Kento Nagayama

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Solanin (2010)

Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Taneda is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Miki
CAST:  Kengo Kora  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Arata Iura  •  Kenta Kiritani

Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Taneda is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Miki
CAST:  Kengo Kora  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Arata Iura  •  Kenta Kiritani

See You Tomorrow, Everyone (2013)

After Satoru Watarai graduated from elementary school, he dropped out of school and decided to live within his apartment complex, never to venture outside. Satoru Watari then meets his old friends as they are coming back from their middle school classes. Satoru has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nakamura
CAST:  Gaku Hamada  •  Bengal  •  Kana Kurashina  •  Kento Nagayama

After Satoru Watarai graduated from elementary school, he dropped out of school and decided to live within his apartment complex, never to venture outside. Satoru Watari then meets his old friends as they are coming back from their middle school classes. Satoru has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nakamura
CAST:  Gaku Hamada  •  Bengal  •  Kana Kurashina  •  Kento Nagayama

Before the Vigil (2013)

Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. Matsuoi then thinks of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Goro Kishitani

Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. Matsuoi then thinks of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Goro Kishitani

Shield of Straw (2013)

Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Nanako Matsushima  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Takao Osawa  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Nanako Matsushima  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Takao Osawa  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ranma ½ (2011)

Akane is the youngest of three daughters for Soun Tendo. Her father Soun Tendo runs a dojo for martial arts. Akane hopes to carry on her father's dojo into the distant future. Meanwhile, Akane has been selected to marry Ranma, the son of her father's long time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryo Nishimura
CAST:  Yui Aragaki  •  Kento Kaku  •  Natsuna Watanabe  •  Kento Nagayama

Akane is the youngest of three daughters for Soun Tendo. Her father Soun Tendo runs a dojo for martial arts. Akane hopes to carry on her father's dojo into the distant future. Meanwhile, Akane has been selected to marry Ranma, the son of her father's long time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryo Nishimura
CAST:  Yui Aragaki  •  Kento Kaku  •  Natsuna Watanabe  •  Kento Nagayama

Hard Romanticker (2011)

Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but of Korean ancestry) in the seaside city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a working-class hellhole ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su-yeon Gu
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Kaname Endo

Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but of Korean ancestry) in the seaside city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a working-class hellhole ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su-yeon Gu
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Kaname Endo

Crime or Punishment?!? (2009)

Riko Narumi plays an unpopular idol who in an attempt to boost her faltering career becomes police chief for a day. During the day a robbery occurs at a convenience store and instead of letting a real police chief deal with the robbery she decides to take the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keralino Sandorovich
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Riko Narumi  •  Sakura Ando  •  Eriko Sato

Riko Narumi plays an unpopular idol who in an attempt to boost her faltering career becomes police chief for a day. During the day a robbery occurs at a convenience store and instead of letting a real police chief deal with the robbery she decides to take the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keralino Sandorovich
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Riko Narumi  •  Sakura Ando  •  Eriko Sato

Cheer Cheer Cheer! (2008)

Momoko (Yui Aragaki) is a quiet and lonely high school girl who's only passion is to cheer traditional cheer squad, but all she could gather were good for nothing guys, who could not find places in school. They start the cheer squad with a disaster, but when they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kensaku Watanabe
CAST:  Yui Aragaki  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Takashi Naito  •  Tokio Emoto

Momoko (Yui Aragaki) is a quiet and lonely high school girl who's only passion is to cheer traditional cheer squad, but all she could gather were good for nothing guys, who could not find places in school. They start the cheer squad with a disaster, but when they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kensaku Watanabe
CAST:  Yui Aragaki  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Takashi Naito  •  Tokio Emoto

Liar Game: The Final Stage (2010)

In Liar game: Final Stage, Players are encouraged to trust each other to win the tournament. However, a mysterious player named X is secretly plotting to sabotage everyone of their chances to win the LGT.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroaki Matsuyama
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Shota Matsuda  •  Megumi Seki  •  Michiko Kichise

In Liar game: Final Stage, Players are encouraged to trust each other to win the tournament. However, a mysterious player named X is secretly plotting to sabotage everyone of their chances to win the LGT.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroaki Matsuyama
CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Shota Matsuda  •  Megumi Seki  •  Michiko Kichise

Villain (2010)

Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Sang-il
CAST:  Eri Fukatsu  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Masaki Okada  •  Hikari Mitsushima

Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Sang-il
CAST:  Eri Fukatsu  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Masaki Okada  •  Hikari Mitsushima

Softball Boys (2010)

High school student Noguchi learns that there isn't a single male softball team in the nearby area. He figures if he starts up a softball team, they are sure thing to go to the national tournament. He then persuades his friend Onitsuka to help him start a softball ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Kento Kaku  •  Haru  •  Koji Ohkura

