Erika Mabuchi

Ping Pong (2002)

As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumihiko Sori
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Sam Lee  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Naoto Takenaka

As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumihiko Sori
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Sam Lee  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Naoto Takenaka

Our Highland Hotel (2013)

Ayumi Aizawa is a lonely young man without a family. He works at Forest Hyde Press Hotel as a cleaner. His deceased grandfather Kenzaburo worked at the same hotel. When his grandfather worked at the Forest Hyde Press Hotel, the hotel was well known for its extreme ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Yokoi
CAST:  Kyosuke Hamao  •  Watanabe Daisuke  •  Takuma Wada  •  Honda Takafumi

Ayumi Aizawa is a lonely young man without a family. He works at Forest Hyde Press Hotel as a cleaner. His deceased grandfather Kenzaburo worked at the same hotel. When his grandfather worked at the Forest Hyde Press Hotel, the hotel was well known for its extreme ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Yokoi
CAST:  Kyosuke Hamao  •  Watanabe Daisuke  •  Takuma Wada  •  Honda Takafumi

Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Yuki Uchida  •  Yu Aoi  •  Ryo  •  Yuko Nakamura

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Yuki Uchida  •  Yu Aoi  •  Ryo  •  Yuko Nakamura

Adult Drop (2014)

Hajime asks his friend Yoshi to set him up with his classmate Ann. Yoshi tries to do this for Hajime, but this just upsets Ann. Yoshi's relationship with Ann is now awkward. Yoshi doesn't know exactly why, but Ann becomes absent from school frequently. One day, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka
CAST:  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Ryoko Kobayashi  •  Tomoya Maeno

Hajime asks his friend Yoshi to set him up with his classmate Ann. Yoshi tries to do this for Hajime, but this just upsets Ann. Yoshi's relationship with Ann is now awkward. Yoshi doesn't know exactly why, but Ann becomes absent from school frequently. One day, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka
CAST:  Sosuke Ikematsu  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Ryoko Kobayashi  •  Tomoya Maeno

Call Boy (2018)

Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miura
CAST:  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Sei Matobu  •  Ami Tomite  •  Kenta Izuka

Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miura
CAST:  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Sei Matobu  •  Ami Tomite  •  Kenta Izuka

The Hanging Balloons (2000)

Film adaptation of three short stories by horror mangaka Junji Ito: The Devil's Logic, The Long Hair in the Attic, and The Hanging Balloons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Issei Oda
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Misato Tachibana  •  Shin Ishikawa

Film adaptation of three short stories by horror mangaka Junji Ito: The Devil's Logic, The Long Hair in the Attic, and The Hanging Balloons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Issei Oda
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Misato Tachibana  •  Shin Ishikawa

Pakodate-jin (2002)

One morning Hikaru Hino, a high school student living in Hakodate, wakes up to find she has grown a tail. She quickly cancels her first date with classmate Hayato, complicating their relationship. Hikaru's sister makes a fake tail to cheer her up and takes her out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Yo Oizumi  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Miyuki Matsuda

One morning Hikaru Hino, a high school student living in Hakodate, wakes up to find she has grown a tail. She quickly cancels her first date with classmate Hayato, complicating their relationship. Hikaru's sister makes a fake tail to cheer her up and takes her out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Yo Oizumi  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Miyuki Matsuda

Wolf Girl (2005)

When a new, smart and sweet Tokyo girl, Rumiko, starts at a rural elementary school, Akira finds himself smitten, like every other male pupil. Newcomer's popularity is contrasted with the less-tolerant treatment of scruffy Hideko, who, thanks to the arrival of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Fukagawa
CAST:  Mao Ohno  •  Tatsuya Suzuki  •  Erika Mabuchi  •  Rena Masuda

When a new, smart and sweet Tokyo girl, Rumiko, starts at a rural elementary school, Akira finds himself smitten, like every other male pupil. Newcomer's popularity is contrasted with the less-tolerant treatment of scruffy Hideko, who, thanks to the arrival of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Fukagawa
CAST:  Mao Ohno  •  Tatsuya Suzuki  •  Erika Mabuchi  •  Rena Masuda

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DIRECTION:  Masashi Yamashita
CAST:  Shota Shimoda  •  Minami Hamabe  •  Takamasa Suga  •  Erika Mabuchi

Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots (2021)

On the surface, 22-year-old Horigai seems to be drifting through life. Having managed to secure a decent job as a child welfare officer, but not attaching much value to anything in life, she whiles away her boring days between classes and her apartment before she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryûhei Yoshino
CAST:  Yui Sakuma  •  Nao  •  Seiichi Kohinata  •  Kokoro Morita

On the surface, 22-year-old Horigai seems to be drifting through life. Having managed to secure a decent job as a child welfare officer, but not attaching much value to anything in life, she whiles away her boring days between classes and her apartment before she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryûhei Yoshino
CAST:  Yui Sakuma  •  Nao  •  Seiichi Kohinata  •  Kokoro Morita

Unfeigned Happy Ending (2021)

Eimi, who came to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school, invites her sister Yu, who lives in her hometown of Shiga, to move to Tokyo with her. She is reluctant at first, but suddenly accepts and soon after goes missing. One day Eimi meets Hiyori, whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Matsuo
CAST:  Narumi Yui  •  Bambi Naka  •  Yuumi Kawai  •  Shima Tabata

Eimi, who came to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school, invites her sister Yu, who lives in her hometown of Shiga, to move to Tokyo with her. She is reluctant at first, but suddenly accepts and soon after goes missing. One day Eimi meets Hiyori, whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Matsuo
CAST:  Narumi Yui  •  Bambi Naka  •  Yuumi Kawai  •  Shima Tabata

Heisei Zankeiden: The Lion Roars! (1998)

The forth installment of the series, actor Riki Takeuchi stands up to cut down the rotten Hitoshi!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiho Fukuoka
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Yuji Kishimoto  •  Erika Mabuchi  •  Reiko Ōmori

The forth installment of the series, actor Riki Takeuchi stands up to cut down the rotten Hitoshi!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiho Fukuoka
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Yuji Kishimoto  •  Erika Mabuchi  •  Reiko Ōmori

Isana no umi (1997)

Renji grew up in a family that runs a pelagic fishing business and vaguely thinks about becoming a fisherman in the future. He is attracted to Kyoko, a new transfer student to his fisheries school who is knowledgeable about whales, but there is a big difference of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiro Higaki
CAST:  Tetsuya Ninomiya  •  Erika Mabuchi  •  Kumiko Endo  •  Eiko Nagashima

Renji grew up in a family that runs a pelagic fishing business and vaguely thinks about becoming a fisherman in the future. He is attracted to Kyoko, a new transfer student to his fisheries school who is knowledgeable about whales, but there is a big difference of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiro Higaki
CAST:  Tetsuya Ninomiya  •  Erika Mabuchi  •  Kumiko Endo  •  Eiko Nagashima