Runa Endo

Parade (2010)

The story of a strange living situation in a 2LDK apartment in suburban Tokyo. There are five residents ranging in age from eighteen to twenty-eight. They are not in any way romantically involved with one another, but one can see subtle hints of affection and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Kento Hayashi  •  Keisuke Koide

The story of a strange living situation in a 2LDK apartment in suburban Tokyo. There are five residents ranging in age from eighteen to twenty-eight. They are not in any way romantically involved with one another, but one can see subtle hints of affection and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Kento Hayashi  •  Keisuke Koide

Guilty of Romance (2011)

A detective probes the brutal murder of a woman in a red light district while a housewife hides her double life as a prostitute from her husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Miki Mizuno  •  Makoto Togashi  •  Megumi Kagurazaka  •  Satoshi Nikaido

A detective probes the brutal murder of a woman in a red light district while a housewife hides her double life as a prostitute from her husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Miki Mizuno  •  Makoto Togashi  •  Megumi Kagurazaka  •  Satoshi Nikaido

Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)

A girl, Yūri Kurahashi, after watching a cursed videotape together with her friend in a haunted house, becomes trapped in a conflict between the two murderous ghosts: Sadako Yamamura and Kayako Saeki  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Shiraishi
CAST:  Mizuki Yamamoto  •  Tina Tamashiro  •  Masahiro Koumoto  •  Aimi Satsukawa

A girl, Yūri Kurahashi, after watching a cursed videotape together with her friend in a haunted house, becomes trapped in a conflict between the two murderous ghosts: Sadako Yamamura and Kayako Saeki  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Shiraishi
CAST:  Mizuki Yamamoto  •  Tina Tamashiro  •  Masahiro Koumoto  •  Aimi Satsukawa

I Am a Hero (2016)

Hideo Suzuki is a 35-year-old mangaka assistant, whose life seem to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange hallucinations and unsatisfying relationships. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, has low ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Sato
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Kasumi Arimura  •  Masami Nagasawa  •  Nana Katase

Hideo Suzuki is a 35-year-old mangaka assistant, whose life seem to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange hallucinations and unsatisfying relationships. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, has low ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Sato
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Kasumi Arimura  •  Masami Nagasawa  •  Nana Katase

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (2012)

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, this boldly erotic yet movingly tender portrait of a group of vulnerable, variously wounded people — a depressed housewife, her high-school-aged lover, and his best friend, who is struggling to provide for himself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Tomoko Tabata  •  Mieko Harada  •  Takahiro Miura

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, this boldly erotic yet movingly tender portrait of a group of vulnerable, variously wounded people — a depressed housewife, her high-school-aged lover, and his best friend, who is struggling to provide for himself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Tomoko Tabata  •  Mieko Harada  •  Takahiro Miura

The Extremists' Opera (2016)

When theater director Naoko (Saori) holds auditions for the first production of her newly established all-female theater troupe, she is mesmerized by Haru (Arisa Nakamura), who barges into the old garage where they rehearse. Naoko chooses Haru to be the lead as she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junko Emoto
CAST:  Saori  •  Arisa Nakamura  •  Yuki Sakurai  •  Yuka Masuda

When theater director Naoko (Saori) holds auditions for the first production of her newly established all-female theater troupe, she is mesmerized by Haru (Arisa Nakamura), who barges into the old garage where they rehearse. Naoko chooses Haru to be the lead as she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junko Emoto
CAST:  Saori  •  Arisa Nakamura  •  Yuki Sakurai  •  Yuka Masuda