Mayuko Nishiyama

Mayuko Nishiyama (西山 繭子, Nishiyama Mayuko, January 21, 1978) is a Japanese actress and writer born in Tokyo, who is affiliated with the agency FLaMme. She is 165 cm tall and her blood type is A. Her father is the writer Shizuka Ijūin (伊集院 静, Ijūin Shizuka).

Rain of Light (2001)

This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time the police finally caught up with them, it was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Masato Hagiwara  •  Ren Osugi  •  Sansei Shiomi  •  Mansaku Ikeuchi

This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time the police finally caught up with them, it was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Masato Hagiwara  •  Ren Osugi  •  Sansei Shiomi  •  Mansaku Ikeuchi

Collage of Our Lives (2003)

A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a photo exhibition in the United States. Having heard rumors that she has died, he follows his curiosity to New York City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Adeyto  •  Kansai Eto  •  Ryoko Hirosue

A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a photo exhibition in the United States. Having heard rumors that she has died, he follows his curiosity to New York City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Adeyto  •  Kansai Eto  •  Ryoko Hirosue

Sabu (2002)

When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outside must find evidence to clear his name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Keisuke Horibe  •  Tomoko Tabata

When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outside must find evidence to clear his name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Keisuke Horibe  •  Tomoko Tabata

Balloon Club Revisited (2006)

Mitsuko Murakami puts the passion to balloon in the hot-air balloon Circle "Airheads". The club gathered young people holding a variety of thoughts. But "Airheads" is disbanded not too long. Five years after their time in the Balloon Club ended, the members' former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Motoki Fukami  •  Yukie Kawamura  •  Tomoharu Hasegawa  •  Hiromi Nagasaku

Mitsuko Murakami puts the passion to balloon in the hot-air balloon Circle "Airheads". The club gathered young people holding a variety of thoughts. But "Airheads" is disbanded not too long. Five years after their time in the Balloon Club ended, the members' former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Motoki Fukami  •  Yukie Kawamura  •  Tomoharu Hasegawa  •  Hiromi Nagasaku

My Little Nightmare: The Movie (2014)

New student Kanji transfers to 6th grade 2 class, where Ayami Mutoi works as the homeroom teacher. Students begin to talk among themselves that they have seen new transfer student Kanji in a dream. Yuiko Koto also had a night mare. In her nightmare, a boy that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriyoshi Sakuma
CAST:  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Manatsu Kimura  •  Gackt Camui  •  Kenji Anan

New student Kanji transfers to 6th grade 2 class, where Ayami Mutoi works as the homeroom teacher. Students begin to talk among themselves that they have seen new transfer student Kanji in a dream. Yuiko Koto also had a night mare. In her nightmare, a boy that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriyoshi Sakuma
CAST:  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Manatsu Kimura  •  Gackt Camui  •  Kenji Anan

The Name (2018)

Having failed with his business and gone absolutely penniless, Masao (45) divorced with his wife, and is currently leading a hopeless life in Ibaraki. One day, a mysterious high school girl, going by the name Emiko, showed up before Masao. Every now and then, Masao ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Toda
CAST:  Kanji Tsuda  •  Ren Komai  •  Mariko Tsutsui  •  Tamotsu Kansyuji

Having failed with his business and gone absolutely penniless, Masao (45) divorced with his wife, and is currently leading a hopeless life in Ibaraki. One day, a mysterious high school girl, going by the name Emiko, showed up before Masao. Every now and then, Masao ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Toda
CAST:  Kanji Tsuda  •  Ren Komai  •  Mariko Tsutsui  •  Tamotsu Kansyuji

Astral Abnormal Suzuki (2019)

Suzuki Rara is left behind in the countryside due to mischief. She becomes a YouTuber, goes both crazy and offbeat. Wearing an eye-patch, loose track pants and often holding a sledgehammer she begins interacting with the locals, families and visitors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Ono
CAST:  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Mayuko Nishiyama  •  Taketo Tanaka  •  Kotoha Hiroyama

Suzuki Rara is left behind in the countryside due to mischief. She becomes a YouTuber, goes both crazy and offbeat. Wearing an eye-patch, loose track pants and often holding a sledgehammer she begins interacting with the locals, families and visitors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Ono
CAST:  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Mayuko Nishiyama  •  Taketo Tanaka  •  Kotoha Hiroyama

I Am a Thousand Winds (2004)

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DIRECTION:  Kim Soo-Kil
CAST:  Mayuko Nishiyama  •  Takashi Itō  •  Kaho Minami  •  Yuri Mizutani

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DIRECTION:  Kim Soo-Kil
CAST:  Mayuko Nishiyama  •  Takashi Itō  •  Kaho Minami  •  Yuri Mizutani