Tag: Itsuji Itao
Posted on August 19, 2021 |
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First Love (2021)
Drama | Thriller
A university student has the usual dreams and aspirations. It turns out to be a pipe dream and so she murders her own flesh and blood. The usual media heads seek an answer in order to sell copy. A psychologist is writing a book about the character and incident. Her research for the subject matter turn the psychologist inward and things come out of the shadows that perhaps are better left buried deep in the shadows of the psyche.
Starring: Keiko Kitagawa, Tomoya Nakamura, Kyôko Yoshine, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Yoshino Kimura, Itsuji Itao
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
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Tags: Itsuji Itao, Keiko Kitagawa, Kyôko Yoshine, Tomoya Nakamura, Yoshino Kimura, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Posted on July 10, 2019 |
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Our Departures / Kazoku Iro: Railways Watashitachi no Shuppatsu (2018)
Drama | Family
Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.
Starring: Kasumi Arimura, Jun Kunimura, Nanami Sakuraba, Ryusei Kiyama, Hôka Kinoshita, Mariko Tsutsui, Itsuji Itao, Munetaka Aoki, Kenji Mizuhashi
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida
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Tags: Hôka Kinoshita, Itsuji Itao, Jun Kunimura, Kasumi Arimura, Kenji Mizuhashi, Mariko Tsutsui, Munetaka Aoki, Nanami Sakuraba, Ryusei Kiyama, Yasuhiro Yoshida
Posted on April 1, 2019 |
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Be My Slave / Watashi no dorei ni narinasai (2012)
Drama
Hiroaki Mayama is a publishing company employee who's attracted to his senior coworker Kana, a woman who seems to have a nice, clean image while also giving off a certain air of mystery. After several failed attempts to hit on her, he suddenly gets an unexpected text message from her bluntly stating "Let's have sex tonight". He wonders what brought this on so suddenly, but the chance to be with an unattainable woman drives him to show up at her house. However, when he arrives, he finds a suspicious DVD and witnesses the shocking sexual life she's been leading in secret-one which he will soon become a part of himself.
Starring: Mitsu Dan, Akihiro Mayama, Itsuji Itao
Director: Tôru Kamei
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Posted on June 17, 2018 |
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Spark / Hibana (2017)
Drama
Tokunaga is an unpopular comedian. He meets a senior comedian, Kamiya, who holds a strong faith in comedy. They struggle to move forward as comedians.
Starring: Masaki Suda, Fumino Kimura, Kenta Kiritani, Shûji Kawatani, Ryô Katô, Masaki Miura
Director: Itsuji Itao
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Tags: Fumino Kimura, Itsuji Itao, Kenta Kiritani, Masaki Miura, Masaki Suda, Ryô Katô, Shûji Kawatani
Posted on June 4, 2018 |
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Air Doll / Kûki ningyô (2009)
Drama | Fantasy | Romance
A life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.
Starring: Doona Bae, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao, Joe Odagiri, Junko Fuji
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
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Tags: Arata Iura, Doona Bae, Hirokazu Koreeda, Itsuji Itao, Joe Odagiri, Junko Fuji
Posted on October 10, 2017 |
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Aroused by Gymnopedies / Jimunopedi ni midareru (2016)
Drama | Romance
Commissioned by Japan's Nikkatsu Studio to commemorate the 45th anniversary of its 'roman porno' period, the piece focuses on the has-been director who gets a variety of loose women of different means and ages to share a bed with him in order to make him feel better about himself. At the same time, his lead actress has walked out and his latest means of income is in jeopardy.
Starring: Itsuji Itao, Sumire Ashina, Izumi Okamura
Director: Isao Yukisada
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Posted on June 11, 2017 |
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Ghost Train / Otoshimono (2006)
Horror
On her way to school, high school girl Nana sees a train accident. Then Nana and her friend Kanae start to come across various bizarre phenomena, including red fingerprints and a female spirit who 'lives' on the station platform. One day, Nana's younger sister is lost, and the only possibility seems to be that she had been taken by these spirits. The missing tracks. The predictions that a mysterious woman makes.
Starring: Erika Sawajiri, Chinatsu Wakatsuki, Shun Oguri, Aya Sugimoto, Itsuji Itao, Miyoko Asada
Director: Takeshi Furusawa
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Tags: Aya Sugimoto, Chinatsu Wakatsuki, Erika Sawajiri, Itsuji Itao, Miyoko Asada, Shun Oguri, Takeshi Furusawa
Posted on April 4, 2017 |
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Tokyo Gore Police / Tôkyô zankoku keisatsu (2008)
Action | Horror | Sci-Fi
In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.
Starring: Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Yukihide Benny, Keisuke Horibe, Shun Sugata, Tak Sakaguchi
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura
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Tags: Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Keisuke Horibe, Shun Sugata, Tak Sakaguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Yukihide Benny
Posted on December 23, 2016 |
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Kako: My Sullen Past / Fukigen na kako (2016)
Comedy | Drama
Kako is a female high school student. She lives at a restaurant run by her family in Kitashinagawa, Tokyo. Unexpectedly, Kako's aunt, Mikiko, suddenly appears. Kako thought her aunt died 18 years ago. Her whole family is embarrassed by Mikiko's appearance due to a past incident caused by Mikiko. Kako is also irritated when Mikiko lives in her room. They spend the summer together.
Starring: Kyôko Koizumi, Fumi Nikaidou, Kengo Kôra, Itsuji Itao, Mochika Yamada
Director: Shirô Maeda
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Tags: Fumi Nikaidou, Itsuji Itao, Kengo Kôra, Kyôko Koizumi, Mochika Yamada, Shirô Maeda
