Star Watching Dog / Hoshi mamoru inu (2011)
Drama
A middle-aged divorcee embarks on a journey across Japan with his dog Happy. Along the way, they have to overcome health issues and financial difficulties.
Starring: Toshiyuki Nishida, Tetsuji Tamayama, Umika Kawashima, Kimiko Yo, Yôichi Nukumizu
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto
Last Winter, We Parted / Kyonen no fuyu, kimi to wakare (2018)
Drama | Mystery | Romance
Kyosuke Yakumo works as a reportage writer. His fiance is Yuriko Matsuda and they will marry soon. For his next book, Kyosuke Yakumo begins research on a burned to death murder case involving a beautiful blind woman. The suspect in the case is photographer Zakayudai Kihara.
Starring: Takanori Iwata, Mizuki Yamamoto, Takumi Saitoh, Reina Asami, Kazuki Kitamura
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto
Grasshopper / Gurasuhoppâ (2015)
Drama
Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on her murderer. To do so, Suzuki has to infiltrate the underground world of criminals. Kujira is a contract killer for hire. He makes his targets fall into confusion and eventually commit suicide. Semi is a contract killer who uses a knife to take out his targets.
Starring: Tôma Ikuta, Tadanobu Asano, Ryôsuke Yamada, Kumiko Asô, Nanao, Renji Ishibashi, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Jun Murakami
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto
The Brain Man / Nô Otoko (2013)
Crime | Mystery
A series of bombings occur and police track a lead, where they find the male protagonist Ichiro Suzuki and believe he is somehow involved. After psychiatric evaluation and rigorous questioning, the man is found to be emotionally vacant, highly intelligent with a savant-like photographic memory, physically strong and unable to feel any pain. The female lead who plays psychiatrist Mariko Mashiya is intrigued and attempts to discover what and how he came to this state, fueled by her own past personal tragedy and determination to seek the truth. Is he the psychopath they are all looking for?
Starring: Tôma Ikuta, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Yôsuke Eguchi, Fumi Nikaidô, Rina Ohta, Kensuke Ôwada, Shôta Sometani, Ken Mitsuishi
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto
