Isamu Nakae

Between Calmness and Passion (2001)

An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each other again in the Florence Cathedral after 10 years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Yutaka Takenouchi  •  Kelly Chen  •  Roberto Brunetti  •  Yusuke Santamaria

An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each other again in the Florence Cathedral after 10 years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Yutaka Takenouchi  •  Kelly Chen  •  Roberto Brunetti  •  Yusuke Santamaria

Sugar & Spice (2006)

Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro decides to put off college and work at a gas station instead. Shy and introspective, Shiro understands he is at a turning point of his life, but is unsure of what lies ahead. Though his parents disapprove of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Yuya Yagira  •  Erika Sawajiri  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Chen Bolin

Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro decides to put off college and work at a gas station instead. Shy and introspective, Shiro understands he is at a turning point of his life, but is unsure of what lies ahead. Though his parents disapprove of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Yuya Yagira  •  Erika Sawajiri  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Chen Bolin

Rock: Wanko no Shima (2011)

A boy, Shin, and his family are forced to evacuate the island of Miyakejima, when it erupts in 2000. Shin's dog, Rock, is mistakenly left behind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Kumiko Aso  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Mieko Harada  •  Mitsuko Baisho

A boy, Shin, and his family are forced to evacuate the island of Miyakejima, when it erupts in 2000. Shin's dog, Rock, is mistakenly left behind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Kumiko Aso  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Mieko Harada  •  Mitsuko Baisho

Chain of Flowers (2013)

Based upon the novel by Minato Kanae. The story is about three women who all live in the same countryside town but who never interact with one another even though they are all tied by the same tragedy. While newly-unemployed Rika tries to get her ailing grandmother ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Nao Matsushita  •  Miki Nakatani  •  Erika Toda  •  Tori Matsuzaka

Based upon the novel by Minato Kanae. The story is about three women who all live in the same countryside town but who never interact with one another even though they are all tied by the same tragedy. While newly-unemployed Rika tries to get her ailing grandmother ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Nao Matsushita  •  Miki Nakatani  •  Erika Toda  •  Tori Matsuzaka

The World is Made Up of 3 (2020)

Tells the story of three young people living in the after corona and wis corona worlds. When a lost salaried worker, Mochizuki Yuto, who had lived all over the world, wanted to quit his job, an emergency declaration was issued due to the spread of the new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Kento Hayashi  •  Hitomi Sato

Tells the story of three young people living in the after corona and wis corona worlds. When a lost salaried worker, Mochizuki Yuto, who had lived all over the world, wanted to quit his job, an emergency declaration was issued due to the spread of the new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Kento Hayashi  •  Hitomi Sato

Dr. Coto's Clinic (2022)

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DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Saburo Tokito  •  Nene Otsuka

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DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Saburo Tokito  •  Nene Otsuka

Welcome to Our Home (2015)

Kenta Kurata (Masaki Aiba) lives with his father, Taichi (Akira Terao), his mother, Keiko (Kaho Minami), and his younger sister, Nana (Kasumi Arimura) in an isolated home in the suburbs. He works as an unpopular commercial designer. Kenta Kurata possesses a timid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae  •  Hideyuki Aizawa
CAST:  Masaki Aiba  •  Erika Sawajiri  •  Akira Terao  •  Kaho Minami

Kenta Kurata (Masaki Aiba) lives with his father, Taichi (Akira Terao), his mother, Keiko (Kaho Minami), and his younger sister, Nana (Kasumi Arimura) in an isolated home in the suburbs. He works as an unpopular commercial designer. Kenta Kurata possesses a timid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae  •  Hideyuki Aizawa
CAST:  Masaki Aiba  •  Erika Sawajiri  •  Akira Terao  •  Kaho Minami