Yuki Tanada

Yuki Tanada (タナダユキ, Tanada Yuki, born 12 August 1975) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Tanada pursued theater in high school before entering the Image Forum Institute of the Moving Image to study filmmaking. Her independently produced film Moru won the grand prize at the 2001 Pia Film Festival. Her next work, Takada Wataru: A Japanese Original, a documentary on a Japanese folk singer, was featured at the 2003 Tokyo International Film Festival. She won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for her 2008 film One Million Yen Girl. She has written the scripts for many of her films as well as contributed the script to Mika Ninagawa's Sakuran. She has also directed for television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yuki Tanada, licensed under CC BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ain't No Tomorrows (2008)

17 year-old Hiruma is desperate to get laid and takes out his sexual urges on Anpai, a fat boy who has "boobs." His classmate Tomono, a sickly loner, is in a serious relationship with their married teacher.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Tokio Emoto  •  Yuya Endo  •  Ini Kusano  •  Sakura Ando

17 year-old Hiruma is desperate to get laid and takes out his sexual urges on Anpai, a fat boy who has "boobs." His classmate Tomono, a sickly loner, is in a serious relationship with their married teacher.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Tokio Emoto  •  Yuya Endo  •  Ini Kusano  •  Sakura Ando

One Million Yen Girl (2008)

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Pierre Taki  •  Terunosuke Takezai  •  Ryusei Saito

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Pierre Taki  •  Terunosuke Takezai  •  Ryusei Saito

Mourning Recipe (2013)

A widower and his daughter deal with the death of the man's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Hiromi Nagasaku  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Fumi Nikaido  •  Masaki Okada

A widower and his daughter deal with the death of the man's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Hiromi Nagasaku  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Fumi Nikaido  •  Masaki Okada

Hatsuko's World (2007)

15-year-old Hatsuko (Higashi Ayu) lives with her elder brother in a humble town house. Their mother died when they were young, and the father disappeared. The brother (Shioya Shun) left high school before graduation to work at a factory, but spends their meager ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Ayu Higashi  •  Shun Shioya  •  Kazuma Sano  •  Keiichi Suzuki

15-year-old Hatsuko (Higashi Ayu) lives with her elder brother in a humble town house. Their mother died when they were young, and the father disappeared. The brother (Shioya Shun) left high school before graduation to work at a factory, but spends their meager ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Ayu Higashi  •  Shun Shioya  •  Kazuma Sano  •  Keiichi Suzuki

Moon and Cherry (2004)

When an alluring young woman joins an erotic writing class, she begins a game of sexual cat and mouse with a naïve college student. As they venture into more and more unpredictable territory in the bedroom, he begins to think she might be using him as a test ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Yoshikazu Ebisu  •  Noriko Eguchi  •  Misako Hirata  •  Akira Emoto

When an alluring young woman joins an erotic writing class, she begins a game of sexual cat and mouse with a naïve college student. As they venture into more and more unpredictable territory in the bedroom, he begins to think she might be using him as a test ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Yoshikazu Ebisu  •  Noriko Eguchi  •  Misako Hirata  •  Akira Emoto

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (2012)

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, this boldly erotic yet movingly tender portrait of a group of vulnerable, variously wounded people — a depressed housewife, her high-school-aged lover, and his best friend, who is struggling to provide for himself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Tomoko Tabata  •  Mieko Harada  •  Takahiro Miura

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, this boldly erotic yet movingly tender portrait of a group of vulnerable, variously wounded people — a depressed housewife, her high-school-aged lover, and his best friend, who is struggling to provide for himself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Tomoko Tabata  •  Mieko Harada  •  Takahiro Miura

Sixteen (2007)

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Okuhara
CAST:  Ayu Higashi  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Mantaro Koichi  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Okuhara
CAST:  Ayu Higashi  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Mantaro Koichi  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka

My Dad and Mr. Ito (2016)

He is rejected by his sister when the brother floats the idea that their father move from his house to her apartment. The father has other ideas however and shows up unannounced at her doorstep with his belongings. She has little space, a boyfriend she lives with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Juri Ueno  •  Lily Franky  •  Tatsuya Fuji  •  Tomoharu Hasegawa

He is rejected by his sister when the brother floats the idea that their father move from his house to her apartment. The father has other ideas however and shows up unannounced at her doorstep with his belongings. She has little space, a boyfriend she lives with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Juri Ueno  •  Lily Franky  •  Tatsuya Fuji  •  Tomoharu Hasegawa

