Monster / Kaibutsu (2023)
Drama | Thriller
A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.
Starring: Sakura Andô, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Kakuta, Shidô Nakamura, Yûko Tanaka
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu
Character / Kyarakutâ (2021)
Crime | Horror | Thriller
A kind man aspires to become a comic creator, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him, for he has little experience or natural inclination for them. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more. He uses the real-life situation for his work.
Starring: Masaki Suda, Fukase, Mitsuki Takahata, Shidô Nakamura, Shun Oguri
Director: Akira Nagai
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku / Wotaku ni koi wa muzukashii (2020)
Comedy | Romance
Two office workers, who are also fans of otaku culture, meet and develop a relationship.
Starring: Mitsuki Takahata, Kento Yamazaki, Nanao, Kento Kaku, Mio Imada, Yumi Wakatsuki, Maaya Uchida, Jirô Satô, Takumi Saitoh
Director: Yûichi Fukuda
Samurai Shifters / Long Journey / Hikkoshi daimyô! (2019)
Comedy | History
The noble Katagiri Harunosuke is both a warrior and a scholar. He is a samurai in the employment of his lord or Daimyo and also a bookworm. His newest and somewhat surprising task is to lead the effort to relocate the lord of the land. He employs and receives assistant from Takamura and Oran to accomplish the task with care and sensitivity.
Starring: Gen Hoshino, Issey Takahashi, Mitsuki Takahata, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Gaku Hamada, Yutaka Matsushige, Masahiko Nishimura
Director: Isshin Inudô
A Banana? At This Time of Night? / Konna Yofuke Ni Banana Kayo: Kanashiki Jitsuwa (2018)
Comedy | Drama
A man is immobile and incapacitated. He is home-bound, but lucky to have multiple professional and nonprofessional volunteers serve and help him. He takes full advantage of the situation and uses and abuses the volunteer crew. The volunteers mean well and count a loser boyfriend and quasi-man among their ranks. The man gives up his girlfriend to the man with nary a protest. The girl is game too. She is easy. After all, her boyfriend is hardly a man.
Starring: Yô Ôizumi, Mitsuki Takahata, Haruma Miura, Masato Hagiwara, Makiko Watanabe, Shôhei Uno
Director: Tetsu Maeda
The Travelling Cat Chronicles / Tabineko ripôto (2018)
Drama
Nana is the cutest girl. She is also smart and aware of her talents. She has paws and purrs. Her father Satoru cannot take of her anymore and must give her up. He searches for someone to take care of Nana and begins visiting people who may be good candidates. As Nana and her father take trips in their car Satoru meets old friends, meets new friends and his own story unfurls in the process.
Starring: Sôta Fukushi, Yûko Takeuchi, Alice Hirose, Takurô Ôno, Ryôsuke Yamamoto, Tomoya Maeno, Mitsuki Takahata
Director: Kôichirô Miki
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura / Destiny: Kamakura Monogatari (2017)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Not only is Kamakura-based Masakazu Isshiki a mystery novelist, but he is also a good detective himself. His wife Akiko and he are acquainted with all manners of creatures and gods who are of, from or passing through the town. Dealing with and tackling his cases means he can use all the help he can get.
Starring: Masato Sakai, Mitsuki Takahata, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Sakura Andô, Min Tanaka, Tamao Nakamura, Jun Kunimura, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Tomokazu Miura
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
The Stand-In Thief / Dorobô yakusha (2017)
Comedy
Hajime has a welding job and a cute girlfriend with whom he lives. It was not always this way however. He used to be a robber. The past comes to haunt him, however, when is compelled by a former associate to commit a crime again and steal. He is caught red-handed, he thinks, but instead he is not recognized as a criminal, which he desperately tries to keep intact.
Starring: Ryûhei Maruyama, Masachika Ichimura, Yûsuke Santamaria, Anna Ishibashi, Daisuke Miyagawa, Mitsuki Takahata, Jin Katagiri, Rie Minemura
Director: Masafumi Nishida
Napping Princess / Ancien and the Magic Tablet / Hirune-hime: Shiranai watashi no monogatari (2017)
Adventure | Animation | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
In the near future, a high school senior discovers that events in her waking life begin to parallel events in her dreams.
Starring: Yôsuke Eguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Wataru Takagi, Mitsuki Takahata, Brina Palencia
Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Haruko Azumi Is Missing / Japanese Girls Never Die / Azumi Haruko wa yukue fumei (2016)
Comedy | Drama
Haruko Azumi is a 28-years-old woman. She is a single and works at an office. One day, she suddenly disappears on a typical street with retail stores lined up. After her disappearance, her missing person poster is spread across the city.
Starring: Yû Aoi, Mitsuki Takahata, Shôno Hayama, Taiga
Director: Daigo Matsui
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
Evergreen Love / Illustrated Plant Book / Shokubutsu zukan: Unmei no koi, hiroimashita (2016)
Romance
Sayaka works as a property agent. One day after work, she finds a man, named Itsuki, collapsed outside her house. She takes him in and they start to live together. Itsuki teaches her about cooking and plants, but holds many secrets.
Starring: Takanori Iwata, Mitsuki Takahata
Director: Kôichirô Miki
Blue Spring Ride / Ao Ha Ride (2014)
Drama | Romance
In a middle school, Yoshioka liked Kou who was unlike the other boys and quite gentle. Kou then moved away and they lost contact but in high school she meets Kou again. But now, he is not the same person anymore.
Starring: Tsubasa Honda, Masahiro Higashide, Yua Shinkawa, Ryô Yoshizawa, Izumi Fujimoto, Mitsuki Takahata, Yûdai Chiba, Yû Koyanagi
Director: Takahiro Miki
Jossy's / Joshîzu (2014)
Action
Five women are summoned to battle evil. They each represent a color; red, blue, green, yellow and navy. Together, they must learn to work together as a team to save the world.
Starring: Mirei Kiritani, Mina Fujii, Mitsuki Takahata, Kasumi Arimura, Mizuki Yamamoto, Jirô Satô
Director: Yûichi Fukuda
