The House of the Lost on the Cape / Misaki no Mayoiga (2021)
Animation | Drama | Family | Fantasy
A 17-year old girl experiencing a sense of yearning and comfort in the traditional Japanese house "Mayoiga".
Starring: Mana Ashida, Takuya Tasso, Shinobu Ôtake, Sari Awano, Sally Amaki
Director: Shin'ya Kawatsura
BL Metamorphosis / Metamorphose no Engawa (2022)
Drama | Romance
Urara Sayama is a 17-year-old high school student, who doesn't have any friends or a boyfriend. Her only enjoyment is reading boy's love manga, which she keeps it as a secret. She also works part-time as a cashier at a bookstore. There, she meets 78-year-old Yuki Ichinoi, who has lived alone since her husband passed away. She happens to buy a BL manga due to its eye pleasing cover. Since that purchase, Yuki becomes a fan of the manga genre. Due to their common interest in BL manga, Urara and Yuki develop a friendship and they decide to take on a challenge.
Starring: Mana Ashida, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kyôhei Takahashi, Kotone Furukawa, Yuki Shioya, Taeko Ito
Director: Shunsuke Kariyama
Poupelle of Chimney Town / Eiga Entotsumachi no Puperu (2020)
Animation | Family | Fantasy
A factory town is covered by chimney smoke, and as the townspeople haven't see the sky in centuries, they no longer believe that stars exist. A chimney sweep and a friendly monster named Poupelle decide to prove that stars are real.
Starring: Mana Ashida, Masataka Kubota, Eiko Koike, Shingo Fujimori, Tôru Nomaguchi, Sairi Itô
Director: Yusuke Hirota
Children of the Sea / Kaijû no kodomo (2019)
Adventure | Animation | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Mystery
A young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved.
Starring: Mana Ashida, Hiiro Ishibashi, Seishû Uragami, Win Morisaki, Gorô Inagaki
Director: Ayumu Watanabe
Under the Stars / Child of the Stars / Hoshi no Ko (2020)
Family
Eczema was common for infant Chihiro.She was young and suffered, but her parents were the more anxious ones as they tried several methods and cures to help their daughter. Nothing worked. An acquaintance wades into religion and superstition.The girl was cured. Tis lead the family to gravitate towards the cult. With Chihiro now older and coming into herself she faces the superstitious parents, her own self realization and what all of this means.
Starring: Mana Ashida, Masatoshi Nagase, Tomoyo Harada, Kôhei Ôtomo, Aju Makita, Masaki Okada
Director: Tatsushi Ohmori
The Round Table / Entaku (2014)
Comedy | Drama
Kokko (Mana Ashida) is a third grade elementary school student. Even though she has a family who loves her, Kokko is full of dissatisfaction and she admires loneliness.
Starring: Mana Ashida, Ryûhei Maruyama, Misato Aoyama
Director: Isao Yukisada
Liar Game: Reborn / Raiâ gêmu: Saisei (2012)
Drama
College graduate Yu Shinomiya is invited to the Liar Game, which has been restarted by funding from new investors. She turns to her psychology professor for help, who is none other than Shinichi Akiyama, former Liar Game champion. He advises her to ignore the invitation, but afraid of the penalty fee should she do so, she decides to participate. Soon, Akiyama is issued an invitation of his own by Fukunaga, who now works for the game. Playing on Akiyama's sympathy for the naive student, Fukunaga manages to get Akiyama to participate as well. The game this time is a diabolical version of Musical Chairs. Once again, Akiyama's cunning and ingenuity is put to the ultimate test.
Starring: Shôta Matsuda, Mikako Tabe, Hirofumi Arai, Mana Ashida, Makiko Esumi
Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama
Bunny Drop / Usagi doroppu (2011)
Comedy | Drama | Family
27-year-old Daikichi (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) is a single young man who is trusted by his peers at work. Daikichi then attends his grandfather's funeral. At the funeral the attendees learn that Daikichi's grandfather bore an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mother. The girl's name is Rin (Mana Ashida) and she is just six years old. Everybody in Daikichi's family looks at the girl as an embarrassment and wants no part of her. Daikichi, annoyed by his family's attitude, decides to raise Rin by himself. Daikichi has no experience in raising a child. He soon learns the difficulties in raising a child as a single parent…
Starring: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Karina, Mana Ashida
Director: Hiroyuki Tanaka
