Aya Hirayama

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Fighter in the Wind (2004)

An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yun-ho Yang
CAST:  Yang Dong-geun  •  Aya Hirayama  •  Masaya Kato  •  Jung Doo-hong

An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yun-ho Yang
CAST:  Yang Dong-geun  •  Aya Hirayama  •  Masaya Kato  •  Jung Doo-hong

Waterboys (2001)

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Akifumi Miura  •  Koen Kondo  •  Naoto Takenaka

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Akifumi Miura  •  Koen Kondo  •  Naoto Takenaka

Gokusen: The Movie (2009)

A passionate teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of Class 3D of Akado High School, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time. Current and former Class 3D students collide in this epic finale to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōya Satō
CAST:  Yukie Nakama  •  Kenji Anan  •  Namase Katsuhisa  •  Riki Takeuchi

A passionate teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of Class 3D of Akado High School, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time. Current and former Class 3D students collide in this epic finale to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōya Satō
CAST:  Yukie Nakama  •  Kenji Anan  •  Namase Katsuhisa  •  Riki Takeuchi

The Serialist (2013)

Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei (Shinji Takeda) is on death row. He killed four women twelve years ago. During his murdering spree, he sent pictures of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuaki Izaki
CAST:  Takaya Kamikawa  •  Shinji Takeda  •  Nana Katase  •  Aya Hirayama

Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei (Shinji Takeda) is on death row. He killed four women twelve years ago. During his murdering spree, he sent pictures of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuaki Izaki
CAST:  Takaya Kamikawa  •  Shinji Takeda  •  Nana Katase  •  Aya Hirayama

The Incite Mill (2010)

Drawn by the exorbitantly high hourly wage of 112,000 Japanese yen, ten men and women gather at a mansion. Everyone thinks the simple psychology experiment will get them some quick cash... until one of them winds up dead. The participants are overcome with frenzied ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Nakata
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Haruka Ayase  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Tsuyoshi Abe

Drawn by the exorbitantly high hourly wage of 112,000 Japanese yen, ten men and women gather at a mansion. Everyone thinks the simple psychology experiment will get them some quick cash... until one of them winds up dead. The participants are overcome with frenzied ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Nakata
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Haruka Ayase  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Tsuyoshi Abe

Renai Shousetsu (2004)

A love story starring Tamaki Hiroshi, Konishi Manami, Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Hirayama Aya and Kamiki Ryunosuke. Hiroyuki, a fourth-year law student who has just broken up with his girlfriend Miwa, is approached by Satoshi, a student at the same university, on his way ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Mori
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Manami Konishi  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Aya Hirayama

A love story starring Tamaki Hiroshi, Konishi Manami, Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Hirayama Aya and Kamiki Ryunosuke. Hiroyuki, a fourth-year law student who has just broken up with his girlfriend Miwa, is approached by Satoshi, a student at the same university, on his way ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Mori
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Manami Konishi  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Aya Hirayama

Tokyo Tower (2005)

Toru Kojima and his friend Koji are young student boys with one thing in common - they both love to date older women. Koji is a playboy with several women, young and older, whereas Toru is a romantic with his heart set on on certain lady.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Minamoto
CAST:  Hitomi Kuroki  •  Junichi Okada  •  Jun Matsumoto  •  Shinobu Terajima

Toru Kojima and his friend Koji are young student boys with one thing in common - they both love to date older women. Koji is a playboy with several women, young and older, whereas Toru is a romantic with his heart set on on certain lady.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Minamoto
CAST:  Hitomi Kuroki  •  Junichi Okada  •  Jun Matsumoto  •  Shinobu Terajima

Black Jack: The Two Doctors in Black (2005)

The mega-corporate Daedalus Group is under attack by a small group of activists known as the Ghost of Icarus. While taking care of some of the victims of the bombing, Black Jack encounters Dr. Kiriko, also known as Death Incarnate, who just like him, asks his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Tezuka  •  Satoshi Kuwabara
CAST:  Aya Hirayama  •  Yuma Ishigaki  •  Takeshi Kaga  •  Yuko Mizutani

The mega-corporate Daedalus Group is under attack by a small group of activists known as the Ghost of Icarus. While taking care of some of the victims of the bombing, Black Jack encounters Dr. Kiriko, also known as Death Incarnate, who just like him, asks his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Tezuka  •  Satoshi Kuwabara
CAST:  Aya Hirayama  •  Yuma Ishigaki  •  Takeshi Kaga  •  Yuko Mizutani

Lovers' Kiss (2003)

LOVERS' KISS (ラヴァーズ・キス?) is a 2003 Japanese romance movie based on a manga by Akimi Yoshida. This is a youth movie of six teenagers (three boys and three girls) whom it is focused on, taking place in Kamakura.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ataru Oikawa
CAST:  Aya Hirayama  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Mikako Ichikawa  •  Yuma Ishigaki

LOVERS' KISS (ラヴァーズ・キス?) is a 2003 Japanese romance movie based on a manga by Akimi Yoshida. This is a youth movie of six teenagers (three boys and three girls) whom it is focused on, taking place in Kamakura.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ataru Oikawa
CAST:  Aya Hirayama  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Mikako Ichikawa  •  Yuma Ishigaki

Backdancers! (2006)

