Yoshizumi Ishihara

Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends (Live Action) (2014)

Second year high school student Kodaka Hasegawa has transferred to his new school about a month ago, but he still hasn't made any friends. Kodaka Hasegawa was born from a Japanese father and a British mother. Because of his appearance, people think Kodaka ...

Aokigahara (2013)

Set within the Aokigahara forest on Mount Fuji, a famous location for suicides. Follows the love and life between a man and woman. ...

Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special (2009)

Adrift in Tokyo (2007)

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo. ...

How to Become Myself (2007)

Juri, an elementary school girl, loses sight of her true self while acting out a false self to play along with her friends. Kanako, a classmate who used to be the popular girl but has been bullied lately, tells Juri that the girl she is now is not her true ...

Ten Nights of Dreams (2007)

Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, t ...

Kamachi (2004)

Biopic of poet and painter Kamachi Yamada. ...

Leave It to the Nurses (2002)

Flighty young nurse Izumi Asakura longs to have her honeymoon in a far off tropical paradise but her doctor husband feels that he cannot afford to take time off from developing his career. To Izumi's dismay, Wakabakai General Hospital is fast becoming a fa ...

Run Ichiro Run (2001)

Various individuals named Ichiro undergo life-changing events while being inspired by the baseball player Ichiro. A heartwarming movie about the people who root for the baseball player Ichiro, and their struggles to make their own dreams come true. ...

The Hidden Festival (1998)

Taku Shinjo spins this rural drama about ancient taboos and encroaching modernity. Takamine (Gitan Otsuru) is a big-city workaholic sent to a small remote island to seal a business deal. His predecessor almost managed to convince the island's 17 inhabitant ...

Immoral Affairs (1997)

Immoral Affairs (Fukigen na kajitsu) is a Japanese film made in 1997 and directed by Katsuo Naruse.It centers on two characters: Mayako, played by Kaho Minami, a young women who is not content with her husband and begins to have many affairs with other men ...

Women's Crime Records II: Edo Torture Punishment Chronicles (1995)

This story is based on the historical record of tortures in the Samurai era of Japan. ...

The detective whose path was crossed by a snake (1995)

Starring Ken Takakura, this TV special depicts a detective (Akira Hayasaka) who lives in a harsh life with pride and conviction. Minoru Akiba, Chief of the Investigation Division 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department, is a veteran detective who has pass ...

Lesson (1994)

The days of love between a free-spirited heroine who continues to seek freedom and a young man who is attracted to her charm. Starring Kumiko Akiyoshi. ...

Women's Crime Records: Edo Torture Punishment Chronicles (1994)

This story is based on the historical record of tortures in the Samurai era of Japan. ...

Kyoto Yokai Map 5: A 900-Year-Old Beautiful Noh Mask Maker Who Lived in Sagano (1993)

Shiro, a reporter, interviews Shinobu, a Noh mask artist of the Karasuma school. Suddenly, Shinobu passionately says, "I've wanted to meet you," leaving Shiro surprised. Kazuhiko, the adopted son of the Karasuma school, secretly watches their interaction. ...

Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon (1993)

Biopic of Date Masamune. Young Masamune upon learning of the death of Nobunaga decides that he is the man to fill those sainted clogs. The fastest way to do this is to subjugate the neighboring warlords. This is an action that results in the death of his f ...

The Shootist 3 (1991)

The biggest crisis has come to Matsushita, a shootist who has passed through numerous shrines! ...

Minamoto Yoshitsune (1990)

One evening, when the monk Saito Musashibo Benkei was luring for his sword number 1000 at Gojo bridge, Shanao (later Yoshitsune), a young man of small and fragile stature passed by. He wore a nice sword and played the flute. ...

The Shootout (1982)

A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly desperate as events spin out of control, culminating in an audacious hijack at sea... ...