Kaya Kiyohara

Unreachable (2025)

Three young women live together in an old house in a corner of Tokyo. They are not related by blood, but they have been bound together by a strong bond for 12 years. They care about each other and spend their own ordinary days together. The matter of unreq ...

Bushido (2024)

Kakunoshin, renowned for his skills with a sword and in the game of go, embodies the samurai code. Falsely accused of a theft, he is forced to become a lowly ronin. Years later, when a case of missing gold pulls him into a new web of intrigue, Kakunoshin u ...

18x2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024)

Having lost his job and the company he built, a 36-year-old man at rock bottom goes on a wistful solo trip to Japan in search of the love he left behind. ...

Jeanne d'Arc (2023)

In 1429, a young woman donned armor and entered the battle, recapturing Orleans, which become had a stronghold for the English. Two years later, a soldier who witnessed her dead, visits King Charles VII of France to report the incident. The young woman's ...

One Second Ahead, One Second Behind (2023)

Set in Kyoto, Japan, a love story takes place between Hajime and Reika. Hajime is a handsome young man, who is usually a second quicker than everyone else and straightforward. He works at the post office. Reika is a young woman, who is usually a step slowe ...

The Lines That Define Me (2022)

Sousuke Aoyama is a college student who suffers painfully from the loss of his parents in a traffic accident. He meets Kozan Shinoda, a suibokuga (India-ink painting) artist, at an exhibition. Kozan becomes interested in Sousuke and surprisingly accepts hi ...

The Brightest Roof in the Universe (2022)

14 year-old schoolgirl Tsubame is into university student Toru. She sees him in her area and really wants to be his. She struggles with how to inform him of her love. Then her stepmother becomes pregnant and she is distracted with that development. The one ...

72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2021)

In the Wake (2021)

Baffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was just released from prison after finishing his sentence for another crime, and he surfaces as a suspect but detective Tomashiro can't nail down conclusive proof. ...

The Door into Summer (2021)

A pioneering roboticist awakens in 2025 after decades in cryosleep. To change the past and reunite with his adopted sister, he seeks a way back to 1995. ...

My Blood and Bones in a Flowing Galaxy (2021)

Kiyosumi's affection for his schoolmate Hari grows after he saves her from bullying, but a dark secret she's unwilling to share threatens their bond. ...

You're Not Normal, Either! (2021)

Ono Yasuomi is a cram school teacher with poor communication skills. He hopes to get married but doesn't know what ordinary means and feels awkward on dates with women. He asks Kasumi, a student who knows lots of trivia about romance, to teach him the mean ...

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)

Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years. ...

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020)

With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a ...

TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」 (2019)

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Strawberry Song (2019)

Kota runs into his old friend Chika on the anniversary of their friend's death. They plan to meet again in a year, but their feelings are complicated. ...

Day and Night (2019)

A man suicides causing ruin for his family, reasons are unknown, but his son will decide to take revenge after a succesion of events. ...

Aiuta: My Promise to Nakuhito (2019)

Not having the courage to love, Toru became an adult. One day, he meets his and old friend who happens to find a poem which changes will his fate. This will make Toru gain enough courage to face love once again. ...

Chihayafuru: Part III (2018)

Story takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part 2" and Chihaya is now a high school senior. ...

必殺仕事人2018 (2018)

Yurigokoro (2017)

Ryosuke has a bright future. He just opened a successful restaurant and hopes to tie the knot soon with his alluring girlfriend. But then his father declares he has pancreatic cancer and his betrothed vanishes without a trace. In his father's belongings, h ...

March Goes out Like a Lamb (2017)

The time spent between professional Shogi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal his wounds. As he prepares to secure another win in an upcoming tournament, the father who left the three sisters appears and disturbs the peace. ...

March Comes In Like a Lion (2017)

Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by himself in Tokyo, because his parents and younger sister died in an traffic accident when he was little. One d ...

My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016)

Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date and enjoy happy days together, but Em ...

Chihayafuru: Part II (2016)

After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit com ...

Typhoon Noruda (2015)

As an unexpected typhoon bears down on a small tropical island, a group of students trapped at school find themselves forced to put aside their personal issues and work together. Not only to save themselves, but possibly the lives of everyone on the planet ...