Junko Emoto

USB (2009)

Yuichiro wants to be an film director but his widowed mother wants him to become a doctor. As radiation leaks permeate the city, he tries to clear his debts by signing up for a dangerous medical experiment...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shutaro Oku
CAST:  Junko Emoto  •  Namiko Hatori  •  Kentaro Kishi  •  Kazunobu Mineta

Yuichiro wants to be an film director but his widowed mother wants him to become a doctor. As radiation leaks permeate the city, he tries to clear his debts by signing up for a dangerous medical experiment...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shutaro Oku
CAST:  Junko Emoto  •  Namiko Hatori  •  Kentaro Kishi  •  Kazunobu Mineta

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jōji Matsuoka
CAST:  Joe Odagiri  •  Kirin Kiki  •  Yayako Uchida  •  Takako Matsu

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jōji Matsuoka
CAST:  Joe Odagiri  •  Kirin Kiki  •  Yayako Uchida  •  Takako Matsu

Otakus in Love (2004)

Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Wakana Sakai  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Hijiri Kojima

Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Wakana Sakai  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Hijiri Kojima

The Extremists' Opera (2016)

When theater director Naoko (Saori) holds auditions for the first production of her newly established all-female theater troupe, she is mesmerized by Haru (Arisa Nakamura), who barges into the old garage where they rehearse. Naoko chooses Haru to be the lead as she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junko Emoto
CAST:  Saori  •  Arisa Nakamura  •  Yuki Sakurai  •  Yuka Masuda

When theater director Naoko (Saori) holds auditions for the first production of her newly established all-female theater troupe, she is mesmerized by Haru (Arisa Nakamura), who barges into the old garage where they rehearse. Naoko chooses Haru to be the lead as she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junko Emoto
CAST:  Saori  •  Arisa Nakamura  •  Yuki Sakurai  •  Yuka Masuda

Five Million Dollar Life (2019)

Mirai Takatsuki is a seemingly normal teenager, but when he was a child his life was saved from a terrible illness thanks to magnanimous donations from the local community that paid for his medical bills. Ongoing media attention and the pressure to excel have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moon Sung-Ho
CAST:  Anna Yamada  •  Ayumu Mochizuki  •  Naomi Nishida  •  Tarô Suwa

Mirai Takatsuki is a seemingly normal teenager, but when he was a child his life was saved from a terrible illness thanks to magnanimous donations from the local community that paid for his medical bills. Ongoing media attention and the pressure to excel have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Moon Sung-Ho
CAST:  Anna Yamada  •  Ayumu Mochizuki  •  Naomi Nishida  •  Tarô Suwa

Death of Domomata (2007)

There are no heroines, there are no heroes. The six girls in this film are victims of their own excess and lack of worth. The film is set in a Drug Rehabilitation Centre. The girls are rehearsing the play 'Death of Domomata' for the annual Christmas Eve recital. On ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shutaro Oku
CAST:  Asumi Miwa  •  Junko Emoto  •  Ayako Fujitani  •  Nomura Eri

There are no heroines, there are no heroes. The six girls in this film are victims of their own excess and lack of worth. The film is set in a Drug Rehabilitation Centre. The girls are rehearsing the play 'Death of Domomata' for the annual Christmas Eve recital. On ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shutaro Oku
CAST:  Asumi Miwa  •  Junko Emoto  •  Ayako Fujitani  •  Nomura Eri