Aya Mizuno

Will to Live (1999)

It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaneto Shindō
CAST:  Rentaro Mikuni  •  Akira Emoto  •  Hideko Yoshida  •  Shinobu Otake

It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaneto Shindō
CAST:  Rentaro Mikuni  •  Akira Emoto  •  Hideko Yoshida  •  Shinobu Otake

Haru (1996)

A young Tokyo businessman joins an online movie forum and develops a special bond with one of its members through back and forth e-mails.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Eri Fukatsu  •  Seiyo Uchino  •  Sei Hiraizumi  •  Noriko Kojima

A young Tokyo businessman joins an online movie forum and develops a special bond with one of its members through back and forth e-mails.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Eri Fukatsu  •  Seiyo Uchino  •  Sei Hiraizumi  •  Noriko Kojima

Ring (1995)

In different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chisui Takigawa
CAST:  Ayane Miura  •  Maha Hamada  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Mai Tachihara

In different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chisui Takigawa
CAST:  Ayane Miura  •  Maha Hamada  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Mai Tachihara

The Revenge: A Visit from Fate (1997)

Sho Aikawa plays a police detective whose dark personal history makes it impossible for him to stay within the limits of the legal system. But he is not just a detective; he is also a husband who has to explain to his wife how he got blood on his sleeve. And the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Daikei Shimizu  •  Naomasa Musaka  •  Yoshiko Yura

Sho Aikawa plays a police detective whose dark personal history makes it impossible for him to stay within the limits of the legal system. But he is not just a detective; he is also a husband who has to explain to his wife how he got blood on his sleeve. And the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Daikei Shimizu  •  Naomasa Musaka  •  Yoshiko Yura