Riho Makise

Our 30-Minute Sessions (2020)

College student Sota picks up a cassette tape left behind by musician Aki when he died a year ago. When the tape is played back, Aki takes over Sota's body for just 30 minutes. They share the same body and rush to reunite a band that split up and bring a s ...

Tatsuro Yamashita - Christmas Eve 30th Anniversary Short Movie (2013)

A short Christmas Eve love story which came with the special 30th Anniversary Edition of Tatsuro Yamashita's "Christmas Eve" album. ...

Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love (2005)

Satoru, a wheelchair-bound elementary student, locks himself away from the outside world after his mother dies. His father designs a remote-controlled robot to go to school for him, allowing him to interact with people and do normal things. ...

Vibrator (2003)

Rei is a freelance writer embattled by personal demons. She hears voices in her head, and has sleeping problems, eating disorders and drinks excessively. On Valentine's Day, she meets truck driver Takatoshi. She joins him on a journey in his bumpy and sha ...

Jump (2003)

An ordinary salary man, Junosuke, goes in search of his lover, Miharu, who disappeared one night when she handed him the key to her room, and promised to be back in five minutes. She had only gone out to buy apples at the nearby convenience store, because ...

Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker (2003)

Ash, May, Brock, and Max come upon the festival of the Wishing Star of Seven Nights. During their enjoyment, the legendary Pokemon--Jirachi, descends from the heavens and befriends Max. Jirachi, with the power to grant any wish, is sought after by many peo ...

Night of the Shooting Stars (2003)

Working long hours in the emergency room, nurse Kana Aoshima befriends musician and frequent hospital patient Shogo Amami. Shogo's therapy visits for his muteness and blindness happen to frequently coincide with Kana's shift, which enables the nurse to get ...

A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2002)

Commencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A Boy's Summer in 1945" (literally "A Beautiful Summer in Kirishima") is a lyric, novelistic drama set in the countryside in the last days before Japan's surrender en ...

Turn (2001)

Maki is a talented copper plate artist, however, just before her first gallery show, she gets struck by a truck. When she comes to she is at home. When she ventures outside, the city is deserted and she knows something is deeply wrong. Each day repeats; sh ...

Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai (2000)

A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata. ...

Face (2000)

Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life. ...

Ping Pong Bath Station (1998)

An unhappy housewife regains her passion for life by taking over a failing bath house. ...

Dream Stadium (1997)

The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa (1996)

A biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996. ...

Story of Four Sisters (1995)

Japanese film directed by Masahiro Honda. ...

Tora-san's Easy Advice (1994)

Mitsuo, unhappy in his new job as a shoe salesman, is invited to a festival and is introduced to a friend's sister. Tora-san meanwhile helps an injured housewife on her yearly vacation. ...

Faraway Sunset (1992)

Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, ...

Akizakura - Cosmos (1991)

A touching drama about human life and love A 24-hour probation has been given to a man who should have died! ...

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era (1991)

In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute warrior, Souji Okita, who belonged to the armed police of the shogunate in Kyoto. Very few knew that Souji was not a boy, but a woman. Souji loved the vice-leader of the armed police, Toshizou Hi ...

Tsugumi (1990)

Tsugumi, who lives in a small seaside town, has been in delicate health from birth. Her parents spoiled her and she is rough and selfish. However, a few people are attracted by her beauty and unique character. ...

Tokyo Heaven (1990)

A pampered young model is killed in a traffic accident. Given the chance to return to earth, she becomes involved with the advertising executive who is trying to cover up her death. A blend of fantasy and trenchant realism in which Somai uses the ethereal ...