Isao Kawase

Películas

Don't Cry, Mr. Ogre
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What was once a superlative varsity baseball coach is now a jaded middle-aged man. He and a former student meet and the older man discovers that his now married pupil is afflicted with terminal cancer. Full of regrets of how he once treated the student the man ponders how to make it up to the man whom he once coached
Neck bowed in the rain
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Baijaku Nakamura takes the lead in a film where he has to dodge pursuit from a hostile gang whilst also helping out a family of innocent people who run a noodle store. More importantly, this was one of Ren Osugi’s last films.
Yaeko's Hum
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Yaeko has taken care of her husband Seigo who has stomach cancer. Seigo goes through 4 surgeries, but survives. Yaeko is then diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and her condition worsens. Their family struggles to take care of Yaeko, but they also cherish their time with her. Seigo takes care of Yaeko as best as he can.
A Sower of Seeds 2
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Samurai Hustle
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During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to perform Sankin-kotai within 5 days. Sankin-kotai is a custom that requires the daimyo to visit the shogun in Edo. Unfortunately, the time needed to visit the shogun in Edo for Masaatsu Naito is 8 days. Masaatsu Naito also learns he received the order because a high ranking government official wants the gold mine. Also, the expense for Sankin-kotai is high and the Yunagaya Domain is such a small han that it seems impossible to complete. Nevertheless, Masaatsu Naito begins an unexpected operation to complete Sankin-kotai in 5 days.
The Snow White Murder Case
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Yuji Akahoshi trabaja en un programa de televisión. Un día recibe una llamada de una amiga que le cuenta que una compañera de la empresa de cosméticos donde trabaja ha sido apuñalada hasta morir. Akahoshi pronto descubre que Miki Shirono, quien también trabajaba en la empresa de cosméticos, desapareció la misma noche que se produjo el asesinato. Akahoshi intenta aclarar el misterio tras Miki Shirono.
Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto
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The story is about a group of university students who inevitably gets involved in playing a game of "Horumo" - a combat match where each person manipulates 100 spirits (referred to as "oni") to fight the opponent. Akira Abe, a freshman at Kyoto University student falls for his classmate Kyoko, and soon ends up at a mysterious club called “Kyoto University Azure Dragon” which turns out to be one of the Horumo teams, playing the mysterious (and somewhat absurd) game which started over 1,000 years ago in the Heian period.The heat rises as you see the 2,000 CGI created spirits wage fierce battles against the backdrop of breathtaking beautiful city of Kyoto. Let the battle begin!
Dear My Cosmo
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10 Promises to My Dog
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Cuenta la historia de Akari (Mayuko Fukuda), una niña de 14 años y de una cachorra que encuentra en su patio. Como la perrita tiene marcas blancas en sus patas, Akari la llama Calcetines. La madre de Akari acepta que Calcetines forme parte de la familia con la única condición de que Akari cumpla "Las 10 Promesas" - los 10 mandamientos que hay que seguir por ser dueño de un perro. Desde ese entonces, comienza una amistad de 10 años llena de alegrías como de contratiempos que ponen a prueba el compromiso de Akari de cumplir "Las 10 Promesas".
Sea Without Exit
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Koji Namiki is a young pitcher who has shown great promise on the diamond by winning the National High School Basketball Championships. Shortly after entering college, however, Namiki's athletic career is called into question after he suffers a severe elbow injury. But despite a disheartening diagnosis, Namiki is determined to make a comeback. With a little help from his teammates it appears that he is getting back on track, too. Recently, he's even developed a new slow ball that he and his teammates have christened "the magic pitch". Fate can be a cruel mistress though, and when World War II breaks out Namiki the entire team join the navy and begin a training regiment specifically designed to prepare them for the ultimate darkness, an submarine attack method also known as "The Human Torpedo".
Shinobi
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En Japón, Kouga e Iga eran clanes ninja enfrentados durante más de 400 años. Transcurría la era Keichou, 1614, cuando Ieyasu, que entonces tenía 73 años, decidió que ya era hora de elegir a su sucesor. Ieyasu dudaba entre sus nietos: Yakechiyo, que era mayor pero estúpido, y Kunichiyo, más joven pero inteligente. Para solucionar este dilema, Ieyasu decidió enfrentar a los clanes de Kouga e Iga en una lucha. En caso de que Kouga resultara vencedor, Kunichiyo sería el nuevo Shogun. En el caso contrario, el Shogun sería Takechiyo. Los dos clanes enfrentados habían gozado de varios años de paz desde que Hattori Hanzou les obligase a llegar a una tregua. Años en los que Gennosuke, de Kouga, y Oboro, de Iga se enamoraron. Ahora, la batalla entre Kouga e Iga esá a punto de empezar, y los veinte ninjas designados irán cayendo uno tras otro.
Heaven's Bookstore
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Heaven's Bookstore is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara about a struggling classical pianist who is sent to heaven to work in a bookstore. It is based on two novels, written by Atsushi Matsuhisa and Wataru Tanaka.
Quill
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Como un cachorro de labrador, Quill es entregado para vivir con una pareja, Isamu y Mitsuko Nii, que trabajan como voluntarios entrenando perros-guía. Cuando se convierte en un perro adulto es llevado a un centro de entrenamiento por un amistoso pero firme entrenador llamado Satoru Tawada. Aunque Quill es un poco más lento que los demás perros, parece tener una empatía inusual y una paciencia especial con sus entrenadores. Tawada decide que Quill será el perro-guía ideal para Mitsuru Wanatabe, pero él, un solitario y malhumorado hombre de mediana edad, no es tan entusiasta ("preferiría dormir antes que ser arrastrado por ahí por un perro"). A partir de ese momento la historia es narrada por la hija de Wanatabe, Mitsuko, y poco a poco Wanatabe se rehabilita, aventurándose al mundo exterior y aprendiendo no solo a confiar en otras personas, sino también en el animal que lo guía.
Kichiku
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Doing Time
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A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.
Free and Easy 11
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Hama-chan accompanies Su-san on a business trip to Okinawa in the middle of the recession, but Su-san remains in low spirits over business matters.
Shinjuku Boy Detectives
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In the streets of ultra-modern Shinjuku, Sosuke, a young would-be detective, all of a sudden attacked by a monster robot and falls unconscious. Determined to unravel the mystery, Sosuke joins forces with four members to fight against the robot. Will they be successful?
Tale of the Earth
Negative Cutter
A youngster, Wil had a dissatisfaction to the society which the computer controls the total life of a person. One day he catches a strange telepathy from outer space.