Kami Hiraiwa

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One Million Yen Girl (2008)

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Pierre Taki  •  Terunosuke Takezai  •  Ryusei Saito

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Yu Aoi  •  Pierre Taki  •  Terunosuke Takezai  •  Ryusei Saito

Nuigulumar Z (2014)

A gothic lolita merges with a teddy bear to fight zombies and save the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Iguchi
CAST:  Shoko Nakagawa  •  Jiji Bû  •  Rina Takeda  •  Mao Ichimichi

A gothic lolita merges with a teddy bear to fight zombies and save the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Iguchi
CAST:  Shoko Nakagawa  •  Jiji Bû  •  Rina Takeda  •  Mao Ichimichi

Princess in an Iron Helmet (2006)

Tamako is 20 years old, lives at home with her mother (Kishimoto Kayoko) and teenaged brother, and simply refuses to grow up. Ever since her father left the family, she's stopped trusting people, and now lounges around in her own small, claustrophobic world. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaze Shindo
CAST:  Maiko Yamada  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Kayoko Kishimoto  •  Mickey Curtis

Tamako is 20 years old, lives at home with her mother (Kishimoto Kayoko) and teenaged brother, and simply refuses to grow up. Ever since her father left the family, she's stopped trusting people, and now lounges around in her own small, claustrophobic world. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaze Shindo
CAST:  Maiko Yamada  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Kayoko Kishimoto  •  Mickey Curtis

Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series (2006)

After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost form however only his most trusted friends can see him, and his meddling in the lives of the living results in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fuminori Kaneko
CAST:  Junichi Okada  •  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Sho Sakurai  •  Yoshinori Okada

After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost form however only his most trusted friends can see him, and his meddling in the lives of the living results in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fuminori Kaneko
CAST:  Junichi Okada  •  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Sho Sakurai  •  Yoshinori Okada

Happy Flight (2008)

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Haruka Ayase  •  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Shinobu Terajima

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Haruka Ayase  •  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Shinobu Terajima

Adrift in Tokyo (2007)

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Joe Odagiri  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Miki
CAST:  Joe Odagiri  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka

Welcome to the Quiet Room (2007)

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Yuki Uchida  •  Yu Aoi  •  Ryo  •  Yuko Nakamura

28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Yuki Uchida  •  Yu Aoi  •  Ryo  •  Yuko Nakamura

Love My Life (2006)

Beautiful

Ichiko and Eri are two beautiful Japanese Uni students who are in a lesbian relationship. Ichiko comes out to her father who tells her he is also gay and her mother was a lesbian.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kôji Kawano
CAST:  Rei Yoshii  •  Asami Imajuku  •  Takamasa Suga  •  Issey Takahashi

Ichiko and Eri are two beautiful Japanese Uni students who are in a lesbian relationship. Ichiko comes out to her father who tells her he is also gay and her mother was a lesbian.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kôji Kawano
CAST:  Rei Yoshii  •  Asami Imajuku  •  Takamasa Suga  •  Issey Takahashi

At the Terrace (2016)

A gaunt, middle-aged man barely recovered from a serious illness, an awkward company employee, the hosts’ likable son, who comes home late — each of the men on the terrace are captivated by Haruko’s pale, white arms, inflaming the jealousy of the company director’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Yamauchi
CAST:  Kei Ishibashi  •  Kami Hiraiwa  •  Ryuta Furuya  •  Kenji Iwaya

A gaunt, middle-aged man barely recovered from a serious illness, an awkward company employee, the hosts’ likable son, who comes home late — each of the men on the terrace are captivated by Haruko’s pale, white arms, inflaming the jealousy of the company director’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Yamauchi
CAST:  Kei Ishibashi  •  Kami Hiraiwa  •  Ryuta Furuya  •  Kenji Iwaya

Her Father, My Lover (2015)

Taeko’s friend Maya confesses that she has a crush on Taeko's father. Taeko tells her father and mother. Taeko's mother laughs and Taeko's father acts like its not a big deal. Since then, Maya rushes to Taeko's father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Yamauchi
CAST:  Mitsuru Fukikoshi  •  Yukino Kishii  •  Wako Ando  •  Kei Ishibashi

Taeko’s friend Maya confesses that she has a crush on Taeko's father. Taeko tells her father and mother. Taeko's mother laughs and Taeko's father acts like its not a big deal. Since then, Maya rushes to Taeko's father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Yamauchi
CAST:  Mitsuru Fukikoshi  •  Yukino Kishii  •  Wako Ando  •  Kei Ishibashi

Otakus in Love (2004)

Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Wakana Sakai  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Hijiri Kojima

Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Wakana Sakai  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Hijiri Kojima

Honnouji Hotel (2017)

In Kyoto, Mayuko (Haruka Ayase) stands at a crossroad in her life. She's thinking about marriage with her boyfriend Kyoichi (Hiroyuki Hirayama). By an accidental opportunity, Mayuko stays at Honnouji Hotel. There, she meets historical figure Nobunaga Oda (Shinichi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suzuki
CAST:  Haruka Ayase  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

