Posted on March 25, 2021 |
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Mio on the Shore / Watashi wa hikari wo nigitte iru (2019)
Drama
20-year-old Mio has lost her parents early and runs a traditional Japanese inn in Nagano with her grandmother. As her grandmother gets sick and hospitalized, Mio is forced to leave the inn and reluctantly comes to Tokyo to live with her father's old friend Kyosuke. Helping him at the bathhouse he runs, she begins to find her way in everyday life. One day, however, she learns the bathhouse is on the verge of demolition for the redevelopment in the district.
Starring: Honoka Matsumoto, Daichi Watanabe, Eri Tokunaga, Kaito Yoshimura, Shûgo Oshinari, Ken Mitsuishi, Fumie Kashiyama
Director: Ryûtarô Nakagawa
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Tags: Daichi Watanabe, Eri Tokunaga, Fumie Kashiyama, Honoka Matsumoto, Kaito Yoshimura, Ken Mitsuishi, Ryûtarô Nakagawa, Shûgo Oshinari
Posted on October 27, 2015 |
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Don't Laugh at My Romance / Hito no sekkusu o warauna (2007)
Comedy | Romance
Mirume is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri, an almost 40 year old art teacher at his university. Yuri isn't your typical college professor, having a quirky sense of humor and unpredictable personality. When Yuri invites Murume to her studio, she playfully seduces the still naive 19 year old student. Things become more complicated when Murume discovers that Yuri is married to a much older man.
Starring: Hiromi Nagasaku, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Yû Aoi, Shûgo Oshinari, Morio Agata, Yôichi Nukumizu, Harudanji Katsura
Director: Nami Iguchi
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Tags: Harudanji Katsura, Hiromi Nagasaku, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Morio Agata, Nami Iguchi, Shûgo Oshinari, Yôichi Nukumizu, Yû Aoi
Posted on May 3, 2014 |
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All About Lily Chou-Chou / Riri Shushu no subete (2001)
Crime | Drama | Music | Romance | Thriller
Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absurd in Japan's pervasive pop/cyber culture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even salvation, through pop star savior Lily Chou-Chou, embracing her sad, dreamy songs and sharing their fears and secrets in Lilyholic chat rooms. Immersed in the speed of everyday troubles, their lives inevitably climax in a fatal collision between real and virtual identities, a final logging-off from innocence.
Starring: Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Takao Osawa, Miwako Ichikawa, Izumi Inamori, Yû Aoi, Kazusa Matsuda, Ryô Katsuji
Director: Shunji Iwai
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Tags: Ayumi Ito, Hayato Ichihara, Izumi Inamori, Kazusa Matsuda, Miwako Ichikawa, Ryo Katsuji, Shûgo Oshinari, Shunji Iwai, Takao Osawa, Yû Aoi
Posted on June 4, 2012 |
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Battle Royale II: Requiem / Batoru rowaiaru II: Chinkonka (2003)
Action | Drama | Thriller
Three years after the events in "Battle Royale," Shuya Nanahara (Tatsuya Fujiwara)is a well-known terrorist bent on bringing down the government. In response, they order the creation of the "Battle Royale 2" program, and send a class of junior-high students to catch and kill him.
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayana Sakai, Haruka Suenaga
Director: Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku
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Tags: Ai Maeda, Ayana Sakai, Haruka Suenaga, Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku, Shûgo Oshinari, Tatsuya Fujiwara
