Kazuaki Hankai

Otona ni natta natsu (2012)

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DIRECTION:  Eichi Nagashima
CAST:  Kasumi Yamaya  •  Manami Enosawa  •  Kazuaki Hankai  •  Ran Ito

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DIRECTION:  Eichi Nagashima
CAST:  Kasumi Yamaya  •  Manami Enosawa  •  Kazuaki Hankai  •  Ran Ito

Quartet for Two (2001)

Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to enjoy living with a submissive husband. Minako, who works for a construction company, loves her job and is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoto Takenaka
CAST:  Naoto Takenaka  •  Yuki Amami  •  Sawa Suzuki  •  Hairi Katagiri

Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to enjoy living with a submissive husband. Minako, who works for a construction company, loves her job and is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoto Takenaka
CAST:  Naoto Takenaka  •  Yuki Amami  •  Sawa Suzuki  •  Hairi Katagiri

Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy (2002)

"Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy" centers around five friends who are residents in a Tokyo apartment complex. Now senior high school students, the five friends live the wild life in Harajuku before encountering unforeseen surprises.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Masaki Aiba  •  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Satoshi Ohno

"Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy" centers around five friends who are residents in a Tokyo apartment complex. Now senior high school students, the five friends live the wild life in Harajuku before encountering unforeseen surprises.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Masaki Aiba  •  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Satoshi Ohno

Saru Lock: The Movie (2010)

Saru is a talented young locksmith who unlocks any kind of lock. He is, however, a complete fool when it comes to women. One day a girl Mayumi asks him to open a safe full of stolen money. Knowing nothing about it, Saru takes the money briefcase with Mayumi and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Manami Higa  •  Manami Konishi  •  Sousuke Takaoka

Saru is a talented young locksmith who unlocks any kind of lock. He is, however, a complete fool when it comes to women. One day a girl Mayumi asks him to open a safe full of stolen money. Knowing nothing about it, Saru takes the money briefcase with Mayumi and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Manami Higa  •  Manami Konishi  •  Sousuke Takaoka

Be with You (2004)

When two souls find one another, nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji after the loss of wife and mother Mio. Yuji unfailingly remembers her promise to him: "I'll be with you again in a year's time, when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Doi
CAST:  Akashi Takei  •  Karen Miyama  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Yosuke Asari

When two souls find one another, nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji after the loss of wife and mother Mio. Yuji unfailingly remembers her promise to him: "I'll be with you again in a year's time, when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Doi
CAST:  Akashi Takei  •  Karen Miyama  •  Shido Nakamura  •  Yosuke Asari

Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy (2014)

Pikanchi Half is a spin-off of the two previous movies in the Pikanchi series, showing the five friends, now in their 30s, having a reunion as they are running into problems with family and work  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi  •  Hisashi Kimura
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Masaki Aiba  •  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Satoshi Ohno

Pikanchi Half is a spin-off of the two previous movies in the Pikanchi series, showing the five friends, now in their 30s, having a reunion as they are running into problems with family and work  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi  •  Hisashi Kimura
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Masaki Aiba  •  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Satoshi Ohno

Je t'aime: I Am a Beast (2008)

Yuka, a troubled young woman who suddenly begins working part-time as a high-class call girl, finds unexpected romance while on the job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiko Hoshida
CAST:  Sei Ashina  •  Masaya Kato  •  Masato Wada  •  Miho Karasawa

Yuka, a troubled young woman who suddenly begins working part-time as a high-class call girl, finds unexpected romance while on the job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiko Hoshida
CAST:  Sei Ashina  •  Masaya Kato  •  Masato Wada  •  Miho Karasawa

Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy (2004)

Sequel to the 2002 film Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy, starring members of boy band Arashi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Masaki Aiba  •  Masahiro Koumoto

Sequel to the 2002 film Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy, starring members of boy band Arashi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Masaki Aiba  •  Masahiro Koumoto

Sayonara Debussy - Pianist Tantei Misaki Yosuke (2016)

