Tamaki Ogawa

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Juvenile (2000)

11-year-old Yusuke and his classmates camp in the woods and see a strange light. They discover a small metallic object like a robot which talks, calls himself Tetra and knows Yusuke's name. Tetra can create wonderful gadgets but actually has to save the world with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Miki Sakai  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Yuya Endo

11-year-old Yusuke and his classmates camp in the woods and see a strange light. They discover a small metallic object like a robot which talks, calls himself Tetra and knows Yusuke's name. Tetra can create wonderful gadgets but actually has to save the world with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Miki Sakai  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Yuya Endo

Samurai Fiction (1998)

A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nakano
CAST:  Morio Kazama  •  Tomoyasu Hotei  •  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Mitsuru Fukikoshi

A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nakano
CAST:  Morio Kazama  •  Tomoyasu Hotei  •  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Mitsuru Fukikoshi

A Quiet Life (1995)

Melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jūzō Itami
CAST:  Masayuki Imai  •  Nobuko Miyamoto  •  Hinako Saeki  •  Atsuro Watabe

Melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jūzō Itami
CAST:  Masayuki Imai  •  Nobuko Miyamoto  •  Hinako Saeki  •  Atsuro Watabe

Tormented (2011)

To his mute sister's dismay, a young boy puts a dying rabbit out of its misery with a brick -- and soon the siblings end up in a world of nightmares.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Hikari Mitsushima  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Takeru Shibuya  •  Nao Omori

To his mute sister's dismay, a young boy puts a dying rabbit out of its misery with a brick -- and soon the siblings end up in a world of nightmares.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Hikari Mitsushima  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Takeru Shibuya  •  Nao Omori

Stereo Future (2001)

Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who has nothing but scorn for him, but who continually fawns over the film’s obnoxious ham of a star.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nakano
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Akiko Monou  •  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Kumiko Aso

Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who has nothing but scorn for him, but who continually fawns over the film’s obnoxious ham of a star.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nakano
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Akiko Monou  •  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Kumiko Aso

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs (2005)

A married couple living in a house that seems to be inhabited by supernatural beings and beetles. The first of six movies in the Kazuo Umezz's Horror Theater.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Hisako Shirata  •  Asahi Uchida

A married couple living in a house that seems to be inhabited by supernatural beings and beetles. The first of six movies in the Kazuo Umezz's Horror Theater.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Hisako Shirata  •  Asahi Uchida

Ten Nights of Dreams (2007)

Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Miwa Nishikawa  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Kon Ichikawa  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Akio Jissoji  •  Atsushi Shimizu  •  Yoshitaka Amano
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Tsuyoshi Ujiki  •  Umenosuke Nakamura

Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Miwa Nishikawa  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Kon Ichikawa  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Akio Jissoji  •  Atsushi Shimizu  •  Yoshitaka Amano
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Tsuyoshi Ujiki  •  Umenosuke Nakamura

Rampo Noir (2005)

Mars Canal - Within absolute silence, a naked man wanders through a dark and depressing landscape recalling the excruciating details of his last encounter with his former lover. Mirror Hell - When a series of women are discovered with their faces burnt and skulls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akio Jissoji  •  Atsushi Kaneko  •  Hisayasu Satô  •  Suguru Takeuchi
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Yuko Daike  •  Hanae Kan  •  Kaiji Moriyama

Mars Canal - Within absolute silence, a naked man wanders through a dark and depressing landscape recalling the excruciating details of his last encounter with his former lover. Mirror Hell - When a series of women are discovered with their faces burnt and skulls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akio Jissoji  •  Atsushi Kaneko  •  Hisayasu Satô  •  Suguru Takeuchi
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Yuko Daike  •  Hanae Kan  •  Kaiji Moriyama

Flowers in the Shadow (2008)

Shinya is in debt as a result of his gambling habit. He attempts to defraud an old woman with a bank transfer scam, but the woman reminds him of his late mother and they start to relate to each other. Meanwhile, Shinya meets a girl called Hisako in town, and ends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichiro Hirakawa
CAST:  Junichi Okada  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Atsushi Ito  •  Aya Hirayama

Shinya is in debt as a result of his gambling habit. He attempts to defraud an old woman with a bank transfer scam, but the woman reminds him of his late mother and they start to relate to each other. Meanwhile, Shinya meets a girl called Hisako in town, and ends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichiro Hirakawa
CAST:  Junichi Okada  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Atsushi Ito  •  Aya Hirayama

Yellow Elephant (2013)

Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Osamu Mukai  •  Sakura Ando  •  Akira Emoto  •  Tasuku Emoto

Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Osamu Mukai  •  Sakura Ando  •  Akira Emoto  •  Tasuku Emoto

Variations (2015)

