Koji Ishikawa
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Harmful Insect
2001-03-16
Harmful Insect
Overview: 13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-16
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SPEC: Heaven
2012-04-07
SPEC: Heaven
Overview: Saya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a distinguished background. They work on cases by postulating the "SPEC" of the unknown criminals and then deduce the criminal's unknown "SPEC" to make arrests. A mystery occurs when bodies are found on a cruiser in the ocean. Saya Toma and Ryo Kase of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are brought in to solve the case.
Genres: Crime Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-04-07
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The Cactus in the Bed
2023-02-17
The Cactus in the Bed
Overview: In his mid-thirties, YANAGIDA Yoshinori aspires to be a movie actor but suffers from want of opportunity, working mostly as a stand-in for other professional actors in TV commercials. After a chat over drinks with a successful colleague, he decides to address his mid-career crisis by auditioning for a role in a student movie. Will he survive the student director’s endless script revisions and eccentricities, and persevere in this perilous path towards movie stardom? This tragicomedy of an actor’s life with a metafictional ending celebrates every filmmaker’s relentless dedication to cinema.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-02-17
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Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012-05-12
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Overview: 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 inhabitants and stumbles upon a stage play written by an enigmatic student of her ex-boyfriend.
Genres: Fantasy Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-05-12
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A film of TAMA
2010-12-25
A film of TAMA
Overview: A documentary featuring the band Tama who created a sensation in 1990. They enjoyed great success, but disbanded after one of the members left. All four former members are continuing with music in their own styles. The film focuses on the three former members: Ishikawa Koji, Takimoto Koji, and Chiku Toshiaki. The film carefully captures the musicians who keep creating and expressing music through their own unique lives that still mesmerizes audiences. The director Imaizumi Rikiya is a rising star whose past independent work has won many awards at Japan's film festivals. It is his first documentary and a debut for a commercial film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-12-25
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The Band From Nowhere
2018-06-02
The Band From Nowhere
Overview: Construction worker Kumada (Kiryu) used to be a member of the popular band Uma no Hone 30 years ago. In a sudden turn of events, he moves into a low rent shared apartment. His roommate Yuka is an idol, but begins being friendly with when he says his job is related to music.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-02
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