Narushi Ikeda

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I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow (2013)

41-year-old Shizuo Daikoku (Shinichi Tsutsumi) suddenly quits his job at a company to become a mangaka. His family and friends become involved in his new pursuit...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Takayuki Yamada

41-year-old Shizuo Daikoku (Shinichi Tsutsumi) suddenly quits his job at a company to become a mangaka. His family and friends become involved in his new pursuit...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Takayuki Yamada

Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood's End (2008)

Simon and Kamina live in an underground city monitored by the village chief. When Simon stumbles upon an artifact and beastmen invade from the surface, Simon and Kamina rebel against them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Imaishi
CAST:  Tetsuya Kakihara  •  Katsuyuki Konishi  •  Marina Inoue  •  Yukari Fukui

Simon and Kamina live in an underground city monitored by the village chief. When Simon stumbles upon an artifact and beastmen invade from the surface, Simon and Kamina rebel against them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Imaishi
CAST:  Tetsuya Kakihara  •  Katsuyuki Konishi  •  Marina Inoue  •  Yukari Fukui

Saru Lock: The Movie (2010)

Saru is a talented young locksmith who unlocks any kind of lock. He is, however, a complete fool when it comes to women. One day a girl Mayumi asks him to open a safe full of stolen money. Knowing nothing about it, Saru takes the money briefcase with Mayumi and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Manami Higa  •  Manami Konishi  •  Sousuke Takaoka

Saru is a talented young locksmith who unlocks any kind of lock. He is, however, a complete fool when it comes to women. One day a girl Mayumi asks him to open a safe full of stolen money. Knowing nothing about it, Saru takes the money briefcase with Mayumi and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Manami Higa  •  Manami Konishi  •  Sousuke Takaoka

Kill (2008)

Four segments by four different Directors. Kiriko (Takanori Tsujimoto), The Children’s Samurai (Kenta Fukasaku), The Firing Range (Makoto Tahara), and Assault Girl 2 (Mamoru Oshii). Kiriko: the spirit of a murdered assassin takes revenge on the gang that killed her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii  •  Takanori Tsujimoto  •  Kenta Fukasaku  •  Minoru Tahara
CAST:  Rinko Kikuchi  •  Yoko Fujita  •  Takuya Mizoguchi  •  Mana Konno

Four segments by four different Directors. Kiriko (Takanori Tsujimoto), The Children’s Samurai (Kenta Fukasaku), The Firing Range (Makoto Tahara), and Assault Girl 2 (Mamoru Oshii). Kiriko: the spirit of a murdered assassin takes revenge on the gang that killed her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii  •  Takanori Tsujimoto  •  Kenta Fukasaku  •  Minoru Tahara
CAST:  Rinko Kikuchi  •  Yoko Fujita  •  Takuya Mizoguchi  •  Mana Konno

Japan Sinks (2006)

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Mao Daichi  •  Ko Shibasaki

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Mao Daichi  •  Ko Shibasaki

The Code (2009)

For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaizo Hayashi
CAST:  Kikunosuke Onoe V  •  Izumi Inamori  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Yousuke Saito

For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaizo Hayashi
CAST:  Kikunosuke Onoe V  •  Izumi Inamori  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Yousuke Saito

HK: Forbidden Super Hero (2013)

High school student Kyosuke Shikijo is the most talented member of the school's martial arts of the fist club. His late father was detective and Kyosuke share his father's strong sense of justice. Kyosuke also has a secret. Kyosuke likes to wear female underwear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Ryohei Suzuki  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Ken Yasuda

High school student Kyosuke Shikijo is the most talented member of the school's martial arts of the fist club. His late father was detective and Kyosuke share his father's strong sense of justice. Kyosuke also has a secret. Kyosuke likes to wear female underwear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Ryohei Suzuki  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Ken Yasuda

Penance (2013)

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Hazuki Kimura  •  Yu Aoi  •  Eiko Koike

