Toshio Kakei

Muroi Shinji: Not Defeated (2024)

Muroi, who retired from the police early, took in the children affected by the incident and moved to Tohoku. Although he was told cold words from those around him, he lived quietly while protecting his children. However, the body of the perpetrator of the ...

Dr. Coto's Clinic (2022)

In this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more than six hours from the Japanese main islands, the young physician Kensuke Goto arrives at the island and has to deal with the island's inhabitants, not eager ...

Ginji The Speculator (2022)

A British comedy in Japanese clothes, with central character Ginji at once earnest farm boy and entrepreneurial savant, finding ingenious and entertaining solutions in a timeless tale of business and found family. ...

The Call of a Faraway Mountain (2022)

Moriyama Kosaku is released from a Hokkaido prison on parole. After he salutes the prison officers, he approaches a car that is stopped nearby. A mysterious woman Kana is waiting in the driver's seat. Meanwhile, Kazami Tamiko's aunt Suzue visits her ranch ...

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy (2022)

The Elric brothers' long and winding journey comes to a close in this epic finale, where they must face off against an unworldly, nationwide threat. ...

Blood Friends (2022)

The story is set at the blood donation club in Kurusu Private High School. There are four girls who are fascinated by the pleasure of having their blood drawn – Maki (Erika Karata), Jinko (Ichika Osaki), Nami (Mikoto Hibi), and Kaoru (Nazuki Amano). One ...

Blue and White (2022)

Ryusuke, who is grieving, makes salt on the day of his wife's funeral, aiming to preserve the local salt's history. ...

Eien no Nispa (2019)

Takeshiro Matsuura was a Japanese explorer who was the first person to document the inner reaches of what is now known as Hokkaido. He explored the area extensively during the mid 19th century and created a map of the island that included parts which had b ...

A Distant Cry from Spring (2018)

After Tamiko Kazami's husband passes away, she works their dairy farm. People around her oppose her, but she places her cattle out to pasture which her late husband insisted. Tamiko's situation is not very good. Her father-in-law's chronic disease gets wor ...

Breakers (2018)

Yuta is a high school student living in Shizuoka, Japan. His strong sense of justice makes him upset at the politics and bias in school. To change the situation, Yuta, together with four disgruntled friends, devises a plan to influence a mutiny at school. ...

Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16 (2016)

Six high school tennis clubmates, including railroad investigator Noriko Hanamura, are going on a day trip to Kawaguchi Lake. However, one of them, Ayako Hirayama, does not show up even after the arranged time for the meet-up has passed. Magazine writer Yu ...

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War (2015)

An attack takes place on Rainbow Bridge in Odaiba, Tokyo by the fighter helicopter `Gray Ghost`. 2 days earlier, the Gray Ghost was stolen. The perpetrators are followers of Yukihito Tsuge. Yukihito Tsuge planned a coup of Tokyo 13 years earlier. The leade ...

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 7 (2015)

Contains a recap and Episode 12, which leads into the film "THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Tokyo War" and its director's cut "Gray Ghost: THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor". ...

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 6 (2014)

Contains Episode 10 and Episode 11. ...

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 5 (2014)

Contains Episode 8 and Episode 9. ...

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 4 (2014)

Contains Episode 6 and Episode 7. ...

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 3 (2014)

Contains Episode 4 and Episode 5. ...

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 2 (2014)

Contains Episode 2 and Episode 3. ...

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 1 (2014)

Contains Episode 0 and Episode 1. ...

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... ...

Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, to report on the disaster; there, she learns about the experiences of its inhabitant ...

RAFT (2011)

A boy named Shogo landed on the island. He approaches a man making a raft on the beach and tries to help him with the work. The subtle air that flows between the two. They seem to know each other well, but they are also like others. The truth behind a mari ...

Tibetan Dog (2011)

After his mother dies, Jiantan has to leave Xi'an to live with his father on the Tibetan steppe, where he meets a golden dog that helps him cope with the new challenges ahead. ...

Box! (2010)

A shy high school student meets his childhood friend, who moved away years earlier, and who encourages him to join their school's boxing club. ...

