Asakusa Kid / Asakusa kiddo (2021)
Biography | Drama
Before he hit it big, Takeshi Kitano got his start apprenticing with comedy legend Fukami of Asakusa. But as his star rises, his mentor's declines.
Starring: Yô Ôizumi, Yûya Yagira, Mugi Kadowaki, Nobuyuki Tsuchiya, Ayumu Nakajima, Yusuke Furusawa
Director: Gekidan Hitori
Golden Slumber / Gôruden suranbâ (2010)
Drama | Thriller
When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by with a little help from his friends, who include a famous pop diva, a rockabilly deliveryman, a crippled old gangster, and the world's most cheerful serial killer. Among the many puzzles of this twisty, clever film is how Nakamura manages to sneak a genuinely moving tribute to friendship into the madcap procession of perilous events. No matter what befalls Aoyagi, his friends and parents believe in him because of his steadfast, almost irrational pleasantness.
Starring: Masato Sakai, Yûko Takeuchi, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Gekidan Hitori, Shihori Kanjiya, Saki Aibu, Akira Emoto
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Miracle: Devil Claus' Love and Magic / Miracle: Debikurokun no koi to mahou (2014)
Drama | Romance
Hikari (Masaki Aiba) works at a book store. He is a kind person, but his kindness often makes him look pathetic. Hikari hopes to become a manga writer. At night he spreads mysterious flyers "Debikuro Communication". One day, he meets someone via fate. Anna (Nana Eikura) has been Hikari’s friend since they were children. So-Young (Han Hyo-Joo), who is a world famous lighting designer, happens to know Hikari. Kitayama (Toma Ikuta) graduated from the same university as Hikari. Kitayama is also a popular manga writer. The love lives of these four people makes a miracle at Christmas night.
Starring: Masaki Aiba, Nana Eikura, Hyo-ju Han, Tôma Ikuta, Gekidan Hitori
Director: Isshin Inudô
A Bolt from the Blue / Seiten no hekireki (2014)
Comedy
Haruo (Yo Oizumi) has a dream to become the best magician, but, so far, he is only a marginal magician. Haruo also doesn't have parents. He then goes back 40 years in time to Asakusa, Tokyo. There, he meets his parents when they were young and he learns the secret of his birth.
Starring: Ko Shibasaki, Yô Ôizumi, Gekidan Hitori
Director: Gekidan Hitori
Yôkame no semi / Rebirth (2011)
Drama
After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.
Starring: Hiromi Nagasaku, Mao Inoue, Eiko Koike, Konomi Watanabe, Yôko Moriguchi, Tetsushi Tanaka, Jun Fubuki, Gekidan Hitori
Director: Izuru Narushima