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Hazuki Kimura  •  Yu Aoi  •  Eiko Koike

HK: Hentai Kamen 2 - Abnormal Crisis (2016)

News about the disappearance of panties is still being covered every day. Kyosuke still wears Aiko Completo's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back. Kyosuke suffers from the loss of Aiko's panties and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Ryohei Suzuki  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Osamu Adachi

News about the disappearance of panties is still being covered every day. Kyosuke still wears Aiko Completo's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back. Kyosuke suffers from the loss of Aiko's panties and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Ryohei Suzuki  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Osamu Adachi

Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars (2009)

Seven years after the defeat of the spiral king, Simon and the Dai-Gurren brigade must set out to the vastness of space to defeat a new threat and save the universe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Imaishi
CAST:  Tetsuya Kakihara  •  Katsuyuki Konishi  •  Yukari Fukui  •  Narushi Ikeda

Seven years after the defeat of the spiral king, Simon and the Dai-Gurren brigade must set out to the vastness of space to defeat a new threat and save the universe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Imaishi
CAST:  Tetsuya Kakihara  •  Katsuyuki Konishi  •  Yukari Fukui  •  Narushi Ikeda

Shibuya Kaidan Sacchan no Toshi Densetsu (2004)

A collection of 10-minute horror shorts inspired by the film Shibuya Kaidan (aka The Locker). The plot revolves around a cursed locker and a carved mouth ghost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nakamura  •  Osamu Fukutani  •  Toshikazu Nagae  •  Issei Shibata  •  Narushi Ikeda  •  Koichi Tsubaki  •  Ryuchi Yokoyama  •  Yasushi Okada  •  Kôji Nozaki
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A collection of 10-minute horror shorts inspired by the film Shibuya Kaidan (aka The Locker). The plot revolves around a cursed locker and a carved mouth ghost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nakamura  •  Osamu Fukutani  •  Toshikazu Nagae  •  Issei Shibata  •  Narushi Ikeda  •  Koichi Tsubaki  •  Ryuchi Yokoyama  •  Yasushi Okada  •  Kôji Nozaki
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Dear Etranger (2017)

Makoto Tanaka is 40-years-old and has remarried. His wife is Nanae and they care for 2 daughters from Nanae's prior marriage. Makoto tries to have an ordinary family. Nanae then becomes pregnant. Afterwards, things begin to change among the family members.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukiko Mishima
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Rena Tanaka  •  Shinobu Terajima  •  Kankuro Kudo

Makoto Tanaka is 40-years-old and has remarried. His wife is Nanae and they care for 2 daughters from Nanae's prior marriage. Makoto tries to have an ordinary family. Nanae then becomes pregnant. Afterwards, things begin to change among the family members.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukiko Mishima
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Rena Tanaka  •  Shinobu Terajima  •  Kankuro Kudo

To Each His Own (2017)

Takashi Aoyama has way too much work to do and pushes himself mentally too hard. He blacks out and collapses at a railroad station. When he is about to be hit by a train, he is saved by Yamamoto. After his encounter with Yamamoto, Takashi recovers his bright ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Sota Fukushi  •  Asuka Kudo  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Yasuo Katoh

Takashi Aoyama has way too much work to do and pushes himself mentally too hard. He blacks out and collapses at a railroad station. When he is about to be hit by a train, he is saved by Yamamoto. After his encounter with Yamamoto, Takashi recovers his bright ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izuru Narushima
CAST:  Sota Fukushi  •  Asuka Kudo  •  Haru Kuroki  •  Yasuo Katoh

The First Supper (2019)

Rintaro (Sometani Shota) returns home for the first time in a while to prepare for and attend his father's funeral. He and his sister are surprised to find that their mother has canceled the catering order, and instead will be making the food herself in accordance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shiro Tokiwa
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Erika Toda  •  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Yuki Saito

