Ikuji Nakamura

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Distance (2001)

On the eighth anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of those affected gather at the cult's former base on the shores of a lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Arata Iura  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Susumu Terajima  •  Yui Natsukawa

On the eighth anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of those affected gather at the cult's former base on the shores of a lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Arata Iura  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Susumu Terajima  •  Yui Natsukawa

Climber's High (2008)

On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Harada
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Masato Sakai  •  Machiko Ono  •  Masahiro Takashima

On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Harada
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Masato Sakai  •  Machiko Ono  •  Masahiro Takashima

Death Note: The Last Name (2006)

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In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Takeshi Kaga  •  Erika Toda  •  Shido Nakamura

In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Takeshi Kaga  •  Erika Toda  •  Shido Nakamura

Utsutsu (2002)

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DIRECTION:  Hisashi Tôma
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Nene Otsuka  •  Rie Miyazawa  •  Hijiri Kojima

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DIRECTION:  Hisashi Tôma
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Nene Otsuka  •  Rie Miyazawa  •  Hijiri Kojima

Aegis (2005)

The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways who kill the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Akira Terao  •  Koichi Sato  •  Kiichi Nakai

The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways who kill the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Akira Terao  •  Koichi Sato  •  Kiichi Nakai

Trick the Movie: Last Stage (2014)

Trade company employee Shinichi recommends to Naoko and Jiro to go to a beautiful place abroad. There, Naoko and Jiro meets tribal shaman and sees through her tricks. The shaman has refused to leave her place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Yukie Nakama  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Noriyuki Higashiyama  •  Namase Katsuhisa

Trade company employee Shinichi recommends to Naoko and Jiro to go to a beautiful place abroad. There, Naoko and Jiro meets tribal shaman and sees through her tricks. The shaman has refused to leave her place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Yukie Nakama  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Noriyuki Higashiyama  •  Namase Katsuhisa

Being Here (2001)

After being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach out again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiko Nagasawa
CAST:  Machiko Kochi  •  Masato Sakai  •  Natsuki Harada  •  Ikuji Nakamura

After being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach out again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiko Nagasawa
CAST:  Machiko Kochi  •  Masato Sakai  •  Natsuki Harada  •  Ikuji Nakamura

Platinum Data (2013)

Set in the year 2017, the Japanese government attempts to secretly control the DNA of its people. Ryuhei Kagura is a top scientist in the field of DNA analysis. He works at the DNA analysis institution run by the National Police Agency. When the inventor of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keishi Otomo
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Honami Suzuki  •  Namase Katsuhisa

Set in the year 2017, the Japanese government attempts to secretly control the DNA of its people. Ryuhei Kagura is a top scientist in the field of DNA analysis. He works at the DNA analysis institution run by the National Police Agency. When the inventor of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keishi Otomo
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Honami Suzuki  •  Namase Katsuhisa

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002)

A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics employee who rallies his coworkers to save their jobs by increasing sales. They do this by developing the VHS standard. They battle with Sony and their standard and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Ken Watanabe  •  Naoto Ogata  •  Ryoko Shinohara

A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics employee who rallies his coworkers to save their jobs by increasing sales. They do this by developing the VHS standard. They battle with Sony and their standard and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Ken Watanabe  •  Naoto Ogata  •  Ryoko Shinohara

A Homance (1986)

A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yūsaku Matsuda
CAST:  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Satomi Tezuka  •  Ryuji Katagiri  •  Tomoko Hirasawa

A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yūsaku Matsuda
CAST:  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Satomi Tezuka  •  Ryuji Katagiri  •  Tomoko Hirasawa

Cut (2011)

Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance his films, has been executed by his own yakuza gang for failing to repay his debts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amir Naderi
CAST:  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Takako Tokiwa  •  Takashi Sasano  •  Shun Sugata

Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance his films, has been executed by his own yakuza gang for failing to repay his debts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amir Naderi
CAST:  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Takako Tokiwa  •  Takashi Sasano  •  Shun Sugata

Phone Call to the Bar (2011)

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Koyuki  •  Toshiyuki Nishida

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Koyuki  •  Toshiyuki Nishida

Young Girls in Love (1986)

