Yuta Hiraoka

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Swing Girls (2004)

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Juri Ueno  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Yuika Motokariya

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Juri Ueno  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Yuika Motokariya

Kids Return: The Reunion (2013)

Set 10 years after "Kids Return." Shinji and Masaru have graduated from high school with different paths in their lives. Shinji attempted to become boxer and Masaru a yakuza. They both tried to rise to the top of their respective fields.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Shimizu
CAST:  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Takahiro Miura  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Kana Kurashina

Set 10 years after "Kids Return." Shinji and Masaru have graduated from high school with different paths in their lives. Shinji attempted to become boxer and Masaru a yakuza. They both tried to rise to the top of their respective fields.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Shimizu
CAST:  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Takahiro Miura  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Kana Kurashina

It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori (2012)

A group of elderly women come together to sell vegetable leaves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Minorikawa
CAST:  Kazuko Yoshiyuki  •  Sumiko Fuji  •  Mie Nakao

A group of elderly women come together to sell vegetable leaves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Osamu Minorikawa
CAST:  Kazuko Yoshiyuki  •  Sumiko Fuji  •  Mie Nakao

My Sister, My Love (2007)

It is a taboo story about love and incest between twins. It's not about sex, it's about the feelings the two have for one another and how society views them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Ando
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Nana Eikura  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Ayaka Komatsu

It is a taboo story about love and incest between twins. It's not about sex, it's about the feelings the two have for one another and how society views them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Ando
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Nana Eikura  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Ayaka Komatsu

GTO: New Year's Special (2013)

A mother leaves three kids in the care of Saejima and it's up to Onizuka and the gang to track her down. Meanwhile Miki is having some problems with her dad all the while a handsome and mysterious cram school teacher appears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichiro Shiraki
CAST:  Akira  •  Yu Shirota  •  Yusuke Yamamoto  •  Yuta Hiraoka

A mother leaves three kids in the care of Saejima and it's up to Onizuka and the gang to track her down. Meanwhile Miki is having some problems with her dad all the while a handsome and mysterious cram school teacher appears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichiro Shiraki
CAST:  Akira  •  Yu Shirota  •  Yusuke Yamamoto  •  Yuta Hiraoka

Bread of Happiness (2012)

A couple decide to relocate from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido where they settle and establish a bakery and café called Mani. One cooks. The other bakes. Everyone walks out happy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukiko Mishima
CAST:  Morio Agata  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Nobue Iketani  •  Kanna Moriya

A couple decide to relocate from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido where they settle and establish a bakery and café called Mani. One cooks. The other bakes. Everyone walks out happy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukiko Mishima
CAST:  Morio Agata  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Nobue Iketani  •  Kanna Moriya

Trick: The Movie 2 (2006)

Ueda employes Yamada to go a mysterious island in search of a girl (played by Maki Horikita) that disappeared 10 years ago. They discover the island is run by Kobako Sachiko, who can appear and disappear via boxes, among other strange powers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Yukie Nakama  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Maki Horikita

Ueda employes Yamada to go a mysterious island in search of a girl (played by Maki Horikita) that disappeared 10 years ago. They discover the island is run by Kobako Sachiko, who can appear and disappear via boxes, among other strange powers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Yukie Nakama  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Maki Horikita

Battle Under Orion (2009)

The story of a Japanese sub's last mission during WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Yoshikuni Dôchin  •  Mitsuru Fukikoshi  •  Mutsutoshi Furuhata  •  Fumio Itô

The story of a Japanese sub's last mission during WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Yoshikuni Dôchin  •  Mitsuru Fukikoshi  •  Mutsutoshi Furuhata  •  Fumio Itô

Happy Dining Table (2007)

On the first day of school for third-year junior high student Nakahara Sawako (Kitano Kie), her father (Haba Yuichi, Off Balance) announces that he is quitting his teaching position and absolving from all parental responsibilities. For Sawako, this is only the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Komatsu
CAST:  Kie Kitano  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Ryo Katsuji  •  Yuichi Haba

On the first day of school for third-year junior high student Nakahara Sawako (Kitano Kie), her father (Haba Yuichi, Off Balance) announces that he is quitting his teaching position and absolving from all parental responsibilities. For Sawako, this is only the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Komatsu
CAST:  Kie Kitano  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Ryo Katsuji  •  Yuichi Haba

Dance, Subaru! (2009)

Subaru and her twin brother Kazuma share a dream in becoming ballet dancers, but their passion is discouraged by their father. After Kazuma's death from a hereditary illness, dancing became Subaru's only happiness and she yearns to lose herself in dance. Her life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Chi-Ngai
CAST:  Meisa Kuroki  •  Go Ara  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Miku Sano

Subaru and her twin brother Kazuma share a dream in becoming ballet dancers, but their passion is discouraged by their father. After Kazuma's death from a hereditary illness, dancing became Subaru's only happiness and she yearns to lose herself in dance. Her life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Chi-Ngai
CAST:  Meisa Kuroki  •  Go Ara  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Miku Sano

Check It Out, Yo! (2006)

Tomboy Yui (Mao Inoue) brings her 3 male friends along with her to see a live performance of local Okinawan rap group, “Workaholic”. Upon witnessing the crowd reaction, the boys decide to start a rap group of their own to impress chicks—while Toru (Hayato Ichihara) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rieko Miyamoto
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Mao Inoue  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Tasuku Emoto

