Jun Toba

Love Fight (2008)

Minoru has spent most of his life being protected by his spunky female best friend Aki. Fed up, he decides to take up boxing. However, just as he manages to get stronger than Aki she becomes obsessed with boxing herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Kento Hayashi  •  Kie Kitano  •  Takao Osawa  •  Shoko Fujimura

Minoru has spent most of his life being protected by his spunky female best friend Aki. Fed up, he decides to take up boxing. However, just as he manages to get stronger than Aki she becomes obsessed with boxing herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Kento Hayashi  •  Kie Kitano  •  Takao Osawa  •  Shoko Fujimura

Rain of Light (2001)

This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time the police finally caught up with them, it was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Masato Hagiwara  •  Ren Osugi  •  Sansei Shiomi  •  Mansaku Ikeuchi

This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time the police finally caught up with them, it was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Masato Hagiwara  •  Ren Osugi  •  Sansei Shiomi  •  Mansaku Ikeuchi

Umineko - Inseparable (2004)

The shock of her fiance's sudden dissolution of their relationship causes university student, Miki, to lose her voice. While recuperating in a hospital in her hometown of Hakodate, she learns of the tragic life of her deceased mother, Kaoru, from her grandmother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Misaki Itō  •  Koichi Sato  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Mimura

The shock of her fiance's sudden dissolution of their relationship causes university student, Miki, to lose her voice. While recuperating in a hospital in her hometown of Hakodate, she learns of the tragic life of her deceased mother, Kaoru, from her grandmother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Misaki Itō  •  Koichi Sato  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Mimura

Miracle in Four Days (2005)

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a prodigious ability to play any piece of music after one hearing. Keisuke Kisaragi whose career was abruptly cut short ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Mitsuru Hirata  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Yuriko Ishida  •  Ayako Kobayashi

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a prodigious ability to play any piece of music after one hearing. Keisuke Kisaragi whose career was abruptly cut short ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Mitsuru Hirata  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Yuriko Ishida  •  Ayako Kobayashi

Moonlight Serenade (1997)

After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Kyōzō Nagatsuka  •  Hideyuki Kasahara  •  Michiko Hada  •  Jun Toba

After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Kyōzō Nagatsuka  •  Hideyuki Kasahara  •  Michiko Hada  •  Jun Toba

Kamen Rider Gaim: Gaiden - Duke And Knuckle (2015)

Kamen Rider Duke: Ryoma Sengoku continues his research of the Sengoku Drivers along with Takatora Kureshima. Takatora thinks that the lives of humanity was the number one priority, however Ryoma disliked his way of thinking increasing the production with cost as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Kaneda
CAST:  Tsunenori Aoki  •  Yuki Kubota  •  Minami Tsukui  •  Kazuki Namioka

Kamen Rider Duke: Ryoma Sengoku continues his research of the Sengoku Drivers along with Takatora Kureshima. Takatora thinks that the lives of humanity was the number one priority, however Ryoma disliked his way of thinking increasing the production with cost as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Kaneda
CAST:  Tsunenori Aoki  •  Yuki Kubota  •  Minami Tsukui  •  Kazuki Namioka

Shooting Stars in the Twilight (2002)

Hiromi works in a posh French restaurant. One day, he meets an ordinary-looking old man who has a discerning palate. He is no ordinary cook, and can pinpoint the exact problems with Hiromi's dishes. His name is Tatematsu Ippei, a legendary chef renowned for his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadafumi Tomioka
CAST:  Renji Ishibashi  •  Jun Toba  •  Yuka Itaya  •  Sei Kamihara

Hiromi works in a posh French restaurant. One day, he meets an ordinary-looking old man who has a discerning palate. He is no ordinary cook, and can pinpoint the exact problems with Hiromi's dishes. His name is Tatematsu Ippei, a legendary chef renowned for his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadafumi Tomioka
CAST:  Renji Ishibashi  •  Jun Toba  •  Yuka Itaya  •  Sei Kamihara

Red Post on Escher Street (2020)

A genius film director, Tadashi Kobayashi holds an audition for his new film project. Several actors and actresses answer the open call, but most will only be cast as extras. Can the film come to a completion without accident?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Sen Fujimaru  •  Riku Kurokouchi  •  Mala Morgan  •  Tatsuhiro Yamaoka

A genius film director, Tadashi Kobayashi holds an audition for his new film project. Several actors and actresses answer the open call, but most will only be cast as extras. Can the film come to a completion without accident?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Sen Fujimaru  •  Riku Kurokouchi  •  Mala Morgan  •  Tatsuhiro Yamaoka

Boku wa benkyo ga dekinai (1996)

Hidemi is bored of school, and decides to find another way to succeed in life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuhiko Yamamoto
CAST:  Jun Toba  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Kazuya Takahashi  •  Shinobu Satô

Hidemi is bored of school, and decides to find another way to succeed in life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuhiko Yamamoto
CAST:  Jun Toba  •  Sayaka Yamaguchi  •  Kazuya Takahashi  •  Shinobu Satô

The Superdry Films (2005)

A Japanese Anthology  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip J. Cook  •  George Iida  •  Kazuki Ōmori
CAST:  Aaron Douglas  •  Erica Durance  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Takashi Ukaji

A Japanese Anthology  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip J. Cook  •  George Iida  •  Kazuki Ōmori
CAST:  Aaron Douglas  •  Erica Durance  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Takashi Ukaji

Saru (2003)

Five young men participate in an experiment drug test, which is known as a short-term, high-paying part-time job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôichirô Hayama
CAST:  Kenji Mizuhashi  •  Nao Omori  •  Jun Toba  •  Asami Mizukawa

Five young men participate in an experiment drug test, which is known as a short-term, high-paying part-time job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yôichirô Hayama
CAST:  Kenji Mizuhashi  •  Nao Omori  •  Jun Toba  •  Asami Mizukawa

新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日 (2006)

Follows the final days of the shogunate and Shinsengumi's Vice-Comander Hijikata Toshizo along with his fellow anti-imperialist group.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Koji Yamamoto  •  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Masato Sakai  •  Ainosuke Kataoka

Follows the final days of the shogunate and Shinsengumi's Vice-Comander Hijikata Toshizo along with his fellow anti-imperialist group.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Koji Yamamoto  •  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Masato Sakai  •  Ainosuke Kataoka