Lupin's Daughter / Lupin no Musume: Gekijoban (2021)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The Mikumo family attempts their biggest heist to date by traveling abroad.
Starring: Kyôko Fukada, Kôji Seto, Kanna Hashimoto, Atsuro Watabe, Arisa Mizuki, Maju Ozawa
Director: Hideki Takeuchi
Peak: The Rescuers / Gaku / Gaku: Minna no Yama (2011)
Adventure | Drama
Sanpo Shimazaki is a volunteer mountain rescuer. He climbs mountains all over the world and knows well the difficulties and the beauty of the mountains. Sanpo wants to share his knowledge of the mountains to others. When Sanpo is called into action he never blames others even though their predicament is usually caused by them. Kumi Shiina is new volunteer mountain rescuer attempting to follow in her father's footsteps. Under the guidance of rescue leader Masato Noda and Sanpo, Kumi undergoes a strict training regiment. Kumi also learns the perils of her new job – failed missions, the bereaved families blaming the rescuers, and the awesome power of mother nature itself. Kumi becomes tired and loses her confidence. A raging winter storm then strikes the mountain. Multiple distress calls come in. Kumi goes out for a rescue mission and what awaits for her is an unimaginable threat from mother nature…
Starring: Shun Oguri, Masami Nagasawa, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Takuya Ishida, Yoshie Ichige, Atsuro Watabe
Director: Osamu Katayama
To a Brighter Place / Akarui hô e akarui hô e: Dôyô shijin Kaneko Misuzu (2001)
Biography | Drama
With an elder brother and an adopted younger brother who doesn't know it, Teru grows up in her father's bookstore. After she has graduated from girls school at the age of 17, her younger brother, Masahiro, suggests that she write about her observations in life. She begins to write poetry under the pen name of Misuzu Kaneko and her life as a poet begins making her famous. But what follows is a failed arranged marriage, Masahiro's broken heart, and a debilitating illness.
Starring: Takako Matsu, Ken Miyake, Hironobu Nomura, Yoshiko Nakada, Kyôko Kagawa, Atsuro Watabe
Director: Makoto Kiyohiro
The Flowers of War / Jin ling shi san chai (2011)
Drama | History | Romance | War
A story of love and war – and a band of outcasts who emerge as unlikely heroes from the shadows of a city's occupation. At once lyrical and visceral, in the apocalyptic world of Nanjing in 1937, a vibrant human story about the invisible people of the city and a series of unexpected relationships that lead to a resonant act of sacrifice.
Starring: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Tianyuan Huang, Atsuro Watabe, Dawei Tong, Paul Schneider
Director: Yimou Zhang
Swallowtail Butterfly / Suwarôteiru (1996)
Crime | Drama
After a young girl's mother dies, she is cared for by Glico, a brassy hooker, who gives the girl the name "Ageha" (Butterfly). Ageha goes to work for a collection of oddballs who run a junkyard and salvage business.
Starring: Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Ito, Yôsuke Eguchi, Andy Hui Chi-On, Atsurô Watabe, Tomoko Yamaguchi
Director: Shunji Iwai
