Ayako Yoshitani

Sleeping Bride (2000)

Sleeping Bride is the story of a girl, Yumi, who since birth, has never been awake. A boy called Yuuichi finds the girl in the hospital while he is a patient there. A nurse remarks that the girl is 'Sleeping Beauty', and Yuuichi believes that a kiss from a prince ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Nakata
CAST:  Risa Goto  •  Hiroki Kohara  •  Takaaki Enoki  •  Yûko Natori

Sleeping Bride is the story of a girl, Yumi, who since birth, has never been awake. A boy called Yuuichi finds the girl in the hospital while he is a patient there. A nurse remarks that the girl is 'Sleeping Beauty', and Yuuichi believes that a kiss from a prince ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Nakata
CAST:  Risa Goto  •  Hiroki Kohara  •  Takaaki Enoki  •  Yûko Natori

Keiho (1999)

The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan's criminal code granting diminished ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Naoki Sugiura

The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan's criminal code granting diminished ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Naoki Sugiura

Lost Harmony (2011)

Seven girls from the institute experiment, together with their teacher, a strange phenomenon when they are on their way to a camping area.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimasa Toki
CAST:  Alice Hirose  •  Sairi Ito  •  Kazuhiko Kanayama  •  Kazuyuki Matsuzawa

Seven girls from the institute experiment, together with their teacher, a strange phenomenon when they are on their way to a camping area.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimasa Toki
CAST:  Alice Hirose  •  Sairi Ito  •  Kazuhiko Kanayama  •  Kazuyuki Matsuzawa

Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)

Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Sato
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka  •  Kanata Hongo

Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Sato
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka  •  Kanata Hongo

Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night (2010)

Koichi takes care of his sister, who has recently returned from a trip abroad in the United States as she is not well. While caring for her, he records evidence of ghosts in their home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshikazu Nagae
CAST:  Aoi Nakamura  •  Noriko Aoyama  •  Kosuke Kujirai  •  Ayako Yoshitani

Koichi takes care of his sister, who has recently returned from a trip abroad in the United States as she is not well. While caring for her, he records evidence of ghosts in their home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshikazu Nagae
CAST:  Aoi Nakamura  •  Noriko Aoyama  •  Kosuke Kujirai  •  Ayako Yoshitani

Gantz (2010)

After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Sato
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Natsuna Watanabe  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka

After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Sato
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Natsuna Watanabe  •  Yuriko Yoshitaka

Locomotive Teacher (2004)

Seigo Yoshioka (Kenji Sakaguchi) is a teacher that became mute after a kendo accident. He feels lost after the accident and eventually decides to teach again on a small island where his mother was born. The children there on the island quickly name him "Kikansha ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Kenji Sakaguchi  •  Masaaki Sakai  •  Mitsuko Baisho  •  Nene Otsuka

Seigo Yoshioka (Kenji Sakaguchi) is a teacher that became mute after a kendo accident. He feels lost after the accident and eventually decides to teach again on a small island where his mother was born. The children there on the island quickly name him "Kikansha ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Kenji Sakaguchi  •  Masaaki Sakai  •  Mitsuko Baisho  •  Nene Otsuka

Initiation Love (2015)

Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Atsuko Maeda  •  Fumino Kimura  •  Takahiro Miura

Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Atsuko Maeda  •  Fumino Kimura  •  Takahiro Miura

To Walk Beside You (2009)

A 17-year-old country boy named Norio decides his only option is to follow his late parents’ example and commit suicide. After failing even at that, his 34-year-old English teacher Akemi convinces him that he should instead move to Tokyo with her and become a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii
CAST:  Toshiki Fujikawa  •  Sachiko Katsumata  •  Tomoya Maeno  •  Maki Meguro

A 17-year-old country boy named Norio decides his only option is to follow his late parents’ example and commit suicide. After failing even at that, his 34-year-old English teacher Akemi convinces him that he should instead move to Tokyo with her and become a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii
CAST:  Toshiki Fujikawa  •  Sachiko Katsumata  •  Tomoya Maeno  •  Maki Meguro

When a Tree Falls (2019)

A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the distraught father begins to look for answers into his son’s death, what appears to be a tragic accident turns out to have been the result of multiple blunders by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Mao Inoue  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Yukiya Kitamura

A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the distraught father begins to look for answers into his son’s death, what appears to be a tragic accident turns out to have been the result of multiple blunders by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Mao Inoue  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Yukiya Kitamura

TENBATSU (2010)

Yuki gets jealous of Ayami flirting with Yuki’s boyfriend on purpose. Yuki can’t handle the jealousy so she tries out a ritual to call out for divine punishment.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Ayako Yoshitani  •  Maria Yoshikawa  •  Maya Koizumi  •  Arisa Sekiya

Yuki gets jealous of Ayami flirting with Yuki’s boyfriend on purpose. Yuki can’t handle the jealousy so she tries out a ritual to call out for divine punishment.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Ayako Yoshitani  •  Maria Yoshikawa  •  Maya Koizumi  •  Arisa Sekiya