Tomomitsu Adachi

Hold Your Breath Like a Lover (2014)

December 30th, 2017. Two years before the Tokyo Olympics, due to a revision of the Constitution, a National Defense Force is created in Japan and it starts military operations. In an incineration plant, a dog goes lost, but when Tani goes looking for him, she finds ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igarashi Kohei
CAST:  Ran Taniguchi  •  Yusuke Inaba  •  Gôichi Mine  •  Tomomitsu Adachi

December 30th, 2017. Two years before the Tokyo Olympics, due to a revision of the Constitution, a National Defense Force is created in Japan and it starts military operations. In an incineration plant, a dog goes lost, but when Tani goes looking for him, she finds ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igarashi Kohei
CAST:  Ran Taniguchi  •  Yusuke Inaba  •  Gôichi Mine  •  Tomomitsu Adachi

Like Father, Like Son (2013)

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Yoko Maki  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Kirin Kiki

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Yoko Maki  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Kirin Kiki

The Sower (2019)

Little Chie knows that her sister, 3 year-old Itsuki, is unlike her. Chie’s uncle, Mitsuo, is also unusual. Suntanned and adorned in a rustic-looking floppy hat he couldn’t look less like Chie’s neat and respectable father. But Chie is overjoyed when Mitsuo walks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yosuke Takeuchi
CAST:  Kentaro Kishi  •  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Arisa Nakajima  •  Suzuno Takenaka

Little Chie knows that her sister, 3 year-old Itsuki, is unlike her. Chie’s uncle, Mitsuo, is also unusual. Suntanned and adorned in a rustic-looking floppy hat he couldn’t look less like Chie’s neat and respectable father. But Chie is overjoyed when Mitsuo walks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yosuke Takeuchi
CAST:  Kentaro Kishi  •  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Arisa Nakajima  •  Suzuno Takenaka

The Handmaiden (2016)

Thrilling

In 1930s Korea, a swindler and a young woman pose as a Japanese count and a handmaiden to seduce a Japanese heiress and steal her fortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Chan-wook
CAST:  Kim Min-hee  •  Kim Tae-ri  •  Ha Jung-woo  •  Cho Jin-woong

In 1930s Korea, a swindler and a young woman pose as a Japanese count and a handmaiden to seduce a Japanese heiress and steal her fortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Chan-wook
CAST:  Kim Min-hee  •  Kim Tae-ri  •  Ha Jung-woo  •  Cho Jin-woong

64: Part 2 (2016)

1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahisa Zeze
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Go Ayano  •  Nana Eikura  •  Eita Nagayama

1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahisa Zeze
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Go Ayano  •  Nana Eikura  •  Eita Nagayama

64: Part 1 (2016)

1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahisa Zeze
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Go Ayano  •  Nana Eikura  •  Yui Natsukawa

1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahisa Zeze
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Go Ayano  •  Nana Eikura  •  Yui Natsukawa

Kagura Me (2015)

A woman bears a 13 year grudge with her father over the traditional dance he was performing that caused him to be absent from her mother's death, until they reconnect over the very same dance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Okuaki
CAST:  Ren Osugi  •  Mariko Tsutsui  •  Ryoko Takizawa  •  Mei Kurokawa

A woman bears a 13 year grudge with her father over the traditional dance he was performing that caused him to be absent from her mother's death, until they reconnect over the very same dance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Okuaki
CAST:  Ren Osugi  •  Mariko Tsutsui  •  Ryoko Takizawa  •  Mei Kurokawa

The Ark in the Mirage (2016)

A young man, involved with a gang of hoodlum exploiting vulnerable elderly men to steal their retirement money, experiences social disenchantment, alienation and confusion mostly due to a lack of dreams and fulfillment of ambition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasutomo Chikuma
CAST:  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Yohta Kawase  •  Toshiyuki Kitami  •  Taiga Komizu

A young man, involved with a gang of hoodlum exploiting vulnerable elderly men to steal their retirement money, experiences social disenchantment, alienation and confusion mostly due to a lack of dreams and fulfillment of ambition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasutomo Chikuma
CAST:  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Yohta Kawase  •  Toshiyuki Kitami  •  Taiga Komizu

Before We Vanish (2017)

Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Masami Nagasawa  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Mahiro Takasugi  •  Hiroki Hasegawa

Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Masami Nagasawa  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Mahiro Takasugi  •  Hiroki Hasegawa

Chiwawa (2019)

Chiwawa is a popular girl. One day, her dismembered body is found in Tokyo Bay. Chiwawa's friends gather to remember her, but they realize they do not know anything about her background or even her real name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ninomiya
CAST:  Shiori Yoshida  •  Mugi Kadowaki  •  Ryo Narita  •  Kanichiro Sato

Chiwawa is a popular girl. One day, her dismembered body is found in Tokyo Bay. Chiwawa's friends gather to remember her, but they realize they do not know anything about her background or even her real name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ninomiya
CAST:  Shiori Yoshida  •  Mugi Kadowaki  •  Ryo Narita  •  Kanichiro Sato

And Your Bird Can Sing (2018)

With a contagious sense of abandon, three young adults' lives become intimately entangled over the course of a long summer in Hakodate, Hokkaido.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Miyake
CAST:  Tasuku Emoto  •  Shizuka Ishibashi  •  Shota Sometani  •  Tomomitsu Adachi

With a contagious sense of abandon, three young adults' lives become intimately entangled over the course of a long summer in Hakodate, Hokkaido.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Miyake
CAST:  Tasuku Emoto  •  Shizuka Ishibashi  •  Shota Sometani  •  Tomomitsu Adachi

Domains (2019)

Aki and Naoko are childhood friends who are drifting apart as adults. Immersed in her family life, Naoko now has a husband and daughter; Aki, on the other hand, remains single and is on leave from work due to a personal crisis. The plot might sound familiar but it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Natsuka Kusano
CAST:  Asami Shibuya  •  Tomo Kasajima  •  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Ryu Kenta

Aki and Naoko are childhood friends who are drifting apart as adults. Immersed in her family life, Naoko now has a husband and daughter; Aki, on the other hand, remains single and is on leave from work due to a personal crisis. The plot might sound familiar but it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Natsuka Kusano
CAST:  Asami Shibuya  •  Tomo Kasajima  •  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Ryu Kenta

MORE (2012)

Yuri, Moeko, and Ai are best friends from high school. Though their twenties were about to end, they believed their eternal world would remain forever. In spite of their will, some misfortunate events such as love, betrayal, memory, regret, and one book with its ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takehiro Ito
CAST:  Nami Komiyama  •  Erika Okuda  •  Takayo Mimura  •  Ryo Iwase

Yuri, Moeko, and Ai are best friends from high school. Though their twenties were about to end, they believed their eternal world would remain forever. In spite of their will, some misfortunate events such as love, betrayal, memory, regret, and one book with its ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takehiro Ito
CAST:  Nami Komiyama  •  Erika Okuda  •  Takayo Mimura  •  Ryo Iwase

Misshi to bannin (2017)

A historical period drama directed by Sho Miyake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Miyake
CAST:  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Kai Inowaki  •  Shizuka Ishibashi  •  Ryu Morioka

A historical period drama directed by Sho Miyake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Miyake
CAST:  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Kai Inowaki  •  Shizuka Ishibashi  •  Ryu Morioka

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Harari
CAST:  Yuya Endo  •  Kanji Tsuda  •  Yuya Matsuura  •  Chiba Tetsuya

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Harari
CAST:  Yuya Endo  •  Kanji Tsuda  •  Yuya Matsuura  •  Chiba Tetsuya

Turning Tides (2013)

Former delinquent Hiroe leads a dreary existence. She meets a boy named Tatsutoshi whose younger sister was killed in a road accident and tries to cheer him up by creating a fake ritual to bring the dead back to life. To turn her deception into reality, she takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruaki Shoji
CAST:  Hanae Kan  •  Ryoya Shinoda  •  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Kazuaki Hankai

Former delinquent Hiroe leads a dreary existence. She meets a boy named Tatsutoshi whose younger sister was killed in a road accident and tries to cheer him up by creating a fake ritual to bring the dead back to life. To turn her deception into reality, she takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruaki Shoji
CAST:  Hanae Kan  •  Ryoya Shinoda  •  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Kazuaki Hankai

Small, Slow But Steady (2022)

A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Miyake
CAST:  Yukino Kishii  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Masaki Miura  •  Nobuko Sendo

A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Miyake
CAST:  Yukino Kishii  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Masaki Miura  •  Nobuko Sendo

A New Feeling of Something Happening (2002)

A pair of men are picking and repeatedly enter houses here and there to steal. One day, while ransacking the house they have been picking, they find the girl who lives in the house collapsed in the bathroom. She is a college student who has been hurt by a love like ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinko Asano
CAST:  Masahiro Ohta  •  Minoru Hoshino  •  Izumi Kasagi  •  Tomoyuki Ikari

A pair of men are picking and repeatedly enter houses here and there to steal. One day, while ransacking the house they have been picking, they find the girl who lives in the house collapsed in the bathroom. She is a college student who has been hurt by a love like ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinko Asano
CAST:  Masahiro Ohta  •  Minoru Hoshino  •  Izumi Kasagi  •  Tomoyuki Ikari

Drive Into Night (2022)

A surprising and humanistic drama that questions the meaning of happiness through the strange fate of one man who caused an accident. One night, a taciturn and clumsy man working at a scrap iron factory in the suburbs of Tokyo, causes an irreparable accident with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dai Sakô
CAST:  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Reo Tamaoki  •  Nahana  •  Shohei Uno

A surprising and humanistic drama that questions the meaning of happiness through the strange fate of one man who caused an accident. One night, a taciturn and clumsy man working at a scrap iron factory in the suburbs of Tokyo, causes an irreparable accident with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dai Sakô
CAST:  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Reo Tamaoki  •  Nahana  •  Shohei Uno

Wandering Bonbon (2022)

Hitoe is 34 years old. Her husband is overseas on a business trip, and she wanders aimlessly around town every day, filling her idle time with alcohol. Masaru is 48 years old. A train conductor. He gave up on his dream of becoming a driver after failing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiki Sato
CAST:  Yuko Kageyama  •  Kenta Harada  •  Masaki Miyabi  •  Tomomitsu Adachi

Hitoe is 34 years old. Her husband is overseas on a business trip, and she wanders aimlessly around town every day, filling her idle time with alcohol. Masaru is 48 years old. A train conductor. He gave up on his dream of becoming a driver after failing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiki Sato
CAST:  Yuko Kageyama  •  Kenta Harada  •  Masaki Miyabi  •  Tomomitsu Adachi