Ichiro Hashimoto

Remember to Breathe (2022)

One day, Hiroko accidentally starts a small fire while she is cooking. Although it does not lead to a serious incident, it does result in her going to stay with her eldest daughter, Yuko, for whom Hiroko has never been the mother she wanted. ...

Howling (2022)

Unfeigned Happy Ending (2021)

Eimi, who came to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school, invites her sister Yu, who lives in her hometown of Shiga, to move to Tokyo with her. She is reluctant at first, but suddenly accepts and soon after goes missing. One day Eimi meets Hiyori, ...

Nobutora - Samurai Tiger (2021)

Based on the historical figure of Nobutora, the father of the famous Warring States period general Takeda Shingen. Takeda Shingen has proven himself in battle but there's an even more capable person in his family, his father Nobutora (lit. Samurai Tiger). ...

Black Dahlia (2018)

The Magnificent Nine (2016)

Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han ...

The Inerasable (2016)

A novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room in her apartment. They begin to investigate incidents involving former residents, and eventually discover the shocking truths lurking ins ...

Scattered Blossoms: The Last Flight of the Ohka (2015)

A war drama based on the "Ouka," a small kamikaze aircraft created at the end of World War II that only charges enemy ships without propellers or fuel. ...

Our Tomorrow (2014)

At a pawn shop called "K" which is known for being a place where backroom deals are conducted, a professional burglar named Ryo Fudo puts together a team with the aim of stealing a legendary cache of gold. Ryo plans to wash his hands of thievery once and f ...

Tenshin (2013)

Tenshin Okakura left the great achievement to the Japanese modern art. This is a story of Tenshin's life and conflict and teacher-student love between Tenshin, who rediscovered art of Japan and tried to produce new beauty in Meiji period, and his young pup ...

Shield of Straw (2013)

Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could ...

Train Brain Express (2012)

Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, but their romantic fortunes do not go as smoothly. Will the awkward Kodama and the indecisive Komachi find t ...

A Sky Too Far to See (2011)

Ken directs his graduation film "Koko ni Iru Dake" with his colleagues. The movie will be his last film as a student. While shooting the movie, Ken has conflicts with lead actress Risa. On the last day of their filming, their final scene is delayed due to ...

Cold Fish (2011)

When fish shop owner Shamoto's teenage daughter Mitsuko is caught stealing, a generous middle-aged man named Murata helps resolve the situation. The man and his wife offer to have Mitsuko work at their opposing fish store. Shamoto soon discovers that somet ...

Nemuriba (2010)

Mika (Marie Ono), a Japanese-American woman, returns to her native Saitama hometown and becomes a therapist for a "nemuriba" ("a place to sleep"). ...

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)

In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan. ...

108 (2008)

At a high school in the city of Yokohoma the baseball team trains to go to the top. There are struggles, hardships and successes and not all of it is due the star pitcher or batter and those in the centre of attention. There are rewards to being the great, ...

For Those We Love (2007)

In 1943, as Japan's WWII effort falters, a vice-admiral proposes training squadrons of "volunteer" flyers to crash their armed planes into Allied warships. Yarn follows the lives of kamikaze pilots, as remembered by an aging Kyushu restaurateur who cherish ...

The Barber (2012)

A barber, Kouichi, has married another barber, Aya, and lives in her parents' house. As Aya's parents run a barber-shop, her brother, Satoru. and father, Akira are also barbers. This shop was opened up by Akira, taken over by Aya and Kouichi, and supported ...