Ayano Ogura

Nosari: Impermanent Eternity (2020)

A young man wanders and makes calls to elders who live alone. Saying “Granny, it’s me,” he lies to them that he is their grandson. An old lady, who runs a music shop in the declining shopping area in Amakusa, answers his call and warmly accepts him. Pretending as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Yamamoto
CAST:  Kisetsu Fujiwara  •  Chisako Hara  •  Ami Sugihara  •  Akira Emoto

A young man wanders and makes calls to elders who live alone. Saying “Granny, it’s me,” he lies to them that he is their grandson. An old lady, who runs a music shop in the declining shopping area in Amakusa, answers his call and warmly accepts him. Pretending as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Yamamoto
CAST:  Kisetsu Fujiwara  •  Chisako Hara  •  Ami Sugihara  •  Akira Emoto

Unprecedented (2021)

It is impossible to comprehensively map the ultimate extent of the damage wrought by the waves of the corona pandemic in all the layers of the society. It does not, however, require a lot of guesswork to see the links between the steeply increased numbers of corona ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Kudo
CAST:  Yusuke Takahashi  •  Manabu Kurita  •  Ayano Ogura  •  Chie Tsuji

It is impossible to comprehensively map the ultimate extent of the damage wrought by the waves of the corona pandemic in all the layers of the society. It does not, however, require a lot of guesswork to see the links between the steeply increased numbers of corona ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Kudo
CAST:  Yusuke Takahashi  •  Manabu Kurita  •  Ayano Ogura  •  Chie Tsuji

A Far Shore (2023)

An unadorned perspective on impoverished life in Okinawa, an island in southern Japan whose modern history was tainted by the bloody battle for the Pacific. 17-year-old Aoi works as a nightclub hostess in order to earn rent money and to provide for her little boy. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Kudo
CAST:  Kotone Hanase  •  Yumemi Ishida  •  Yoshiro Sakuma  •  Ayano Ogura

An unadorned perspective on impoverished life in Okinawa, an island in southern Japan whose modern history was tainted by the bloody battle for the Pacific. 17-year-old Aoi works as a nightclub hostess in order to earn rent money and to provide for her little boy. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Kudo
CAST:  Kotone Hanase  •  Yumemi Ishida  •  Yoshiro Sakuma  •  Ayano Ogura

Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi! (2023)

The research team investigates a crazy supernatural phenomenon and plunges into an even more outrageous situation!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Shiraishi
CAST:  Shigeo Ôsako  •  Chika Kuboyama  •  Koji Shiraishi  •  Rie Kuwana

The research team investigates a crazy supernatural phenomenon and plunges into an even more outrageous situation!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Shiraishi
CAST:  Shigeo Ôsako  •  Chika Kuboyama  •  Koji Shiraishi  •  Rie Kuwana

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2 (2024)

Volume 2 of "Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please" with brand new footage added, not present in the theatrical version! After Koji Shiraishi watches a horrifying VHS tape, a mysterious woman calling herself 'Karame' calls him. Telling Shiraishi to "investigate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Shiraishi
CAST:  Koji Shiraishi  •  Kaibashira  •  Arikawa Maiko  •  Ayano Ogura

Volume 2 of "Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please" with brand new footage added, not present in the theatrical version! After Koji Shiraishi watches a horrifying VHS tape, a mysterious woman calling herself 'Karame' calls him. Telling Shiraishi to "investigate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Shiraishi
CAST:  Koji Shiraishi  •  Kaibashira  •  Arikawa Maiko  •  Ayano Ogura