Kaoru Okunuki

Kaoru Okunuki (奥貫 薫, Okunuki Kaoru, born November 22, 1970) is a Japanese actress and narrator born in Tokyo. She is currently affiliated with the agency Quarter Tone. She was previously affiliated with Amuse, Oz Entertainment, Ten Carat, and Humanité.

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Get Up! (2003)

A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convince him to perform privately for their boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyuki Izutsu
CAST:  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Takako Tokiwa  •  Taro Yamamoto  •  Ittoku Kishibe

A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convince him to perform privately for their boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyuki Izutsu
CAST:  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Takako Tokiwa  •  Taro Yamamoto  •  Ittoku Kishibe

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)

A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various parts of the play to their liking.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koki Mitani
CAST:  Toshiaki Karasawa  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Keiko Toda  •  Masahiko Nishimura

A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various parts of the play to their liking.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koki Mitani
CAST:  Toshiaki Karasawa  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Keiko Toda  •  Masahiko Nishimura

Naoko (2008)

Naoko meets Yusuke while staying on an island for medical treatment. Yusuke's graceful athletic figure captivates her eyes and she falls in love with him. But their relationship is soon broken after Yusuke's father dies while trying to save Naoko from drowning. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoyuki Furumaya
CAST:  Juri Ueno  •  Haruma Miura  •  Tsurube Shofukutei  •  Nanami Fujimoto

Naoko meets Yusuke while staying on an island for medical treatment. Yusuke's graceful athletic figure captivates her eyes and she falls in love with him. But their relationship is soon broken after Yusuke's father dies while trying to save Naoko from drowning. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoyuki Furumaya
CAST:  Juri Ueno  •  Haruma Miura  •  Tsurube Shofukutei  •  Nanami Fujimoto

How to Become Myself (2007)

Juri, an elementary school girl, loses sight of her true self while acting out a false self to play along with her friends. Kanako, a classmate who used to be the popular girl but has been bullied lately, tells Juri that the girl she is now is not her true self, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Ichikawa
CAST:  Riko Narumi  •  Atsuko Maeda  •  Mariko Ishihara  •  Yoshizumi Ishihara

Juri, an elementary school girl, loses sight of her true self while acting out a false self to play along with her friends. Kanako, a classmate who used to be the popular girl but has been bullied lately, tells Juri that the girl she is now is not her true self, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Ichikawa
CAST:  Riko Narumi  •  Atsuko Maeda  •  Mariko Ishihara  •  Yoshizumi Ishihara

Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill (2013)

Ataru, who suffers from “savant syndrome,” has the power to discover, observe, see through, and deduct microscopic evidence of unsolved cases. Why does he always go to the criminal sites? What explains his strange behavior? Meanwhile, a mystery unfolds with Ataru ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Kimura
CAST:  Masahiro Nakai  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Yuta Tamamori

Ataru, who suffers from “savant syndrome,” has the power to discover, observe, see through, and deduct microscopic evidence of unsolved cases. Why does he always go to the criminal sites? What explains his strange behavior? Meanwhile, a mystery unfolds with Ataru ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Kimura
CAST:  Masahiro Nakai  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Yuta Tamamori

Fish on Land (2012)

A college senior (Mirai Moriyama) takes a bicycle trip for his last summer vacation. On his trip he comes across drive-in "HOUSE475" and its manager Seii (Hidetoshi Nishijima). The college senior then helps out at the store and becomes influenced by his experience ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yûsuke Iseya
CAST:  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Nae Yuuki  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Kiyohiko Shibukawa

A college senior (Mirai Moriyama) takes a bicycle trip for his last summer vacation. On his trip he comes across drive-in "HOUSE475" and its manager Seii (Hidetoshi Nishijima). The college senior then helps out at the store and becomes influenced by his experience ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yûsuke Iseya
CAST:  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Nae Yuuki  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Your Story (2009)

The story of the original manga writer Rieko Saibara is depicted by her alter ego Natsumi Takahara who revisits where she was raised and recalls her childhood and how everything turned out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiyuki Morioka
CAST:  Eri Fukatsu  •  Suzuka Ohgo  •  Haru  •  Yuko Takayama

The story of the original manga writer Rieko Saibara is depicted by her alter ego Natsumi Takahara who revisits where she was raised and recalls her childhood and how everything turned out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiyuki Morioka
CAST:  Eri Fukatsu  •  Suzuka Ohgo  •  Haru  •  Yuko Takayama

Renai Shousetsu (2004)

A love story starring Tamaki Hiroshi, Konishi Manami, Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Hirayama Aya and Kamiki Ryunosuke. Hiroyuki, a fourth-year law student who has just broken up with his girlfriend Miwa, is approached by Satoshi, a student at the same university, on his way ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Mori
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Manami Konishi  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Aya Hirayama

A love story starring Tamaki Hiroshi, Konishi Manami, Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Hirayama Aya and Kamiki Ryunosuke. Hiroyuki, a fourth-year law student who has just broken up with his girlfriend Miwa, is approached by Satoshi, a student at the same university, on his way ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Mori
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Manami Konishi  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Aya Hirayama

Star Reformer (2006)

Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Hisashi Igawa

Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Hisashi Igawa

Year One in the North (2005)

In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Ken Watanabe  •  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Toshiro Yanagiba

In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Ken Watanabe  •  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Toshiro Yanagiba

Battle Heater (1989)

Furuchi and Hama are two unsuccessful repair agents and electronic engineers. One day Furichi finds a so-called Kotatsu heater. Soon after this Furichi dies in a traffic accident. But with the help of a stun gun succeed Hama Furichi bring back to life, but also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Iida
CAST:  Akira Emoto  •  Pappara Kawai  •  Funky Sueyoshi  •  Shigeru Muroi

Furuchi and Hama are two unsuccessful repair agents and electronic engineers. One day Furichi finds a so-called Kotatsu heater. Soon after this Furichi dies in a traffic accident. But with the help of a stun gun succeed Hama Furichi bring back to life, but also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Iida
CAST:  Akira Emoto  •  Pappara Kawai  •  Funky Sueyoshi  •  Shigeru Muroi

A Good Husband (2009)

The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and has no love for her. The wife wants to go on a trip to get pregnant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Hiroko Yakushimaru  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Renji Ishibashi

The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and has no love for her. The wife wants to go on a trip to get pregnant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Hiroko Yakushimaru  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Renji Ishibashi

Kanikôsen (2009)

On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not cope with conditions and even death from malnutrition, and is also the supervisor of the more vicious variety. Shinjo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Kengo Kora  •  Hirofumi Arai

On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not cope with conditions and even death from malnutrition, and is also the supervisor of the more vicious variety. Shinjo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Kengo Kora  •  Hirofumi Arai

United Red Army (2007)

The film is told in three acts, beginning with a historical background of Japan's student movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, mostly using archive footage and a narrator. The second act follows the formation of the group to their mountain training camps in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Wakamatsu
CAST:  Maki Sakai  •  Arata Iura  •  Akie Namiki  •  Go Jibiki

The film is told in three acts, beginning with a historical background of Japan's student movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, mostly using archive footage and a narrator. The second act follows the formation of the group to their mountain training camps in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Wakamatsu
CAST:  Maki Sakai  •  Arata Iura  •  Akie Namiki  •  Go Jibiki

Half a Confession (2004)

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Akira Terao  •  Kyôhei Shibata  •  Mieko Harada  •  Hidetaka Yoshioka

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Akira Terao  •  Kyôhei Shibata  •  Mieko Harada  •  Hidetaka Yoshioka

Ring 0 (2000)

Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta
CAST:  Yukie Nakama  •  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Yoshiko Tanaka

Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta
CAST:  Yukie Nakama  •  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Yoshiko Tanaka

Mail (2004)

A detective and his assistant help send restless spirits into the spiritual world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iwao Takahashi
CAST:  Yû Abiru  •  Urara Awata  •  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Leo Morimoto

A detective and his assistant help send restless spirits into the spiritual world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iwao Takahashi
CAST:  Yû Abiru  •  Urara Awata  •  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Leo Morimoto

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DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Ishii
CAST:  Tomohisa Yamashita  •  Maki Horikita  •  Show Aikawa  •  Mao Daichi

Hero (2007)

After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, just in time for a brewing storm. Kohei's first case starts out simple enough. The suspect, a blonde-haired security guard, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suzuki
CAST:  Takuya Kimura  •  Takako Matsu  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Nene Otsuka

After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, just in time for a brewing storm. Kohei's first case starts out simple enough. The suspect, a blonde-haired security guard, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suzuki
CAST:  Takuya Kimura  •  Takako Matsu  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Nene Otsuka

Sugar & Spice (2006)

Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro decides to put off college and work at a gas station instead. Shy and introspective, Shiro understands he is at a turning point of his life, but is unsure of what lies ahead. Though his parents disapprove of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Yuya Yagira  •  Erika Sawajiri  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Chen Bolin

Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro decides to put off college and work at a gas station instead. Shy and introspective, Shiro understands he is at a turning point of his life, but is unsure of what lies ahead. Though his parents disapprove of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Yuya Yagira  •  Erika Sawajiri  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Chen Bolin
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