Elisa Yanagi

I'll Be Your Mirror (2024)

Widow Chloe travels to Japan for work where she is welcomed by an old friend, Toshi. Sliding between the melancholy of loss and the awe of perspectives changed, Chloe wanders an unfamiliar landscape where love has carved all the guiding grooves. ...

My Endless Numbered Days (2023)

Mitsue returns to Japan after the disillusionment of a work opportunity in Singapore. Resuming her past life, she treads between friendships with a former lover and a new co-worker, while finding her footing despite being constantly on the move. A sense of ...

Almost People (2023)

Four dramas about brothers and sisters, each of whom lacks a certain emotion. ...

Amnesiac Love (2022)

This story follows the journey of an ill-fated young man whose ambition is to be a professional antiques dealer. A hard-up young man, who makes his living by selling old items in flea markets, meets a nurse and he falls in love with her. He decides to beco ...

Communication to be understood (2022)

Kie's loud crying, echoes throughout the small coffee shop. Yumi gently watches over her. The manager of the coffee shop thinks he knows the reason for Kie's crying and tells her but... A girl power comedy! ...

The Town of Headcounts (2020)

Pursued by loan sharks, Aoyama is rescued by a mysterious man in orange overalls, and spirited away to "The Town," where other dropouts hide out from debtors, abusive partners or the police. It's a perpetual holiday resort where every need is catered to bu ...

My Favorite Girl (2020)

Kato, a scriptwriter, is in love with Miho—but he can never manage to muster up enough courage to make the relationship anything more than a platonic friendship. Seemingly oblivious to Kato's feelings for her, Miho is always calling him up and spilling h ...

Leaving Home (2020)

Ten years ago Keisuke went to Tokyo to become a musician. He receives a call from his far off hometown informing him of the funeral for his older brother who went missing while fishing at sea. Having lied he achieved success in Tokyo, Keisuke is hesitant b ...

A Girl Under a Tree (2020)

The nearly thirty-year-old daughter of a used car shop owner lies in a hammock within a grove behind her house. She neither gets up nor sleeps, but muses to herself. Before she realizes it, she begins dozing off. Today, the sun is setting again. ...

21st Century Girl (2019)

21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic conc ...

YEAH (2018)

A young woman, Ako, wanders around a sparsely populated housing estate in a rural city, Mito, where she spends her time speaking to objects and plants. ...

Terminal place (2018)

There were man and women who were supposed to think each other from a place far away. On a winter day, they got on the train to meet. On the journey, he unexpectedly received a E-mail from her, and she was lost all the time. ...

Almost Coming, Almost Dying (2017)

To reward himself for his new teaching gig in Sapporo, 29-year-old Manabu decides to celebrate New Year's Eve with a little treat at a local sex club. On the verge of... climaxing, he's struck by a brain hemorrhage and ends up buck naked at the hospital su ...

Alley Cat (2017)

A depressed ex-boxer (Yosuke Kubozuka) self-medicating for the injuries that ended his career finds a stray cat that brightens his day, but she is snatched up by a comical grungy mechanic (Kenji Furuya). Calling each other by the competing names they gave ...

Ping Pang (2017)

Everyday a woman feverishly practices ping pong by herself. She play ping pong to distract herself from the reality of her life which includes the occasional sexual harrasment at work. A chance encounter one night slowly begins to change her world. ...

Tomato No Shizuku (2017)

With their hair salon business now on track, longtime couple Sakura and Makoto mull over inviting Sakura's estranged father to their upcoming wedding. ...

Ganguro Gals Riot (2016)

An unconventional coming-of-age film depicting ganguro gals—girls who tan their skin, use light eyeshadow, grow out their nails, and walk around in platform shoes. The story intertwines the high school days of girls who embraced the ganguro culture and l ...

Magic Utopia (2016)

A girl who lost her mother in childhood; A man trapped in a past of painful memories; An old man who lives alone and lost his daughter. When the girl meets the man, her body begins to float suddenly in the air. At the same time, the old man receives a mess ...

Through Their Eyes (2016)

A compelling human drama about the growing social problems and public responsibilities regarding the welfare and ethical treatment of neglected dogs and cats at animal shelters. The story is told through the eyes of tormented vets who are relentless in th ...

Rolling (2015)

Kanichi works at wet tissue company in Mito, Japan. He runs into Gondo. 10 years ago, Gondo was fired from his job as a teacher for secretly filming others. He is now with Mihari who works as a hostess. He took away her away from Tokyo. Kanichi falls in lo ...

Yarukkya Knight (2015)

Makoto Gousuke has just transferred to a new high school with the intention of being the toughest kid there. Little does he know that there's an entire group of toughs who already rule the school, and they're all girls! After being humiliated by their lead ...

Snowchild (2014)

A girl unable to speak, a man unable to write a poem, a crisis line manager unable to help might find in the gloomiest of all places what they have been longing for - Hope and courage. ...

The Lust of Angels (2014)

Saori, a school girl, is molested on the notorious "molester train" of the Hanagawa line and rescued by another school girl who witnesses the act. The girl who rescues her turned out to be a new student of the same high school Saori attends. The mysterious ...

Idol is Dead: Non-chan’s Propaganda Major War (2014)

New idol group Electric★Kiss appears in front of idol group BiS. The girls in BiS go up against a conspiracy planned by Electric★Kiss. ...

Capturing Dad (2013)

Part-time worker Hazuki lives with her younger sister, high school student Koharu, and their mother Sawa. One day they receive word that their estranged father is on his deathbed, so Sawa asks Hazuki and Koharu to visit him and take one last photo to remem ...

Wakusei no Kakera (2011)

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 ...

Prodigy (2007)

Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she could speak, but has now come to the point where she hates playing the piano. Her father was also a piano virtuoso, but mysteriously disappeared from h ...

A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007)

Soyo, a student in a school with only six students, develops feelings for the new student, Hiromi, who has moved from Tokyo. ...

Death of Domomata (2007)

There are no heroines, there are no heroes. The six girls in this film are victims of their own excess and lack of worth. The film is set in a Drug Rehabilitation Centre. The girls are rehearsing the play 'Death of Domomata' for the annual Christmas Eve re ...

Gift of the Magi (2001)

Christmas-themed omnibus TV movie: Hotdog Express; Documentarytic; 祭典の日 ...