High school student Noguchi learns that there isn't a single male softball team in the nearby area. He figures if he starts up a softball team, they are sure thing to go to the national tournament. He then persuades his friend Onitsuka to help him start a softball ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Kento Kaku  •  Haru  •  Koji Ohkura

Crows Explode (2014)

A month after Genji Takiya graduates, a new battle for supremacy at Suzuran All-Boys High School begins. Transfer student Kaburagi Kazeo combats Kagami Ryohei for the coveted top spot, amidst a brewing inter-school conflict with Kurosaki Industrial High.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiaki Toyoda
CAST:  Motoki Fukami  •  Yuya Yagira  •  Masahiro Higashide  •  Ryusuke Ito

A month after Genji Takiya graduates, a new battle for supremacy at Suzuran All-Boys High School begins. Transfer student Kaburagi Kazeo combats Kagami Ryohei for the coveted top spot, amidst a brewing inter-school conflict with Kurosaki Industrial High.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiaki Toyoda
CAST:  Motoki Fukami  •  Yuya Yagira  •  Masahiro Higashide  •  Ryusuke Ito

Unfair: the end (2015)

Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a terrible price. Natsumi goes back to the Investigation #1 of Tokyo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shimako Satō
CAST:  Ryoko Shinohara  •  Koichi Sato  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Sadawo Abe

Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a terrible price. Natsumi goes back to the Investigation #1 of Tokyo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shimako Satō
CAST:  Ryoko Shinohara  •  Koichi Sato  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Sadawo Abe

Clover (2014)

Saya Suzuki (Emi Takei) is an ordinary employee working at a hotel. She falls in love with her elite boss Susumu Tsuge (Tadayoshi Okura). Through their romance, Saya Suzuki grows as a person.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Furusawa
CAST:  Emi Takei  •  Tadayoshi Okura  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Natsuna Watanabe

Saya Suzuki (Emi Takei) is an ordinary employee working at a hotel. She falls in love with her elite boss Susumu Tsuge (Tadayoshi Okura). Through their romance, Saya Suzuki grows as a person.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Furusawa
CAST:  Emi Takei  •  Tadayoshi Okura  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Natsuna Watanabe

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DIRECTION:  Takashi Kubota
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Hikaru Iwamoto  •  Tatsuya Fukazawa  •  Shota Watanabe

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

I'm Flash! (2012)

Rui is the charismatic leader of a new religious group. Consequently, he starts to gain attention from the mass media. After becoming involved in a car accident, Rui goes to a remote island with ex-gangster now bodyguard. On the island, Rui reveals more about his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiaki Toyoda
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Tasuku Emoto  •  Mayu Harada

Rui is the charismatic leader of a new religious group. Consequently, he starts to gain attention from the mass media. After becoming involved in a car accident, Rui goes to a remote island with ex-gangster now bodyguard. On the island, Rui reveals more about his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiaki Toyoda
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Tasuku Emoto  •  Mayu Harada

Paikaji Nankai Sakusen (2012)

Sasaki has had a difficult period, going through a divorce and losing his job. To take a break and start anew, Sasaki decides to visit Iriomote Island. While there, Sasaki's belongings are stolen by four homeless men. Sasaki then lives with three other people: a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toru Hosokawa
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Nozomi Sasaki

Sasaki has had a difficult period, going through a divorce and losing his job. To take a break and start anew, Sasaki decides to visit Iriomote Island. While there, Sasaki's belongings are stolen by four homeless men. Sasaki then lives with three other people: a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toru Hosokawa
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Nozomi Sasaki

Mother Water (2010)

Blessed with several large rivers, interconnected streams and springs, Japan's ancient capital, Kyoto, anoints the land with a bountiful source of water. In this tranquil setting, three women join the flow of a small community with the subtle presence of a spring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kana Matsumoto
CAST:  Satomi Kobayashi  •  Mikako Ichikawa  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Ryo Kase

Blessed with several large rivers, interconnected streams and springs, Japan's ancient capital, Kyoto, anoints the land with a bountiful source of water. In this tranquil setting, three women join the flow of a small community with the subtle presence of a spring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kana Matsumoto
CAST:  Satomi Kobayashi  •  Mikako Ichikawa  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Ryo Kase

Ernesto (2017)

Freddy Maemura Hurtado, a second-generation Japanese-Bolivian, heads to Cuba to study medicine. He meets revolutionist Che Guevara. When civil war breaks out in Bolivia, he decides to join Guevara’s revolutionary army under the name of “Ernesto Medico”.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Joe Odagiri  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Juan Miguel Valero Acosta

Freddy Maemura Hurtado, a second-generation Japanese-Bolivian, heads to Cuba to study medicine. He meets revolutionist Che Guevara. When civil war breaks out in Bolivia, he decides to join Guevara’s revolutionary army under the name of “Ernesto Medico”.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Joe Odagiri  •  Kento Nagayama  •  Juan Miguel Valero Acosta
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