Ichiro Hashimoto

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

Tenshin (2013)

Tenshin Okakura left the great achievement to the Japanese modern art. This is a story of Tenshin's life and conflict and teacher-student love between Tenshin, who rediscovered art of Japan and tried to produce new beauty in Meiji period, and his young pupils, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuya Matsumura
CAST:  Hiroyuki Hirayama  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Houka Kinoshita  •  Ichiro Hashimoto

Tenshin Okakura left the great achievement to the Japanese modern art. This is a story of Tenshin's life and conflict and teacher-student love between Tenshin, who rediscovered art of Japan and tried to produce new beauty in Meiji period, and his young pupils, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuya Matsumura
CAST:  Hiroyuki Hirayama  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Houka Kinoshita  •  Ichiro Hashimoto

Shield of Straw (2013)

Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Nanako Matsushima  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Takao Osawa  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Nanako Matsushima  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Takao Osawa  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

Train Brain Express (2012)

Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, but their romantic fortunes do not go as smoothly. Will the awkward Kodama and the indecisive Komachi find the loves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Pierre Taki

Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, but their romantic fortunes do not go as smoothly. Will the awkward Kodama and the indecisive Komachi find the loves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Pierre Taki

Cold Fish (2010)

Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata also runs a tropical fish shop and he and Shamoto soon become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Mitsuru Fukikoshi  •  Denden  •  Megumi Kagurazaka  •  Hikari Kajiwara

Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata also runs a tropical fish shop and he and Shamoto soon become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Mitsuru Fukikoshi  •  Denden  •  Megumi Kagurazaka  •  Hikari Kajiwara

Our Tomorrow (2014)

At a pawn shop called "K" which is known for being a place where backroom deals are conducted, a professional burglar named Ryo Fudo puts together a team with the aim of stealing a legendary cache of gold. Ryo plans to wash his hands of thievery once and for all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryô Nakajima
CAST:  EXILE MAKIDAI  •  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Shinya Taniuchi  •  Shinji Takeda

At a pawn shop called "K" which is known for being a place where backroom deals are conducted, a professional burglar named Ryo Fudo puts together a team with the aim of stealing a legendary cache of gold. Ryo plans to wash his hands of thievery once and for all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryô Nakajima
CAST:  EXILE MAKIDAI  •  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Shinya Taniuchi  •  Shinji Takeda

The Magnificent Nine (2016)

Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nakamura
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Karen Iwata

Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nakamura
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Karen Iwata

The Inerasable (2016)

A novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room in her apartment. They begin to investigate incidents involving former residents, and eventually discover the shocking truths lurking inside the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nakamura
CAST:  Yûko Takeuchi  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Kuranosuke Sasaki  •  Kentaro Sakaguchi

A novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room in her apartment. They begin to investigate incidents involving former residents, and eventually discover the shocking truths lurking inside the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nakamura
CAST:  Yûko Takeuchi  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Kuranosuke Sasaki  •  Kentaro Sakaguchi

Nemuriba (2010)

Mika (Marie Ono), a Japanese-American woman, returns to her native Saitama hometown and becomes a therapist for a "nemuriba" ("a place to sleep").  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Sonoda
CAST:  Marie Ono  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Asumi Miwa  •  Asaya Kimijima

Mika (Marie Ono), a Japanese-American woman, returns to her native Saitama hometown and becomes a therapist for a "nemuriba" ("a place to sleep").  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin Sonoda
CAST:  Marie Ono  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Asumi Miwa  •  Asaya Kimijima

Black Dahlia (2018)

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DIRECTION:  Masaaki Jindo
CAST:  Toshiyuki Someya  •  Erena Mizusawa  •  Mariya Nagao  •  Yuichi Nakamura

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DIRECTION:  Masaaki Jindo
CAST:  Toshiyuki Someya  •  Erena Mizusawa  •  Mariya Nagao  •  Yuichi Nakamura

108 (2008)

