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My Small Land / Mai sumoru rando (2022)

Drama

A Kurdish family is trying to navigate their lives in Japan while facing the difficulties of getting their visa approved and seeking refuge in a foreign country. A story, beautifully told, about who you are and how deep your roots run.

Starring: Lina Arashi, Daiken Okudaira, Takashi Fujii, Chizuru Ikewaki, Sei Hiraizumi, Hanae Kan, Sahel Rosa
Director: Emma Kawawada

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Tags: Chizuru Ikewaki, Daiken Okudaira, Emma Kawawada, Hanae Kan, Lina Arashi, Sahel Rosa, Sei Hiraizumi, Takashi Fujii

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Tora-san, Welcome Back! / Tora-san, Wish You Were Here / Otoko wa tsurai yo 50: Okaeri Tora-san (2019)

Comedy | Drama

The 50th film in Tora-san series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo, Tora-san's nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once promised to marry. The familiar faces of Kurumaya Cafe, which Tora-san's family ran in Shibamata, also return. Catching up with old friends, it is always their dearest memories of Tora-san which everyone shares on such occasions.

Starring: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Kumiko Goto, Gin Maeda, Chizuru Ikewaki, Mari Natsuki, Ruriko Asaoka, Jun Miho, Gajirô Satô
Director: Yôji Yamada

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Tags: Chieko Baishô, Chizuru Ikewaki, Gajirô Satô, Gin Maeda, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Jun Miho, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kumiko Goto, Mari Natsuki, Ruriko Asaoka, Yôji Yamada

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Another World / Half the World / Han Sekai (2018)

Drama

Hiroshi Takamura makes makes high-grade charcoals at a charcoal kiln that he inherited from his father. He has a wife, Hatsuno, and a son Akira, who is going through a rebellious phase. Hiroshi is indifferent to his family. One day, Hiroshi's old friend, Eisuke Okiyama, comes back to his hometown. Eisuke is a former self-defense official. After Hiroshi learns about Eisuke's past, he decides to take his job and family more seriously.

Starring: Gorô Inagaki, Hiroki Hasegawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Director: Junji Sakamoto

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Tags: Chizuru Ikewaki, Gorô Inagaki, Hiroki Hasegawa, Junji Sakamoto, Kiyohiko Shibukawa

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Ten Years Japan / Juunen (2018)

Drama

Five short 'film' stories of how 5 different directors imagine Japan to be in 10 years from now.

Starring: Jun Kunimura, Hana Sugisaki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Taiga, Satoru Kawaguchi
Director: Akiyo Fujimura, Kei Ishikawa, Yusuke Kinoshita, Chie Hayakawa, Megumi Tsuno

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Tags: Akiyo Fujimura, Chie Hayakawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Hana Sugisaki, Jun Kunimura, Kei Ishikawa, Megumi Tsuno, Satoru Kawaguchi, Taiga, Yusuke Kinoshita

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Rage / Anger / Ikari (2016)

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.

Starring: Gô Ayano, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Mitsuki Takahata, Hideko Hara, Ken Watanabe, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Aoi Miyazaki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Mirai Moriyama, Suzu Hirose, Takara Sakumoto, Pierre Taki, Takahiro Miura
Director: Sang-il Lee

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Tags: Aoi Miyazaki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Gô Ayano, Hideko Hara, Ken Watanabe, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Mirai Moriyama, Mitsuki Takahata, Pierre Taki, Sang-il Lee, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Suzu Hirose, Takahiro Miura, Takara Sakumoto

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Being Good / Kimi wa iiko (2015)

Comedy | Drama | Family

This movie has an ensemble cast which draws normal people who might be living next door, in any normal town. And it draws various problems like child abuse, chain of abuse, negligence, teasing, which might exist in any town, more than a little. The problems could be solved sometimes by "kindness" and "consideration" of people. When it comes to know in a family which is closest and smallest community for us that there is someone who has lost those feelings, what people can do? If it comes to know, just go and talk. Just go and hold their hand. It is possible that people could be saved only by that. Plants die if they don't receive nutrient, people also die without the "kindness" of someone. The "kindness" can definitely save someone, it blossoms flower in that person and someone else could also be saved. There is possibility, since everyone was once a child and someone's neighbor. This movie draws the light arising out of series of such feeling.

Starring: Kengo Kôra, Machiko Ono, Chizuru Ikewaki, Michie Kita, Kazuya Takahashi, Yasuko Tomita
Director: Mipo Oh

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Tags: Chizuru Ikewaki, Kazuya Takahashi, Kengo Kôra, Machiko Ono, Michie Kita, Mipo Oh, Yasuko Tomita

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Princess Jellyfish / Kurage hime (2014)

Comedy

A cross-dressing jellyfish geek that comes to turn the lives of several roommates inside out.

