Susumu Taira
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Department: Acting
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The Catcher On The Shore
Overview: This drama depicts a boy's coming of age against the backdrop of Okinawa's food culture. Director Nakamura Ryugo was born in 1996. He made this film, his feature debut, when he was just fourteen years old. Okinawa has an old tradition of eating a goat for celebratory occasions. But that culture is starting to fade in urban areas. Yuto (Uehara Soji), a sixth grader living in Naha, spends his winter vacation in the countryside town where his grandparents reside. He receives a shock when he sees the goat raised by his grandfather killed by locals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Letters from Kanai Nirai
Overview: Fuki who lives with her grandfather Shoei in Taketomi Island, Okinawa, dreams of becoming a photographer. In her childhood, her mother Masami left Fuki to live in Tokyo. Although Masami has not come back, Fuki receives birthday cards from Masami every year on her birthday. On Fuki's fourteenth birthday, Masami promises to confess everything when Fuki becomes 20 years old. After her graduation from high school, Fuki moves to Tokyo to work as a camera assistant. Fuki starts off her hectic life in Tokyo, and soon, her nineteenth birthday comes. As usual, she receives a birthday card from Masami. A year later...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-05-28
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Nabbie's Love
Overview: Nanako returns to her hometown on the tiny island of Aguni to meet her grandmother Nabbie. However, when Nanako's ferry arrives, it is also carrying Nabbie's former lover, who has returned to Aguni after a long absence.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-12-04
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Overview: Yuriko (Yuki Shibamoto) is tired of her relationship with a married man. She leaves Tokyo and goes back to her hometown of Yugafu, which is located on small island in Okinawa. The married man though follows Yuriko to the small island. In addition, the married man's wife also arrives on the island. They married couple causes all kinds of disturbances...
Genres: Romance Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-07-25
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The Pig's Retribution
Overview: A virginal boy travels with three hookers to a small island to collect his estranged father's washed up and sun-bleached bones.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-09
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Queer Fish Lane
Overview: X years after the “Shima pshoo” incident, aging Tarugani and Papajo are best friends who live in Patai Village, where those who failed to die continue to exist. When the two find themselves framed as thieves who stole an illegal substance from the local store, they set out on the road, chased by three dripping wet mysterious women.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-14
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