Miki Mizuno

Barber Shop with a View of the Sea (2022)

Set in a barbershop in a small town by the sea, this is a story about a quiet but passionate one-hour encounter between an old owner and a young customer. ...

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 ...

A Samurai Movie Rhapsody: Filming the Ultimate Swordfight (2019)

This is a "Movie in a Movie" like no other ever before. Kyoei, a historical film studio in Kyoto (Modeled on Toei), is asked by NHK to make a new samurai era program using the most advanced technology. While the elderly filmmakers at Kyoei are struggling w ...

The Voice of Obo (2018)

A former boxer leads an unsettled life without any purpose as if he gets away from the pain of his shattered dream. One day, Shuta finds his girlfriend is pregnant. Since he takes it as another cross to bear, he decides to leave to go back to his hometown ...

Goodbye, Grandpa! (2017)

A 20 something girl Yoshiko is having sex with her boyfriend when a shocking telephone call arrives - grandpa has passed away. The lightning from clear sky doesnt derail only the life of Yoshiko but summons the rest of the dysfunctional Haruno family to th ...

Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale (2017)

In prewar Japan under the military regime, a bloody battle between the extremely oppressive Special Higher Police and villagers begins! ...

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. ...

Bōkyō (2016)

Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana" Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining island city in Japan, but it is being merged with a city on the opposite shore. Housewife Misato Tomita lives on the island. "Umi no hoshi" Yōhei Hamasaki, w ...

Sweet Bean (2015)

The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a g ...

I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow (2013)

41-year-old Shizuo Daikoku (Shinichi Tsutsumi) suddenly quits his job at a company to become a mangaka. His family and friends become involved in his new pursuit... ...

June 6th (2013)

Bushido Man (2013)

Toramaru, lord of integrated martial arts Mugen-ga-ryu, ends his training journey and visits his master, Gensai. "You have to duel with every martial arts master and win, in order to obtain their esoteric books of martial secrets." Receiving such an order ...

Dead Mine (2012)

The legend of Yamashita's Gold lures a treasure hunter and his group deep into the Indonesian jungle. Once they are trapped in an abandoned World War II Japanese bunker, they face the terrifying reality that the only way out is to go further in. ...

Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope (2012)

Set 2 years after prior film "Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose," a major case occurs that has the potential to take down the entire police organization. For the next 3 days, Shunsaku Aoshima and his colleagues struggle to unravel the case... ...

KARAKURI (2011)

A man is embroiled in a fight with a woman who just won't stay dead. ...

Guilty of Romance (2011)

While police investigate a woman found dead in a derelict love hotel, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To escape the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model. Soon, she ...

Sasori (2009)

A ruthless pack of thugs force mild-mannered, caught-in-the-middle-of-something-bigger Nami to murder her fiance's sister, decidedly ruining her pending marriage and landing the poor girl in the most brutal women's prison ever seen. Inside the hellblocks, ...

Hard Revenge, Milly: Bloody Battle (2009)

The story starts in the devastated rogue city of Yokohama, surrounded by rubble. After Milly killed Jack, the main villain from the first movie, and finally satisfied her thirst for revenge for the deaths of her husband and child, she seems to be on safe g ...

Kill (2008)

Four segments by four different Directors. Kiriko (Takanori Tsujimoto), The Children's Samurai (Kenta Fukasaku), The Firing Range (Makoto Tahara), and Assault Girl 2 (Mamoru Oshii). Kiriko: the spirit of a murdered assassin takes revenge on the gang that k ...

Hard Revenge, Milly (2008)

At some point in the near future gun and weapon control laws are deregulated by public order. Asia quickly becomes the epicenter of criminal activity in the world. In Yokohama City this violence becomes so extreme that the population drops as people try to ...

The Two in Tracksuits (2008)

A son quits his job and is persuaded by his father to head off to a cottage in the remote mountains. Together, the two of them manage to get through their days while wearing old jerseys left by a deceased grandmother. The following summer, the two once aga ...

Wenny Has Wings (2008)

Masato and his wife Keiko are a happy couple, with their children Eiji and Erina. He, she and Eiji are plunged into despair, after Eiji and Erina are involved in a car accident whereby Erina dies. ...

The Women of Fast Food (2007)

"Tachiguishi", that is to say, grifters who make it their profession to "eat-and-run", was created by the world-famous filmmaker, Mamoru Oshii. In 2006, he directed "Tachigui -- the Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters", a feature film which was made us ...

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia (2007)

A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest fo ...

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007)

Legend holds that 30 years ago, a suburban town was terrorized by the spirit of a woman whose horrid face had been grotesquely disfigured. Roaming the streets wearing a long coat and carrying large scissors, the spirit would approach her young victims and, ...

Negotiator (2005)

In this movie, Japan's top negotiator confronts a formidable foe threatening Tokyo's subways. As high-stakes tension brews, Mashita must outsmart an adversary with a personal vendetta, testing his skills like never before. ...

Bayside Shakedown 2 (2003)

The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place ...

Senrigan (2000)

The head of a psychological research institute and a lieutenant in the Japanese Air Force are both investigating a mysterious cult known only as 'Midori no Saru' (The Green Monkey). Members of this group have committed a string of violent suicide-attacks o ...

Curse. Death. Ling Gaiden 2. A scary story that really happened Cursed Spirit Gaiden 2 (2000)

A horror drama presented by Hideo Nakata, the mastermind of the Japanese horror boom, with a group of gorgeous actors. A total of 2 episodes are included, including the story of a teacher who is troubled by spirits and a dropout student "The 5th Tatari in ...

A Chance to Die (2000)

Burned by the desire to avenge her dead boyfriend, a Japanese woman learns to shoot a gun, and goes after the local Mafia in Taiwan. Mizuno Miki excels in her role as the grieving and estranged, then vengeful and cold-blooded foreigner. ...

White-Collar Worker Kintaro (1999)

Kintaro is a reformed delinquent, the former leader of a biker gang who has gone straight. Working at a construction company, his unorthodox tactics cause trouble with his colleagues. He is transferred to a tiny countryside branch, where he butts heads wit ...

Bayside Shakedown (1998)

Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Ao ...

Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication (1998)

Bayside Shakedown Extra Edition Bayside Policewoman Story Early Summer Traffic Safety Special (1998)

Bayside Shakedown: Year-End Special Alert (1997)

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)

A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may ...

Broken Heart (1995)

Eight love stories start and end in an amusement park. In the neon-lit amusement park, budding romances unfold, along with scenes of breakups. As the Ferris wheel slowly rotates, couples with varying moods sit inside: some on secret rendezvous, some hasti ...

Raiden (1994)

Based on the comic book series by Tadashi Ichinose and Kyouta Kita. ...

Shoot! (1994)

The Golden Trio of junior high school soccer players, Toshi, Kenji and Kazu, enroll at the new Kakegawa High School merely because they want to play with Kubo, the legendary player who learned his superb soccer techniques in Germany and who helped the Kake ...

Sadistic Mariya (1993)

Mariya is unknowingly dragged into a bizarre series of murders in which women born on June 6th are murdered one after another. Beautiful girl Rei, a mysterious martial arts master who helps Mariya who is trying to escape. Why is Mariya being targeted? An u ...

Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles 2: Secret of the Christian Bells (1992)

The Shogun wants a large shipment of gold that the Catholic church sent to help Christianity get a foothold in Japan and the secret to its location is written on five bells hidden in the vaginas of five female ninjas. ...

Female Ninjas Magic Chronicles (1991)

The female ninjas need to protect their particular master's unborn infant from enemies. They use all types of intimate tricks to obtain the work done. ...