Kaori Fujii

All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of fictional pop star Lily Chou-Chou.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Shugo Oshinari  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Takao Osawa

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of fictional pop star Lily Chou-Chou.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Shugo Oshinari  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Takao Osawa

April Story (1998)

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Takako Matsu  •  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Kazuhiko Kato  •  Rumi

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Takako Matsu  •  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Kazuhiko Kato  •  Rumi

Haze (2006)

A man awakes to find himself trapped in a dirty, confined crawlspace. He barely has enough room to move. He also has no memory of why he’s there, or why he’s bleeding from a stomach wound. Apparently drugged, he occasionally ‘zones out’ of his surroundings as he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Takahiro Murase  •  Takahiro Kandaka  •  Masato Tsujioka

A man awakes to find himself trapped in a dirty, confined crawlspace. He barely has enough room to move. He also has no memory of why he’s there, or why he’s bleeding from a stomach wound. Apparently drugged, he occasionally ‘zones out’ of his surroundings as he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Takahiro Murase  •  Takahiro Kandaka  •  Masato Tsujioka

Ju-on: The Curse 2 (2000)

On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Yûrei Yanagi  •  Takako Fuji  •  Takashi Matsuyama  •  Yuko Daike

On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Yûrei Yanagi  •  Takako Fuji  •  Takashi Matsuyama  •  Yuko Daike

Marebito (2004)

A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Tomomi Miyashita  •  Kazuhiro Nakahara  •  Miho Ninagawa

A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Tomomi Miyashita  •  Kazuhiro Nakahara  •  Miho Ninagawa

Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)

An industrial section of Japan got the name of Yentown as many immigrants come to make money and hope to go home rich. A small group of people in Yentown try to work together to survive, there is a girl named Ageha who has no family, Glico the hooker, Fei Hong a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Yosuke Eguchi  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Hiroshi Mikami  •  Chara

An industrial section of Japan got the name of Yentown as many immigrants come to make money and hope to go home rich. A small group of people in Yentown try to work together to survive, there is a girl named Ageha who has no family, Glico the hooker, Fei Hong a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Yosuke Eguchi  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Hiroshi Mikami  •  Chara

Tokyo Fist (1995)

A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Tajuki, on the subway. Tajuki is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to suspect that Tajuki might be having an affair with his fiancée Hizuru. After an altercation, Tsuda begins training ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Kaori Fujii  •  Kôji Tsukamoto  •  Naomasa Musaka  •  Koichi Wajima

A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Tajuki, on the subway. Tajuki is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to suspect that Tajuki might be having an affair with his fiancée Hizuru. After an altercation, Tsuda begins training ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Kaori Fujii  •  Kôji Tsukamoto  •  Naomasa Musaka  •  Koichi Wajima

Mourning Work (1991)

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DIRECTION:  Takumi Kimizuka
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Shoko Tamura  •  Kaori Fujii  •  Katsuo Nakamura

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DIRECTION:  Takumi Kimizuka
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Shoko Tamura  •  Kaori Fujii  •  Katsuo Nakamura

Linda Linda Linda (2005)

Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita
CAST:  Aki Maeda  •  Yuu Kashii  •  Shiori Sekine  •  Takayo Mimura

Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita
CAST:  Aki Maeda  •  Yuu Kashii  •  Shiori Sekine  •  Takayo Mimura

Ju-on: The Curse (2000)

In a jealous rage, a man kills his wife and son in their home, and everyone who visits falls prey to a terrible curse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Yûrei Yanagi  •  Yue  •  Ryôta Koyama  •  Yumi Yoshiyuki

In a jealous rage, a man kills his wife and son in their home, and everyone who visits falls prey to a terrible curse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Yûrei Yanagi  •  Yue  •  Ryôta Koyama  •  Yumi Yoshiyuki

Fourteen (2007)

Sensitive and refined drama in which experiences from the puberty of a female teacher and a piano student reflected in the world of the younger generation they have contact with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromasa Hirosue
CAST:  Akie Namiki  •  Hiromasa Hirosue  •  Shota Sometani  •  Yurika Oneyama

Sensitive and refined drama in which experiences from the puberty of a female teacher and a piano student reflected in the world of the younger generation they have contact with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromasa Hirosue
CAST:  Akie Namiki  •  Hiromasa Hirosue  •  Shota Sometani  •  Yurika Oneyama

Happy Go Lucky (1997)

Takashi and four of his classmates, fourth-grade students, cannot succeed in doing a back pullover around a horizontal bar. Their gym teacher warns them: they have one week to succeed; if they resign now, then, tomorrow, facing life difficulties, they will always ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Hidaka Yoshitomo  •  Nagi Noriko  •  Maki Ishikawa  •  Hiroko Taguchi

Takashi and four of his classmates, fourth-grade students, cannot succeed in doing a back pullover around a horizontal bar. Their gym teacher warns them: they have one week to succeed; if they resign now, then, tomorrow, facing life difficulties, they will always ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuya Nakashima
CAST:  Hidaka Yoshitomo  •  Nagi Noriko  •  Maki Ishikawa  •  Hiroko Taguchi

Nagai Nagai Satsujin (2008)

A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's also learned that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manabu Asô
CAST:  Kyōzō Nagatsuka  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Shosuke Tanihara  •  Aya Hirayama

A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's also learned that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manabu Asô
CAST:  Kyōzō Nagatsuka  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Shosuke Tanihara  •  Aya Hirayama

Masako, mon ange (2019)

Documentary that teases apart the life of model Masako, who also acted in films including Ring and died at the age of 50, through interviews of people who knew her well. Directed by Masako's husband Ooka Daisuke, who is a film producer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Ooka
CAST:  Masako  •  Shoko Tamura  •  Kaori Fujii  •  ANJU

Documentary that teases apart the life of model Masako, who also acted in films including Ring and died at the age of 50, through interviews of people who knew her well. Directed by Masako's husband Ooka Daisuke, who is a film producer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Ooka
CAST:  Masako  •  Shoko Tamura  •  Kaori Fujii  •  ANJU

The Shootist: Final Episode (1994)

Matsushita decides to make a new journey by meeting a fateful woman, Askako, while being chased by a hitman and the police. What awaits him at the end?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haruo Ichikura
CAST:  Toru Nakamura  •  Kaori Fujii  •  Shigeru Kōyama  •  Renji Ishibashi

Matsushita decides to make a new journey by meeting a fateful woman, Askako, while being chased by a hitman and the police. What awaits him at the end?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haruo Ichikura
CAST:  Toru Nakamura  •  Kaori Fujii  •  Shigeru Kōyama  •  Renji Ishibashi

Peach: I'll Do Anything For You (1989)

The story follows Yasuyuki, an amateur musician living alone in Tokyo, supported by an allowance from his parents. He doesn't go to college or have a steady job, but instead spends his days traveling through Tokyo with artist Eriko (Kahori Fujii) and punk pizza ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isaku Sakanishi
CAST:  Yasuyuki Okamura  •  Kaori Fujii  •  Kazuhiko Kanayama  •  Jun Togawa

The story follows Yasuyuki, an amateur musician living alone in Tokyo, supported by an allowance from his parents. He doesn't go to college or have a steady job, but instead spends his days traveling through Tokyo with artist Eriko (Kahori Fujii) and punk pizza ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isaku Sakanishi
CAST:  Yasuyuki Okamura  •  Kaori Fujii  •  Kazuhiko Kanayama  •  Jun Togawa