In Kyoto, Mayuko (Haruka Ayase) stands at a crossroad in her life. She's thinking about marriage with her boyfriend Kyoichi (Hiroyuki Hirayama). By an accidental opportunity, Mayuko stays at Honnouji Hotel. There, she meets historical figure Nobunaga Oda (Shinichi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suzuki
CAST:  Haruka Ayase  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (2018)

A police detective Shoukokuji Ryuuya from the first section of Metropolitan Police Department is tasked to investigate the murder case of a woman which takes place at a grand party held by a big-time actress but faces the hurdle of finding the true culprit among ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Ikki Sawamura  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa  •  Erena Mizusawa  •  Naomi Zaizen

A police detective Shoukokuji Ryuuya from the first section of Metropolitan Police Department is tasked to investigate the murder case of a woman which takes place at a grand party held by a big-time actress but faces the hurdle of finding the true culprit among ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Ikki Sawamura  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa  •  Erena Mizusawa  •  Naomi Zaizen

On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020)

When you're a bored teenager looking for thrills, sometimes the only thing you can turn to is rock 'n roll. Having no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, a feared trio of high school delinquents nevertheless decide they are destined for musical glory in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Iwaisawa
CAST:  Shintaro Sakamoto  •  Ren Komai  •  Tomoya Maeno  •  Tateto Serizawa

When you're a bored teenager looking for thrills, sometimes the only thing you can turn to is rock 'n roll. Having no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, a feared trio of high school delinquents nevertheless decide they are destined for musical glory in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Iwaisawa
CAST:  Shintaro Sakamoto  •  Ren Komai  •  Tomoya Maeno  •  Tateto Serizawa

Family of Strangers (2019)

Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from the criminal to merely asocial. That should be that, but soon matters take a darker turn when a corpse turns up and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideyuki Hirayama
CAST:  Nana Komatsu  •  Tsurube Shofukutei  •  Go Ayano  •  Ryota Bando

Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from the criminal to merely asocial. That should be that, but soon matters take a darker turn when a corpse turns up and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideyuki Hirayama
CAST:  Nana Komatsu  •  Tsurube Shofukutei  •  Go Ayano  •  Ryota Bando

The Wife of Gegege (2010)

A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult before he finds success, but at least they're together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuji Suzuki
CAST:  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Kankuro Kudo  •  Maki Sakai  •  Jun Murakami

A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult before he finds success, but at least they're together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuji Suzuki
CAST:  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Kankuro Kudo  •  Maki Sakai  •  Jun Murakami

エロスの果て (2001)

A boy genius named "Kadokawa" invents the ultimate anesthetic for SM play. Kadokawa's madness is turned into reality by his childhood friends Oyamada and Saigo. "A near-future science fiction work that will burn out the "endless everyday life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Kankuro Kudo  •  Shoko Ikezu  •  Shima Ise

A boy genius named "Kadokawa" invents the ultimate anesthetic for SM play. Kadokawa's madness is turned into reality by his childhood friends Oyamada and Saigo. "A near-future science fiction work that will burn out the "endless everyday life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Kankuro Kudo  •  Shoko Ikezu  •  Shima Ise

London no Yamamoto Isoroku (2021)

In 1934 (Showa 9), Maj. Gen. Yamamoto Isoroku was ordered to be the chief representative of the preliminary negotiations for the Disarmament Conference to be held in London. If negotiations break down and Japan becomes isolated from the international community, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ohara Taku
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Kengo Kora  •  Ainosuke Kataoka  •  Jun Kunimura

In 1934 (Showa 9), Maj. Gen. Yamamoto Isoroku was ordered to be the chief representative of the preliminary negotiations for the Disarmament Conference to be held in London. If negotiations break down and Japan becomes isolated from the international community, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ohara Taku
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Kengo Kora  •  Ainosuke Kataoka  •  Jun Kunimura

Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei (2022)

Tsuda Umeko was born in December 31, 1864 and became a pioneer in women's eductation. In 1871, Tsuda Umeko, with her father's recommendation, went to the United States to study at the age of 6. She was the youngest of the group of females to travel there. They ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Meiji Fujita
CAST:  Suzu Hirose  •  Elaiza Ikeda  •  Yui Sakuma  •  Miyazawa Emma

Tsuda Umeko was born in December 31, 1864 and became a pioneer in women's eductation. In 1871, Tsuda Umeko, with her father's recommendation, went to the United States to study at the age of 6. She was the youngest of the group of females to travel there. They ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Meiji Fujita
CAST:  Suzu Hirose  •  Elaiza Ikeda  •  Yui Sakuma  •  Miyazawa Emma

Tsuyukusa (2022)

Middle-aged Fumi lives a quiet seaside life, she spends her days working at a small local factory, spending time with her neighbor’s son, and attending her sober-lifestyle group. One night while driving home her car is struck by a small meteorite, the odds of which ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideyuki Hirayama
CAST:  Satomi Kobayashi  •  Yutaka Matsushige  •  Kami Hiraiwa  •  Taiyo Saito

Middle-aged Fumi lives a quiet seaside life, she spends her days working at a small local factory, spending time with her neighbor’s son, and attending her sober-lifestyle group. One night while driving home her car is struck by a small meteorite, the odds of which ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideyuki Hirayama
CAST:  Satomi Kobayashi  •  Yutaka Matsushige  •  Kami Hiraiwa  •  Taiyo Saito
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