Ring / The Ring / Ringu (1998)
Horror | Mystery
A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yûko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satô, Takashi Takayama
Director: Hideo Nakata
The Crimes That Bind / Inori no maku ga oriru toki (2018)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Michiko came to Toronto to visit Hiromi, but is instead found murdered. The renter of Michiko's place is missing. The police is having a hard time finding clues and solving the case. There are not any clues and a connection between the dead and absent is not forthcoming. The only hint is an item found near the corpse, but it complicated the matters because it makes the file personal to one of the detectives assigned to the murder.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Nanako Matsushima, Junpei Mizobata, Rena Tanaka, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ran Itô, Fumiyo Kohinata
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa
When Marnie Was There / Omoide no Mânî (2014)
Animation | Drama
A young girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect.
Starring: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi, Ryôko Moriyama
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Ring 2 / The Ring 2 / Ringu 2 (1999)
Horror
In the third film in the "Ring" series, Reiko takes Yoichi into hiding when her son begins to display frightening powers. Meanwhile, Mai Takano and the authorities begin a desperate search for them, as the mysterious Ring curse spreads.
Starring: Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Satô, Kyôko Fukada, Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada
Director: Hideo Nakata
Inu to anata no monogatari: Inu no eiga / Happy Together: All About My Dog (2011)
Comedy | Drama
A series of short stories explore the connection of love between dogs and people.
Starring: Nao Ohmori, Nanako Matsushima
Director: Hisashi Eto, Soichi Ishii, Jun Kawanishi, Yutaka Mizuochi, Shunichi Nagasaki, Naoto Nakanishi
Shield of Straw / Wara no tate (2013)
Action | Thriller
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru (Tatsuya Fujiwara). Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing. Three months after the murder of his granddaughter, Ninagawa places a whole page ad in the 3 big Japanese newspapers. The ad states "Please kill this man Kunihide Kiyomaru and I will pay you 1,000,000,000 yen as a reward." Meanwhile, Kunihide Kiyomaru sees the ad and begins to fear for his life. Kunihide Kiyomaru then turns himself in at the Fukuoka Police Station. Five detectives from the security section (SP) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department travel to Fukuoka to escort Kunihide Kiyomaru back to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The distance between Fukuoka and Tokyo is apprixmately 1,200 km. During their fateful trip, a significant portion of the Japanese population plot to kill Kunihide Kiyomaru. Many of those people, actually pursue Kunihide Kiyomaru while he goes back to Tokyo to get the 1 billion yen reward. The lonely fight of the five detectives to protect this man begins…
Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takao Ohsawa, Gorô Kishitani, Masatô Ibu, Kento Nagayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo, Hirotarô Honda
Director: Takashi Miike
Ghost / Gôsuto (2010)
Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
A man tries to solve his lover's murder by communicating with her spirit through the help of a medium.
Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Seung-heon Song, Kirin Kiki, Sawa Suzuki, Satoshi Hashimoto
Director: Tarô Ohtani
Lucky Seven Special / Rakkî sebun SP (2013)
Drama
The Lucky Detective Agency is back! A year after becoming the highest-rated original drama series of the winter 2012 season, Lucky Seven returns as a one-off drama special! This time, Inoue Yumiko (Good Luck!, 14-sai no Haha) takes over scripting duties and comes with a brand-new story for the team packed with action and humor! In addition to the return of original cast members Matsumoto Jun, Eita, Oizumi Yo, Naka Riisa and Matsushima Nanako, the Lucky Seven Special brings in new cast member Ishihara Satomi (Rich Man, Poor Woman) as a devilish femme fatale and KAT-TUN's Nakamaru Yuichi as a genius economist.
Starring: Jun Matsumoto, Eita, Yô Oizumi, Riisa Naka, Nanako Matsushima, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Satomi Ishihara, Yuichi Nakamaru
Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama
