Naoya Shimizu

Confessions (2010)

A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Takako Matsu  •  Masaki Okada  •  Yoshino Kimura  •  Mana Ashida

A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Takako Matsu  •  Masaki Okada  •  Yoshino Kimura  •  Mana Ashida

Tangerines on Cat (2014)

Tomohiro takes his fiance Machiko to his hometown of Aridagawa in Wakayama Prefecture to see his family.Tomohiro’s family includes three siblings. His younger brother Takeshi refuses to go to school. His older sister Yumi isn't interested in their family. Younger ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Toda
CAST:  Mei Kurokawa  •  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Kaori Takeshita  •  Ayu Higashi

Tomohiro takes his fiance Machiko to his hometown of Aridagawa in Wakayama Prefecture to see his family.Tomohiro’s family includes three siblings. His younger brother Takeshi refuses to go to school. His older sister Yumi isn't interested in their family. Younger ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Toda
CAST:  Mei Kurokawa  •  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Kaori Takeshita  •  Ayu Higashi

The Werewolf Game: Prison Break (2016)

Akari Inui and other students are kidnapped and imprisoned. They are forced to take part in a game to kill and survive. The last survivor will receive one hundred million yen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Ayabe
CAST:  Riria Kojima  •  Yutaro Watanabe  •  Kasumi Yamaya  •  Naoya Shimizu

Akari Inui and other students are kidnapped and imprisoned. They are forced to take part in a game to kill and survive. The last survivor will receive one hundred million yen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Ayabe
CAST:  Riria Kojima  •  Yutaro Watanabe  •  Kasumi Yamaya  •  Naoya Shimizu

Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story (2015)

Keisuke, 15-year-old junior-high school boy, has been forced to live as refugees with his family in temporary housing apart from a hometown as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake.In 2012, he belongs to a broadcasting club of his junior-high, to which he has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Matsushima
CAST:  Ryûichirô Shibata  •  Miho Kanazawa  •  Noboru Kaneko  •  Yoshiko Kayama

Keisuke, 15-year-old junior-high school boy, has been forced to live as refugees with his family in temporary housing apart from a hometown as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake.In 2012, he belongs to a broadcasting club of his junior-high, to which he has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Matsushima
CAST:  Ryûichirô Shibata  •  Miho Kanazawa  •  Noboru Kaneko  •  Yoshiko Kayama

A Light in the Distance (2015)

Mado wakes up in the morning finding all the people disappeared. Hearing a strong typhoon might strike, everyone has escaped the disaster. She checks her school, but no one is there. She meets her classmate, Fujii, unexpectedly. Fujii asks Mado to find a shelter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiko Tsuruoka
CAST:  Mariko Kobayashi  •  Naoya Shimizu  •  Kaori Takeshita  •  Suzuna

Mado wakes up in the morning finding all the people disappeared. Hearing a strong typhoon might strike, everyone has escaped the disaster. She checks her school, but no one is there. She meets her classmate, Fujii, unexpectedly. Fujii asks Mado to find a shelter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiko Tsuruoka
CAST:  Mariko Kobayashi  •  Naoya Shimizu  •  Kaori Takeshita  •  Suzuna

Memento of the Forest (2018)

12 years ago, Hideto crippled his younger brother Masato in an accident in the woods. Hideto had avoided Masato ever since, but meets a physically healed but emotionally wounded Masato when he visits home one day. This Masato gets him to face the accident. Hideto ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuma Oosugi
CAST:  Shota Inoue  •  Naoya Shimizu  •  Ran Taniguchi  •  Yuriko Onuma

12 years ago, Hideto crippled his younger brother Masato in an accident in the woods. Hideto had avoided Masato ever since, but meets a physically healed but emotionally wounded Masato when he visits home one day. This Masato gets him to face the accident. Hideto ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuma Oosugi
CAST:  Shota Inoue  •  Naoya Shimizu  •  Ran Taniguchi  •  Yuriko Onuma

My Girlfriend is a Serial Killer (2019)

Etsuro Kurosu faills getting into a university and becomes a hikikomori. One day, he tries to hang himself from a hook on the wall in his apartment. He fails, but his attempt leaves a hole in the wall. Through the hole wall, Etsuro Kurosu can now see Rio Miyaichi. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kayoko Asakura
CAST:  Haruka Fukuhara  •  Yosuke Sugino  •  Noriko Eguchi  •  Manami Enosawa

Etsuro Kurosu faills getting into a university and becomes a hikikomori. One day, he tries to hang himself from a hook on the wall in his apartment. He fails, but his attempt leaves a hole in the wall. Through the hole wall, Etsuro Kurosu can now see Rio Miyaichi. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kayoko Asakura
CAST:  Haruka Fukuhara  •  Yosuke Sugino  •  Noriko Eguchi  •  Manami Enosawa

La (2019)

The vocalist of a broken up band tries to get the group back together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomohiro Takahashi
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Dori Sakurada  •  Show Kasamatsu  •  Naoya Shimizu

The vocalist of a broken up band tries to get the group back together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomohiro Takahashi
CAST:  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Dori Sakurada  •  Show Kasamatsu  •  Naoya Shimizu

The Blue Danube (2021)

The soldiers no longer know why they are at war, and when it even started. Daily and dutifully they march to the river and shoot at the opposite village from 9 to 5 – orders are orders after all. They’ve done so for decades. When private Tsuyuki is transferred to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Ikeda
CAST:  Kou Maehara  •  Hiroki Konno  •  Hiroki Nakajima  •  Naoya Shimizu

The soldiers no longer know why they are at war, and when it even started. Daily and dutifully they march to the river and shoot at the opposite village from 9 to 5 – orders are orders after all. They’ve done so for decades. When private Tsuyuki is transferred to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Ikeda
CAST:  Kou Maehara  •  Hiroki Konno  •  Hiroki Nakajima  •  Naoya Shimizu

Koga the Dictator (2015)

Koga is a wimp and is being bullied at school even by a girl. Soejima comes to his defense, but is now a target of the two bullies as well. Koga and Soejima are attracted to one another. Is it their mutual victimhood or actual love or could those two things be one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshimitsu Iizuka
CAST:  Naoya Shimizu  •  Honoka Murakami  •  Tateto Serizawa  •  Chiaki Usui

Koga is a wimp and is being bullied at school even by a girl. Soejima comes to his defense, but is now a target of the two bullies as well. Koga and Soejima are attracted to one another. Is it their mutual victimhood or actual love or could those two things be one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshimitsu Iizuka
CAST:  Naoya Shimizu  •  Honoka Murakami  •  Tateto Serizawa  •  Chiaki Usui

若武者 (2024)

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DIRECTION:  Ryutaro Ninomiya
CAST:  Ryota Bando  •  Rion Takahashi  •  Naoya Shimizu  •  KIGOSHI AKI

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DIRECTION:  Ryutaro Ninomiya
CAST:  Ryota Bando  •  Rion Takahashi  •  Naoya Shimizu  •  KIGOSHI AKI