Posted on March 15, 2023 |
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I Am Makimoto (2022)
Drama
So Makimoto works in the omiokuri department at city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for deceased individuals without family members and bury them at a cemetery. So doesn't like to socialize with or listen to other people. By doing his job, he meets various people and slowly begins to change his life.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Hikari Mitsushima, Rie Miyazawa, Jun Kunimura, Ryûdô Uzaki, Kôhei Matsushita
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
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Tags: Hikari Mitsushima, Jun Kunimura, Kôhei Matsushita, Nobuo Mizuta, Rie Miyazawa, Ryûdô Uzaki, Sadao Abe
Posted on June 7, 2017 |
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No More Cry / Nakumonka (2009)
Comedy | Drama
Two brothers are separated as young boys and vow not to cry at their separation. They are unknowingly reunited as adults thanks to fate. Find laughter through the tears.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Eita, Yûko Takeuchi, Takashi Tsukamoto, Sarutoki Minagawa
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
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Tags: Eita, Nobuo Mizuta, Sadao Abe, Sarutoki Minagawa, Takashi Tsukamoto, Yûko Takeuchi
Posted on October 13, 2016 |
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Sing My Life / Suspicious Woman / Ayashii kanojo (2016)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Katsu is now an old woman who even at seventy three has not lost her penchant for being sardonic and dissatisfied. Upon visiting a photography studio her life and body are transported to that of a twenty-year-old girl giving her the opportunity to make up for missing out on her earlier dreams of becoming a singer, a more harmonious family member and to have more fun than life generally afforded her.
Starring: Mikako Tabe, Mitsuko Baishô, Satomi Kobayashi, Jun Kaname, Takumi Kitamura, Katsuko Kanai, Yôichi Nukumizu, Kôtarô Shiga
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
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Tags: Jun Kaname, Katsuko Kanai, Kôtarô Shiga, Mikako Tabe, Mitsuko Baishô, Nobuo Mizuta, Satomi Kobayashi, Takumi Kitamura, Yôichi Nukumizu
Posted on April 16, 2014 |
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The Apology King / Shazai no ohsama (2013)
Comedy
Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Mao Inoue, Yutaka Takenouchi, Masaki Okada, Machiko Ono, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Katsumi Takahashi
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
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Tags: Katsumi Takahashi, Machiko Ono, Mao Inoue, Masaki Okada, Nobuo Mizuta, Sadao Abe, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Yutaka Takenouchi
Posted on July 8, 2013 |
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Tug of War! / Play at Tug-of-War! / Tsuna hiichatta! (2012)
Comedy
Chiaki Nishikawa (Mao Inoue) works at the public relations department for the city of Oita. The city in the past was won the tug-of-war world championship three times and Chiaki is also an enthusiast for the tug-of-war game. To promote the city of Oita, the mayor instructs Chiaki to form a female tug-of-war team.
Starring: Mao Inoue, Keiko Matsuzaka, Tetsuji Tamayama, Naomi Nishida, Naomi Watanabe, Sonim
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
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Tags: Keiko Matsuzaka, Mao Inoue, Naomi Nishida, Naomi Watanabe, Nobuo Mizuta, Sonim, Tetsuji Tamayama
Posted on August 29, 2012 |
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252: Seizonsha ari / 252: Signal of Life (2008)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller
At some point in the distant future, a massive, catastrophic earthquake strikes Tokyo, causing the temperature of the Pacific Ocean to rise meteorically and the largest typhoon in recorded Japanese history to sweep toward the city and inundate it with water. The Tokyo Fire Department and its team of crack rescuers swing into action, and shortly after they do, a distress call arises from an underground subway station – with repeated indications of the rescue code, 252 252, and the exclamation "We Have Survivors." It soon becomes apparent that the local rescue squad must attempt to save the survivors, doing so at the expense of their own lives and safety.
Starring: Hideaki Itô, Masaaki Uchino, Takayuki Yamada, Yuu Kashii
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
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Tags: Hideaki Itô, Masaaki Uchino, Nobuo Mizuta, Takayuki Yamada, Yuu Kashii