At a high school in the city of Yokohoma the baseball team trains to go to the top. There are struggles, hardships and successes and not all of it is due the star pitcher or batter and those in the centre of attention. There are rewards to being the great, but it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshitaka Mori
CAST:  Yoshiki Saito  •  Aoi Nakamura  •  Riki Takeuchi  •  Ryohei Abe

At a high school in the city of Yokohoma the baseball team trains to go to the top. There are struggles, hardships and successes and not all of it is due the star pitcher or batter and those in the centre of attention. There are rewards to being the great, but it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshitaka Mori
CAST:  Yoshiki Saito  •  Aoi Nakamura  •  Riki Takeuchi  •  Ryohei Abe

Unfeigned Happy Ending (2021)

Eimi, who came to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school, invites her sister Yu, who lives in her hometown of Shiga, to move to Tokyo with her. She is reluctant at first, but suddenly accepts and soon after goes missing. One day Eimi meets Hiyori, whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Matsuo
CAST:  Narumi Yui  •  Bambi Naka  •  Yuumi Kawai  •  Shima Tabata

Eimi, who came to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school, invites her sister Yu, who lives in her hometown of Shiga, to move to Tokyo with her. She is reluctant at first, but suddenly accepts and soon after goes missing. One day Eimi meets Hiyori, whose ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Matsuo
CAST:  Narumi Yui  •  Bambi Naka  •  Yuumi Kawai  •  Shima Tabata

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CAST:  Yutaka Matsushige  •  Mayu Tsuruta  •  Yurika Nakamura  •  Ichiro Hashimoto

Remember to Breathe (2022)

One day, Hiroko accidentally starts a small fire while she is cooking. Although it does not lead to a serious incident, it does result in her going to stay with her eldest daughter, Yuko, for whom Hiroko has never been the mother she wanted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masakazu Sugita
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Eri Ishida  •  Abe Junko  •  Show Kasamatsu

One day, Hiroko accidentally starts a small fire while she is cooking. Although it does not lead to a serious incident, it does result in her going to stay with her eldest daughter, Yuko, for whom Hiroko has never been the mother she wanted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masakazu Sugita
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Eri Ishida  •  Abe Junko  •  Show Kasamatsu

Howling (2022)

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DIRECTION:  M Haris Sheikh
CAST:  Ichiro Hashimoto  •  Takahiro Ono  •  Yukino Takahashi  •  Sanae Kotani

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DIRECTION:  M Haris Sheikh
CAST:  Ichiro Hashimoto  •  Takahiro Ono  •  Yukino Takahashi  •  Sanae Kotani

Scattered Blossoms: The Last Flight of the Ohka (2015)

A war drama based on the "Ouka," a small kamikaze aircraft created at the end of World War II that only charges enemy ships without propellers or fuel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuya Matsumura
CAST:  Ichiro Hashimoto  •  Kensuke Owada  •  Sayaka Isoyama  •  Mayu Kitaki

A war drama based on the "Ouka," a small kamikaze aircraft created at the end of World War II that only charges enemy ships without propellers or fuel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuya Matsumura
CAST:  Ichiro Hashimoto  •  Kensuke Owada  •  Sayaka Isoyama  •  Mayu Kitaki

Nobutora - Samurai Tiger (2021)

Based on the historical figure of Nobutora, the father of the famous Warring States period general Takeda Shingen. Takeda Shingen has proven himself in battle but there’s an even more capable person in his family, his father Nobutora (lit. Samurai Tiger). The son ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Minori Terada  •  Mitsuki Tanimura  •  Atsushi Arai  •  Takaaki Enoki

Based on the historical figure of Nobutora, the father of the famous Warring States period general Takeda Shingen. Takeda Shingen has proven himself in battle but there’s an even more capable person in his family, his father Nobutora (lit. Samurai Tiger). The son ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Minori Terada  •  Mitsuki Tanimura  •  Atsushi Arai  •  Takaaki Enoki