The Negotiator: The Movie (2010)

¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall and take over 50 hostages. Reiko Usagi (Ryoko Yonekura) and the SIT members are called in to break the stand-off. When Reiko goes into the shopping mall to neg ...

Dance, Subaru! (2009)

Subaru and her twin brother Kazuma share a dream in becoming ballet dancers, but their passion is discouraged by their father. After Kazuma's death from a hereditary illness, dancing became Subaru's only happiness and she yearns to lose herself in dance. H ...

Scenery to Remember (2008)

Toshiko does not have long to live. She wants to make the most of her time while she can and takes a sojourn to where her true hometown for which she has so much nostalgia and admiration. With her husband on her side she remains can-do and keeps her chin u ...

Song of Goodbye (2007)

It is the second work of the Oita trilogy of Obayashi . Following " Nigori Snow ", Ise Masazo draws a song written by composers and songwriter "Farewell of 22 years old " as a motif and draws a story of love that spans two generations of mother and daughte ...

red letters (2006)

A mysterious thriller developed by secret love-hate play around women captured in ruins. ...

The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005)

One day in February, 2005, Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Muroi (Toshiro Yanagiba) is arrested to take responsibility for a botched murder case he headed. His faithful colleagues, including Arashiro (Toshio Kakei) and Okita (Miki Maya), only ...

Free and Easy 15 (2004)

Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company faces a restructuring process. ...

Last Love, First Love (2003)

A Japanese salaryman in Shanghai falls in love with two women, one of whom is terminally ill. ...

Ghost Story Shin-Mimibukuro: Approaching Edition (2003)

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya (2003)

The 13 scary stories, including "Don't open the Buddhist altar," in which Tsugumi is told by her grandfather, "Don't open the Buddhist altar today. ...

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 ...

Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (2003)

Pepe Benengeli is a second-class cyclist, only there to support the star member of the team. This summer he is participating in the Tour of Spain, which passes through the streets of his hometown of Andalusia. In a coincidence, his brother and ex-girlfrien ...

Inochi (2002)

Yu Miri is a writer who's just become pregnant by her married lover. When she decides to keep the baby without his help, her ex-boyfriend Yutaka, decides to help raise him. ...

Drive (2002)

Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h speed lim ...

Space Travelers (2000)

Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to pretend ...

The Frame (2000)

Japanese director Satoshi Isaka spins this taunt thriller about an ultra-ambitious reporter who soon finds herself on the receiving end of tabloid dirt. Popular television actress Hitomi Kuroki stars as Yuko, an ice-queen TV news editor who is approached b ...

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)

The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder (1998)

Akane is the young mistress of Notoraku Inn in Ishikawa Prefecture. She is trained by her mother-in-law, Takako, daily. One day, as Yohei, Akane's husband, and Takako are on their way to a friend's wedding, Rekiko, Yohei's childhood friend, confesses her f ...

Bayside Shakedown: Year-End Special Alert (1997)

Spanking Love (1995)

Ryo Masuda is a washed up adult video director without a leading actress. Now, he has to find someone to re-place her quick, so he can produce his latest low budget S&M video. When the young Yukie appears to turn the production into an unexpected hit, Ryo ...

High School Jingi 3: Saraba jouji (1994)

Based on the comic book series by Shuushi Mizuho. ...

High School Jingi 2: Taihen yoku dekimashita (1992)

Based on the comic book series by Shuushi Mizuho. ...

Sosuke Loses His Lover (1992)

Koji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a traveling acting troupe. ...

High School Jingi Gaiden: Chi o haumono (1992)

Based on the comic book series by Shuushi Mizuho. ...

High School Jingi (1991)

Based on the comic book series by Shuushi Mizuho. First of a series that included two theatrically released films and two direct-to-video films. ...

The Reason Why I Became Ill (1990)

An omnibus comedy movie consisting of three short stories. The themes are "My Sweet Little Cancer," "Langerhans Connection" and "Hypertension Road," respectively. ...

Congratulatory Speech (1985)