Hana Ebise

Kyoto Story (2010)

Kyoko is a university librarian and she also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. She is involved with a childhood friend from the neighborhood, Kota. He is the son of the local tofu maker and has begun a moderately successful career as a stand-up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada  •  Tsutomu Abe
CAST:  Hana Ebise  •  Yoshihiro Usami  •  Sotaro Tanaka  •  Rei Dan

Kyoko is a university librarian and she also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. She is involved with a childhood friend from the neighborhood, Kota. He is the son of the local tofu maker and has begun a moderately successful career as a stand-up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada  •  Tsutomu Abe
CAST:  Hana Ebise  •  Yoshihiro Usami  •  Sotaro Tanaka  •  Rei Dan

A Tale of Samurai Cooking (2013)

In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga Domain, who arranges for her to marry his son and heir, 24-year-old Yasunobu. But, Yasunobu is cold to his new wife, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuzo Asahara
CAST:  Aya Ueto  •  Kengo Kora  •  Kimiko Yo  •  Toshiyuki Nishida

In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga Domain, who arranges for her to marry his son and heir, 24-year-old Yasunobu. But, Yasunobu is cold to his new wife, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuzo Asahara
CAST:  Aya Ueto  •  Kengo Kora  •  Kimiko Yo  •  Toshiyuki Nishida

10 Promises to My Dog (2008)

One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhide Motoki
CAST:  Rena Tanaka  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Ryo Kase

One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhide Motoki
CAST:  Rena Tanaka  •  Mayuko Fukuda  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Ryo Kase

Raise the Castle! (2009)

Three men are possessed by the spirits of ancient samurai determined to build their master's castle, even if they must use cardboard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yo Kohatsu
CAST:  Tohru Emori  •  Ainosuke Kataoka  •  Hana Ebise  •  Kai Ato

Three men are possessed by the spirits of ancient samurai determined to build their master's castle, even if they must use cardboard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yo Kohatsu
CAST:  Tohru Emori  •  Ainosuke Kataoka  •  Hana Ebise  •  Kai Ato

Uzumasa Limelight (2014)

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Seizō Fukumoto  •  Chihiro Yamamoto  •  Masashi Goda  •  Hirotaro Honda

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Seizō Fukumoto  •  Chihiro Yamamoto  •  Masashi Goda  •  Hirotaro Honda

The Sowing Traveller 3 (2016)

Acclaimed director of Summer of Chirusoku, Half a Confession and Yunagi City, Sakura Country Kiyoshi Sasabe casts Rin Takanashi and Takumi Saitoh as members of the farming industry. The Sowing Traveller 3 tells a universal story of the cherished act of growing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Rin Takanashi  •  Takumi Saitoh  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Megumi Abe

Acclaimed director of Summer of Chirusoku, Half a Confession and Yunagi City, Sakura Country Kiyoshi Sasabe casts Rin Takanashi and Takumi Saitoh as members of the farming industry. The Sowing Traveller 3 tells a universal story of the cherished act of growing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Rin Takanashi  •  Takumi Saitoh  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Megumi Abe

Matchmaking Cruise (2017)

The movie was inspired by Hiroshima prefectural government's marital activity "Koinowa Project" which is practiced as part of countermeasures against the declining birthplace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Hana Ebise  •  Tomoko Fujita  •  Michiru Jo  •  Norihito Kaneko

The movie was inspired by Hiroshima prefectural government's marital activity "Koinowa Project" which is practiced as part of countermeasures against the declining birthplace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Hana Ebise  •  Tomoko Fujita  •  Michiru Jo  •  Norihito Kaneko