Rintaro (Sometani Shota) returns home for the first time in a while to prepare for and attend his father's funeral. He and his sister are surprised to find that their mother has canceled the catering order, and instead will be making the food herself in accordance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shiro Tokiwa
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Erika Toda  •  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Yuki Saito

New Wangan Midnight 1 (1998)

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DIRECTION:  Junji Hanado
CAST:  Hirotaro Honda  •  Narushi Ikeda  •  Mamiko Mise  •  Kouta Namikawa

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DIRECTION:  Junji Hanado
CAST:  Hirotaro Honda  •  Narushi Ikeda  •  Mamiko Mise  •  Kouta Namikawa

Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku (2018)

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CAST:  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Mirai Shida  •  Aoi Nakamura  •  Kana Kurashina

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CAST:  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Mirai Shida  •  Aoi Nakamura  •  Kana Kurashina

28½ (2010)

Crew and actors prepare for Mamoru Oshii's stage version of Tetsujin 28.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Erika Okuda  •  Momoko Tanabe  •  Masahiro Sudo  •  Kenji Mizuhashi

Crew and actors prepare for Mamoru Oshii's stage version of Tetsujin 28.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Erika Okuda  •  Momoko Tanabe  •  Masahiro Sudo  •  Kenji Mizuhashi

SMAP Short Films (2001)

Short films by top CM directors and CG creators: MUSIC POWER GO! GO! ダモン君の巻; BUS PANIC!!!; GAME SHINGO; 治療; Good-bye, cruel world; ROLLING BOMBER SPECIAL; 菅原さん ・コンセント ・トイレ ・のれない ・脱出不可能. Produced for and aired together as TV special of SMAPxSMAP  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhito Ishii  •  Gen Sekiguchi  •  Shunichiro Miki  •  Tetsuya Nakashima  •  Satoshi Tomioka  •  Kenji Yamauchi  •  Masahiro Takata
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Shingo Katori  •  Jai West  •  Kei Yamamoto

Short films by top CM directors and CG creators: MUSIC POWER GO! GO! ダモン君の巻; BUS PANIC!!!; GAME SHINGO; 治療; Good-bye, cruel world; ROLLING BOMBER SPECIAL; 菅原さん ・コンセント ・トイレ ・のれない ・脱出不可能. Produced for and aired together as TV special of SMAPxSMAP  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhito Ishii  •  Gen Sekiguchi  •  Shunichiro Miki  •  Tetsuya Nakashima  •  Satoshi Tomioka  •  Kenji Yamauchi  •  Masahiro Takata
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Shingo Katori  •  Jai West  •  Kei Yamamoto

The Dry Spell (2023)

The story takes place during a summer of continuous sunshine when water supply restrictions are issued in the city. Shunsaku Iwakiri works for the city's water department and his job is to visit homes and stores that are behind on their bills and either collect the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaya Takahashi
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Mugi Kadowaki  •  Kankuro Kudo  •  Machiko Ono

The story takes place during a summer of continuous sunshine when water supply restrictions are issued in the city. Shunsaku Iwakiri works for the city's water department and his job is to visit homes and stores that are behind on their bills and either collect the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaya Takahashi
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Mugi Kadowaki  •  Kankuro Kudo  •  Machiko Ono

Vamp Show (2001)

Five merry men who travel and live all over the country. They all love to sing and for some reason they are all nocturnal. Their hobbies are raiding and blood donor cars. What they don't like is crosses, and what they love is - choo-choo-choo!!! ?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Narushi Ikeda
CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Kuranosuke Sasaki  •  Jun Hashimoto  •  Masahiko Kawahara

Five merry men who travel and live all over the country. They all love to sing and for some reason they are all nocturnal. Their hobbies are raiding and blood donor cars. What they don't like is crosses, and what they love is - choo-choo-choo!!! ?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Narushi Ikeda
CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Kuranosuke Sasaki  •  Jun Hashimoto  •  Masahiko Kawahara
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