Yuki Morinaga

The Liar and His Lover (2013)

Set within music field, this film depicts a love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer and 16-year-old high school student Riko, who posessess a gifted voice. 25-year-old sound engineer Aki is a member of popular band "Crude Play," but right after the band ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihiro Koizumi
CAST:  Takeru Satoh  •  Sakurako Ohara  •  Shohei Miura  •  Masataka Kubota

Set within music field, this film depicts a love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer and 16-year-old high school student Riko, who posessess a gifted voice. 25-year-old sound engineer Aki is a member of popular band "Crude Play," but right after the band ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihiro Koizumi
CAST:  Takeru Satoh  •  Sakurako Ohara  •  Shohei Miura  •  Masataka Kubota

Talk, Talk, Talk (2007)

The movie revolves around Mitsuba, who studies traditional art of rakugo. Rakugo is a form of comical story telling, sometimes referred to as sit-down comedy. Even though Mitsuba is mediocre at best, he ends up teaching three students.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideyuki Hirayama
CAST:  Karina  •  Taichi Kokubun  •  Kintarô Hara  •  Tomekichi Himuka

The movie revolves around Mitsuba, who studies traditional art of rakugo. Rakugo is a form of comical story telling, sometimes referred to as sit-down comedy. Even though Mitsuba is mediocre at best, he ends up teaching three students.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideyuki Hirayama
CAST:  Karina  •  Taichi Kokubun  •  Kintarô Hara  •  Tomekichi Himuka

Raining Blood (2014)

One day, Naoto receives a package. Inside he finds a book, ‘LIVE’. At the same time, he receives an image on mobile phone of his mother being kidnapped and a call from a mysterious man. “If you don’ t want us to inject the killer virus in your mother, find the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Iguchi
CAST:  Asami  •  Ito Ohno  •  Yuki Yamada  •  Yuki Morinaga

One day, Naoto receives a package. Inside he finds a book, ‘LIVE’. At the same time, he receives an image on mobile phone of his mother being kidnapped and a call from a mysterious man. “If you don’ t want us to inject the killer virus in your mother, find the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Iguchi
CAST:  Asami  •  Ito Ohno  •  Yuki Yamada  •  Yuki Morinaga

Chihayafuru: Part II (2016)

After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihiro Koizumi
CAST:  Suzu Hirose  •  Shuhei Nomura  •  Mackenyu  •  Mayu Matsuoka

After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihiro Koizumi
CAST:  Suzu Hirose  •  Shuhei Nomura  •  Mackenyu  •  Mayu Matsuoka

Chihayafuru: Part I (2016)

When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game karuta. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihiro Koizumi
CAST:  Suzu Hirose  •  Shuhei Nomura  •  Mackenyu  •  Mone Kamishiraishi

When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game karuta. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihiro Koizumi
CAST:  Suzu Hirose  •  Shuhei Nomura  •  Mackenyu  •  Mone Kamishiraishi

Chihayafuru: Part III (2018)

Story takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part 2" and Chihaya is now a high school senior.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihiro Koizumi
CAST:  Suzu Hirose  •  Shuhei Nomura  •  Mackenyu  •  Mone Kamishiraishi

Story takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part 2" and Chihaya is now a high school senior.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihiro Koizumi
CAST:  Suzu Hirose  •  Shuhei Nomura  •  Mackenyu  •  Mone Kamishiraishi

The Forest of Wool and Steel (2018)

High school student Naoki Tomura grew up in a remote area in Hokkaido. He meets piano tuner Soichiro Itadori in school and eventually decides to work at Itadori’s musical instrument store. Tomura gradually grows as a piano tuner through his interactions with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kojiro Hashimoto
CAST:  Kento Yamazaki  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Mone Kamishiraishi  •  Moka Kamishiraishi

High school student Naoki Tomura grew up in a remote area in Hokkaido. He meets piano tuner Soichiro Itadori in school and eventually decides to work at Itadori’s musical instrument store. Tomura gradually grows as a piano tuner through his interactions with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kojiro Hashimoto
CAST:  Kento Yamazaki  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Mone Kamishiraishi  •  Moka Kamishiraishi

We Are (2018)

Seven friends part ways after their last day at school. Some seek their fortune in Tokyo, others remain in their hometown Maebashi. Over the course of ten years, their paths keep crossing, and while they experience losses and broken dreams, they learn about the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michihito Fujii
CAST:  Erina Mano  •  Kurumi Shimizu  •  Ryusei Yokohama  •  Yuki Morinaga

Seven friends part ways after their last day at school. Some seek their fortune in Tokyo, others remain in their hometown Maebashi. Over the course of ten years, their paths keep crossing, and while they experience losses and broken dreams, they learn about the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michihito Fujii
CAST:  Erina Mano  •  Kurumi Shimizu  •  Ryusei Yokohama  •  Yuki Morinaga

Little Love Song (2019)

A popular high school band is scouted by a Tokyo-based record company. The band is involved in a car accident, however, shattering many hopes. The band receives a demo tape from a girl who lives on the navy base. They are reinvigorated.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kojiro Hashimoto
CAST:  Hayato Sano  •  Yuki Morinaga  •  Anna Yamada  •  Gordon Maeda

