  Masako Chiba