Chizuru Ikewaki Movies

An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Susumu Terajima

One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rena Tanaka

ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting...

Genre: Action

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki

Once a promising musician, Hyeon-seok has been living as a commoner after he found the symptom of Meniere’s syndrome. He had to stop playing...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lee Min-ki

Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Chizuru Ikewaki

Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki

A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa

There is a degree of realism when a professional in the field writes about his vocation and such is the case here. Adopted from a novel written by a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Aoi Miyazaki

Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chizuru Ikewaki

Amamiya Shu transfers to Moriwaki elementary filled with hope and ambition. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies,...

Genre: Music

Cast: Aya Ueto

Daikichi learns that his recently deceased grandfather has an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mother. The girl's name is Rin and she is just 6...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenichi Matsuyama

Naoko returns home with her young daughter, where her mother Masako runs the only beauty parlor in town. The local women go there to pass the time...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Miho Kanno

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chizuru Ikewaki

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyoko Koizumi

Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryuhei Matsuda

Seven friends gather at a party in Kyoto to celebrate Masamichi's entry to graduate school. Maki & her boyfriend Nakazawa join the party and get...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rena Tanaka

An elementary student named Junichi is having trouble returning an eraser he borrowed from his secret crush, Maeda. With the support and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hikari Mitsushima

Kanna Seto lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Masami Nagasawa

Young Wakana is the daughter of a husband and wife comedy act, who have worked together for 20 years without any big success. Wakana’s parents...

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Cast: Chizuru Ikewaki

Meet NIPPORI Ayumu, an 80 year-old man, who, due to a serious heart condition, has spent sixty years of his life confined to his house. One morning,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yûsuke Iseya

Portrait of the Wind centers on Tamio Murase, a world-traveling photographer who came home to take over the family business after his father’s...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tadanobu Asano

Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival...

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Cast: Kippei Shiina

Dr. Ichito works at Honjo Hospital. His longtime friend Dr. Tatsuya Shindo, who comes from Tokyo, begins working at Honjo Hospital. In their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara

A husband and wife, who have not had sex in three years, both fall into extra-marital affairs.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Miki Nakatani

Tasuku Okano is a diligent young man who was raised by decent family. He works as a new teacher at an elementary school. Tasuko deals with his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kengo Kora

A three-timing 29 year-old man loses part of his memory after taking a nasty fall at a skating rink. The man, who works as pharmaceutical salesman,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Takayuki Yamada

Death-row inmate Sudo sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii. In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura, also known as "teacher," committed...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Takayuki Yamada

A man has thrown away love and a woman has given up on love. The two souls meet in a brief summer in the northern city of Hakodate.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Go Ayano

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...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Non

Depicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing poems at the age of 92 and published her first...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kaoru Yachigusa

Kitahara Kazunori was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in the fall of his second year in high school, and thereafter spent a year and 10 months...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazunari Ninomiya

After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lily Franky

A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Ken Watanabe

Ko, a man in his late 30s, lives in the countryside with his wife and teenage son. Mitsuhiko, who runs a local car dealership, also stayed in his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Goro Inagaki

Akemi is unable to get over the death of his girlfriend, but a book leads to his encounter with Akane, a woman with a wonderful smile. He gradually...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroto Kanai

Five short stories from five different directors set ten years in Japan's future.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Satoru Kawaguchi

Hibi tells about mother who does pottery and lives rather simple life, growing her children up. She does remarkable job in pottery, finding a new way...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yûko Tanaka

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Cast: Toshiyuki Nishida

The 50th film in Tora-san series, using the old footages and newly shot scenes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

Under the Nagasaki Sky

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Cast: Yuya Yagira

Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author's experience of homelessness when this father suddenly decides to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Teppei Koike

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yui Ichikawa

***Replay A man sees his dead girlfriend through his digital camcorder. ***Inochibi (Life Force) A nurse is able to save dying patients with her...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Tamori

Sarya lives between three worlds: Having fled from Turkey to Japan, her small family tries to maintain their Kurdish traditions. On the other hand,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lina Arashi

The first special of the Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi drama series.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Chizuru Ikewaki

"Kaibyo Densetsu" - Maki (Chizuru Ikewaki), who finds it strange that her best friend appears as a living spirit, goes to check on her. "Nanika ga...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Naoto Takenaka