A cadre of backup dancers is left astray when their star singer moves on with her life and marriage. They each had their own ambition and hope, which subconsciously rested on the star power of the singer. When plan A does not work, they cling to plan B. When that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kozo Nagayama
CAST:  Hiroko Shimabukuro  •  Aya Hirayama  •  Sonim  •  Saeko

A cadre of backup dancers is left astray when their star singer moves on with her life and marriage. They each had their own ambition and hope, which subconsciously rested on the star power of the singer. When plan A does not work, they cling to plan B. When that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kozo Nagayama
CAST:  Hiroko Shimabukuro  •  Aya Hirayama  •  Sonim  •  Saeko

I Just Wanna Hug You (2014)

Tsukasa got into a severe car accident when she was a high school student. She still suffers from the effects of that accident, with memory impairment and needing to use a wheelchair. Tsukasa falls in love with taxi driver Masaki. Even though they have difficulties ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Ryo Nishikido  •  Yusuke Kamiji  •  Takumi Saitoh

Tsukasa got into a severe car accident when she was a high school student. She still suffers from the effects of that accident, with memory impairment and needing to use a wheelchair. Tsukasa falls in love with taxi driver Masaki. Even though they have difficulties ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Ryo Nishikido  •  Yusuke Kamiji  •  Takumi Saitoh

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

Free and Easy 18 (2007)

Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuzo Asahara
CAST:  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Miyoko Asada  •  Rei Dan  •  Kei Tani

Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuzo Asahara
CAST:  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Miyoko Asada  •  Rei Dan  •  Kei Tani

Kitokito! (2007)

Coming of age story about a boy and his mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuhiro Yoshida
CAST:  Takuya Ishida  •  Aya Hirayama  •  Hisashi Igawa  •  Ayumi Ito

Coming of age story about a boy and his mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuhiro Yoshida
CAST:  Takuya Ishida  •  Aya Hirayama  •  Hisashi Igawa  •  Ayumi Ito

Victory! Futto ga-ruzu no seishun (2003)

After an embarrassing game, Shuko, full of rage, accidentally gives a prodigious kick to a ball that leaves everyone speechless. The coach of the Futsal team looks at her and convinces her to join the team, not only to get him out of his mediocre position, but with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perry Bobby
CAST:  Aya Matsuura  •  Ai Takahashi  •  Ai Kago  •  Haruka Suenaga

After an embarrassing game, Shuko, full of rage, accidentally gives a prodigious kick to a ball that leaves everyone speechless. The coach of the Futsal team looks at her and convinces her to join the team, not only to get him out of his mediocre position, but with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perry Bobby
CAST:  Aya Matsuura  •  Ai Takahashi  •  Ai Kago  •  Haruka Suenaga

Free and Easy 16 (2005)

Hama-chan meets a friendly US soldier on a trip to Nagasaki with Su-san. Su-san returns to Tokyo and is informed that Hama-chan has gone missing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuzo Asahara
CAST:  Miyoko Asada  •  Jeremy Deschner  •  Aya Hirayama  •  Misaki Itō

Hama-chan meets a friendly US soldier on a trip to Nagasaki with Su-san. Su-san returns to Tokyo and is informed that Hama-chan has gone missing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuzo Asahara
CAST:  Miyoko Asada  •  Jeremy Deschner  •  Aya Hirayama  •  Misaki Itō

Mayu: Kokoro no hoshi (2007)

Adaptation of Mayu Ohara's autobiography.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masako Matsuura
CAST:  Aya Hirayama  •  Shun Shioya  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Kotomi Kyōno

Adaptation of Mayu Ohara's autobiography.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masako Matsuura
CAST:  Aya Hirayama  •  Shun Shioya  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Kotomi Kyōno

Nagai Nagai Satsujin (2008)

A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's also learned that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manabu Asô
CAST:  Kyōzō Nagatsuka  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Shosuke Tanihara  •  Aya Hirayama

A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's also learned that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manabu Asô
CAST:  Kyōzō Nagatsuka  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Shosuke Tanihara  •  Aya Hirayama

Love Center (2008)

Every day, a high school girl, Chikako, visits a shrine to wish for true love. One day, she receives a strange text message from the "Love delivery center" and is persuaded to text her ex-boyfriend. When he responds, a bizarre love triangle forms between him, her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuhiko Tsuchiya
CAST:  Rika Adachi  •  Goki Maeda  •  Mari Iriki  •  Kenji Mizuhashi

Every day, a high school girl, Chikako, visits a shrine to wish for true love. One day, she receives a strange text message from the "Love delivery center" and is persuaded to text her ex-boyfriend. When he responds, a bizarre love triangle forms between him, her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuhiko Tsuchiya
CAST:  Rika Adachi  •  Goki Maeda  •  Mari Iriki  •  Kenji Mizuhashi

Nasu Shonenki (2008)

Set in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture in 1954, movie tells the tale of 14 year old boys: their friendships, fights among friends, and rebellions against the school. It also tells the story of the adults who live around the boys. This is a nostalgic, bitter, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuhiro Hatsuyama
CAST:  Taiga Nakano  •  Kenta Tsukada  •  Shûko  •  Aya Hirayama

Set in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture in 1954, movie tells the tale of 14 year old boys: their friendships, fights among friends, and rebellions against the school. It also tells the story of the adults who live around the boys. This is a nostalgic, bitter, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuhiro Hatsuyama
CAST:  Taiga Nakano  •  Kenta Tsukada  •  Shûko  •  Aya Hirayama
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