Ai Takabe

The Case of Hana & Alice (2015)

After transferring to Ishinomori Middle School, Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa overhears her classmates discussing a strange rumor. The previous occupant of her seat, a nondescript "Judas," is missing and presumed murdered. Amidst dealing with her mother's unde ...

Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship (2013)

Su-chan, Mai-chan, Sawako-san follows the lives of three women who are former co-workers. 34-year-old Su-chan works at a coffee shop and has feelings for the manager there. 34-year-old Mai-chan works at an OA machine maker. She is in a relationship with a ...

Urban Spirit Legend: Croionna (2012)

Nikkari works for a small tailor in a small town and supports her younger sister Yuki. Yuki has a boyfriend named Oshima, who works for an estate agency, but after learning of her illness, Oshima has been gradually pulling away from Yuki of late. Just then ...

Tales of the Bizarre: 2012 Spring Special (2012)

Looking for Anne (2009)

A Japanese teenager embarks on a quest to find the Canadian lover of her grandmother. ...

Gu Gu, the Cat (2008)

Asako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat, Saba, which kept her company for over 15 years, as her assistant Naomi watches on with concern. Naomi is a young woman in her early twenties, who has her set o ...

Waruboro (2007)

Under the influence of his delinquent friend, a former model student eschews schoolwork and joins a gang of school kids who do nothing but fight. ...

Night Time Picnic (2006)

Takako's high school has a unique tradition. Every year, the school's 1000 students walk 80 kilometers in 24 hours. As this is her final year of high school, Takako decides to work up the courage to talk to classmate You, whom she has never spoken to befor ...

Preparing For the Picnic (2006)

A collection of shorts spun off from the movie "Night Time Picnic" that take place on the day before the movie's events. On the last day of high school, ten young people explore their feelings while participating in a "walking festival" in which 1000 peopl ...

The Midnight Girls (2006)

An omnibus-style youth drama consisting of 4 episodes. Five girls who go to high school near Tokyo. Mio who meets the homeless in Shibuya at night, Akira who had hidden her best friend's happiness, Kaori who loved her teacher... ...

True Love (2006)

Natsumi which has been moved to a deceased mother's family in Izu, to change schools to the same high school as the cousin, driven into lacrosse. But one day, you know the father and his secret. ...