Nana Katase

Nana Katase is a Japanese actress, singer, and fashion model.

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Death Note: The Last Name (2006)

Clever

In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Takeshi Kaga  •  Erika Toda  •  Shido Nakamura

In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Takeshi Kaga  •  Erika Toda  •  Shido Nakamura

The Serialist (2013)

Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei (Shinji Takeda) is on death row. He killed four women twelve years ago. During his murdering spree, he sent pictures of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuaki Izaki
CAST:  Takaya Kamikawa  •  Shinji Takeda  •  Nana Katase  •  Aya Hirayama

Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei (Shinji Takeda) is on death row. He killed four women twelve years ago. During his murdering spree, he sent pictures of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuaki Izaki
CAST:  Takaya Kamikawa  •  Shinji Takeda  •  Nana Katase  •  Aya Hirayama

Arakawa Under the Bridge (2012)

Riku, the heir to a corporate conglomerate, is determined to go through life never owing anything to anyone on principle. However, one day he nearly drowns in a river and is saved by a homeless girl named Nino. To repay his debt, he begins living together with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka
CAST:  Kento Hayashi  •  Mirei Kiritani  •  Nana Katase  •  Yu Shirota

Riku, the heir to a corporate conglomerate, is determined to go through life never owing anything to anyone on principle. However, one day he nearly drowns in a river and is saved by a homeless girl named Nino. To repay his debt, he begins living together with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka
CAST:  Kento Hayashi  •  Mirei Kiritani  •  Nana Katase  •  Yu Shirota

Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (2010)

Naoko Yamada (Yukie Nakama), a female magician, and Jiro Ueda (Hiroshi Abe), a genius physicist, are back again to solve the mystery of supernatural happenings. In a village where people are cured, a battle royale is held to find the successor for shamen Kamahaeri. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Yukie Nakama  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Namase Katsuhisa  •  Takeru Satoh

Naoko Yamada (Yukie Nakama), a female magician, and Jiro Ueda (Hiroshi Abe), a genius physicist, are back again to solve the mystery of supernatural happenings. In a village where people are cured, a battle royale is held to find the successor for shamen Kamahaeri. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Yukie Nakama  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Namase Katsuhisa  •  Takeru Satoh

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)

The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Koichi Yamadera  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Takako Tokiwa

The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Koichi Yamadera  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Takako Tokiwa

20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009)

Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop Friend's increasing influence over the world and continued plans to eliminate humanity, as detailed in the New Book of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Toshiaki Karasawa  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Takako Tokiwa  •  Airi Taira

Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop Friend's increasing influence over the world and continued plans to eliminate humanity, as detailed in the New Book of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Toshiaki Karasawa  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Takako Tokiwa  •  Airi Taira

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End (2008)

In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Toshiaki Karasawa  •  Takako Tokiwa  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Hidehiko Ishizuka

In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Toshiaki Karasawa  •  Takako Tokiwa  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Hidehiko Ishizuka

Between Calmness and Passion (2001)

An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each other again in the Florence Cathedral after 10 years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Yutaka Takenouchi  •  Kelly Chen  •  Roberto Brunetti  •  Yusuke Santamaria

An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each other again in the Florence Cathedral after 10 years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isamu Nakae
CAST:  Yutaka Takenouchi  •  Kelly Chen  •  Roberto Brunetti  •  Yusuke Santamaria

HK: Forbidden Super Hero (2013)

High school student Kyosuke Shikijo is the most talented member of the school's martial arts of the fist club. His late father was detective and Kyosuke share his father's strong sense of justice. Kyosuke also has a secret. Kyosuke likes to wear female underwear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Ryohei Suzuki  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Ken Yasuda

High school student Kyosuke Shikijo is the most talented member of the school's martial arts of the fist club. His late father was detective and Kyosuke share his father's strong sense of justice. Kyosuke also has a secret. Kyosuke likes to wear female underwear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Ryohei Suzuki  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Ken Yasuda

Ushijima the Loan Shark (2012)

Mirai Suzuki (Yuko Oshima) becomes responsible for her mother's debt which is owed to loan shark Kaoru Ushijima (Takayuki Yamada). To begin paying off her mother's debt, Mirai begins working at a dating cafe. Meanwhile, Jun (Kento Hayashi) is the ambitious and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masatoshi Yamaguchi
CAST:  Takayuki Yamada  •  Oshima Yuko  •  Kento Hayashi  •  Kyosuke Yabe

Mirai Suzuki (Yuko Oshima) becomes responsible for her mother's debt which is owed to loan shark Kaoru Ushijima (Takayuki Yamada). To begin paying off her mother's debt, Mirai begins working at a dating cafe. Meanwhile, Jun (Kento Hayashi) is the ambitious and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masatoshi Yamaguchi
CAST:  Takayuki Yamada  •  Oshima Yuko  •  Kento Hayashi  •  Kyosuke Yabe

HK: Hentai Kamen 2 - Abnormal Crisis (2016)

News about the disappearance of panties is still being covered every day. Kyosuke still wears Aiko Completo's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back. Kyosuke suffers from the loss of Aiko's panties and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Ryohei Suzuki  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Osamu Adachi

