Misato Tachibana

Asako in Ruby Shoes (2000)

Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Korea by presenting to us the Asian side of modern globalization. The film jumps back and forth from Korea and Japan, with each main character feeling out of place in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Je-Yong
CAST:  Lee Jung-jae  •  Misato Tachibana  •  Urara Awata  •  Kim Min-hee

Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Korea by presenting to us the Asian side of modern globalization. The film jumps back and forth from Korea and Japan, with each main character feeling out of place in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Je-Yong
CAST:  Lee Jung-jae  •  Misato Tachibana  •  Urara Awata  •  Kim Min-hee

Muscle Heat (2002)

In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Kane Kosugi  •  Ikkei Watanabe  •  Show Aikawa  •  Masaya Kato

In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Kane Kosugi  •  Ikkei Watanabe  •  Show Aikawa  •  Masaya Kato

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie (2004)

8 short stories comprise this anthology movie, based on the Tales of Terror TV series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Amemiya  •  Ryuta Miyake  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Akio Yoshida  •  Hirohisa Sasaki  •  Kosuke Suzuki  •  Shunichi Hirano
CAST:  Mai Kitajima  •  Maki Horikita  •  Anna Odaka  •  Maiko Ito

8 short stories comprise this anthology movie, based on the Tales of Terror TV series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Amemiya  •  Ryuta Miyake  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Akio Yoshida  •  Hirohisa Sasaki  •  Kosuke Suzuki  •  Shunichi Hirano
CAST:  Mai Kitajima  •  Maki Horikita  •  Anna Odaka  •  Maiko Ito

Poetry Angel (2017)

After Tsutomu Tamaki graduated from high school, he has worked at his family farm and raises ume (plum). He becomes interested in a class for “poetry boxing” and decides to take the class. There, he meets a female high school student who has her own problem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshimitsu Iizuka
CAST:  Amane Okayama  •  Rena Takeda  •  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Jun Miho

After Tsutomu Tamaki graduated from high school, he has worked at his family farm and raises ume (plum). He becomes interested in a class for “poetry boxing” and decides to take the class. There, he meets a female high school student who has her own problem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshimitsu Iizuka
CAST:  Amane Okayama  •  Rena Takeda  •  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Jun Miho

The Hanging Balloons (2000)

Film adaptation of three short stories by horror mangaka Junji Ito: The Devil's Logic, The Long Hair in the Attic, and The Hanging Balloons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Issei Oda
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Misato Tachibana  •  Shin Ishikawa

Film adaptation of three short stories by horror mangaka Junji Ito: The Devil's Logic, The Long Hair in the Attic, and The Hanging Balloons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Issei Oda
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Misato Tachibana  •  Shin Ishikawa

The Big Slaughter Club (2003)

Hiroe, a high school girl, kills Takezo Murata, a man who is an enkou dating partner, from a little momentum. Hiroe abandons Takezo's corpse with four friends, but Takezo revives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Ishikawa
CAST:  Misato Tachibana  •  Atsumi Ishihara  •  Okada Megumi  •  Mami Saiki

Hiroe, a high school girl, kills Takezo Murata, a man who is an enkou dating partner, from a little momentum. Hiroe abandons Takezo's corpse with four friends, but Takezo revives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Ishikawa
CAST:  Misato Tachibana  •  Atsumi Ishihara  •  Okada Megumi  •  Mami Saiki

The Happiness (2006)

the story of a vagrant (Ishibashi) who arrives in a town in Hokkaido. With only a threadbare suit, an old pair of sneakers and a bag containing all his worldly possessions the proprietors of a local convenince store (played by Jun Murakami and Akemi Sakurai) taske ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kobayashi
CAST:  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Akemi Sakurai  •  Jun Murakami  •  Misato Tachibana

the story of a vagrant (Ishibashi) who arrives in a town in Hokkaido. With only a threadbare suit, an old pair of sneakers and a bag containing all his worldly possessions the proprietors of a local convenince store (played by Jun Murakami and Akemi Sakurai) taske ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kobayashi
CAST:  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Akemi Sakurai  •  Jun Murakami  •  Misato Tachibana

Mama to watashi: Toroke mode de kanjichau (2022)

Erika has been living apart from her parents, but her steady mother, Makiko, temporarily suffers from memory impairment and believes that she is her best friend. Her mother and her daughter start living together, but...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yumi Yoshiyuki
CAST:  Urara Kanon  •  Ruby Aiba  •  Futaba Ema  •  Eri Kato

Erika has been living apart from her parents, but her steady mother, Makiko, temporarily suffers from memory impairment and believes that she is her best friend. Her mother and her daughter start living together, but...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yumi Yoshiyuki
CAST:  Urara Kanon  •  Ruby Aiba  •  Futaba Ema  •  Eri Kato

Garakuta (2016)

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DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nagura
CAST:  Kenshin Endo  •  Reina Kikuchi  •  Rasei Nakajima  •  Akiyoshi Shibata

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DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nagura
CAST:  Kenshin Endo  •  Reina Kikuchi  •  Rasei Nakajima  •  Akiyoshi Shibata

Ikusa (2005)

Adult video store clerk, Issa, feels like a total loser after losing his job and being dumped by his girlfriend. He is blessed by a stroke of luck when his invention, a curry package squeezing tool, suddenly gains immense popularity. Not only does his invention ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryūichi Honda
CAST:  Hassei Takano  •  Kazuyoshi Ozawa  •  Kenichi Endo  •  Kazuhiko Kanayama

Adult video store clerk, Issa, feels like a total loser after losing his job and being dumped by his girlfriend. He is blessed by a stroke of luck when his invention, a curry package squeezing tool, suddenly gains immense popularity. Not only does his invention ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryūichi Honda
CAST:  Hassei Takano  •  Kazuyoshi Ozawa  •  Kenichi Endo  •  Kazuhiko Kanayama

15 Second Cinderellas (1998)

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Ayana Sakai  •  Nozomi Ando  •  Misato Tachibana  •  Reika Hashimoto

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Ayana Sakai  •  Nozomi Ando  •  Misato Tachibana  •  Reika Hashimoto