Ryo Kase Movies

The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Watanabe

Documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on the set of Abbas Kiarostomi's 2012 film "Like Someone in Love" with narration by the director.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Abbas Kiarostami

When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him....

Genre: Action

Cast: Eriko Sato

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished...

Genre: Action

Cast: Junichi Okada

An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Susumu Terajima

Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from...

Genre: Action

Cast: Masatoshi Nagase

A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Kase

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ayako Fujitani

An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Satomi Kobayashi

Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Joe Odagiri

One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rena Tanaka

Second installment of omnibus series Deka Matsuri. 10 films made under the conditions "The main character must be a female detective" "the film must...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Aki Miyata

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Maya Suzuno

When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

Asako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat, Saba, which kept her company for over 15 years, as...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyoko Koizumi

Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a...

Genre: History

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Koji Yakusho

A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kumiko Aso

Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mia Wasikowska

Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mone Kamishiraishi

Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

24-year-old OL Chie Ikeshita's (Yuriko Yoshitaka) motto is to try various things to enjoy life. Chie spends her time accordingly to her motto. Chie...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yuriko Yoshitaka

Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sho Sakurai

The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mitsuki Tanimura

Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chizuru Ikewaki

Three stories are told, respectively set in Tokyo, Taipei, and Shanghai. The first two stories are about a Japanese person and a Taiwanese person....

Genre: Romance

Cast: Chen Bolin

An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rin Takanashi

On the outset, the Okunos seem like a normal happy family with father Tadashi and his two bright sons, genetics researcher Izumi and artsy Haru. When...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Kase

In the mountain hot springs of Izu, Japan, a love triangle is waiting to happen. It is the late 1930s when the paths of a stunning woman fleeing...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of...

Genre: Action

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

The lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Kase

In Tokyo, actress Touko leaves the filming set of her latest project and comes across three people by random chance: she gives a ride to a man named...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Satomi Kobayashi

Record shop clerk and aspiring DJ Tsutomu searches for his masculinity when challenged to a kendo duel.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ryo Kase

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...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Erika Toda

Yuichiro is a college student whose sister went missing 15 years ago. That traumatic event hangs over him like a pall as he wanders Japan's S&M...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Kase

A salaryman debates selling his grandfather's land to pay off his father's debt.

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Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima

Hitoshi Nagano, who works at an electronics store, picks up a cellphone left behind by a customer and goes about a scam. He calls the person's mother...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kazuya Kamenashi

Keisuke Kinoshita sits easily alongside Ozu, Kurosawa and Naruse as one of Japan’s most respected legends of cinema. Made to commemorate the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Kase

High school student Saya Toma lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident. Detective Akio Kondo came and told her "your family has...

Genre: Action

Cast: Erika Toda

Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Sei Ashina

Laid-back baby boomer Yuichi (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged manga artist and singer-songwriter when he isn't at his salaryman day job or watching...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ryo Iwamatsu

Kwon, a language school instructor, stops by her old workplace and receives a thick envelope addressed to her. A Japanese instructor named Mori had...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Kase

Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Erika Toda

Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Erika Toda

Minori Oyamada, a put-upon editor at a travel-guide publishing company, is asked by an old friend to plan her forthcoming wedding party in Hawaii....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nana Eikura

Romeo, A.K.A. Kosuke Matsuyama, is a second-year high school student. A nice, normal, nonviolent type, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shun Shioya

A bored salaryman quits his mundane job to help an old friend start an indie clothing label.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Two youths meet in adolescence, reconnect as adults, and though both have changed drastically, their love still remains.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Aoi Miyazaki

Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tadanobu Asano

Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiharu Niiyama

Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Reiko Kataoka

A very energetic, fresh and skilful début in DV from young Tokyo actor and model. Hanging out, clubbing and drugging, a young band of friends...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yûsuke Iseya

Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kiichi Nakai

Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki

Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Tadanobu Asano

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuya Yagira

Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Takehiro Murata

'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryuichi Hiroki,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nene Otsuka

Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken away to Tokyo by her relatives, Shuji becomes...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuya Tegoshi

Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lily Franky

Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Rinko Kikuchi

Onuki asks people in a hospital to perform a play for Paco, who suffers from memory disorder. His only hope is to help Paco survive from her illness.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ayaka Wilson

A story of 6 days with 5 people gathered around a small sparkling pool at Chiang Mai in Thailand. 4 years ago, Kyoko started to live in Thailand and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Satomi Kobayashi

Blessed with several large rivers, interconnected streams and springs, Japan's ancient capital, Kyoto, anoints the land with a bountiful source of...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Satomi Kobayashi

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kyoko Koizumi

After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant boss Otaki Ichiro to take his place as a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki

Tells the life story of Teru Kaneko, who was born and raised in a small coastal town. While working as a clerk in a book shop, Teru starts writing...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Misato Tanaka

The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Chiyoda Ward's Miyakezaka district, the 122.7...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Genki Sudo

Based on the short story from the best-selling collection "Poppoya" by Jiro Asada, "The Invitation from Cinema Orion" tells the story of a couple's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rie Miyazawa

Three sisters live together in a large house in the city of Kamakura. When their father – absent from the family home for the last 15 years...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Haruka Ayase

Japanese TV movie from 2003

Genre: Drama

Cast: Erika Sawajiri

"Kaibyo Densetsu" - Maki (Chizuru Ikewaki), who finds it strange that her best friend appears as a living spirit, goes to check on her. "Nanika ga...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Naoto Takenaka

A biopic of seminal 20th century artist Leonard Foujita, a contemporary of Picasso and Modigliani, who was famous for mixing up European and Japanese...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Joe Odagiri

While a gang of high school girls randomly beats lone men at night, the photo of a young woman who has been declared missing is used to design a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yu Aoi

Yoichiro Nozaki, a high-achieving office worker, collapses from an aneurysm. The doctor advises immediate surgery, but the outcome is uncertain. Even...

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Cast: Takao Osawa

Yakuza Naoki Sando (Yosuke Natsuki) discovers his daughter Hiroko (Kumi Kaneko) in bed with his adopted son Kohji (Yusuke Iseya). Three years later,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yûsuke Iseya

Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki

Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Andrew Garfield

The time spent between professional Shogi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal his wounds. As he prepares to secure another win in an...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki

In 1974, Morikazu is 94 years old and his wife Hideko is 76 years old. They live at a house in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The garden at their home is full of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsutomu Yamazaki

Set one year after the fight between detectives Saya Toma, Takeru Sebumi, and Satoshi Chii. More confrontations ensues between the detectives at the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Erika Toda

Suzuki Koichi, a 30-something hikikomori shut-in, allows his mother to dotingly tend to his needs. When she discovers that Koichi has killed himself,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ittoku Kishibe

A compelling human drama about the growing social problems and public responsibilities regarding the welfare and ethical treatment of neglected dogs...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Kase

A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Julianne Moore

A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Atsuko Maeda

Sisters "Manamo" and "Minamo" live separately in Hiroshima and London since the divorce of their parents. The elder sister Manamo lives in Hiroshima...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kaela Kimura

An eight-hour fiction shot for a total of twenty-seven weeks, over a period of fourteen months, in a village population forty-seven in the mountains...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tayoko Shiojiri

War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Johnny Depp

The making of the movie "Nobody Knows" by award-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Yuya Yagira

Short film directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi as part of the ...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ryo Kase

The bestseller based on Kotaro Isaka, starring Kenji Sakaguchi, directed by Takashi Hara! Muto, who works for a family court, is involved in a bank...

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Cast: Kenji Sakaguchi