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Riverside Mukolitta / Kawapperi Mukolitta (2021)
Drama | Family
Takeshi Yamada arrives in a small village in the Hokuriku region. There, he begins to work at a small factory which makes shiokara. Through the introduction of the CEO of the factory, he begins to live in at an old and cheap apartment building. One day, his apartment building neighbor Kozo Shimada visits Takeshi and asks to take a bath in his bathroom. Since then, Takeshi begins to make relations with the residents at the apartment building and he becomes friends with Kozo. Later, Kozo learns the secret on why Takeshi came to the village.
Starring: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Tsuyoshi Muro, Hikari Mitsushima, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Noriko Eguchi, Tasuku Emoto
Director: Naoko Ogigami
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Tags: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Hikari Mitsushima, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Naoko Ogigami, Noriko Eguchi, Tasuku Emoto, Tsuyoshi Muro
Posted on September 15, 2017 |
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Close-Knit / Karera ga honki de amu toki wa, (2017)
Drama
11-year-old Tomo lives with mother Hiromi, but Hiromi decides to give up on her and leaves their home. Tomo, now all alone, visits her uncle Makio's home. Makio lives with his beautiful girlfriend Rinko. Rinko was born as a man and now works as a caregiver at a home for the elderly. Tomo is a little confused by the situation, but they begin to live as a family.
Starring: Tôma Ikuta, Kenta Kiritani, Rin Kakihara, Mimura
Director: Naoko Ogigami
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Tags: Kenta Kiritani, Mimura, Naoko Ogigami, Rin Kakihara, Tôma Ikuta
Posted on February 1, 2015 |
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Glasses / Megane (2007)
Comedy | Drama
Taeko an stressed out career woman leaves her stressed out life in the city for an island vacation. The vacation does not become what expected, as everyone on the island are rather strange.
Starring: Satomi Kobayashi, Mikako Ichikawa, Ryô Kase, Ken Mitsuishi, Masako Motai, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Director: Naoko Ogigami
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Tags: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Ken Mitsuishi, Masako Motai, Mikako Ichikawa, Naoko Ogigami, Ryo Kase, Satomi Kobayashi
Posted on February 1, 2015 |
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Kamome Diner / Kamome shokudô (2006)
Comedy | Drama
Where are we welcome? On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her, and meets Masako, a formal and ethereal middle-aged woman whose luggage has gone missing. The three women work in the diner, interact, and serve customers. A somewhat brusque man teaches Sachie to make delicious coffee, then he returns under other circumstances. Three neighborhood women inspect the empty diner every day; will anything bring them inside? We learn why Sachie serves rice balls; but why Finland?
Starring: Satomi Kobayashi, Hairi Katagiri, Masako Motai, Jarkko Niemi, Tarja Markus, Markku Peltola
Director: Naoko Ogigami
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Tags: Hairi Katagiri, Jarkko Niemi, Markku Peltola, Masako Motai, Naoko Ogigami, Satomi Kobayashi, Tarja Markus
Posted on October 6, 2014 |
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Toiretto / Toilet (2010)
Comedy | Drama
Ray is a 30 something engineer obsessed with Gundam toys. He has a motto not to become close to anyone. During his mother's funeral he showed no emotions. His life is further turned upside when he is forced to live with his older brother Maury and younger sister Lisa. Older brother Maury was a pianist but is now a recluse. Younger sister Lisa is a college student who tends to look down on those around her. Also in there home is their Japanese grandmother who doesn't speak English at all.
Starring: Masako Motai, Alex House, Tatiana Maslany, David Rendall, Sachi Parker
Director: Naoko Ogigami
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Tags: Alex House, David Rendall, Masako Motai, Naoko Ogigami, Sachi Parker, Tatiana Maslany
Posted on June 5, 2013 |
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Rent-a-Cat / Rentaneko (2012)
Comedy | Drama
An odd woman named Sayoko (Mikako Ichikawa) rents cats to lonely people. Some of the renters include an old woman who lost her husband and her cat, a middle-aged man who moved away from his family for work, a woman at a reception desk who questions her existence and a man who has a connection with Sayoko.
Starring: Mikako Ichikawa, Reiko Kusamura, Ken Mitsuishi, Maho Yamada, Kei Tanaka
Director: Naoko Ogigami
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Tags: Kei Tanaka, Ken Mitsuishi, Maho Yamada, Mikako Ichikawa, Naoko Ogigami, Reiko Kusamura