Tomboy Yui (Mao Inoue) brings her 3 male friends along with her to see a live performance of local Okinawan rap group, “Workaholic”. Upon witnessing the crowd reaction, the boys decide to start a rap group of their own to impress chicks—while Toru (Hayato Ichihara) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rieko Miyamoto
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Mao Inoue  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Tasuku Emoto

Nana (2005)

Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pair hit it off and become roommates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Mika Nakashima  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Saeko

Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pair hit it off and become roommates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Mika Nakashima  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Saeko

Be with You (2004)

When two souls find one another, nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji after the loss of wife and mother Mio. Yuji unfailingly remembers her promise to him: "I'll be with you again in a year's time, when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Doi
CAST:  Akashi Takei  •  Karen Miyama  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Yosuke Asari

When two souls find one another, nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji after the loss of wife and mother Mio. Yuji unfailingly remembers her promise to him: "I'll be with you again in a year's time, when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Doi
CAST:  Akashi Takei  •  Karen Miyama  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Yosuke Asari

Enishi: The Bride of Izumo (2016)

Maki Iizuka (Nozomi Sasaki) works as an editor for a wedding magazine in Tokyo. She is set to marry Kazunori Nakamura (Yuta Hiraoka) next month, when her grandmother dies. Her grandmother was like a mom to Maki. While Maki arranges items left by her grandmother, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Horiuchi
CAST:  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Tomiyuki Kunihiro  •  Toshie Negishi

Maki Iizuka (Nozomi Sasaki) works as an editor for a wedding magazine in Tokyo. She is set to marry Kazunori Nakamura (Yuta Hiraoka) next month, when her grandmother dies. Her grandmother was like a mom to Maki. While Maki arranges items left by her grandmother, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Horiuchi
CAST:  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Tomiyuki Kunihiro  •  Toshie Negishi

L (2016)

L stopped enjoying life as a little girl. She flees abuse at the hands of her adoptive parents and heads for the big city. There, L's life is wrecked by a string of bad relationships, and she takes the fall for a friend who commits murder and ends up in jail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Alice Hirose  •  Seika Furuhata  •  Yuki Furukawa  •  Yasuyuki Maekawa

L stopped enjoying life as a little girl. She flees abuse at the hands of her adoptive parents and heads for the big city. There, L's life is wrecked by a string of bad relationships, and she takes the fall for a friend who commits murder and ends up in jail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Alice Hirose  •  Seika Furuhata  •  Yuki Furukawa  •  Yasuyuki Maekawa

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DIRECTION:  Gaku Narita
CAST:  Tomohisa Yamashita  •  Masami Nagasawa  •  Nana Eikura  •  Naohito Fujiki

Tokyo Friends: The Movie (2006)

Rei Iwatsuki moved from her hometown Kōchi to Tokyo to pursue her dreams. On arrival, she found a job as a waitress in a restaurant and met guitarist Ryuuji Shintani. Ryuuji liked her voice and invited her to join his band as the vocalist, The Survival Company ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kozo Nagayama
CAST:  Ai Otsuka  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Rio Matsumoto  •  Masanobu Katsumura

Rei Iwatsuki moved from her hometown Kōchi to Tokyo to pursue her dreams. On arrival, she found a job as a waitress in a restaurant and met guitarist Ryuuji Shintani. Ryuuji liked her voice and invited her to join his band as the vocalist, The Survival Company ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kozo Nagayama
CAST:  Ai Otsuka  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Rio Matsumoto  •  Masanobu Katsumura

Christmas on July 24th Avenue (2006)

Sayuri Honda (Miki Nakatani) claims she has no interests in love affairs. She refuses to take things as they are for she fancies her harbor town of Nagasaki as Lisbon, Portugal. But on Christmas, encouraged by the season of romance, she tries to materialize her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shosuke Murakami
CAST:  Takao Osawa  •  Miki Nakatani  •  Ryuta Sato  •  Juri Ueno

Sayuri Honda (Miki Nakatani) claims she has no interests in love affairs. She refuses to take things as they are for she fancies her harbor town of Nagasaki as Lisbon, Portugal. But on Christmas, encouraged by the season of romance, she tries to materialize her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shosuke Murakami
CAST:  Takao Osawa  •  Miki Nakatani  •  Ryuta Sato  •  Juri Ueno

Presents: Sea Urchin Rice Cracker (2007)

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CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Masaya Kikawada

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CAST:  Erika Toda  •  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Masaya Kikawada

Neck (2010)

Tomokazu Shudo has his first ever crush on Sugina Mayama, a senior student. Tomokazu has troubles confessing his feelings to the popular student, but one day, he is invited to the research lab where Sugina Mayama works. Tomokazu hopes to use this meeting to express ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Shirakawa
CAST:  Saki Aibu  •  Junpei Mizobata  •  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Yuta Hiraoka

Tomokazu Shudo has his first ever crush on Sugina Mayama, a senior student. Tomokazu has troubles confessing his feelings to the popular student, but one day, he is invited to the research lab where Sugina Mayama works. Tomokazu hopes to use this meeting to express ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Shirakawa
CAST:  Saki Aibu  •  Junpei Mizobata  •  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Yuta Hiraoka
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