The story of a young girl's first love is told from the heroine's point of view. Surrounded by various people, she finally begins to awaken to her own feelings as a woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuki Ōmori
CAST:  Yuki Saito  •  Mamiko Takai  •  Haruko Sagara  •  Satomi Kobayashi

The story of a young girl's first love is told from the heroine's point of view. Surrounded by various people, she finally begins to awaken to her own feelings as a woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuki Ōmori
CAST:  Yuki Saito  •  Mamiko Takai  •  Haruko Sagara  •  Satomi Kobayashi

Hutch the Honeybee (2010)

Hutch the Honey Bee and friends set on an adventure to find Hutch's missing Queen Bee Mother, whom he lost during a surprise attack by a group of Hornets. In the process Hutch makes friends with various other animals. At a town called Sepiatown he even befriends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuro Amino
CAST:  Ayaka Saito  •  Ayaka Wilson  •  Naoki Tanaka  •  Kon Arimura

Hutch the Honey Bee and friends set on an adventure to find Hutch's missing Queen Bee Mother, whom he lost during a surprise attack by a group of Hornets. In the process Hutch makes friends with various other animals. At a town called Sepiatown he even befriends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuro Amino
CAST:  Ayaka Saito  •  Ayaka Wilson  •  Naoki Tanaka  •  Kon Arimura

MW (2009)

A live-action adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s mature manga masterpiece MW (pronounced “moo,” like a cow), created to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Tezuka. When a top secret chemical compound called MW infects an island near Okinawa, the military is sent in to kill ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Iwamoto
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Takayuki Yamada  •  Rio Yamashita  •  Toru Kazama

A live-action adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s mature manga masterpiece MW (pronounced “moo,” like a cow), created to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Tezuka. When a top secret chemical compound called MW infects an island near Okinawa, the military is sent in to kill ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Iwamoto
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Takayuki Yamada  •  Rio Yamashita  •  Toru Kazama

Half a Confession (2004)

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Akira Terao  •  Kyôhei Shibata  •  Mieko Harada  •  Hidetaka Yoshioka

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Akira Terao  •  Kyôhei Shibata  •  Mieko Harada  •  Hidetaka Yoshioka

Retribution (2006)

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows him, and he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Manami Konishi  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows him, and he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Manami Konishi  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

Time Trip App (2014)

In 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in Edo. Katsu Kaishu wants to avoid useless bloodshed and sends a peace envoy to Takamori Saigō, but Katsu Kaishu is unable to get a response from Takamori Saigō. One day, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Lee
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Haruna Kawaguchi

In 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in Edo. Katsu Kaishu wants to avoid useless bloodshed and sends a peace envoy to Takamori Saigō, but Katsu Kaishu is unable to get a response from Takamori Saigō. One day, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Lee
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Haruna Kawaguchi

Kikaider REBOOT (2014)

The movie is set in the near future, when the “ARK Project” has initiated a program to increase the quality of human life through the peaceful use of robots. Dr. Komyoji, the chief scientist on the project, has developed a process to create a robot with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Jingi Irie  •  Hirotaro Honda  •  Aimi Satsukawa  •  Yuta Ikeda

The movie is set in the near future, when the “ARK Project” has initiated a program to increase the quality of human life through the peaceful use of robots. Dr. Komyoji, the chief scientist on the project, has developed a process to create a robot with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Jingi Irie  •  Hirotaro Honda  •  Aimi Satsukawa  •  Yuta Ikeda

Scoop! (2016)

Shizuoka Miyakonojo is a middle-aged paparazzi photographer. His skills as a cameraman are good, but he gambles and is in debt. When he worked in the editorial department for weekly picture magazine 'Scoop!,' he landed numerous scoops. He now works as a freelance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi One
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Fumi Nikaido  •  Yoh Yoshida  •  Kenichi Takitoh

Shizuoka Miyakonojo is a middle-aged paparazzi photographer. His skills as a cameraman are good, but he gambles and is in debt. When he worked in the editorial department for weekly picture magazine 'Scoop!,' he landed numerous scoops. He now works as a freelance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi One
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Fumi Nikaido  •  Yoh Yoshida  •  Kenichi Takitoh
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