Sarara Tsukifune

Sakuran (2006)

Tsuchiya Anna blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mika Ninagawa
CAST:  Anna Tsuchiya  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Yoshino Kimura  •  Masatoshi Nagase

Tsuchiya Anna blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mika Ninagawa
CAST:  Anna Tsuchiya  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Yoshino Kimura  •  Masatoshi Nagase

Beyond Outrage (2012)

As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Ryo Kase  •  Takeshi Kitano  •  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Shun Sugata

As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Ryo Kase  •  Takeshi Kitano  •  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Shun Sugata

The Most Beautiful Night In The World (2008)

Betrayed and disgraced, big-city reporter Kazuya Mizuno is banished to a desk at Kaname's boring little town newspaper. But Kaname isn't as boring as it seems on the surface. Not with characters around like Shimeko, a girl genius with a childlike lack of propriety, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Tengan
CAST:  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Sarara Tsukifune  •  Haruki Ichikawa  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka

Betrayed and disgraced, big-city reporter Kazuya Mizuno is banished to a desk at Kaname's boring little town newspaper. But Kaname isn't as boring as it seems on the surface. Not with characters around like Shimeko, a girl genius with a childlike lack of propriety, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Tengan
CAST:  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Sarara Tsukifune  •  Haruki Ichikawa  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka

Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman (2016)

When realty TV host Carlos Kurozaki breaks into a mysterious underground pyramid for a television event, he removes a special gem. . . and unwittingly releases a diabolical monster called Zaigorg! The evil creature wants Kurozaki's gem, so it spawns an army of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyotaka Taguchi
CAST:  Kensuke Takahashi  •  Akane Sakanoue  •  Yoshihiko Hosoda  •  Ukyo Matsumoto

When realty TV host Carlos Kurozaki breaks into a mysterious underground pyramid for a television event, he removes a special gem. . . and unwittingly releases a diabolical monster called Zaigorg! The evil creature wants Kurozaki's gem, so it spawns an army of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyotaka Taguchi
CAST:  Kensuke Takahashi  •  Akane Sakanoue  •  Yoshihiko Hosoda  •  Ukyo Matsumoto

An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women (2009)

This is an omnibus of six short films by six different directors, whose lead characters are unconventional women. They are "Hijoshi," females who live true to themselves and their desires.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Kôji Kawano  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Renpei Tsukamoto  •  Yoshihiro Fukagawa  •  Yûka Ohsumi
CAST:  Rika Adachi  •  Jiji Bû  •  Tomoharu Hasegawa  •  Yutaka Izumihara

This is an omnibus of six short films by six different directors, whose lead characters are unconventional women. They are "Hijoshi," females who live true to themselves and their desires.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Kôji Kawano  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Renpei Tsukamoto  •  Yoshihiro Fukagawa  •  Yûka Ohsumi
CAST:  Rika Adachi  •  Jiji Bû  •  Tomoharu Hasegawa  •  Yutaka Izumihara

BOLT (2019)

Scene one: March 11th, 2011. An earthquake and a tsunami strike the East coast of Japan, damaging the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. A man and five other brave power plant workers are sent to fasten a bolt to prevent radiation leaks. Scene two: 2013. The man is now ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaizo Hayashi
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Shirō Sano  •  Hirohito Goto  •  Kazuhiko Kanayama

Scene one: March 11th, 2011. An earthquake and a tsunami strike the East coast of Japan, damaging the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. A man and five other brave power plant workers are sent to fasten a bolt to prevent radiation leaks. Scene two: 2013. The man is now ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaizo Hayashi
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Shirō Sano  •  Hirohito Goto  •  Kazuhiko Kanayama

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DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yuko Asano  •  Mayumi Wakamura  •  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Kazuki Namioka

I Am a Pervert (2016)

A guy spends an extra year studying for college entrance exams but ends up at a second-rate university, and becomes a musician after randomly getting involved with a misguided university rock ‘n roll club. Eventually the guy gets married, has a child, and builds an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Anzai
CAST:  Kenta Maeno  •  Sarara Tsukifune  •  Keisuke Hoshino  •  Marina Shiraishi

A guy spends an extra year studying for college entrance exams but ends up at a second-rate university, and becomes a musician after randomly getting involved with a misguided university rock ‘n roll club. Eventually the guy gets married, has a child, and builds an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Anzai
CAST:  Kenta Maeno  •  Sarara Tsukifune  •  Keisuke Hoshino  •  Marina Shiraishi

Perfect Education: étude (2020)

Ayano, a middle-aged female director met Aoi, young attractive actor at the audition for her new film. Ayano soon felt something different in Aoi and the audition goes far beyond the moral.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuya Kato
CAST:  Sarara Tsukifune  •  Tomohiro Ichikawa  •  Sumire Nagai  •  Naoto Takenaka

Ayano, a middle-aged female director met Aoi, young attractive actor at the audition for her new film. Ayano soon felt something different in Aoi and the audition goes far beyond the moral.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuya Kato
CAST:  Sarara Tsukifune  •  Tomohiro Ichikawa  •  Sumire Nagai  •  Naoto Takenaka

Unraveling, Breath (2022)

Kasumi, a child welfare officer who has entered the child guidance center as a new graduate and has been in her second year, struggles to fulfill her duties, even though she sometimes has doubts about how to proceed with her work. One day, she takes care of Hina, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Ozawa
CAST:  Karin Ono  •  Sarara Tsukifune  •  Aika Yukihira  •  Atomu Mizuishi

Kasumi, a child welfare officer who has entered the child guidance center as a new graduate and has been in her second year, struggles to fulfill her duties, even though she sometimes has doubts about how to proceed with her work. One day, she takes care of Hina, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Ozawa
CAST:  Karin Ono  •  Sarara Tsukifune  •  Aika Yukihira  •  Atomu Mizuishi

Mayerling / Glorious!! (2000)

Takarazuka Cosmos Troupe 2000 production of Utakata no Koi (Translated as Ephemeral Love, also known as Mayerling). Based on the true story of the the doomed love affair between the crown prince of Austria Rudolf and his young mistress, Marie Vetsera.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shibata Yukihiro
CAST:  Wao Youka  •  Hanafusa Mari  •  Kozuki Wataru  •  Ryou Akino

Takarazuka Cosmos Troupe 2000 production of Utakata no Koi (Translated as Ephemeral Love, also known as Mayerling). Based on the true story of the the doomed love affair between the crown prince of Austria Rudolf and his young mistress, Marie Vetsera.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shibata Yukihiro
CAST:  Wao Youka  •  Hanafusa Mari  •  Kozuki Wataru  •  Ryou Akino