News about the disappearance of panties is still being covered every day. Kyosuke still wears Aiko Completo's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back. Kyosuke suffers from the loss of Aiko's panties and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Ryohei Suzuki  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Osamu Adachi

I Am a Hero (2016)

Hideo Suzuki is a 35-year-old mangaka assistant, whose life seem to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange hallucinations and unsatisfying relationships. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, has low ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Sato
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Kasumi Arimura  •  Masami Nagasawa  •  Nana Katase

Hideo Suzuki is a 35-year-old mangaka assistant, whose life seem to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange hallucinations and unsatisfying relationships. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, has low ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Sato
CAST:  Yo Oizumi  •  Kasumi Arimura  •  Masami Nagasawa  •  Nana Katase

Princess Jellyfish (2014)

Plain, timid and obsessed with jellyfish, Tsukimi is a far cry from her idea of a princess. Her tepid life as a jobless illustrator comes complete with roommates who harbor diehard hobbies that solidify their status as hopeless social rejects. These wallflowers run ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taisuke Kawamura
CAST:  Non  •  Masaki Suda  •  Hiroki Hasegawa  •  Chizuru Ikewaki

Plain, timid and obsessed with jellyfish, Tsukimi is a far cry from her idea of a princess. Her tepid life as a jobless illustrator comes complete with roommates who harbor diehard hobbies that solidify their status as hopeless social rejects. These wallflowers run ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taisuke Kawamura
CAST:  Non  •  Masaki Suda  •  Hiroki Hasegawa  •  Chizuru Ikewaki

Gene Waltz (2011)

Doctor Rie (Miho Kanno) is know as the Joan of Ark of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She works in a challenging environment with clinics shutting down due to lack of doctors and the system itself breaking down. Dr. Rie then helps an infertile woman conceive with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Miho Kanno  •  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Nao Omori  •  Miho Shiraishi

Doctor Rie (Miho Kanno) is know as the Joan of Ark of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She works in a challenging environment with clinics shutting down due to lack of doctors and the system itself breaking down. Dr. Rie then helps an infertile woman conceive with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Miho Kanno  •  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Nao Omori  •  Miho Shiraishi

Only You Can Hear Me (2007)

Shy, quiet, and unsure of herself, Ryo Aihara doesn't quite fit in anywhere. Though she wants to make friends, she has trouble speaking up and holding a normal conversation like everyone else. It seems that whenever she talks, the words just don't come out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Ogishima
CAST:  Riko Narumi  •  Keisuke Koide  •  Nana Katase  •  Hideo Nakano

Shy, quiet, and unsure of herself, Ryo Aihara doesn't quite fit in anywhere. Though she wants to make friends, she has trouble speaking up and holding a normal conversation like everyone else. It seems that whenever she talks, the words just don't come out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Ogishima
CAST:  Riko Narumi  •  Keisuke Koide  •  Nana Katase  •  Hideo Nakano

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper (2016)

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Meiji Fujita
CAST:  Asami Mizukawa  •  Masakazu Tamura  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Ren Osugi

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Meiji Fujita
CAST:  Asami Mizukawa  •  Masakazu Tamura  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Ren Osugi

Matchmaking Cruise (2017)

The movie was inspired by Hiroshima prefectural government's marital activity "Koinowa Project" which is practiced as part of countermeasures against the declining birthplace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Hana Ebise  •  Tomoko Fujita  •  Michiru Jo  •  Norihito Kaneko

The movie was inspired by Hiroshima prefectural government's marital activity "Koinowa Project" which is practiced as part of countermeasures against the declining birthplace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Hana Ebise  •  Tomoko Fujita  •  Michiru Jo  •  Norihito Kaneko

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DIRECTION:  Haruhiko Mimura
CAST:  Matsumoto Hakuō II  •  Baijaku Nakamura  •  Nana Katase  •  Ikkei Watanabe

Our Stardust Dance (2011)

A drab middle-aged man with thoughts of committing suicide and an extraordinary child prodigy plan a fake kidnap in exchange for a ransom of 10 billion yen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Katsumi Takahashi  •  Matsuri Miyatake  •  Nana Katase  •  Eri Murakawa

A drab middle-aged man with thoughts of committing suicide and an extraordinary child prodigy plan a fake kidnap in exchange for a ransom of 10 billion yen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ten Shimoyama
CAST:  Katsumi Takahashi  •  Matsuri Miyatake  •  Nana Katase  •  Eri Murakawa

Bad Girls of Japan (2015)

Are bad girls casualties of patriarchy, a necessary evil, or visionary pioneers? By tracing the concept of the bad girl in Japan as a product of specific cultural assumptions and historical settings, Bad Girls of Japan maps new roads and old detours in revealing a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marielle Nitoslawska
CAST:  Mari Tanaka  •  Meiko Kaji  •  Jitsuko Yoshimura  •  Rumi Koyama

Are bad girls casualties of patriarchy, a necessary evil, or visionary pioneers? By tracing the concept of the bad girl in Japan as a product of specific cultural assumptions and historical settings, Bad Girls of Japan maps new roads and old detours in revealing a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marielle Nitoslawska
CAST:  Mari Tanaka  •  Meiko Kaji  •  Jitsuko Yoshimura  •  Rumi Koyama
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