Kanako Higashi
Also Known As: 东加奈子
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 14, 1982
Adult: No
Gender: Female
Popularity:
Known For:
The Albino's Trees
Overview: A poignant moral dilemma unfolding against lush mountainous landscapes, The Albino’s Trees follows Yuku (Ryohei Matsuoka), an animal control hunter who takes on a lucrative job to kill a rare white deer considered to be a god of the forest by a nearby village. Though Yuku initially steps up to the task in order to support his mother’s medical bills, his will begins to falter as he gets to know the villagers and the reasons behind their difficult choice to live as outsiders.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-16
Popularity:
Boy Sprouted
Overview: A boy who can't eat a tomato was pushed by his mother to overcome his least favorite. When he swallowed it, something sprouted from his own body. The boy doubted the tomato he ate and visited a tomato farm to find out what happened to him. There he met a scary farmer and ran away. The mother still tries to make her son able to eat a tomato. This script was generated from AI, shot by alumnus of the national film school as a cutting-edge R&D project.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-28
Popularity:
Love Strikes!
Overview: Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, Yukiyo experiences "moteki" - a period when a man becomes suddenly popular with woman. Cute magazine editor Miyuki, pure and naive office worker Rumiko, beautiful shop assistant Ai and beautiful, but tough co-worker named Motoko all become interested in Yukiyo. He tries to calm down, but is shaken by the interests of these women.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-23
Popularity:
Petrel Hotel Blue
Overview: Seeking to exact revenge upon Yoji, Yukio travels to an area surrounded by the sea, desert and lava topped mountains. There, Yukio meets mysterious Rika and becomes enchanted by her presence. While, Yukio can't get Rika out of his mind, he faces off against Masakazu, a former subordinate of Yoji, and a detective chasing Rika.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-24
Popularity:
Bayside Shakedown The Final: The New Hope
Overview: 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...
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-06
Popularity:
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Overview: Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on a scene where stolen cash is buried in North Dakota, she travels to America to find it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-13
Popularity:
Octopus
Overview: Squid have 10 legs. Octopuses have 8 legs. Added together, that’s 18 legs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-01
Popularity:
The Vancouver Asahi
Overview: In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrimination, hatred and injustice at the hands of their Caucasian counterparts. But one thing made their lives worth living: baseball. They may be the underdogs, but the Vancouver Asahi baseball team have a sense of fair play and smart tactics that set them apart from the brute force of their opponents. Under the guidance of new team captain Reggie Kasahara, can they be able to rise above all the negativity to win the tournament? This film is based on the true story of Vancouver Asahi, the Japanese-Canadian baseball team that was inducted into The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-29
Popularity:
Shell and Joint
Overview: Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. The themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’ lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-04-22
Popularity:
Genkai in a Black Company
Overview: After the death of this mother, Masao Oneta (Teppei Koike) decides to leave the comfort of his room after years of self isolation and get a job. He lands a position at a small IT firm but doesn't yet realise this company is one of many 'black companies', known for overworking their employees.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-21
Popularity:
My Long Awaited Love Story
Overview: Riko is 27, working as a love simulation game designer, and she no longer has big expectations for a man in her life. One day app company TIMEIS, lead by Soichiro, hires her to work on their latest game.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-23
Popularity:
Underwear Affair
Overview: In a present, Asako, a housewife, lives with her 5-year-old son in a country side, separated from her husband who runs kindergarden. When she was young, she lives with her mother and young sister in a tiny and dirty apartment. A scar on her thigh, underwear, smell of those places... One day, those elements of her two different times comes cross strangely.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-29
Popularity: