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I Catch a Terrible Cat (2011)

Mr. Takada is a successful mature writer who falls into a creative blockade following the death of her wife. Incapable of finishing the novel his fans demand anxiously, and about to turn seventy, he starts wandering several pubs in the city, until he meets Sayo, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Kaori Aoyama  •  Fuyuki Moto  •  Kazuha Komiya  •  Yuumi Goto

Mr. Takada is a successful mature writer who falls into a creative blockade following the death of her wife. Incapable of finishing the novel his fans demand anxiously, and about to turn seventy, he starts wandering several pubs in the city, until he meets Sayo, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Kaori Aoyama  •  Fuyuki Moto  •  Kazuha Komiya  •  Yuumi Goto

Elevator Trap (2009)

Japanese film directed by Keisuke Horibe. Three seemingly unacquainted men and a woman find themselves trapped in an elevator. As the hours pass and the level of anxiety rise, we realize the elevator trap is in fact a trap, but hatched by which of the parties and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Horibe
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Sei Ashina  •  Aimi Satsukawa  •  Fuyuki Moto

Japanese film directed by Keisuke Horibe. Three seemingly unacquainted men and a woman find themselves trapped in an elevator. As the hours pass and the level of anxiety rise, we realize the elevator trap is in fact a trap, but hatched by which of the parties and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Horibe
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Sei Ashina  •  Aimi Satsukawa  •  Fuyuki Moto

Himizu (2011)

After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Fumi Nikaido  •  Tetsu Watanabe  •  Mitsuru Fukikoshi

After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Fumi Nikaido  •  Tetsu Watanabe  •  Mitsuru Fukikoshi

The Rug Cop (2006)

A spot-on, hilarious spoof of 1970s Japanese TV cop shows, THE RUG COP follows chrome-domed officer Genda as he transfers to a new precinct just as a group of radical terrorists hijack a shipment of uranium and deliver a ransom demand of five billion yen. Genda and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Kawasaki
CAST:  Fuyuki Moto  •  Mai Hashimoto  •  Rakkyo Ide  •  Ai Iijima

A spot-on, hilarious spoof of 1970s Japanese TV cop shows, THE RUG COP follows chrome-domed officer Genda as he transfers to a new precinct just as a group of radical terrorists hijack a shipment of uranium and deliver a ransom demand of five billion yen. Genda and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Kawasaki
CAST:  Fuyuki Moto  •  Mai Hashimoto  •  Rakkyo Ide  •  Ai Iijima

Earth Defense Widow (2014)

Dan (Mitsu Dan) is a former geisha, now working as an ace pilot for the Earth Defense Troops. Her fiance was killed by the space monster Bemurasu which consumes nuclear waste. To save Planet Earth, Dan attacks Bemurasu, but whenever she does, she feels ecstasy. Can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Kawasaki
CAST:  Mark Chinnery  •  Mitsu Dan  •  Hide Fukumoto  •  Nocchi

Dan (Mitsu Dan) is a former geisha, now working as an ace pilot for the Earth Defense Troops. Her fiance was killed by the space monster Bemurasu which consumes nuclear waste. To save Planet Earth, Dan attacks Bemurasu, but whenever she does, she feels ecstasy. Can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Kawasaki
CAST:  Mark Chinnery  •  Mitsu Dan  •  Hide Fukumoto  •  Nocchi

Sister Game (2014)

Sister Game is a brother-sister romantic comedy that follows the daily life of Gorō Hōzuki, a high school boy with an older sister named Haru who is unrelated by blood. Gorō is mortified when the self-centered and lustful Haru plays pranks on him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Momoko Tani  •  Tomoya Maeno  •  Yukie Kawamura  •  Hitomi Furusaki

Sister Game is a brother-sister romantic comedy that follows the daily life of Gorō Hōzuki, a high school boy with an older sister named Haru who is unrelated by blood. Gorō is mortified when the self-centered and lustful Haru plays pranks on him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Momoko Tani  •  Tomoya Maeno  •  Yukie Kawamura  •  Hitomi Furusaki

Samurai Cat 2: A Tropical Adventure (2015)

The Edo period. Once a famous swordsman, Kyutaro Madarame, aka “Madara the Devil,” is now a masterless samurai. When a white cat called Tamanojo appears before Kyutaro, the encounter changes him forever. Starring Kazuki Kitamura. This offbeat tale of samurai ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Watanabe
CAST:  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Hana Kino  •  Kaori Takahashi  •  Megumi Yokoyama

The Edo period. Once a famous swordsman, Kyutaro Madarame, aka “Madara the Devil,” is now a masterless samurai. When a white cat called Tamanojo appears before Kyutaro, the encounter changes him forever. Starring Kazuki Kitamura. This offbeat tale of samurai ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Watanabe
CAST:  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Hana Kino  •  Kaori Takahashi  •  Megumi Yokoyama

CM Time (2012)

An advertising agency receives a request from one of their clients, a beverage company. The advertising agency proposes a CM involving the queen of enka who has a difficult personality, an actor on the downside of his career and a hip hop star. who suffers from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Kubota
CAST:  Kosuke Toyohara  •  Yuika Motokariya  •  Kazuki Kato  •  Hitomi Kuroki

An advertising agency receives a request from one of their clients, a beverage company. The advertising agency proposes a CM involving the queen of enka who has a difficult personality, an actor on the downside of his career and a hip hop star. who suffers from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Kubota
CAST:  Kosuke Toyohara  •  Yuika Motokariya  •  Kazuki Kato  •  Hitomi Kuroki

Good Bye, My Secret Friend (2009)

Based on Saibara Rieko's manga, Ike-chan to Boku (a.k.a. Good Bye My Secret Friend) tells the heartfelt story of a young boy named Toshio and his imaginary friend Ike-chan. Toshio's floating blob of a friend has two big eyes and a mouth, and changes colors and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshihiko Ooka
CAST:  Arashi Fukasawa  •  Rie Tomosaka  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Fuyuki Moto

Based on Saibara Rieko's manga, Ike-chan to Boku (a.k.a. Good Bye My Secret Friend) tells the heartfelt story of a young boy named Toshio and his imaginary friend Ike-chan. Toshio's floating blob of a friend has two big eyes and a mouth, and changes colors and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshihiko Ooka
CAST:  Arashi Fukasawa  •  Rie Tomosaka  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Fuyuki Moto

Number One (2001)

Kubozuka plays Araki Ryunosuke who starts working at a host club called "club NO.1" to pay his debt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoru Nakajima
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Aya Okamoto  •  Kenji Sakaguchi

Kubozuka plays Araki Ryunosuke who starts working at a host club called "club NO.1" to pay his debt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoru Nakajima
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Aya Okamoto  •  Kenji Sakaguchi

Chibi Maruko-chan SP1 (2006)

Chibi Maruko-chan (Japanese: ちびまる子ちゃん?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura in the times of when she was a little girl where everyone call her Maruko and her family in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Nishiura
CAST:  Ei Morisako  •  Fuyuki Moto  •  Karen Miyama  •  Katsumi Takahashi

Chibi Maruko-chan (Japanese: ちびまる子ちゃん?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura in the times of when she was a little girl where everyone call her Maruko and her family in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Nishiura
CAST:  Ei Morisako  •  Fuyuki Moto  •  Karen Miyama  •  Katsumi Takahashi

Kekkon shiyou yo (2008)

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DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Yuji Miyake  •  Kyoko Maya  •  Ema Fujisawa  •  Ayako

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DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Yuji Miyake  •  Kyoko Maya  •  Ema Fujisawa  •  Ayako

Bōkyō (2016)

Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana" Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining island city in Japan, but it is being merged with a city on the opposite shore. Housewife Misato Tomita lives on the island. "Umi no hoshi" Yōhei Hamasaki, who was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takehiko Shinjo  •  Michihito Fujii  •  Yuji Nakamae
CAST:  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Miki Mizuno  •  Kei Tanaka  •  Kenji Mizuhashi

Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana" Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining island city in Japan, but it is being merged with a city on the opposite shore. Housewife Misato Tomita lives on the island. "Umi no hoshi" Yōhei Hamasaki, who was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takehiko Shinjo  •  Michihito Fujii  •  Yuji Nakamae
CAST:  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Miki Mizuno  •  Kei Tanaka  •  Kenji Mizuhashi

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DIRECTION:  Shinya Yamamoto
CAST:  George Tokoro  •  Miho Tsukasa  •  Toshiro Omi  •  Keiko Torii

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DIRECTION:  Tsutomu Kashima
CAST:  Takashi Mitsuhashi  •  Kentarou Nakakura  •  Kaori Takahashi  •  Yoko Kuga

Teacher's suitcase (2003)

Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruhiko Kuze
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Akira Emoto  •  Fuyuki Moto  •  Kosuke Toyohara

Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruhiko Kuze
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Akira Emoto  •  Fuyuki Moto  •  Kosuke Toyohara

Kyō Kara Ore Wa!! Guts Daze 17 Sai (1997)

Today, It's My Turn!! is a shonen manga by Hiroyuki Nishimori. Toei Video released a series of V-Cinema live-action series based on this, and Guts Daze 17 Sai was released in 1997. Two boys, Takashi Mitsuhashi and Shinji Itō meet each other at a salon. It turns out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroaki Ito
CAST:  Takashi Mitsuhashi  •  Kentarou Nakakura  •  Masami Imamura  •  Hiroyuki Mitsui

Today, It's My Turn!! is a shonen manga by Hiroyuki Nishimori. Toei Video released a series of V-Cinema live-action series based on this, and Guts Daze 17 Sai was released in 1997. Two boys, Takashi Mitsuhashi and Shinji Itō meet each other at a salon. It turns out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroaki Ito
CAST:  Takashi Mitsuhashi  •  Kentarou Nakakura  •  Masami Imamura  •  Hiroyuki Mitsui

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DIRECTION:  Tsutomu Kashima
CAST:  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Kentarou Nakakura  •  Fuyuki Moto  •  Aiko Sato

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DIRECTION:  Hiroaki Ito
CAST:  Fuyuki Moto  •  Daisuke Uchida  •  Miwa Hosoki  •  Masami Imamura

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DIRECTION:  Tsutomu Kashima
CAST:  Takashi Mihashi  •  Kentarou Nakakura  •  Naomi Hosokawa  •  Fuyuki Moto
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