A popular high school band is scouted by a Tokyo-based record company. The band is involved in a car accident, however, shattering many hopes. The band receives a demo tape from a girl who lives on the navy base. They are reinvigorated.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kojiro Hashimoto
CAST:  Hayato Sano  •  Yuki Morinaga  •  Anna Yamada  •  Gordon Maeda

Kuinige Killer (2018)

A family restaurant faces hard times due to customers running out on their bills. In his past, Shogo Kawatani was a premiere athlete. Now, Shogo Kawatani works for the family restaurant. His job is to catch customers who run out on their bills.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Nakamae
CAST:  Sho Aoyagi  •  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Kodai Asaka  •  Yuki Morinaga

A family restaurant faces hard times due to customers running out on their bills. In his past, Shogo Kawatani was a premiere athlete. Now, Shogo Kawatani works for the family restaurant. His job is to catch customers who run out on their bills.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Nakamae
CAST:  Sho Aoyagi  •  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Kodai Asaka  •  Yuki Morinaga

TSUMUGU (2016)

Echizen Washi artisan Takeo has lived in emotional isolation since the death of his wife, but he collapses due to a brain tumor and is in need of care. Yona, a Korean woman in Japan on a working holiday, comes to his aid. Stubborn Takeo and pushy Yona butt heads ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Inudo Kazutoshi
CAST:  Saburo Ishikura  •  Kim Kkob-bi  •  Riho Yoshioka  •  Yuki Morinaga

Echizen Washi artisan Takeo has lived in emotional isolation since the death of his wife, but he collapses due to a brain tumor and is in need of care. Yona, a Korean woman in Japan on a working holiday, comes to his aid. Stubborn Takeo and pushy Yona butt heads ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Inudo Kazutoshi
CAST:  Saburo Ishikura  •  Kim Kkob-bi  •  Riho Yoshioka  •  Yuki Morinaga

The Exchange Letter (2016)

Mariko Okano’s boyfriend Junichi Nagata leaves suddenly to become a volunteer teacher in a remote country. Mariko and Junichi’s families are both left wondering why he departed so quickly, without discussing his plans with them first. The next day, a woman’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gō Shichitaka
CAST:  Nao Matsushita  •  Hayato Ichihara  •  Aki Asakura  •  Yuki Morinaga

Mariko Okano’s boyfriend Junichi Nagata leaves suddenly to become a volunteer teacher in a remote country. Mariko and Junichi’s families are both left wondering why he departed so quickly, without discussing his plans with them first. The next day, a woman’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gō Shichitaka
CAST:  Nao Matsushita  •  Hayato Ichihara  •  Aki Asakura  •  Yuki Morinaga

Tenshi no Iru Toshokan (2017)

Sakura, who just graduated from a university, begins to work at a library in Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture. She is flustered with her new job and unfamiliar environment. One day, an elderly woman named Reiko visits the library and shows Sakura an old photo of a man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Ueda
CAST:  Fuka Koshiba  •  Kyōko Kagawa  •  Ryusei Yokohama  •  Leo Morimoto

Sakura, who just graduated from a university, begins to work at a library in Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture. She is flustered with her new job and unfamiliar environment. One day, an elderly woman named Reiko visits the library and shows Sakura an old photo of a man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Ueda
CAST:  Fuka Koshiba  •  Kyōko Kagawa  •  Ryusei Yokohama  •  Leo Morimoto

Godai - The Wunderkind (2020)

A biographical story of Tomoatsu Godai, the influential entrepreneur of the Meiji era who laid the foundation of the modern Japanese economy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsutoshi Tanaka
CAST:  Haruma Miura  •  Shohei Miura  •  Takanori Nishikawa  •  Yuki Morinaga

A biographical story of Tomoatsu Godai, the influential entrepreneur of the Meiji era who laid the foundation of the modern Japanese economy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsutoshi Tanaka
CAST:  Haruma Miura  •  Shohei Miura  •  Takanori Nishikawa  •  Yuki Morinaga

Kappei (2022)

In the 16th century, the French astrologer Nostradamus predicted that the world would end in July, 1999. According to him, cataclysms would transform the Earthinto a lawless place where evil would prevail. As the deadline approaches, little Kappei and several other ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Hirano
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Moka Kamishiraishi  •  Daigo Nishihata  •  Koji Yamamoto

In the 16th century, the French astrologer Nostradamus predicted that the world would end in July, 1999. According to him, cataclysms would transform the Earthinto a lawless place where evil would prevail. As the deadline approaches, little Kappei and several other ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Hirano
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Moka Kamishiraishi  •  Daigo Nishihata  •  Koji Yamamoto

Ginji The Speculator (2022)

A British comedy in Japanese clothes, with central character Ginji at once earnest farm boy and entrepreneurial savant, finding ingenious and entertaining solutions in a timeless tale of business and found family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Mino
CAST:  Yu Uemura  •  Yuki Morinaga  •  Sei Matobu  •  Hikari Kuroki

A British comedy in Japanese clothes, with central character Ginji at once earnest farm boy and entrepreneurial savant, finding ingenious and entertaining solutions in a timeless tale of business and found family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Mino
CAST:  Yu Uemura  •  Yuki Morinaga  •  Sei Matobu  •  Hikari Kuroki