Wedding High / Uedingu hai (2022)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
It's the beginning of a hectic wedding party. The best day of the newlywed is interrupted by various unpredictable events.
Starring: Ryôko Shinohara, Tomoya Nakamura, Nagisa Sekimizu, Takanori Iwata, Osamu Mukai, Katsumi Takahashi
Director: Akiko Ôku
Bento Harassment / Kyô mo iyagarase bentô (2019)
Drama | Family
Single mother Kaori's daughter is in high school. The woman does her best, but the daughter is being as rebellious and cliched as she can possibly muster. Kaori tries the carrot and the stick. She tries to incent her daughter and she tries to punish the girl. The daughter's lunch box contains one mode of communication.
Starring: Ryôko Shinohara, Kyôko Yoshine, Rena Matsui, Kanta Satô, Ryûta Satô
Director: Renpei Tsukamoto
Sakura Guardian in the North / Kita no sakuramori (2018)
Drama
In August, 1945, the Soviet Union invaded the area around Sakhalin Island. Tetsu Ezure escaped with her two sons from Sakhalin Island and arrived in Abashiri City, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. What awaited for them was extreme cold weather and famine. They worked very hard. In 1971, Tetsu’s second son Shujiro returns to Japan after finding success in the United States. He visits Abashiri for the first time in 15 years. His mother Tetsu Ezure lives alone there.
Starring: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Masato Sakai, Ryôko Shinohara, Hiroshi Abe, Kôichi Satô, Ittoku Kishibe
Director: Yôjirô Takita
The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps / Ningyo no nemuru ie (2018)
Drama
Separated mother Kaoruko who has two offsprings from her estranged husband awaits the graduation of their daughter for the divorce proceedings to begin and subsequently be finalized. That is the couple's agreement. Tragedy strikes when the daughter will never graduate. She is comatose and brain dead due to an accident. The dilemma is whether to pull the plug and donate the girl's organs or await indefinitely to see if an unlikely healing will occur.
Starring: Ryôko Shinohara, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kurumi Inagaki, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Rina Kawaei, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Tetsushi Tanaka, Min Tanaka, Keiko Matsuzaka
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together / Sunny: Tsuyoi Kimochi Tsuyoi Ai (2018)
Comedy | Drama | Musical
A group of friends from high school days reunite for once more time before one of them are going to die from cancer.
Starring: Ryôko Shinohara, Yuka Itaya, Rie Tomosaka, Eiko Koike, Naomi Watanabe, Lily Franky, Suzu Hirose, Maika Yamamoto, Momoko Tanabe, Mio Noda, Miu Tomita, Elaiza Ikeda, Haruma Miura
Director: Hitoshi Ône
Unfair the End / Anfea the end (2015)
Thriller
Set 4 years after movie "Unfair: The Answer." Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a terrible price. Natsumi goes back to the Investigation #1 of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to take on the organization, but Natsumi becomes involved in a new case. She gets closer to the final enemy.
Starring: Ryôko Shinohara, Kôichi Satô, Kento Nagayama, Sadao Abe, Masaya Katô, Akira, Susumu Terajima, Kôtarô Yoshida, Mion Mukaichi
Director: Shimako Sato
Last Cinderella / Rasuto Shinderera (TV Mini-Series 2013)
Comedy | Romance
Women today can sometimes forget about their gender, as they devote themselves deeper and deeper into their career. Among such women, some suffer overwork, unbalance of hormones, hair loss and the likes. In fact, few women even experience the growth of a thick mustache! According to a survey, there have been results indicating that about 60% of women feeling that they were "turning male" in the past. At 29, these women only had to be concerned with marriage or work, but at 39, the time limit draws nearer, with increased concerns of pregnancy, divorce, aging parents, and change of job. "Last Cinderella" will depict the reality of these women, who try their best to live each day to their fullest. Playing the main character, a 39 year old female hair stylist Toyama Sakura is Shinohara Ryoko. Sakura meets a handsome younger man, Saeki Hiroto at a party and is drawn to him. A BMX rider since age 20, Hiroto's income is dependent on his performance, which means that his pay is unstable. As he gets to know Sakura, he is slowly drawn to her as well. Then there is Tachibana Rintaro, Sakura's boss and good friend, Takenouchi Miki, Sakura's best friend who suffers from a sexless marriage, and Hasegawa Shima, the other best friend who is addicted to sex, and finally a regular customer to the hair salon, Ooami Chiyoko who is in love with Rintaro. It's a modern heart-thumping love comedy that's sure to make you smile!
Starring: Ryôko Shinohara, Haruma Miura, Naohito Fujiki, Naoko Iijima, Nene Ohtsuka, Shôzô Endô, Nanao, Satoshi Hashimoto, Naoto, Saori Takizawa, Kaoru Hirata, Yumiko Nogawa
Creator: Mayumi Nakatani
Unfair: The Answer / Anfea: The Answer (2011)
Action | Crime | Drama
After detective Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case (storyline took place in "Unfair: The Movie"), Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in the body of the victims. The fingerprint of Natsumi's ex-husband, freelancer journalist Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa), is found on the the body of a victim and Kazuo is placed on the most wanted list. Soon after, Kazuo finds Natsumi and hands her a USB memory stick. The device contains information on a secret organization within the police department. Kazuo tells Natsumi that the series of murders are warnings and suspects become the next victims. Natsumi is then arrested as a suspect. Tokyo prosecutor Katsuaki Murakami (Takayuki Yamada) appears at the Nishimonbetsu Police Station to investigate.
Starring: Ryôko Shinohara, Kôichi Satô, Takayuki Yamada, Sadao Abe, Masaya Katô
Director: Shimako Sato
Unfair: The Movie / Anfea: The Movie (2007)
Action | Crime | Drama
Hardboiled, hard-drinking, and hard-hitting female detective Yukihira Natsumi has the best record in the police force, but it has come at a cost. Her fiercely independent personality and penchant to not go by the books has alienated her from colleagues, while her dedication, or perhaps obsession, with work has already cost her a marriage and custody of her eight-year-old daughter. Natsumi has no time for apologies and misgivings though when there is crime to be fought. She is forced to reconsider everything she knows, however, when terrorists take over the hospital her daughter is being treated at. How far will she go to save her daughter?
Starring: Ryôko Shinohara, Kippei Shiina, Hiroki Narimiya, Sadao Abe, Mari Hamada
Director: Yoshinori Kobayashi
