Ippei Kanie

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)

In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisaku Kimura
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Yukiyoshi Ozawa  •  Hisashi Igawa

In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisaku Kimura
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Yukiyoshi Ozawa  •  Hisashi Igawa

Akai Tsuki (2004)

Namiko Morita, who lived in Otaru, moved to this area with her husband, Yutaro, and opened the brewery "Morita Brewery". Eventually, they succeeded in this business and lived happily while raising three children. However, in August 1945, the situation changed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Takako Tokiwa  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Tomoyasu Hotei

Namiko Morita, who lived in Otaru, moved to this area with her husband, Yutaro, and opened the brewery "Morita Brewery". Eventually, they succeeded in this business and lived happily while raising three children. However, in August 1945, the situation changed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Takako Tokiwa  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Tomoyasu Hotei

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

Rain of Light (2001)

This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time the police finally caught up with them, it was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Masato Hagiwara  •  Ren Osugi  •  Sansei Shiomi  •  Mansaku Ikeuchi

This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time the police finally caught up with them, it was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Masato Hagiwara  •  Ren Osugi  •  Sansei Shiomi  •  Mansaku Ikeuchi

Cursed Songs 2: Nu-Meri (2008)

There's something wrong at the Pacific Institute...something wrong and evil. For young Mari, whose family has worked in the finishing industry for generations, her studies in advanced genetics and marine bio-engineering represent not just her own future, but that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yûichi Kanemaru
CAST:  Ai Fukaya  •  Gō Ibuki  •  Ippei Kanie  •  Ayumi Kinoshita

There's something wrong at the Pacific Institute...something wrong and evil. For young Mari, whose family has worked in the finishing industry for generations, her studies in advanced genetics and marine bio-engineering represent not just her own future, but that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yûichi Kanemaru
CAST:  Ai Fukaya  •  Gō Ibuki  •  Ippei Kanie  •  Ayumi Kinoshita

Blossoms Bloom (2014)

Work life for Shunsuke Osaki has been success after success, but at some point his family began to slip by the wayside. As his elderly father begins to show signs of dementia, Shunsuke takes the family on a trip in a desperate attempt to pull them together before ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsutoshi Tanaka
CAST:  Naoto Ogata  •  Kaho Minami  •  Tatsuya Fuji  •  Karen Miyama

Work life for Shunsuke Osaki has been success after success, but at some point his family began to slip by the wayside. As his elderly father begins to show signs of dementia, Shunsuke takes the family on a trip in a desperate attempt to pull them together before ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsutoshi Tanaka
CAST:  Naoto Ogata  •  Kaho Minami  •  Tatsuya Fuji  •  Karen Miyama

The Eternal Fountain (2012)

The Eternal Founntain was broadcast as the Saturday Drama Special on NHK. Laywer Akio Yamauchi takes over the court-appointed attorney for Yoji Kuramoto who confesses to murdering his wife. While following Kuramoto's action in Yamanaka and being sure of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Akira Terao  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Koji Yamamoto

The Eternal Founntain was broadcast as the Saturday Drama Special on NHK. Laywer Akio Yamauchi takes over the court-appointed attorney for Yoji Kuramoto who confesses to murdering his wife. While following Kuramoto's action in Yamanaka and being sure of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Nishitani
CAST:  Akira Terao  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Koji Yamamoto

10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal (2004)

Urushibara Kazuki heads to Kyoto to explore the secret of his wife, Saeko, who is hospitalized for terminal cancer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Inoue
CAST:  Ren Osugi  •  Mariko Fuji  •  Shinobu Terajima  •  Kenjirou Ishimaru

Urushibara Kazuki heads to Kyoto to explore the secret of his wife, Saeko, who is hospitalized for terminal cancer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Inoue
CAST:  Ren Osugi  •  Mariko Fuji  •  Shinobu Terajima  •  Kenjirou Ishimaru

Code of the Bandits (2011)

Bandit leader "Night Rabbit" Kakuemon has always kept the rule to "never kill, never rape, never steal from the poor", passed down to him by the gang's previous leader. He has never been arrested, and for that, he always thought he would have a peaceful death. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Inoue
CAST:  Baijaku Nakamura  •  Atsuo Nakamura  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Keiko Oginome

Bandit leader "Night Rabbit" Kakuemon has always kept the rule to "never kill, never rape, never steal from the poor", passed down to him by the gang's previous leader. He has never been arrested, and for that, he always thought he would have a peaceful death. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Inoue
CAST:  Baijaku Nakamura  •  Atsuo Nakamura  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Keiko Oginome

Cursed Songs: Chi-Manako (2008)

Misaki is a popular bar hostess whose policy is to 'live on presents'. She is haughty and wants nothing but the most expensive and exclusive. One night, she finds a rabbit and takes it home, setting off the story of an unimaginable tragedy. It is an 'animal panic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yûichi Kanemaru
CAST:  Masayuki Deai  •  Gohshuu  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Ken'ichi Ishii

Misaki is a popular bar hostess whose policy is to 'live on presents'. She is haughty and wants nothing but the most expensive and exclusive. One night, she finds a rabbit and takes it home, setting off the story of an unimaginable tragedy. It is an 'animal panic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yûichi Kanemaru
CAST:  Masayuki Deai  •  Gohshuu  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Ken'ichi Ishii