Referred to as the Pearl of the Orient, supermodel Miori Reiko has had her fair share of scandals due to her eccentricity and her wild love affairs. One day, Reiko is found dead in her apartment by her housekeeper, Ota Michiko. The medical examiner found traces of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michio Mitsuno
CAST:  Yuki Amami  •  Midoriko Kimura  •  Yasunori Danta  •  Kenichi Endo

Referred to as the Pearl of the Orient, supermodel Miori Reiko has had her fair share of scandals due to her eccentricity and her wild love affairs. One day, Reiko is found dead in her apartment by her housekeeper, Ota Michiko. The medical examiner found traces of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michio Mitsuno
CAST:  Yuki Amami  •  Midoriko Kimura  •  Yasunori Danta  •  Kenichi Endo

Hogi-Lala (2003)

Set in the near future. Children who are contaminated by radiation poisoning face the fate of being cast into the sea. However, one boy manages to survive and drift to Hogi-Lala Island, where only children live.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshirô Saiga
CAST:  Satomi Ishihara  •  Maya Banno  •  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Motoki Ochiai

Set in the near future. Children who are contaminated by radiation poisoning face the fate of being cast into the sea. However, one boy manages to survive and drift to Hogi-Lala Island, where only children live.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshirô Saiga
CAST:  Satomi Ishihara  •  Maya Banno  •  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Motoki Ochiai

Waiting For Spring (2018)

Mitsuki is shy and rather isolated at school. Towa is on the basketball team and Mitsuki's class-mate. Due to circumstances, Mitsuki soon begins to socialize with four jocks of the basketball team, which affects her self-esteem, her social status, her loneliness ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichiro Hirakawa
CAST:  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Takumi Kitamura  •  Yuta Koseki  •  Hayato Isomura

Mitsuki is shy and rather isolated at school. Towa is on the basketball team and Mitsuki's class-mate. Due to circumstances, Mitsuki soon begins to socialize with four jocks of the basketball team, which affects her self-esteem, her social status, her loneliness ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichiro Hirakawa
CAST:  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Takumi Kitamura  •  Yuta Koseki  •  Hayato Isomura

Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective (2017)

Dollmaker Haruhiko Kasukabe, nicknamed Haru-san, lost his wife Ruriko in an airplane crash 22 years ago and has been living with his only daughter Furi since then. It is the day of Furi's wedding. However, Furi only told Haruhiko about the wedding a month before. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Namase Katsuhisa  •  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Marie Iitoyo  •  Lee Ayumi

Dollmaker Haruhiko Kasukabe, nicknamed Haru-san, lost his wife Ruriko in an airplane crash 22 years ago and has been living with his only daughter Furi since then. It is the day of Furi's wedding. However, Furi only told Haruhiko about the wedding a month before. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Namase Katsuhisa  •  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Marie Iitoyo  •  Lee Ayumi

Natural Woman (1994)

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DIRECTION:  Hirohisa Sasaki
CAST:  Hirotaro Honda  •  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Hihio Iwanaga  •  Hiroko Nakajima

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DIRECTION:  Hirohisa Sasaki
CAST:  Hirotaro Honda  •  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Hihio Iwanaga  •  Hiroko Nakajima

Pu (1994)

A wanderer and his son arrive on an obscure northern island of Japan, causing the village of Pu to fall into disarray.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Yamazaki
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Norihito Arai  •  Tamaki Ogawa

A wanderer and his son arrive on an obscure northern island of Japan, causing the village of Pu to fall into disarray.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikio Yamazaki
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Norihito Arai  •  Tamaki Ogawa

Zen and Bones (2016)

The story of Henri Mitowa, a 93-year old Japanese monk, who wants to make a movie based on his own life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Nakamura
CAST:  Henry Mitowa  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Chad Mullane  •  Go Riju

The story of Henri Mitowa, a 93-year old Japanese monk, who wants to make a movie based on his own life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Nakamura
CAST:  Henry Mitowa  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Chad Mullane  •  Go Riju

Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie (2019)

The editor-in-chief of a literary magazine who is popular with women sets up a fake wife and bids farewell to his mistresses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Eiko Koike  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Ai Hashimoto

The editor-in-chief of a literary magazine who is popular with women sets up a fake wife and bids farewell to his mistresses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Eiko Koike  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Ai Hashimoto

Musume no kekkon (2003)

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kon Ichikawa
CAST:  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Kyōzō Nagatsuka  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Tamaki Ogawa

TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kon Ichikawa
CAST:  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Kyōzō Nagatsuka  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Tamaki Ogawa

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DIRECTION:  Keralino Sandorovich
CAST:  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Takaya Yamauchi  •  Shoko Takada  •  Toru Nakamura
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