Posted on October 30, 2018 |
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Chihayafuru Part 3 / Chihayafuru: Musubi (2018)
Drama
Taking place two years after the showdown between Chihaya and Shinobu at the National Karuta Competion, Chihaya is a high school girl who, alongside her friends, enters another national competition against Shinobu. Hideo Harada has, in the meantime, been crushed by losing to a master player. The high school friends must also restore their master's honour.
Starring: Suzu Hirose, Shûhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi
Director: Norihiro Koizumi
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Tags: Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi, Norihiro Koizumi, Shûhei Nomura, Suzu Hirose
Posted on September 10, 2017 |
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Midnight Sun / A Song to the Sun / Taiyô no uta (2006)
Drama | Music | Romance | Teen
Kaoru dreamily gazes from her bedroom window each morning just before dawn. She can see a stretch of the beach in front of her parent's house on a hill in Kamakura, but focuses upon the activity at the bus stop where Koji and his two best friends meet before going surfing. The appearance of the sun causes her to lowers the blinds and go to sleep for she suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) and exposure to the sun's rays has had the potential to kill her. At night she walks to the train station, plays her guitar and sings songs she has written, commonly returning home just a few minutes before it starts getting light. One morning she is at the bus stop singing when Koji arrives. Liking the song she was singing, he promises to go and listen to her perform as a street musician the first day of summer vacation but finds a loud and off-key man has occupied her spot. Koji improvises and takes her to Yokahama on his motor bike where her singing immediately draws a crowd. Koji marvels at her extraordinary future, whereas he muses at his ordinary nature as he asks to be her boyfriend. But she breaks up almost immediately as the rising sun reminds her that she cannot live a normal life. Koji tries and make amends after being sought out by her father, and starts to earn the 200,000 yen needed to pay for a studio session and production of a CD of Kaoru's songs. As she practices on her guitar, she finds her fingers becoming immobilized, the first sign that neurological damage from the disease is progressing.
Starring: Yui, Takashi Tsukamoto
Director: Norihiro Koizumi
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Posted on October 16, 2016 |
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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
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Tags: Mackenyu Meada, Mayu Matsuoka, Mone Kamishiraishi, Norihiro Koizumi, Shûhei Nomura, Suzu Hirose, Yûma Yamoto
Posted on September 26, 2016 |
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Chihayafuru Part I (2016)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game 'karuta'. Four years later, Chihaya is a high school student. Chihaya learns that Arata, who went back to Fukui Prefecture, doesn't play karuta anymore. Believing they will meet Arata again, Chihaya and Taichi start a karuta club at their high school.
Starring: Suzu Hirose, Shûhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi, Yûma Yamoto, Yûki Morinaga, Hiroya Shimizu
Director: Norihiro Koizumi
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Tags: Hiroya Shimizu, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi, Norihiro Koizumi, Shûhei Nomura, Suzu Hirose, Yûki Morinaga, Yûma Yamoto
Posted on August 8, 2016 |
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Flowers (2010)
Drama
A story of six women from three different generations. In the 1930s, Rin is worried about her arranged marriage that her parents set up. Rin has three daughters: Kaoru – who tragically loses her husband in a car accident, Midori – a career woman who becomes shaken by a marriage proposal, and youngest child Sato. In the 1960s, Sato gives birth to Kana and Kei. In the present day, Kana is worried about becoming a single mother.
Starring: Yû Aoi, Kyôka Suzuki, Yûko Takeuchi, Rena Tanaka, Yukie Nakama, Ryôko Hirosue
Director: Norihiro Koizumi
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Tags: Kyôka Suzuki, Norihiro Koizumi, Rena Tanaka, Ryôko Hirosue, Yû Aoi, Yukie Nakama, Yûko Takeuchi
Posted on June 27, 2014 |
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The Liar and His Lover / Kanojo wa uso wo aishisugiteiru (2013)
Romance
A love story between a 25-year-old sound engineer and 16-year-old high school student who possesses a gifted voice.
Starring: Takeru Satô, Sakurako Ohara, Shôhei Miura, Masataka Kubota, Kôki Mizuta
Director: Norihiro Koizumi
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Tags: Kôki Mizuta, Masataka Kubota, Norihiro Koizumi, Sakurako Ohara, Shôhei Miura, Takeru Sato
