Hell Dogs / Heru doggusu (2022)
Action | Crime | Drama
A traumatized former officer hell-bent on revenge receives an order to go undercover within the Yakuza by befriending their most frenetic member.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyavi, Kazuki Kitamura, Shinobu Ôtake
Director: Masato Harada
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction / Damashie no kiba (2021)
Drama
Hayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the ship well. Chatting with his direct boss he picks up a certain vibe. Did he misunderstand that the magazine is doomed and will be terminated? If so, he is not going down without a fight. He will fight to make it through and keep his, and the others', jobs.
Starring: Yô Ôizumi, Kôichi Satô, Mayu Matsuoka, Hio Miyazawa, Elaiza Ikeda, Takumi Saitoh
Director: Daihachi Yoshida
Theatre / Gekijo (2020)
Drama | Romance
Nagata is the director of a theater troupe. Unfortunately, he is rather unsuccessful on his finances which makes the crew has little confidence in him.
Starring: Kento Yamazaki, Mayu Matsuoka, Kan'ichirô Satô, Sairi Itô, Satoru Iguchi, Kôdai Asaka
Director: Isao Yukisada
One Night / Over Night / Hitoyo (2019)
Drama | Family
Koharu's children are torn apart and live independent of one another. Years pass and the family reunites. They each have a story to tell. One was so affected he can not articulate himself well. Another is a writer, but is not working anywhere steadily. Another is a hostess at a club and entertains the guests. They have not forgotten what happened years ago.
Starring: Takeru Satoh, Ryôhei Suzuki, Mayu Matsuoka, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Yûko Tanaka
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi
Listen to the Universe / Honeybees and Distant Thunder / Mitsubachi to enrai (2019)
Drama | Music
Four pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is a former child prodigy who stopped playing when her mother died. One is a Julliard student. One works at a music store. One is a new face and yet comes recommended.
Starring: Mayu Matsuoka, Tôri Matsuzaka, Win Morisaki, Oji Suzuka
Director: Kei Ishikawa
Shoplifters / Manbiki kazoku (2018)
Crime | Drama
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
Starring: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Kirin Kiki, Sôsuke Ikematsu
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Blank 13 (2017)
Comedy | Drama | Family
A son discovers the unknown life of his deserted father's after his death.
Starring: Issey Takahashi, Mayu Matsuoka, Takumi Saitoh, Misuzu Kanno, Jirô Satô, Lily Franky
Director: Takumi Saitoh
Tremble All You Want / Katte ni furuetero (2017)
Drama
Virgin twenty-something girl is neat, talented and professional, although almost too much of all these. She is an office lady who still romanticizes a school-mate, but has the opportunity to move on and forward with a man at an after-work get-together. She hesitates yearning for the man she loved at school and happens to meet him again soon enough. Will she choose option A, B or something else we can call C?
Starring: Mayu Matsuoka, Daichi Watanabe, Anna Ishibashi, Takumi Kitamura, Kanji Furutachi, Hairi Katagiri
Director: Akiko Ohku
Chihayafuru Part II (2016)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The second part of the 'Chihayafuru' movies.
Starring: Suzu Hirose, Shûhei Nomura, Mackenyu Meada, Mone Kamishiraishi, Mayu Matsuoka, Yûma Yamoto
Director: Norihiro Koizumi
Cats Don't Come When You Call / Neko nanka yondemo konai (2016)
Comedy
Mitsuo, a boxer on the verge of turning 30, has dedicated his life to the sport. He needs only one more victory before he can start taking on the world. Everything changes when he meets two kittens: Tiny, a male, and Blackie, a female. They have been taken in off the street by his older brother, a manga creator who lets him stay at his apartment free of charge. While his elder sibling struggles to meet an impending deadline, Mitsuo finds himself with no other choice but to look after the cats…
Starring: Shunsuke Kazama, Mayu Matsuoka, Takeshi Tsuruno
Director: Toru Yamamoto
Strayer's Chronicle / Sureiyâzu kuronikuru (2015)
Action | Sci-Fi
In the early 1990s, experiments were carried out secretly in Japan. Two different methods were used in the experiments. One method involved forcing stress upon expecting parents and when the baby was born, provoke the baby into mutations and develop their special abilities. The other method involved birth to babies having abilities of animals and insects. The special abilities were derived from gene manipulation. Subaru, Saya and others were born from those experiments. Subaru (Masaki Okada) possesses incredible strength and vision. Saya (Riko Narumi) possesses super hearing abilities. They both grew up in the same facility. They work for Koichiro Watase (Tsuyoshi Ihara) who is the senior Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and has lofty ambitions as a politician. Koichiro Watase then orders them to find the runaway daughter of a powerful politician. The runaway girl has in her possession a secret file. Subaru, Saya and others become involved in the slaughter group "Ageha." The group is led by Manabu (Shota Sometani). Based on the novel "Strayer's Chronicle" by Takayoshi Honda (first published April 5, 2012 by Shueisha Inc.).
Starring: Masaki Okada, Shôta Sometani, Riko Narumi, Mayu Matsuoka, Yuina Kuroshima, Sara Takatsuki, Sh, Hiroya Shimizuun'ya Shiraishi
Director: Takahisa Zeze
Little Forest: Summer & Autumn / Ritoru Foresuto Natsu Hen・Aki Hen (2014)
Drama
Ichiko (Ai Hashimoto) lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients
Starring: Ai Hashimoto, Takahiro Miura, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima
Director: Jun'ichi Mori
Samu Life / Samulife / Samuraifu (2015)
Drama
Nagaoka (Takahiro Miura) is a former high school teacher. He decides to start a school with an ideal education environment. To achieve his goal, Nagaoka struggles to make money by running a bar and publishing company.
Starring: Takahiro Miura, Mayu Matsuoka, Masaki Kaji, Reiya Masaki, Ryôsuke Yamamoto
Director: Takeshi Moriya
Little Forest: Winter & Spring / Ritoru Foresuto Fuyu Hen・Haru Hen (2015)
Drama
Ichiko (Ai Hashimoto) lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
Starring: Ai Hashimoto, Takahiro Miura, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima
Director: Jun'ichi Mori
