Kazuyuki Asano

The Seafarer (2023)

Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2023)

Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other—a struggling architect—as lucrative real estate for condos. Their eclectic collection of townsfolk customers show them ...

Momo and the Seven Papagenos (2022)

Twenty-five-year-old Momo has friends. Her parents live some distance away, but they sometimes get together to dine out. She dates an acceptable guy, and they share drinks at home. She apologizes to unreasonable clients over the phone at work and hones her ...

Radiation House: The Movie (2022)

Iori Igarashi works as a radiographer at a general hospital. He has been depressed, because An Amakasu, whom he loves, has decided to travel abroad to Washington Medical University to learn more as radiologist. The members of Radiation House encourages Ior ...

Kanrikan King (2022)

Alumni of a renowned high school's golf club gather to bid farewell to their retiring adviser. During the event, houseman Hirayama Yuta falls from a terrace into the sea. Detectives Nihei Jiro and Miyama Chiaki investigate, initially deeming it an accident ...

Shinrei Shokudō 2 (2021)

This is the second installment in a psychic omnibus horror series depicting fears associated with food. Mizuki goes on a first date with the boy of her dreams, and they eat pancakes together, but she collapses. The next thing she knows, she is abducted by ...

Only Yesterday (2021)

Sugimoto Taeko moves in with her daughter Natsuki and granddaughter Mizuki. They begin a lively life together. In the midst of it all, Taeko sees her former self in Mizuki. The bitter taste of the first pineapple she ever ate, the disastrous score on a mat ...

Daichi (Social Distancing Version) (2020)

Recording of the play Daichi (Social Distancing Version) performed on July 11, 2020, at the PARCO Theater in Tokyo's Shibuya City. ...

Red (2020)

A married woman with a lovely daughter lives a carefree life, until she meets her ex-lover at a friend's wedding. They haven't seen each other in ten years, but they begin an affair. ...

Momikeshite Fuyu 2019 Natsu: Natsu demo Samukute Shini Soudesu (2019)

Shusaku, who is the second son of the Kitazawa family, is going through hard times. He fails his job interviews for a patisserie position, which he hopes to become. Except for Shusaku, the other family members have gained the same social positions and fina ...

Gyoza You Can Kiss (2018)

A single mother going through a divorce returns to her parents' home, and struggles to raise her child and reviving her parents' Gyoza restaurant; when she falls in love with a handsome pro-golfer. ...

When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead (2018)

When salary man Jun gets home, he finds his wife bleeding from her mouth and lying on the floor. He is shocked by the scene, but it turns out the blood is just ketchup and she is pretending to be dead. Without telling him why, she pretends to be dead every ...

Damashi Banashi (2015)

Galaxy Turnpike (2015)

Set in the year 2265. There is a small restaurant along the main road Galaxy Kaido, which connects Earth and the space colony Uzushio. ...

One Thousand Trillion Yen Randsom (2015)

Based on the mystery novel by Yagi Keiichi, the former Deputy Prime Minister was investigated after leaving a national debt of 1,085 trillion yen, but charges were mysteriously dropped. Now, his granddaughter has been kidnapped. The ransom? Either 1,085 tr ...

Mom, I'm Okay (2015)

Sasaki Ryohei (Yamada Ryosuke), the second son of the Sasaki family, is a high school student who lives in Shimane. He has just been chosen to be the vice captain of the youth soccer club. Setting his sights on participating in the prefectural championship ...

Poison Berry in my Brain (2015)

Ichiko is a 30-year-old unemployed woman. She meets Ryoichi at a drinking establishment. Even though he is a lot younger than her, she can't forget him. Meanwhile, Ichiko has 5 different characters in her brain that governs her actions. The 5 characters ar ...

Double Meaning: Yes or No? (2013)

A new female detective joins the special investigations team and dives into some of their hardest cases in this follow-up to the series 'Unfair.' The team investigates a grisly video circulating online that asks viewers to answer 'yes' or 'no' questions wi ...

Come On, Happiness (2012)

In 2004, singer-songwriter Matsumoto Tetsuya wrote an autobiography that included a section about his relationship with his troubled mother. Writer-director Nakamura Daisuke adapts that story to film with Shiwase Come On, his directorial debut. The film co ...

Paikaji Nankai Sakusen (2012)

Sasaki has had a difficult period, going through a divorce and losing his job. To take a break and start anew, Sasaki decides to visit Iriomote Island. While there, Sasaki's belongings are stolen by four homeless men. Sasaki then lives with three other peo ...

Go, Masao! (2012)

Go, Masao! describes the relationship between people and their dogs. Comedian Hideki Matsumoto and a labrador retriever named Masao are selected to appear on the travel corner segment of a TV animal program. Until Hideki Matsumoto and the labrador retrieve ...

Arakawa Under the Bridge (2012)

Riku, the heir to a corporate conglomerate, is determined to go through life never owing anything to anyone on principle. However, one day he nearly drowns in a river and is saved by a homeless girl named Nino. To repay his debt, he begins living together ...

A Flawless Concierge (2011)

A comedy about a concierge at a plush hotel who deals with a series of unusual guests. ...

A Ghost of a Chance (2011)

Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi is hesitant, but when she pursues her lead she is visited by the ghost hersel ...

Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)

Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue. ...

Gantz (2010)

After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth. ...

Rookies the Movie: Graduation (2009)

Futakotamagawa High School had a Baseball Club, but because of a fight during one of their games, they were suspended for a year from all games. Composed of student delinquents, Futakotamagawa High's new Literature teacher Kawato Koichi inspires the Baseba ...

Door To Door (2009)

Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but threw all of his effort into working as a door-to-door salesman. Despite the pain attributed to his cerebral palsy, he walked eight to ten miles a day to me ...

Furuhata Chugakusei (2008)

Young Furuhata, a 3rd-year junior high student from Tokyo, transferred to a school in the countryside due to family circumstances. He doesn't fit in at first, but he eventually gains a reputation as a detective and opens his own detective agency. One day, ...

The Magic Hour (2008)

A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the rol ...

Gumi. Chocolate. Pine. (2007)

Kenzo and his high school friends live in anguish, believing that there is something that sets them apart from everybody else. ...

The Fearless Otojiro's Company (2007)

In 1897, actor, director, producer and theatre company leader Kawakami Otojiro set off on a tour of the USA with his wife Sadayakko and theatre company members, but in a foreign country where he could not speak the language, he had to struggle against a su ...

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)

A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the boy in his care, while the Suzuki family unexpectedly take in a new relative who looks down on their humbl ...

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 ...

Suite Dreams (2006)

New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, ...

Fly, Daddy, Fly (2005)

Suzuki's world is shattered when his teenage daughter is brutally attacked. The assailant, Ishihara, son of a politician, brazenly mocks Suzuki as he throws him cover-up money. Angry, Suzuki finds he has no answer to Ishihara and in venting his anger, lose ...

Nin x Nin: The Ninja Star Hattori (2004)

Kanzo Hattori, an apprentice Ninja, leaves his home town of Iga for his final training. He must go to the city of Edo (Tokyo), and the first person he meets shall be his master, whom he must protect with his life, whilst upholding the ninja code. Also whil ...

Yoshino's Barber Shop (2004)

In a small town on the countryside, every young boy is forced to have the same bowl-head haircut known as the "Yoshino-gari" hairstyle. Then one day, a drastic change occurs when a transfer student with bleached hair comes from Tokyo. ...

Kim's War (1991)

After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising his position, he invites the press inside and explains why he was driven to his crime. ...