Rosa Kato

Detroit Metal City (2008)

Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon emperor" Johannes Krauser ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Lee
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Rosa Kato  •  Ryuji Akiyama

Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon emperor" Johannes Krauser ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Lee
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Rosa Kato  •  Ryuji Akiyama

Catch a Wave (2006)

Three high school students decide to challenge the legendary surf at Shonan Beach.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuyuki Takahashi
CAST:  Haruma Miura  •  Rosa Kato  •  Ryô Kimura  •  Gaku Hamada

Three high school students decide to challenge the legendary surf at Shonan Beach.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuyuki Takahashi
CAST:  Haruma Miura  •  Rosa Kato  •  Ryô Kimura  •  Gaku Hamada

Smile (2007)

Heartwarming human drama about a former tap dancer who trades in his tap shoes to woo a figure skating instructor. But by a twist of fate, he finds himself coaching a local ice hockey team of hapless youths and leading them to a championship  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takanori Jinnai
CAST:  Rosa Kato  •  Morooka Moro  •  Yoshiko Tanaka  •  Kei Tani

Heartwarming human drama about a former tap dancer who trades in his tap shoes to woo a figure skating instructor. But by a twist of fate, he finds himself coaching a local ice hockey team of hapless youths and leading them to a championship  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takanori Jinnai
CAST:  Rosa Kato  •  Morooka Moro  •  Yoshiko Tanaka  •  Kei Tani

Tokyo Tower (2005)

Toru Kojima and his friend Koji are young student boys with one thing in common - they both love to date older women. Koji is a playboy with several women, young and older, whereas Toru is a romantic with his heart set on on certain lady.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Minamoto
CAST:  Hitomi Kuroki  •  Junichi Okada  •  Jun Matsumoto  •  Shinobu Terajima

Toru Kojima and his friend Koji are young student boys with one thing in common - they both love to date older women. Koji is a playboy with several women, young and older, whereas Toru is a romantic with his heart set on on certain lady.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Minamoto
CAST:  Hitomi Kuroki  •  Junichi Okada  •  Jun Matsumoto  •  Shinobu Terajima

Unfair: the movie (2007)

When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption and finds herself in grave danger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshinori Kobayashi
CAST:  Ryoko Shinohara  •  Sadawo Abe  •  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Kippei Shiina

When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption and finds herself in grave danger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshinori Kobayashi
CAST:  Ryoko Shinohara  •  Sadawo Abe  •  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Kippei Shiina

Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (2007)

Ash and friends (this time accompanied by newcomer Dawn) arrive at an idyllic village on their way to their next Pokemon contest, where chaos will soon erupt with the prophecy of two Pokemon Gods (Dialga and Palkia) and the arrival of a mysterious, seemingly deadly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kunihiko Yuyama
CAST:  Rica Matsumoto  •  Ikue Otani  •  Yuji Ueda  •  Megumi Toyoguchi

Ash and friends (this time accompanied by newcomer Dawn) arrive at an idyllic village on their way to their next Pokemon contest, where chaos will soon erupt with the prophecy of two Pokemon Gods (Dialga and Palkia) and the arrival of a mysterious, seemingly deadly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kunihiko Yuyama
CAST:  Rica Matsumoto  •  Ikue Otani  •  Yuji Ueda  •  Megumi Toyoguchi

A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth (2006)

Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought together by chance when they inadvertently team up to thwart a bank robbery. Recognizing the potential of their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Takao Osawa  •  Shota Matsuda  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Koichi Sato

Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought together by chance when they inadvertently team up to thwart a bank robbery. Recognizing the potential of their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsu Maeda
CAST:  Takao Osawa  •  Shota Matsuda  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Koichi Sato

Girl (2012)

"Girls" follows four beautiful women and depicts the troubles found in their love lives and work place. Yukiko Takigawa (Karina) works at a big advertising firm and has a good looking boyfriend. Seiko Takeda is married and has no children. She works at a large real ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Fukagawa
CAST:  Karina  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Michiko Kichise  •  Yuka Itaya

"Girls" follows four beautiful women and depicts the troubles found in their love lives and work place. Yukiko Takigawa (Karina) works at a big advertising firm and has a good looking boyfriend. Seiko Takeda is married and has no children. She works at a large real ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Fukagawa
CAST:  Karina  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Michiko Kichise  •  Yuka Itaya

Door To Door (2009)

Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but threw all of his effort into working as a door-to-door salesman. Despite the pain attributed to his cerebral palsy, he walked eight to ten miles a day to meet his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Yoshida
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Rosa Kato  •  Ikkei Watanabe  •  Akio Kaneda

Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but threw all of his effort into working as a door-to-door salesman. Despite the pain attributed to his cerebral palsy, he walked eight to ten miles a day to meet his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Yoshida
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Rosa Kato  •  Ikkei Watanabe  •  Akio Kaneda

Faraway Heaven (2008)

Chizuru, a typical Japanese young female office worker, is socially clumsy, poor at romance and unhappy with her job. Being weary from a busy and stressful city life, she seriously desires to end her life somewhere faraway from the city and leaves for deep in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiko Nagasawa
CAST:  Rosa Kato  •  Yoshimi Tokui  •  Sabu Kawahara  •  Kaku Tomohiro