Starring: Rena Nônen, Masaki Suda, Hiromi Hasegawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Rina Ôta, Tomoe Shinohara, Azusa Babazono
Director: Taisuke Kawamura

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Tags: Azusa Babazono, Chizuru Ikewaki, Hiromi Hasegawa, Masaki Suda, Rena Nônen, Rina Ôta, Taisuke Kawamura, Tomoe Shinohara

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The Light Shines Only There / Soko nomi nite hikari kagayaku (2014)

Drama

In a Japanese port town, Tatsuo, a traumatized man, spends his days drifting aimlessly and his nights drinking himself to oblivion. Whiling his hours away at a pachinko parlor, he meets Takuji, a young man on parole who impulsively invites him to a shabby house on the outskirts of town. There, Tatsuo glimpses Takuji's bedridden father and callous mother, and meets his world-weary older sister Chinatsu. While immediately drawn to each other, romance is an unaffordable luxury for the emotionally closed-off Tatsuo and the disillusioned Chinatsu, who sells herself to provide for her family and keep her brother out of jail. As Tatsuo and Chinatsu take tentative steps towards a relationship, the happy-go-lucky Takuji latches onto Tatsuo, binding their fates. Each step they take to build a better life sets off a chain of actions that have devastating consequences.

Starring: Gô Ayano, Chizuru Ikewaki, Masaki Suda, Hiroko Isayama, Taijirô Tamura, Kazuya Takahashi, Shôhei Hino
Director: Mipo Oh

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Tags: Chizuru Ikewaki, Gô Ayano, Hiroko Isayama, Kazuya Takahashi, Masaki Suda, Mipo Oh, Shôhei Hino, Taijirô Tamura

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Beyond the Memories / Kiyoku yawaku (2013)

Comedy | Romance

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 throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa, who also carries a painful experience from his past. When Roku was an elementary school student, a girl who was with him got into an accident and died. Because of that incident, Roku carries a heavy sense of guilt. Roku then tries to make Kanna feel love again.

Starring: Masami Nagasawa, Masaki Okada, Kengo Kôra, Chizuru Ikewaki, Yûki Furukawa, Aoi Nakamura, Haru, Megumi, Kaoru Hirata, Ryôsei Tayama
Director: Takehiko Shinjo

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Tags: Aoi Nakamura, Chizuru Ikewaki, Haru, Kaoru Hirata, Kengo Kôra, Masaki Okada, Masami Nagasawa, Megumi, Ryôsei Tayama, Takehiko Shinjo, Yûki Furukawa

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The Devil's Path / Kyôaku (2013)

Thriller

Journalist Shuichi Fujii gets embroiled in the world of crime after receiving a letter from death-row inmate, Sudo. Fujii sets out to capture 'Doc,' a man who Sudo claims masterminded all of his crimes.

Starring: Takayuki Yamada, Piêru Taki, Rirî Furankî, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kazuko Shirakawa
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi

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Tags: Chizuru Ikewaki, Kazuko Shirakawa, Kazuya Shiraishi, Piêru Taki, Rirî Furankî, Takayuki Yamada

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The Cat Returns / Neko no ongaeshi (2002)

Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Haru-chan, a normal girl in a normal town, saves a strange cat carrying a present from being overrun by a truck. In return she's going to receive lots of favors, including marriage to the crown prince of Cat Kingdom. As she finds that a bit too much, she gets into contact with the Cat Business Office. Together with CBO's owner, the Baron, she enters the Cat Kingdom to try and prevent her marriage.

Starring: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada, Hitomi Satô
Director: Hiroyuki Morita

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Tags: Aki Maeda, Chizuru Ikewaki, Hiroyuki Morita, Hitomi Satô, Takayuki Yamada, Yoshihiko Hakamada

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The Great Passage / Fune wo amu (2013)

Drama

Majime (Ryuhei Matsuda) has a talent to comprehend different languages and holds different views than others. He is the most important member of a dictionary edit team. Other word enthusiasts gather at the dictionary edit section for a publishing company. Majime finds himself struggling with the word "sea". Meanwhile, Majime attempts to tell Kaguya Hayashi (Aoi Miyazaki) how he feels about her. Kaguya Hayashi is a cook and the granddaughter of the owner of his boarding home.

Starring: Ryûhei Matsuda, Aoi Miyazaki, Jô Odagiri, Haru Kuroki, Misako Watanabe, Chizuru Ikewaki, Shingo Tsurumi
Director: Yûya Ishii

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Tags: Aoi Miyazaki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Haru Kuroki, Jô Odagiri, Misako Watanabe, Ryûhei Matsuda, Shingo Tsurumi, Yûya Ishii

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Sword of Desperation / Hisshiken torisashi (2010)

Action | History

A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzawmon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.

Starring: Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kôji Kikkawa
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama

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Tags: Chizuru Ikewaki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Hideyuki Hirayama, Kôji Kikkawa

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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish / Joze to tora to sakana tachi (2003)

Drama | Romance

An offbeat romantic story about an ordinary college boy (Satoshi Tsumabuki) who accidentally meets an extraordinary girl, and unexpectedly falls in love with her. Based on the novel by Seiko Tanabe, and directed by Isshin Inudou (La Maison de Himiko).

Starring: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Juri Ueno, Hirofumi Arai
Director: Isshin Inudô

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Tags: Chizuru Ikewaki, Hirofumi Arai, Isshin Inudô, Juri Ueno, Satoshi Tsumabuki

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The Piano Forest / Piano no mori (2007)

Animation | Drama | Music

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, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest. Igniting his meeting with an equally enigmatic child that goes by the name of Ichinose Kai, who seems to be the only one capable getting sound out of the thought to be broken piano.

Starring: Aya Ueto, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Amano, Mayuko Fukuda, Chizuru Ikewaki
Director: Masayuki Kojima

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Tags: Aya Ueto, Chizuru Ikewaki, Hiroyuki Amano, Masayuki Kojima, Mayuko Fukuda, Ryûnosuke Kamiki