Katsunobu Ito

Sefure no Hinkaku: Ketsui (2023)

Shoko Morimura (Aika Yukihira) is a 36-year-old single mother who has been in a "friendship" with Kazuki Kitada (Sho Aoyagi), whom she met again at a high school reunion. For some reason, a 17-year-old girl, Saki Yamada (Akari Takaishi), whom Kazuki was ta ...

S-friends: Hatsukoi (2023)

36-year-old Shoko Morimura (Aika Yukihira) is raising her daughter on her own while working as a temporary worker. At a high school reunion, she reunites with her first love, obstetrician-gynaecologist Kitada Kazuki (Sho Aoyagi), and has a one-night stand ...

Something Like, Something Like It (2016)

Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto. ...

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 ...

Eagle of Decotora 5: Kumamoto Burning Express (2008)

After hearing that his estranged father is in Kumamoto, Washichiro heads to Kyushu. Along the way, he picks up a runaway girl and his friend Kinta, who is also on a pre-marital trip to Kumamoto. Despite getting caught up in various disturbances, Washichiro ...

Romance Of Darkness (2006)

Rikka Nikaidou is a cute and innocent girl sees two persons vanish into thin hair... ...

Mirrorman Reflex (2006)

After dying in battle, Japanese soldier Akira Kageyama (Karato) is resurrected as a 'mirror demon' a supernatural agent capable of growing to enormous size. He uses his new abilities to defend the Manifest Realm from evil spirits. ...

Umineko - Inseparable (2004)

The shock of her fiance's sudden dissolution of their relationship causes university student, Miki, to lose her voice. While recuperating in a hospital in her hometown of Hakodate, she learns of the tragic life of her deceased mother, Kaoru, from her grand ...

The Black House (1999)

A timid insurance agent investigates a possible insurance fraud case that involves a death. As the facts are slowly revealed, he becomes progressively more frightened. ...

A Brief Message from the Heart (1995)

A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man. ...

Mahjong Madness : 10 Years Early! (1993)

Idol vehicle Mahjong flick ...

Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch (1990)

Freeway Speedway (1988)

Street racers challenge each other to exceed the current speed record held by the F1 racer. However, in order to break the record of the Megalopolis Express Freeway, you need to have "luck" in addition to a high-powered street-machine and driving technique ...

りぼん RE-BORN (1988)

A coming-of-age fantasy depicting the interaction between a girl who believes in the existence of kappa and a girl who watch over her. ...

Tokyo Pop (1988)

A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". She takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes to Tokyo. She has numerous cross-cultural adventures and ends u ...

Memories of You (1988)

A mother discovers that her 14-year-old daughter Yumi has leukemia and only six months to live. She decides to keep the information secret and pushes her past tutor Akira, now a university student, to reconnect with her. ...

The Beauty of the Black Pearl (1985)

Seito shokun! (1984)

Based on the comic book of the same name by Youko Shouji ...

Main Theme (1984)

A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love. ...

Zankoku! Shōjo tarento (1984)

After appearing on a TV program a young woman is recruited to be an advertising idol much to the dismay of her boyfriend. ...

The Family Game (1983)

A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success; but the younger son is a rebellious goof-off for whom a tutor must be hired. The ...

Amagi Pass (1983)

Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a prin ...

Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep (1983)

Mami runs a barber shop called The Pink Cut. The place is an immediate success, due mostly to super-short skirts. Recently, Akira, who is anxious about not finding a job, has started coming to her shop. Although he has a girlfriend, he is soon interested ...

Cabaret Diary (1982)

The story of lovers in "Miss Nippon" cabaret in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, where a strict, almost martial, code is followed among employees to bring the business to the top. Workers must follow the rules and a "no relations between workers" policy that's tightly ...

Something Like It (1981)

Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets that day, and a younger high school rakugo aficionado is al ...