Yosuke Misaki used to be a promising prosecutor, but he suddenly quit his job. He begins a new career as a pianist. He knocks on the door of wealthy man Kentaro Katsuki who lives in a peaceful area of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. Kentaro Katsuki lives with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shintaro Sugawara
CAST:  Masahiro Higashide  •  Yuina Kuroshima  •  Shinji Takeda  •  Kinya Kitaoji

Yosuke Misaki used to be a promising prosecutor, but he suddenly quit his job. He begins a new career as a pianist. He knocks on the door of wealthy man Kentaro Katsuki who lives in a peaceful area of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. Kentaro Katsuki lives with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shintaro Sugawara
CAST:  Masahiro Higashide  •  Yuina Kuroshima  •  Shinji Takeda  •  Kinya Kitaoji

Sayonara Color (2005)

Shohei works as a doctor in a seaside hospital. One day, a new patient is admitted to the hospital with ovarian cancer. Shohei is surprised to recognize Michiko, his first love from high school. Shohei has been leading a dissolute bachelor life, paying for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoto Takenaka
CAST:  Naoto Takenaka  •  Tomoyo Harada  •  Yasunori Danta  •  Shoko Nakajima

Shohei works as a doctor in a seaside hospital. One day, a new patient is admitted to the hospital with ovarian cancer. Shohei is surprised to recognize Michiko, his first love from high school. Shohei has been leading a dissolute bachelor life, paying for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoto Takenaka
CAST:  Naoto Takenaka  •  Tomoyo Harada  •  Yasunori Danta  •  Shoko Nakajima

Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011 (2011)

While Suzaki Saika (Ashida Mana) is hospitalised for poor health, her father, Tamotsu (Totsugi Shigeyuki) feels torn that he has to leave here and go on a business trip. A portrait of Saika’s late mother is placed beside her bed. Her mother had died in exchange for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta  •  Tomonobu Moriwaki
CAST:  Mana Ashida  •  Kazuaki Hankai  •  Goro Inagaki  •  Yuma Nakayama

While Suzaki Saika (Ashida Mana) is hospitalised for poor health, her father, Tamotsu (Totsugi Shigeyuki) feels torn that he has to leave here and go on a business trip. A portrait of Saika’s late mother is placed beside her bed. Her mother had died in exchange for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta  •  Tomonobu Moriwaki
CAST:  Mana Ashida  •  Kazuaki Hankai  •  Goro Inagaki  •  Yuma Nakayama

Gold Woman (2016)

A female career banker shatters the glass ceiling of a mega bank by disclosing its shady business to light. Tamaki, the Gold Woman, has worked her way up to be appointed General Manager of the office regarded as the General Staff Headquar- ters of the Bank with an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nozomu Amemiya
CAST:  Koyuki  •  Honami Suzuki  •  Taro Suruga  •  Koji Yano

A female career banker shatters the glass ceiling of a mega bank by disclosing its shady business to light. Tamaki, the Gold Woman, has worked her way up to be appointed General Manager of the office regarded as the General Staff Headquar- ters of the Bank with an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nozomu Amemiya
CAST:  Koyuki  •  Honami Suzuki  •  Taro Suruga  •  Koji Yano

The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (2020)

A new interpretation of "Records of the Three Kingdoms," which is historical text of the three states of Wei, Shu, and Wu in China.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Satoshi Hashimoto  •  Tsutomu Takahashi

A new interpretation of "Records of the Three Kingdoms," which is historical text of the three states of Wei, Shu, and Wu in China.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Satoshi Hashimoto  •  Tsutomu Takahashi

Turning Tides (2013)

Former delinquent Hiroe leads a dreary existence. She meets a boy named Tatsutoshi whose younger sister was killed in a road accident and tries to cheer him up by creating a fake ritual to bring the dead back to life. To turn her deception into reality, she takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruaki Shoji
CAST:  Hanae Kan  •  Ryoya Shinoda  •  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Kazuaki Hankai

Former delinquent Hiroe leads a dreary existence. She meets a boy named Tatsutoshi whose younger sister was killed in a road accident and tries to cheer him up by creating a fake ritual to bring the dead back to life. To turn her deception into reality, she takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruaki Shoji
CAST:  Hanae Kan  •  Ryoya Shinoda  •  Tomomitsu Adachi  •  Kazuaki Hankai