Ena Koshino

Ena Koshino is an actress, known for Hanayoi dôchû (2014), Satorudayo (2015) and Hotori no Sakuko (2013).

Au revoir l'été (2013)

After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer vacation in a beautiful seaside town. Sakuko gets to know the people of the town, including Takashi, a shy relative of her childhood friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Fukada
CAST:  Fumi Nikaido  •  Mayu Tsuruta  •  Taiga Nakano  •  Kanji Furutachi

After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer vacation in a beautiful seaside town. Sakuko gets to know the people of the town, including Takashi, a shy relative of her childhood friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Fukada
CAST:  Fumi Nikaido  •  Mayu Tsuruta  •  Taiga Nakano  •  Kanji Furutachi

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

Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi (2013)

Kyoko (Sakura Ando) works as an insurance agent. Due to a series of unfortunate events, she brings shame to her family and has to leave her hometown. Shuichi (Tasuku Emoto) killed his drunken father to save his mother. After he is released from prison, he begins to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Okuda
CAST:  Sakura Ando  •  Tasuku Emoto  •  Soko Wada  •  Ena Koshino

Kyoko (Sakura Ando) works as an insurance agent. Due to a series of unfortunate events, she brings shame to her family and has to leave her hometown. Shuichi (Tasuku Emoto) killed his drunken father to save his mother. After he is released from prison, he begins to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Okuda
CAST:  Sakura Ando  •  Tasuku Emoto  •  Soko Wada  •  Ena Koshino

About the Pink Sky (2013)

A high school girl finds a wallet full of money and tracks down its owner, leading to unexpected consequences for the girl and her friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Kobayashi
CAST:  Ai Ikeda  •  Ena Koshino  •  Tsubasa Takayama  •  Reiko Fujiwara

A high school girl finds a wallet full of money and tracks down its owner, leading to unexpected consequences for the girl and her friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Kobayashi
CAST:  Ai Ikeda  •  Ena Koshino  •  Tsubasa Takayama  •  Reiko Fujiwara

Piano in a Storeroom (2014)

Two sisters living on a peach farm in Koori town, Fukushima Prefecture,are opposites. Haruka Miyamoto feels less beautiful than her sister Akiba Miyamoto and hates being compared to her. She finds comfort in playing a piano in a barn. A year after the Great East ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chiaki Nitanai
CAST:  Kyoko Yoshine  •  Ena Koshino  •  Shirō Sano  •  Hatsunori Hasegawa

Two sisters living on a peach farm in Koori town, Fukushima Prefecture,are opposites. Haruka Miyamoto feels less beautiful than her sister Akiba Miyamoto and hates being compared to her. She finds comfort in playing a piano in a barn. A year after the Great East ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chiaki Nitanai
CAST:  Kyoko Yoshine  •  Ena Koshino  •  Shirō Sano  •  Hatsunori Hasegawa

A Courtesan with Flowered Skin (2014)

Japan around 1860: popular courtesan Asagiri will be freed soon from her service, yet she cannot imagine any other existence. Until one day at a local festival, Asagiri meets the young artisan Hanjiro by chance – an encounter that changes her destiny. With a strong ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Yumi Adachi  •  Yasushi Fuchikami  •  Ena Koshino  •  Tomochika

Japan around 1860: popular courtesan Asagiri will be freed soon from her service, yet she cannot imagine any other existence. Until one day at a local festival, Asagiri meets the young artisan Hanjiro by chance – an encounter that changes her destiny. With a strong ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Yumi Adachi  •  Yasushi Fuchikami  •  Ena Koshino  •  Tomochika

Chigasaki Story (2014)

Whimsical film in which students and teachers come together during a weekend for a wedding. The film flutters back and forth between the various characters and their feelings until the wedding starts. Shot in the old beach hotel where the great Ozu wrote his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuya Misawa
CAST:  Ena Koshino  •  Kiki Sugino  •  Natsuko Hori  •  Haya Nakazaki

Whimsical film in which students and teachers come together during a weekend for a wedding. The film flutters back and forth between the various characters and their feelings until the wedding starts. Shot in the old beach hotel where the great Ozu wrote his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuya Misawa
CAST:  Ena Koshino  •  Kiki Sugino  •  Natsuko Hori  •  Haya Nakazaki

