Kyrie no uta (2023)
Drama | Music
In the Great East Japan Earthquake, a young girl named Luca loses her family and is left with a disability that prevents her from speaking properly. She can, however, make her voice heard when she sings.
Starring: Aina the End, Hokuto Matsumura, Haru Kuroki, Suzu Hirose
Director: Shunji Iwai
Wandering / The Wandering Moon / Rurou no tsuki (2022)
Drama | Mystery
In a park on a rainy evening, a 19-year-old university student, Fumi, offers an umbrella to a soaking wet 10-year-old girl, Sarasa. Realizing her reluctance to go home, Fumi lets her stay in his place, where she spends the next two months in peace. They take each other's hands and seem to have finally found their place in the world until Fumi is arrested for kidnapping. Fifteen years later, the lonely two are reunited both still suffering from the stigma as the victim and perpetrator of "a pedophile case". Will the society give a place to their unshakable bond they have formed?
Starring: Suzu Hirose, Tôri Matsuzaka, Ryûsei Yokohama, Mikako Tabe, Shuri, Takahiro Miura
Director: Sang-il Lee
Not Quite Dead Yet / Ichido Shinde Mita (2020)
Comedy
A pharmaceutical CEO is pondering thefts and irregularities at his company. He drinks a drug that temporary suppresses his signs and gives him a deathlike state for a couple of days. Something goes wrong. His daughter and he have had a rocky relationship, but she attempts to rescue him with help from a company employee.
Starring: Suzu Hirose, Ryô Yoshizawa, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Lily Franky, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Kyûsaku Shimada, Tae Kimura, Shôta Matsuda
Director: Shinji Hamasaki
Lupin III: The First (2019)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Crime | Family | Mystery
Lupin III goes on a grand adventure to uncover the secrets of the Bresson Diary, which is tied to the legacy of his famous grandfather.
Starring: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Sawashiro, Kôichi Yamadera, Suzu Hirose, Kôtarô Yoshida, Tatsuya Fujiwara
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Last Letter (2020)
Dram | Romance
It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically accept the demise of her mother. In the midst of all this an old flame messages the sister to say he is still in love with her, but is he messaging the living sister or the dead one?
Starring: Takako Matsu, Suzu Hirose, Hideaki Anno, Nana Mori, Etsushi Toyokawa, Miho Nakayama, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Masaharu Fukuyama, Hitoshi Komuro, Keiko Mizukoshi, Keiichi Suzuki, Midori Kiuchi
Director: Shunji Iwai
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
Laplace's Witch / Rapurasu no majo (2018)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident – or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.
Starring: Shô Sakurai, Suzu Hirose, Sôta Fukushi
Director: Takashi Miike
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
Fireworks / Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or The Bottom? / Uchiage hanabi, shita kara miru ka? Yoko kara miru ka? (2017)
Animation | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Romance | Teen
School children Norimichi, Yûsuke and Jun'ichi want to know if fireworks look round or flat from the side. They make a plan to find the answer at a fireworks display, while Nazuna schemes to run away with Norimichi or Yûsuke, whoever wins at the pool.
Starring: Suzu Hirose, Masaki Suda, Mamoru Miyano, Takako Matsu, Kana Hanazawa, Shintarô Asanuma
Director: Akiyuki Shimbô, Nobuyuki Takeuchi
My Teacher / Sensei! / Sensei!… suki ni nattemo iidesuka? (2017)
Drama | Romance
Hibiki is an awkward, 17-year-old high school sophomore who hasn't known romance. But she's about to fall in love for the very first time. With whom? A man who isn't great with words, but compassionate about his students. It's her history teacher, Mr. Ito. "Is it okay if I fall for you?" Hibiki asks. "I'm afraid I can't return those feelings," is Ito's reply. Hibiki's first love crashes before takeoff. But it doesn't matter. "Still I want to cherish my crush anyway." A teacher's heart begins to turn by a student's pure love.
Starring: Tôma Ikuta, Suzu Hirose, Ryô Ryûsei, Aoi Morikawa, Kentarô, Tomoya Nakamura, Manami Higa, Akiko Yagi, Leo Morimoto
Director: Takahiro Miki
Let's Go, Jets! / Chiadan: Joshi kousei ga chiadansu de zenbei seihashichatta honto no hanashi (2017)
Comedy | Teen
Hikari Tomonaga enrolls at Fukui Chuo High School, and joins its cheer dance club for the sole reason of cheering on a boy she has known from their junior high days. However, the club's coach, female teacher Kaoru Saotome, is a harsh and no-nonsense task master who suddenly declares: "Our aim is to become U.S. champions! No fringes or boyfriends allowed!" As older students quickly quit the club, the presence of Hikari's teammate Ayano encourages her to decide to stick with cheer dance for the time being. Will the club achieve their goal of becoming U.S. champions? These ordinary schoolgirls set off on a long journey toward making their dream a reality.
Starring: Suzu Hirose, Ayami Nakajô, Hirona Yamazaki, Miu Tomita, Haruka Fukuhara, Yurina Yanagi, Kentarô, Mackenyu, Yûki Amami, Saki Minamino
Director: Hayato Kawai
Rage / Anger / Ikari (2016)
Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.
Starring: Gô Ayano, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Mitsuki Takahata, Hideko Hara, Ken Watanabe, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Aoi Miyazaki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Mirai Moriyama, Suzu Hirose, Takara Sakumoto, Pierre Taki, Takahiro Miura
Director: Sang-il Lee
Your Lie in April / Shigatsu wa kimi no uso (2016)
Drama | Music | Romance | Teen
Kosei Arima won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kosei Arima has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. Kosei Arima then meets Kaori Miyazono through childhood friend Tsubaki Sawabe. Kaori Miyazono plays the violin and has a free spirit. Since meeting her, Kosei Arima is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret.
Starring: Suzu Hirose, Kento Yamazaki, Anna Ishii, Taishi Nakagawa, Yuka Itaya, Rei Dan
Director: Takehiko Shinjo
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
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
The Boy and the Beast / Bakemono no ko (2015)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy
The latest feature film from award-winning Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children): When Kyuta, a young orphan living on the streets of Shibuya, stumbles into a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by Kumatetsu, a gruff, rough-around-the-edges warrior beast who's been searching for the perfect apprentice. Despite their constant bickering, Kyuta and Kumatetsu begin training together and slowly form a bond as surrogate father and son. But when a deep darkness threatens to throw the human and beast worlds into chaos, the strong bond between this unlikely family will be put to ultimate test-a final showdown that will only be won if the two can finally work together using all of their combined strength and courage.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shôta Sometani, Suzu Hirose, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Mamoru Miyano
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Our Little Sister / Umimachi Diary (2015)
Drama
A story that revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother's home and the arrival of their 13-year-old half sister.
Starring: Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose, Ryô Kase, Ryôhei Suzuki
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
