Akie Namiki

The Millennial Rapture (2012)

Sennen no yuraku is set in a small community called “Roji” where Kenji Nakagami—one of the most famous novelists in Japan—drew the absurdity and passion of life since its inhabitants have been living and dying. There were beautiful men in “Roji” who struggled to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Wakamatsu
CAST:  Shinobu Terajima  •  Shirō Sano  •  Kengo Kora  •  Sousuke Takaoka

Sennen no yuraku is set in a small community called “Roji” where Kenji Nakagami—one of the most famous novelists in Japan—drew the absurdity and passion of life since its inhabitants have been living and dying. There were beautiful men in “Roji” who struggled to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Wakamatsu
CAST:  Shinobu Terajima  •  Shirō Sano  •  Kengo Kora  •  Sousuke Takaoka

Musunde hiraite (2007)

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DIRECTION:  Izumi Takahashi
CAST:  Akie Namiki  •  Midori Shinkei  •  Hiromasa Hirosue

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DIRECTION:  Izumi Takahashi
CAST:  Akie Namiki  •  Midori Shinkei  •  Hiromasa Hirosue

FIT (2010)

Arthouse film set inside a mail-order company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromasa Hirosue
CAST:  Hiromasa Hirosue  •  Akie Namiki  •  Hideyuki Arai  •  Yasuhiro Isobe

Arthouse film set inside a mail-order company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromasa Hirosue
CAST:  Hiromasa Hirosue  •  Akie Namiki  •  Hideyuki Arai  •  Yasuhiro Isobe

United Red Army (2007)

The film is told in three acts, beginning with a historical background of Japan's student movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, mostly using archive footage and a narrator. The second act follows the formation of the group to their mountain training camps in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Wakamatsu
CAST:  Maki Sakai  •  Arata Iura  •  Akie Namiki  •  Go Jibiki

The film is told in three acts, beginning with a historical background of Japan's student movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, mostly using archive footage and a narrator. The second act follows the formation of the group to their mountain training camps in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Wakamatsu
CAST:  Maki Sakai  •  Arata Iura  •  Akie Namiki  •  Go Jibiki

Fourteen (2007)

Sensitive and refined drama in which experiences from the puberty of a female teacher and a piano student reflected in the world of the younger generation they have contact with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromasa Hirosue
CAST:  Akie Namiki  •  Hiromasa Hirosue  •  Shota Sometani  •  Yurika Oneyama

Sensitive and refined drama in which experiences from the puberty of a female teacher and a piano student reflected in the world of the younger generation they have contact with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromasa Hirosue
CAST:  Akie Namiki  •  Hiromasa Hirosue  •  Shota Sometani  •  Yurika Oneyama

And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool. (2017)

One summer day, 400 goldfish were found in the swimming pool of a secondary school. This is a story about the four 15-year-old girls who put them there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Nagahisa
CAST:  Hina Yukawa  •  Rina Matsuyama  •  Marin Nishimoto  •  Reina Kikuchi

One summer day, 400 goldfish were found in the swimming pool of a secondary school. This is a story about the four 15-year-old girls who put them there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Nagahisa
CAST:  Hina Yukawa  •  Rina Matsuyama  •  Marin Nishimoto  •  Reina Kikuchi

Listen to Light (2017)

Shiori, Yukiko, Kyoko and Sachiko continue to live each day with untold feelings inside. Unable to forget a colleague on a trip, a father who is ill, a friend who works at a store that is about to close, and a long-lost husband, each woman takes a step forward. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kyoshi Sugita
CAST:  Akie Namiki  •  Tomo Kasajima  •  Kanae Ito  •  Hiromasa Hirosue

Shiori, Yukiko, Kyoko and Sachiko continue to live each day with untold feelings inside. Unable to forget a colleague on a trip, a father who is ill, a friend who works at a store that is about to close, and a long-lost husband, each woman takes a step forward. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kyoshi Sugita
CAST:  Akie Namiki  •  Tomo Kasajima  •  Kanae Ito  •  Hiromasa Hirosue

The Soup, One Morning (2005)

"The Soup, One Morning" depicts the gradual dissolution of a relationship caused by mental illness. Kitagawa and Shizu are lovers and roommates. Suffering from a panic disorder, Kitawgawa estranges himself from the world and entraps himself in the claustrophobic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izumi Takahashi
CAST:  Akie Namiki  •  Rie Kimura

"The Soup, One Morning" depicts the gradual dissolution of a relationship caused by mental illness. Kitagawa and Shizu are lovers and roommates. Suffering from a panic disorder, Kitawgawa estranges himself from the world and entraps himself in the claustrophobic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Izumi Takahashi
CAST:  Akie Namiki  •  Rie Kimura

Suicide Forest Village (2021)

One day a mysterious box arrived and a curse began to spread all over. The source of the box is 'Jukai Village'. The village is hidden in Jukai Forest, a suicide spot that once you enter it, you can never come out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Anna Yamada  •  Yumi Adachi  •  Mayu Yamaguchi  •  Hideko Hara

One day a mysterious box arrived and a curse began to spread all over. The source of the box is 'Jukai Village'. The village is hidden in Jukai Forest, a suicide spot that once you enter it, you can never come out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Anna Yamada  •  Yumi Adachi  •  Mayu Yamaguchi  •  Hideko Hara

Two on the Edge (2021)

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DIRECTION:  Yusuke Kitaguchi
CAST:  Meiri Asahina  •  Akie Namiki  •  Taiji Doi  •  Maki Teraura

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DIRECTION:  Yusuke Kitaguchi
CAST:  Meiri Asahina  •  Akie Namiki  •  Taiji Doi  •  Maki Teraura