Mikihisa Azuma

Swimming Upstream (1990)

One day after school, Kaoru glances at Sonoko at the pool side. He falls in love with her at first sight and decides to join the swimming team even though he cannot swim.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jōji Matsuoka
CAST:  Michitaka Tsutsui  •  Saki Takaoka  •  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Kazuko Shirakawa

One day after school, Kaoru glances at Sonoko at the pool side. He falls in love with her at first sight and decides to join the swimming team even though he cannot swim.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jōji Matsuoka
CAST:  Michitaka Tsutsui  •  Saki Takaoka  •  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Kazuko Shirakawa

Nin x Nin: The Ninja Star Hattori (2004)

Kanzo Hattori, an apprentice Ninja, leaves his home town of Iga for his final training. He must go to the city of Edo (Tokyo), and the first person he meets shall be his master, whom he must protect with his life, whilst upholding the ninja code. Also while in Edo, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suzuki
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Rena Tanaka  •  Gori  •  Yuri Chinen

Kanzo Hattori, an apprentice Ninja, leaves his home town of Iga for his final training. He must go to the city of Edo (Tokyo), and the first person he meets shall be his master, whom he must protect with his life, whilst upholding the ninja code. Also while in Edo, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suzuki
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Rena Tanaka  •  Gori  •  Yuri Chinen

BEST GUY (1990)

Two pilots compete to be the best jet fighter. A commander with a troublesome past, a female director who wants a good scoop, a competition that is looking for their best guy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōru Murakawa
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Naomi Zaizen  •  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Masato Furuoya

Two pilots compete to be the best jet fighter. A commander with a troublesome past, a female director who wants a good scoop, a competition that is looking for their best guy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōru Murakawa
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Naomi Zaizen  •  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Masato Furuoya

Circumstances (2011)

Youko and Harumi have been friends since youth as their life circumstances were similar. Youko ends up marrying a politician and publishes a successful picture book basen on Harumi's life, when her son suddenly gets abducted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Ikki Sawamura  •  Ryo  •  Mikihisa Azuma

Youko and Harumi have been friends since youth as their life circumstances were similar. Youko ends up marrying a politician and publishes a successful picture book basen on Harumi's life, when her son suddenly gets abducted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Ikki Sawamura  •  Ryo  •  Mikihisa Azuma

Fate (2004)

Wagura Yusaku unwillingly broke up with his first love in high school and became a policeman after years of struggle. Ten years later, the suspect of a murder case appeared to be his previous rival, Uryu Akihiko, who peculiarly had became the husband of his first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Naohito Fujiki  •  Takashi Kashiwabara  •  Manami Honjo  •  Satomi Tezuka

Wagura Yusaku unwillingly broke up with his first love in high school and became a policeman after years of struggle. Ten years later, the suspect of a murder case appeared to be his previous rival, Uryu Akihiko, who peculiarly had became the husband of his first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Naohito Fujiki  •  Takashi Kashiwabara  •  Manami Honjo  •  Satomi Tezuka

The Seven Chefs (1997)

Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the help of his close friend Kinu, Ryuji must complete the training of Wataru — the apprentice chosen by his late teacher to become the next master chef — in the art of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Koji Matoba  •  Miki Sakai

Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the help of his close friend Kinu, Ryuji must complete the training of Wataru — the apprentice chosen by his late teacher to become the next master chef — in the art of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Koji Matoba  •  Miki Sakai

Abare Bunya (1998)

Based on Tetsuya Saruwatari's manga series about a reporter who gets assigned to a serial murder case involving schoolgirls who engage in "compensated dating".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nasu
CAST:  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Riki Takeuchi  •  Chiharu Komatsu  •  Kensaku Maeda

Based on Tetsuya Saruwatari's manga series about a reporter who gets assigned to a serial murder case involving schoolgirls who engage in "compensated dating".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nasu
CAST:  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Riki Takeuchi  •  Chiharu Komatsu  •  Kensaku Maeda

Akumyoh (2001)

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DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Koji Matoba  •  Mikihisa Azuma

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DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Koji Matoba  •  Mikihisa Azuma

The Housekeeper (2012)

Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family of six. The father, Tatsuya, is the head of a university hospital's department of internal medicine. He lives with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Kimiko Yo  •  Saki Takaoka  •  Mikihisa Azuma

Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family of six. The father, Tatsuya, is the head of a university hospital's department of internal medicine. He lives with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidetomo Matsuda
CAST:  Ryoko Yonekura  •  Kimiko Yo  •  Saki Takaoka  •  Mikihisa Azuma

BIOHAZARD THE EXPERIENCE (2017)

Thirteen men and women wake up in a mansion, not knowing who each other is or why they have been abducted. To escape from the mansion, infested by Zombies, they must work together but cannot set aside their suspicions that one or more of their number is involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Kobayashi  •  Katsuhide Suzuki
CAST:  Ryusei Yokohama  •  Mariko Shinoda  •  Raychell  •  Kido Yuya

Thirteen men and women wake up in a mansion, not knowing who each other is or why they have been abducted. To escape from the mansion, infested by Zombies, they must work together but cannot set aside their suspicions that one or more of their number is involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Kobayashi  •  Katsuhide Suzuki
CAST:  Ryusei Yokohama  •  Mariko Shinoda  •  Raychell  •  Kido Yuya

Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder ... (2001)

A woman is discovered strangled inside a car, and Inspector Muta of the Yamashita police station hurries to the scene! The relationship between the murdered woman and a suspect whom the new Assistant Inspector, Iwaki, has been pursuing for one year will soon become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsugunobu Kotani
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Haruka Sugata  •  Megumi Kobayashi  •  Hidemi Maruyama

A woman is discovered strangled inside a car, and Inspector Muta of the Yamashita police station hurries to the scene! The relationship between the murdered woman and a suspect whom the new Assistant Inspector, Iwaki, has been pursuing for one year will soon become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsugunobu Kotani
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Haruka Sugata  •  Megumi Kobayashi  •  Hidemi Maruyama

Where Florence Sleeps (2016)

In order to get to a lost gem, a bastard son of a wealthy family is forced to kidnap the company president.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Kobayashi  •  Katsuto Kobayashi
CAST:  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Yuki Sakurai

In order to get to a lost gem, a bastard son of a wealthy family is forced to kidnap the company president.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Kobayashi  •  Katsuto Kobayashi
CAST:  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Yuki Sakurai

9-NINE (2000)

Adventures and romances of a young pool hustler in Shibuya.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideyuki Katsuki
CAST:  Maho Toyota  •  Mickey Curtis  •  Tomohisa Yuge  •  Mikihisa Azuma

Adventures and romances of a young pool hustler in Shibuya.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideyuki Katsuki
CAST:  Maho Toyota  •  Mickey Curtis  •  Tomohisa Yuge  •  Mikihisa Azuma

Ibu wa hatsukoi no yō ni (1991)

An office lady (Yasuko Tomita) who has a bitter memory of Christmas Eve breaks up with her affair partner (Shoji Sadaoka) and finds a new love.  (more)

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CAST:  Yasuko Tomita  •  Naho Toda  •  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Takako Tokiwa

An office lady (Yasuko Tomita) who has a bitter memory of Christmas Eve breaks up with her affair partner (Shoji Sadaoka) and finds a new love.  (more)

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CAST:  Yasuko Tomita  •  Naho Toda  •  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Takako Tokiwa

James Yama no Riran (1992)

The love between a young man and an older woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuaki Izaki
CAST:  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Yûko Natori

The love between a young man and an older woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuaki Izaki
CAST:  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Yûko Natori

Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor (2016)

Shinichi Tominaga is a prosecutor, newly appointed to the special investigation division for the Tokyo district prosecutors' office. He is currently busy with a case involving suspicious donations to powerful politician Yohei Tachibana. Shinichi then receives a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Saki Aibu  •  Ken Tanaka  •  Ryo Tamura

Shinichi Tominaga is a prosecutor, newly appointed to the special investigation division for the Tokyo district prosecutors' office. He is currently busy with a case involving suspicious donations to powerful politician Yohei Tachibana. Shinichi then receives a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Saki Aibu  •  Ken Tanaka  •  Ryo Tamura

Akumyoh 2 (2001)

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DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Koji Matoba  •  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Atsuko Sakurai  •  Tamao Sato

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DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Koji Matoba  •  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Atsuko Sakurai  •  Tamao Sato

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DIRECTION:  Junichi Mimura
CAST:  Mahiro Takasugi  •  Ayame Gouriki  •  Mayu Tsuruta  •  Shigeki Hosokawa