Chizuru, a typical Japanese young female office worker, is socially clumsy, poor at romance and unhappy with her job. Being weary from a busy and stressful city life, she seriously desires to end her life somewhere faraway from the city and leaves for deep in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiko Nagasawa
CAST:  Rosa Kato  •  Yoshimi Tokui  •  Sabu Kawahara  •  Kaku Tomohiro

Simsons (2006)

Four Japanese girls, 3 totally inept at the sport, come together to form a curling team in Northern Japan. The town is famous for scallops and curling, and peoples' status in this little fishing village is based on their curling abilities. The girls do little, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Satoh
CAST:  Rosa Kato  •  Mina Fujii  •  Nanase Hoshii  •  Seiko Iwaido

Four Japanese girls, 3 totally inept at the sport, come together to form a curling team in Northern Japan. The town is famous for scallops and curling, and peoples' status in this little fishing village is based on their curling abilities. The girls do little, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Satoh
CAST:  Rosa Kato  •  Mina Fujii  •  Nanase Hoshii  •  Seiko Iwaido

Night Time Picnic (2006)

Takako's high school has a unique tradition. Every year, the school's 1000 students walk 80 kilometers in 24 hours. As this is her final year of high school, Takako decides to work up the courage to talk to her stepbrother You, whom she has never spoken to before. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiko Nagasawa
CAST:  Mikako Tabe  •  Takuya Ishida  •  Kaku Tomohiro  •  Aki Nishihara

Takako's high school has a unique tradition. Every year, the school's 1000 students walk 80 kilometers in 24 hours. As this is her final year of high school, Takako decides to work up the courage to talk to her stepbrother You, whom she has never spoken to before. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiko Nagasawa
CAST:  Mikako Tabe  •  Takuya Ishida  •  Kaku Tomohiro  •  Aki Nishihara

Ichiban kirei na mizu (2006)

The story is a variation on the Tom Hanks classic "Big," but instead of a boy finding himself in a man's body, a sick girl falls asleep one day and does not wake up again for 11 years. In the meantime, her baby sister, Natsumi (Rio Kanno), grows up to become a very ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Usui
CAST:  Rosa Kato  •  Rio Kanno  •  Karie Kahimi  •  Kaho Minami

The story is a variation on the Tom Hanks classic "Big," but instead of a boy finding himself in a man's body, a sick girl falls asleep one day and does not wake up again for 11 years. In the meantime, her baby sister, Natsumi (Rio Kanno), grows up to become a very ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Usui
CAST:  Rosa Kato  •  Rio Kanno  •  Karie Kahimi  •  Kaho Minami

Preparing For the Picnic (2006)

A collection of shorts spun off from the movie "Night Time Picnic" that take place on the day before the movie's events. On the last day of high school, ten young people explore their feelings while participating in a "walking festival" in which 1000 people walk 80 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta  •  Ten Shimoyama  •  Masayuki Miyano  •  Masahiko Nagasawa  •  Satoshi Isaka  •  Takayoshi Watanabe
CAST:  Rosa Kato  •  Mikako Tabe  •  Narumi Konno  •  Ryosei Tayama

A collection of shorts spun off from the movie "Night Time Picnic" that take place on the day before the movie's events. On the last day of high school, ten young people explore their feelings while participating in a "walking festival" in which 1000 people walk 80 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta  •  Ten Shimoyama  •  Masayuki Miyano  •  Masahiko Nagasawa  •  Satoshi Isaka  •  Takayoshi Watanabe
CAST:  Rosa Kato  •  Mikako Tabe  •  Narumi Konno  •  Ryosei Tayama

A Day Beyond the Horizon (2005)

The daily lives of troubled youth in Okinawa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Tanno
CAST:  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Rosa Kato  •  Akihiko Nago  •  Nao Omori

The daily lives of troubled youth in Okinawa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Tanno
CAST:  Yuta Hiraoka  •  Rosa Kato  •  Akihiko Nago  •  Nao Omori

Perfect Blue (2010)

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DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Rosa Kato  •  Aoi Nakamura  •  Kanji Tsuda  •  Mantaro Koichi

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DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Rosa Kato  •  Aoi Nakamura  •  Kanji Tsuda  •  Mantaro Koichi

Nagi's Island (2022)

After her parents’ divorce, ten-year-old Nagi moves with her mother to a small island in Setouchi. Traumatic visions of her alcoholic father Shimao abusing her mother trigger panic attacks. She slowly regains her ability to smile, while trying to help the islanders ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiko Nagasawa
CAST:  Chise Niitsu  •  Haruka Shimazaki  •  Kousei Yuki  •  Rosa Kato

After her parents’ divorce, ten-year-old Nagi moves with her mother to a small island in Setouchi. Traumatic visions of her alcoholic father Shimao abusing her mother trigger panic attacks. She slowly regains her ability to smile, while trying to help the islanders ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiko Nagasawa
CAST:  Chise Niitsu  •  Haruka Shimazaki  •  Kousei Yuki  •  Rosa Kato

Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 2008 Summer Special (2008)

Summer 2008 special of Scary True Stories (Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta
CAST:  Sho Takada  •  Rosa Kato  •  Kurumi Shimizu  •  Reiko Tajima

Summer 2008 special of Scary True Stories (Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta
CAST:  Sho Takada  •  Rosa Kato  •  Kurumi Shimizu  •  Reiko Tajima