Round Trip Heart (2015)

26-year-old Hachiko Hojo (Yuko Oshima) works as a train attendant, selling items on a cart. She's good at her job, but she lacks self confidence. One day, she meets a movie producer (Koji Ookura). They decide to visit tourist attractions in Hakone, Kanagawa ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Oshima Yuko  •  Koji Ohkura  •  Yoshimi Nozaki  •  Masataka Kubota

26-year-old Hachiko Hojo (Yuko Oshima) works as a train attendant, selling items on a cart. She's good at her job, but she lacks self confidence. One day, she meets a movie producer (Koji Ookura). They decide to visit tourist attractions in Hakone, Kanagawa ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Oshima Yuko  •  Koji Ohkura  •  Yoshimi Nozaki  •  Masataka Kubota

Romance Doll (2020)

It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie. Sonoko does not know that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Kitaro  •  Issey Takahashi  •  Pierre Taki

It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie. Sonoko does not know that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Kitaro  •  Issey Takahashi  •  Pierre Taki

Have a Nice Day (2006)

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa ("Yoru no Picnic"), Masaya Kakehi ("Bijokan), and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka  •  Masaya Kakehi  •  Mai Tominaga  •  Akira Ogata  •  Mari Asato  •  Hiroyuki Nakano  •  Hitoshi Yazaki  •  Yuki Tanada  •  Masahiko Nagasawa  •  Masahiro Muramatsu  •  Asako Hyuga  •  Koto Nagata  •  Ryūichi Honda  •  Kenji Yamauchi  •  Yoshiho Fukuoka
CAST:  Sayuri Oyamada  •  Go Ayano  •  Jun Murakami  •  Motoki Ochiai

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa ("Yoru no Picnic"), Masaya Kakehi ("Bijokan), and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka  •  Masaya Kakehi  •  Mai Tominaga  •  Akira Ogata  •  Mari Asato  •  Hiroyuki Nakano  •  Hitoshi Yazaki  •  Yuki Tanada  •  Masahiko Nagasawa  •  Masahiro Muramatsu  •  Asako Hyuga  •  Koto Nagata  •  Ryūichi Honda  •  Kenji Yamauchi  •  Yoshiho Fukuoka
CAST:  Sayuri Oyamada  •  Go Ayano  •  Jun Murakami  •  Motoki Ochiai

Cinematic Liars of Asahi-za (2021)

Movie theater Asahiza has existed for almost a 100 years in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. Unlike other theaters, Asahiza plays old films and doesn't get a lot of customers. The manger of Asahiza, Yasuzo Morita, finally decides to close down the theater. When he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Mitsuki Takahata  •  Kyotaro Yanagiya  •  Kayoko Okubo  •  Masahiro Koumoto

Movie theater Asahiza has existed for almost a 100 years in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. Unlike other theaters, Asahiza plays old films and doesn't get a lot of customers. The manger of Asahiza, Yasuzo Morita, finally decides to close down the theater. When he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Mitsuki Takahata  •  Kyotaro Yanagiya  •  Kayoko Okubo  •  Masahiro Koumoto

My Broken Mariko (2022)

Shiino one day finds out that her best friend Mariko has committed suicide. After snatching Mariko's urn from her abusive father, Shiino heads to Marigaoka Cape, a place Mariko always wanted to go.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Mei Nagano  •  Nao  •  Masataka Kubota  •  Yoh Yoshida

Shiino one day finds out that her best friend Mariko has committed suicide. After snatching Mariko's urn from her abusive father, Shiino heads to Marigaoka Cape, a place Mariko always wanted to go.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Mei Nagano  •  Nao  •  Masataka Kubota  •  Yoh Yoshida

Guinea (2002)

Yukari Nishihara, 25, earns her living as an art model and aspires to become an actress. One day, while she was out, she saw “a man's face about to jump off the roof of a building”, and since then she has been suffering from a peculiar constitution: she sees a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Takushi Hina  •  Ishikawa Takako  •  Mayasu Mizuta  •  Itoko Tsuji

Yukari Nishihara, 25, earns her living as an art model and aspires to become an actress. One day, while she was out, she saw “a man's face about to jump off the roof of a building”, and since then she has been suffering from a peculiar constitution: she sees a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Takushi Hina  •  Ishikawa Takako  •  Mayasu Mizuta  •  Itoko Tsuji