Atsushi Yamanishi

AIBOU: The Movie (2008)

A former TV presenter is murdered. On the same day, two police officers from the Metropolitan police Special Mission Task Force, Sugishita Ukyo (Yutaka Mizutani) and Kameyama Kaoru (Yasufumi Terawaki), are guarding a female Diet member, Katayama Hinako (Yoshino ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Yasufumi Terawaki  •  Yutaka Mizutani  •  Sawa Suzuki  •  Takashi Yamanaka

A former TV presenter is murdered. On the same day, two police officers from the Metropolitan police Special Mission Task Force, Sugishita Ukyo (Yutaka Mizutani) and Kameyama Kaoru (Yasufumi Terawaki), are guarding a female Diet member, Katayama Hinako (Yoshino ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Yasufumi Terawaki  •  Yutaka Mizutani  •  Sawa Suzuki  •  Takashi Yamanaka

Sleepless Town (1998)

Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Chi-Ngai
CAST:  Takeshi Kaneshiro  •  Mirai Yamamoto  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Sihung Lung

Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Chi-Ngai
CAST:  Takeshi Kaneshiro  •  Mirai Yamamoto  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Sihung Lung

AIBOU: The Movie III (2014)

A news report circulates about a man who died after being kicked by a horse on a small island located 300km away from Tokyo. National Police Agency director Takeru Kanbe assigns Vice Director Mineaki Kai the task of making sure rumors surrounding the incident are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Koji Ishizaka  •  Mitsuhiro Oikawa

A news report circulates about a man who died after being kicked by a horse on a small island located 300km away from Tokyo. National Police Agency director Takeru Kanbe assigns Vice Director Mineaki Kai the task of making sure rumors surrounding the incident are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Koji Ishizaka  •  Mitsuhiro Oikawa

Rose Color's Buko (2014)

Sachiko is an university student. Her nickname is Buko, because she has been negative about everything since she was young. Sachiko believes someday she will meet a man like in a romance manga. Her university life is boring and she spends her time reading romance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Rino Sashihara  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Tomorowo Taguchi

Sachiko is an university student. Her nickname is Buko, because she has been negative about everything since she was young. Sachiko believes someday she will meet a man like in a romance manga. Her university life is boring and she spends her time reading romance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Rino Sashihara  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Tomorowo Taguchi

Initiation Love (2015)

Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Atsuko Maeda  •  Fumino Kimura  •  Takahiro Miura

Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Atsuko Maeda  •  Fumino Kimura  •  Takahiro Miura

AIBOU: The Movie IV (2017)

A mysterious international crime organization makes a demand of 900 million yen from the Japanese government for the release of hostages. The group then targets a victory parade of a world sports game to commit indiscriminate terror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yutaka Mizutani  •  Takashi Sorimachi  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Mayu Yamaguchi

A mysterious international crime organization makes a demand of 900 million yen from the Japanese government for the release of hostages. The group then targets a victory parade of a world sports game to commit indiscriminate terror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yutaka Mizutani  •  Takashi Sorimachi  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Mayu Yamaguchi

Souten no Yume Shoin to Shinsaku Shin-seiki eno Chosen (2000)

This film is the memoirs of Takasugi Shinsaku about the life of his great teacher Yoshida Shoin. Yoshida Shōin (吉田 松陰, 1830-1859) was one of the most distinguished intellectuals in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate. He devoted to developing many Ishin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Matsuoka
CAST:  Hashinosuke Nakamura  •  Mansai Nomura  •  Yuki Amami  •  Hiroshi Abe

This film is the memoirs of Takasugi Shinsaku about the life of his great teacher Yoshida Shoin. Yoshida Shōin (吉田 松陰, 1830-1859) was one of the most distinguished intellectuals in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate. He devoted to developing many Ishin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Matsuoka
CAST:  Hashinosuke Nakamura  •  Mansai Nomura  •  Yuki Amami  •  Hiroshi Abe

Musume Bugyo On-na Ro Hisho (1995)

A woman calling herself Princess Oryu enters the woman's prison. She is Kasumi, the daughter of the famous magistrate, Ooka Echizen, who slowly after hearing each of the prisoner's stories begins to realize the mystery that lies behind what it could be a big conspiracy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryôji Shinmura
CAST:  Ayako Takaishi  •  Takeshi Maya  •  Mieko Arai  •  Hitoe Ootake

A woman calling herself Princess Oryu enters the woman's prison. She is Kasumi, the daughter of the famous magistrate, Ooka Echizen, who slowly after hearing each of the prisoner's stories begins to realize the mystery that lies behind what it could be a big conspiracy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryôji Shinmura
CAST:  Ayako Takaishi  •  Takeshi Maya  •  Mieko Arai  •  Hitoe Ootake

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (2021)

Nikuko is a brash, jolly, scattered, and passionate woman in an otherwise sleepy seaside town in northern Japan. She’s also the single mother of 11-year-old Kikuko, who is her opposite in many ways. Kikuko is a string-bean of a young girl, pensive, quietly curious, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ayumu Watanabe
CAST:  Natsuki Hanae  •  Shinobu Otake  •  Cocomi  •  Hiro Shimono

Nikuko is a brash, jolly, scattered, and passionate woman in an otherwise sleepy seaside town in northern Japan. She’s also the single mother of 11-year-old Kikuko, who is her opposite in many ways. Kikuko is a string-bean of a young girl, pensive, quietly curious, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ayumu Watanabe
CAST:  Natsuki Hanae  •  Shinobu Otake  •  Cocomi  •  Hiro Shimono

Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku (2018)

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CAST:  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Mirai Shida  •  Aoi Nakamura  •  Kana Kurashina

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CAST:  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Mirai Shida  •  Aoi Nakamura  •  Kana Kurashina

99.9 Criminal Lawyer: SP (2021)

The super unconventional lawyer is back! Our new friends are comic book girls! And the biggest enemy of all! The strongest lawyer who manipulates the prosecution behind the scenes sets out to prove the devil... Take on a case that is 100% impossible to prove!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Kimura
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Hana Sugisaki  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima

The super unconventional lawyer is back! Our new friends are comic book girls! And the biggest enemy of all! The strongest lawyer who manipulates the prosecution behind the scenes sets out to prove the devil... Take on a case that is 100% impossible to prove!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Kimura
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Hana Sugisaki  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima

Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen (2018)

Maeno Ryotaku (Kataoka Ainosuke) is a doctor of Buzen Province, Nakatsu domain. Aspiring to learn Western knowledge, he comes across a Dutch-language translation of the German medical text Anatomische Tabellen while studying in Nagasaki. After returning from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kunio Yoshikawa
CAST:  Ainosuke Kataoka  •  Shinya Niiro  •  Takaya Sakoda  •  Takeo Nakahara

Maeno Ryotaku (Kataoka Ainosuke) is a doctor of Buzen Province, Nakatsu domain. Aspiring to learn Western knowledge, he comes across a Dutch-language translation of the German medical text Anatomische Tabellen while studying in Nagasaki. After returning from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kunio Yoshikawa
CAST:  Ainosuke Kataoka  •  Shinya Niiro  •  Takaya Sakoda  •  Takeo Nakahara

世界は笑う (2022)

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DIRECTION:  Keralino Sandorovich
CAST:  Koji Seto  •  Yudai Chiba  •  Ryo Katsuji  •  Sairi Ito

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DIRECTION:  Keralino Sandorovich
CAST:  Koji Seto  •  Yudai Chiba  •  Ryo Katsuji  •  Sairi Ito