Hula Girls / Hura gâru (2006)
Comedy | Drama
Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.
Starring: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Yû Aoi, Shizuyo Yamasaki, Ittoku Kishibe, Sumiko Fuji
Director: Sang-il Lee
Detroit Metal City / Detoroito Metaru Shiti (2008)
Comedy | Drama | Music
A nerd who dreams of becoming a sappy pop star ends up leading a death metal group.
Starring: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Rosa Katô, Ryûji Akiyama, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Yoshihiko Hosoda
Director: Toshio Lee
The Old Capital / Koto (2016)
Drama
Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on whether her daughter Mai will take over her position with the changing of times.
Starring: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Ai Hashimoto, Riko Narumi, Reina Aoi, Anna Aoi, Shôno Hayama, Asahi Kurizuka, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Eiji Okuda
Director: Yûki Saitô
At Home (2015)
Crime | Drama
A thief (Yutaka Takenouchi) and a swindler (Yasuko Matsuyuki) are also a married couple. They make a living by committing crimes. The couple also have 3 children . One day, the woman goes out for a meal with a man she is planning to swindle. Her target though discovers her plot and kidnaps her. He also demands a ransom. Even though the family are not blood related, the father and the three children attempt to get their mother back.
Starring: Yutaka Takenouchi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Yuina Kuroshima, Yûto Ikeda
Director: Hiroshi Chôno
The Apology King / Shazai no ohsama (2013)
Comedy
Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Mao Inoue, Yutaka Takenouchi, Masaki Okada, Machiko Ono, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Katsumi Takahashi
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill (2013)
Drama
A mystery unfolds with a woman named Madoka (Maki Horikita), who is a killer, and Ataru (Masahiro Nakai). The woman possesses the same extraordinary memory and deductive reasoning abilities as Ataru.
Starring: Masahiro Nakai, Kazuki Kitamura, Chiaki Kuriyama, Yûta Tamamori, Maki Horikita, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Hiroaki Murakami
Director: Hisashi Kimura
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
Hotaru no Hikari / Hotaru: The Movie (2012)
Drama
Hotaru and her boss Takano have been happily married for two years. However, their hectic careers and Hotaru's laziness have made it impossible for them to go on their honeymoon. When Hotaru discovers that Takano's dream is to take a trip to Italy with his wife, she reluctantly agrees to go on a Roman holiday. At first, the trip is far from smooth, as Hotaru hates traveling and would rather stay at home. However, Hotaru then meets career woman Rio and realizes that there is more to life than her own priorities. At this moment, Takano is suddenly kidnapped, and Hotaru will use any means necessary to get her husband back.
Starring: Haruka Ayase, Naohito Fujiki, Yuka Itaya, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Ken Yasuda
Director: Hiroshi Yoshino
Smuggler / Sumagurâ: Omae no mirai o hakobe (2011)
Drama
Eccentric Japanese director Katsuhito Ishii (A Taste of Tea, Funky Forest: First Contact) takes us on a wild ride through the Japanese underworld in this darkly comic, visually dazzling tale of a failed actor who goes to extraordinary lengths to pay off an unjust Yakuza debt.
Starring: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Masatoshi Nagase, Hikari Mitsushima, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Masanobu Ando
Director: Katsuhito Ishii
