Midori Kiuchi Movies

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Cast: Ayako Wakao

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Makiko Esumi

During the Sengoku period, villagers brutally killed eight samurai, and in the Taisho era, the head of an old family murdered 32 villagers in the...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Hidetaka Yoshioka

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Miki Odagiri

Arrested and interrogated by the police for a murder, Kiyoshi Ōkubo remembers his past and ends up confessing to several murders. Inspired by...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Matsuzaka

Genre: Romance

Cast: Yoshiko Mita

Two TV salarymen uphold their duty by taking on a rival talent agency during the late-'80s bubble economy.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Noritake Kinashi

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami's "Daibyonin" a.k.a. "The Last Dance".

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jūzō Itami

A new salesman named Kosuke Okuda happens to meet Mao Watarai, a friend from his middle school days. Back then, Mao was called stupid and bullied,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Juri Ueno

Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It's been a very happy time for Rica; the only dark spot being an accident she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomoyo Harada

Fuyuko (Tomoko Nakajima), begins the film nine months pregnant, but doesn't deliver until her third year, to the bafflement of all around her.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomoko Nakajima

A creepy anthology about a homicidal little girl, a woman being stalked, a dentist and a man struggling to keep his eyes open on the road.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Midori Kiuchi

A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sonny Chiba

A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Misa Shimizu

When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from...

Genre: Action

Cast: Masato Sakai

A young woman competes with a goddess come to earth for her man's heart.

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Aya Sugimoto

A young woman's life is turned upside down when her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind numerous debts and his illegitimate child. Desperate...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

Junkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker. The mismatched pair soon finds love, and against his...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Momoe Yamaguchi

Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to stretch her morals to keep her job. As a result, she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sakura Ando

Ryo came from Aomori Prefecture to Tokyo. He works as a window washer for high-rise buildings. For his job, he uses a gondola to clean the windows....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Uemura

Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Takeshi Kaga

21-year-old Misora Honzawa went to Tokyo from Aomori. Misora Honzawa happens to see Kumi on TV who is a yoga Instructor and model. By chance, the two...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mugi Kadowaki

Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Hiroko Yakushimaru

This is a sad and beautiful story about a father who is a popular comedian and a son who suffered by an incurable disease.

Genre: Family

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

Richness, severity and pureness of love is beautifully and sentimentally depicted.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomoko Ogawa

A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

A troubled architect weaves his way through numerous romantic situations in a search for true love and contentment.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kumiko Akiyoshi

The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Terumi Niki

A lonely retired girl's High School Principal who's lost his wife to alcoholism moves to an old apartment in a country town. There he forms a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Ogata

Little Towa lives with his parents Satsuki and Yuichi in a coastal town on Nagashima. Yuichi is a fisherman, Satsuki runs a restaurant. What Towa...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shihori Kanjiya

Ken works at the Konbini and Sho is boring - the boys need an adventure, a road trip. Life is too short for monotony. A ride is quickly found and on...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Misao

It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Takako Matsu

“Magic Kimono” tells the story of middle-aged Japanese woman Keiko, who has been living in a shell for decades due to a family tragedy in...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kaori Momoi

Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kyoko Koizumi

A human drama about the strange fate of the three brothers, played by Masatoshi Nagase, Joe Odagiri, and Nobuaki Kaneko, set in Nagoya.

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Cast: Masatoshi Nagase

While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takao Osawa