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DIRECTION:  Kentarô Yamagishi
CAST:  Suzuka Morita  •  Hitomi Miyake  •  Ena Koshino  •  Karen Ishida

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DIRECTION:  Shôgo Kusano
CAST:  Suzuka Morita  •  Hitomi Miyake  •  Ena Koshino  •  Karen Ishida

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

The Limit of Sleeping Beauty (2017)

Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only beautiful memory she has was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ninomiya
CAST:  Yuki Sakurai  •  Nino Furuhata  •  Issey Takahashi  •  Ippei Sasaki

Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only beautiful memory she has was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ninomiya
CAST:  Yuki Sakurai  •  Nino Furuhata  •  Issey Takahashi  •  Ippei Sasaki

Side Job (2017)

Based on the novel "Kanojo no Jinsei wa Machigai ja Nai" (literal translation: Her life is not at fault) by Director Hiroki, it is a powerful story of survivors, who are all trying to find their own silver linings in life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Kumi Takiuchi  •  Kengo Kora  •  Tokio Emoto

Based on the novel "Kanojo no Jinsei wa Machigai ja Nai" (literal translation: Her life is not at fault) by Director Hiroki, it is a powerful story of survivors, who are all trying to find their own silver linings in life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Kumi Takiuchi  •  Kengo Kora  •  Tokio Emoto

Matsumoto Tribe (2017)

Confident that he’s the next great Japanese thespian, Matsumoto Fighter and his manager roam the streets of Shibuya to promote him. When he finds out that up-andcoming indie director Matsunaga Daishi is holding auditions for his latest film, Matsumoto pulls out all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ninomiya
CAST:  Fighter Matsumoto  •  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Masashi Komura  •  Tatsuo Kobayashi

Confident that he’s the next great Japanese thespian, Matsumoto Fighter and his manager roam the streets of Shibuya to promote him. When he finds out that up-andcoming indie director Matsunaga Daishi is holding auditions for his latest film, Matsumoto pulls out all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ninomiya
CAST:  Fighter Matsumoto  •  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Masashi Komura  •  Tatsuo Kobayashi

Saki (2017)

Story follows high school student Saki Miyanaga and her classmates as they become absorbed in the game of mahjong. They target an upcoming national competition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yûichi Onuma
CAST:  Minami Hamabe  •  Nana Asakawa  •  Aika Hirota  •  Seika Furuhata

Story follows high school student Saki Miyanaga and her classmates as they become absorbed in the game of mahjong. They target an upcoming national competition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yûichi Onuma
CAST:  Minami Hamabe  •  Nana Asakawa  •  Aika Hirota  •  Seika Furuhata

The Murders of Oiso (2019)

There are Tomoki, Shun, Kazuya, and Aita in Oiso, the seaside town. One day, Tomoki finds their teacher, Ito, who is their teacher and Kajya’s uncle, dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuya Misawa
CAST:  Koji Moriya  •  Haya Nakazaki  •  Shugo Nagashima  •  Natsuko Hori

There are Tomoki, Shun, Kazuya, and Aita in Oiso, the seaside town. One day, Tomoki finds their teacher, Ito, who is their teacher and Kajya’s uncle, dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuya Misawa
CAST:  Koji Moriya  •  Haya Nakazaki  •  Shugo Nagashima  •  Natsuko Hori

About Miss Azami (2020)

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DIRECTION:  Michio Koshikawa
CAST:  Ena Koshino  •  Eita Okuno  •  Gôichi Mine  •  Yoichiro Saito

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DIRECTION:  Michio Koshikawa
CAST:  Ena Koshino  •  Eita Okuno  •  Gôichi Mine  •  Yoichiro Saito

The Dog won't Eat it, but Charlie Laughs (2022)

Tamura Yujiro and Hiyori have been married for four years. They look like a happily married couple, but, Hiyori secretly badmouths her husband on social media page "Husband Death Note."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahide Ichii
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Yukino Kishii  •  Kai Inowaki  •  Koji Matoba

Tamura Yujiro and Hiyori have been married for four years. They look like a happily married couple, but, Hiyori secretly badmouths her husband on social media page "Husband Death Note."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahide Ichii
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Yukino Kishii  •  Kai Inowaki  •  Koji Matoba

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DIRECTION:  Junichi Mimura
CAST:  Mahiro Takasugi  •  Ayame Gouriki  •  Mayu Tsuruta  •  Shigeki Hosokawa