Osamu Katayama

Peak: The Rescuers (2011)

Shimazaki Sanpo is an experienced mountain climber and rescue team volunteer. Sanpo loves the mountains and wants as many people as possible to experience everything they have to offer so much so that he never holds a grudge against anyone for causing an accident ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
CAST:  Shun Oguri  •  Atsuro Watabe  •  Takuya Ishida  •  Yoshie Ichige

Shimazaki Sanpo is an experienced mountain climber and rescue team volunteer. Sanpo loves the mountains and wants as many people as possible to experience everything they have to offer so much so that he never holds a grudge against anyone for causing an accident ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
CAST:  Shun Oguri  •  Atsuro Watabe  •  Takuya Ishida  •  Yoshie Ichige

Puzzle (2008)

Misako Ayukawa, a woman in her 30s, is an English teacher with ironically poor English skills. She values herself over her students and money over love. She displays arrogance in front of her students, but acts pleasantly around everyone else. However, Ayukawa ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
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Misako Ayukawa, a woman in her 30s, is an English teacher with ironically poor English skills. She values herself over her students and money over love. She displays arrogance in front of her students, but acts pleasantly around everyone else. However, Ayukawa ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
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Heat Island (2007)

A gang of underground street fighters calling themselves "Guilty" think they've hit the mother load when they mug a thief and discover he's carrying a bag filled with cash, unaware it's been ripped off the notoriously ruthless Yakuza who'll stop at nothing to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
CAST:  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Chiaki Ito  •  Ryô Kimura

A gang of underground street fighters calling themselves "Guilty" think they've hit the mother load when they mug a thief and discover he's carrying a bag filled with cash, unaware it's been ripped off the notoriously ruthless Yakuza who'll stop at nothing to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
CAST:  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Chiaki Ito  •  Ryô Kimura

Devoted Cookbook (2012)

The film is set in Edo period. As an orphan child Mio starts working at a restaurant in Osaka where she learns how to cook. When she turns 18, she moves to Edo (today's Tokyo) where she opens her own restaurant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
CAST:  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Mieko Harada  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Yuta Hiraoka

The film is set in Edo period. As an orphan child Mio starts working at a restaurant in Osaka where she learns how to cook. When she turns 18, she moves to Edo (today's Tokyo) where she opens her own restaurant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
CAST:  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Mieko Harada  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Yuta Hiraoka

Happy! Namida no Sumasshu (2006)

After her parents' death, Umino Miyuki was forced to give up a promising future in tennis to take care of her three younger siblings. Her elder brother, in a plan to become rich, disappears, leaving a 250 million debt on his sister's shoulders. Two debt collectors ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
CAST:  Saki Aibu  •  Hiroyuki Miyasako  •  Junnosuke Taguchi  •  Mao Kobayashi

After her parents' death, Umino Miyuki was forced to give up a promising future in tennis to take care of her three younger siblings. Her elder brother, in a plan to become rich, disappears, leaving a 250 million debt on his sister's shoulders. Two debt collectors ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Katayama
CAST:  Saki Aibu  •  Hiroyuki Miyasako  •  Junnosuke Taguchi  •  Mao Kobayashi