Takako Tokiwa

The film delicately portrays a young girl who struggles with the sudden discovery of juvenile breast cancer and her complicated relationship with her mother.

Seven men and women, consisting of three couples who are reluctant companions and one single man, play in the game with the secret that their relationship and friendship will collapse. Japanese remake of the Italian movie "Perfetti sconosciuti".

Tatsuya Nakadai, the world’s greatest living actor, returns to the screen in a brilliant adaptation of a story by novelist Shuhei Fujisawa. A traveling gambler known as “Funeral Uno” he is now 86 years old and returning to his hometown for the first time in 30 years. Partly told in flashbacks, he is forced to face his lifelong nemesis, Boss Kyuzo, a vile yakuza portrayed by another superstar of samurai cinema, Atsuo Nakamura! Before the two old gamblers can settle a 30-year-old score they must put their lives on the line in a game of dice that can only lead to a bloody sword duel the likes of which has never before been seen! Superb performances all around in a film loaded with surprises and exciting swordplay!

O único cinema na orla marítima de Onomichi está prestes a fechar. Sua última noite em funcionamento será a exibição de uma maratona noturna de filmes de guerra japoneses. Quando um raio atinge a sala, três jovens do público voltam no tempo ao serem lançados para dentro do filme.

The film is about poor children and 'The Kids' Diner', a place where they can go to get free or cheap food.

A Distant Cry from Spring (TV Movies)

Nanami Ishikawa works as an editor at a publishing company. She travels Hiroshima to go after her father Asahi who left home. During her visit to Hiroshima, she learns about the tragic story of Asahi's older sister Minami Hirano. When Minami Hirano was 13 years old, she was exposed to radiation by an atomic bomb.

Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.

A married woman obsesses over a hairstylist she becomes involved with.

In 2013, Takako (Takako Tokiwa) looks back upon her youth. In 1983, she was a high school student who spent a lot of time in the theater with her friends. Recalling her past of 1983, she goes back to her hometown.

After the end of the second world war, Fred Wada Isamu (Osawa), an American of Japanese descent who runs a fruit and vegetable shop in Los Angeles. One day, Wada sees a newspaper article on the search for someone of Japanese descent who can look after Japanese athletes coming to the United States to compete in the national swimming championship, and offers his family. Several months later, Kiyokawa (Mitsuishi), the Japanese swimming team’s coach, and the swimmers Hashizume (Katsuji), Furubashi (Nakao) and others arrive in the United States. The Japanese swimming team breaks one world record after another and sets nine world records. It is joyous news for Japan. Several years later, Wada and his wife receive a phone call from Tabata Masaji (Nishida Toshiyuki), the chairman of the Japanese Swimming Federation and general secretary of the Japanese Olympic Committee. Tabata says he would like some form of help from Wada in their bid for the Tokyo Olympics...

Relatives gather from afar in wintery Ashibetsu upon the death of patriarch Mitsuo. A mysterious woman named Nobuko suddenly shows up. Her appearance gradually exposes wartime secrets and Mitsuo's unknown past.

Yukichi Matsumoto's 2013 stage adaptation of Shuji Terayama's "Lemmings". Two cooks share a room, one of which talks with his mother's head: it lives beneath their tatami mats. On the other side of their room's wall, lives a wife who desperately cares for her feverish husband. As more and more walls are tore down movie studios, hospitals and prisons are revealed, destroying the physical boundaries between their boarding house and the city.

Shizuru Tamai (Takako Tokiwa) lives in a small mountain town in rural Japan with her mother and grandmother. Her grandmother is partially unable to move, and Shizuru has to care for her with her mother, who tries to keep Shizuru shackled at every opportunity. Shizuru’s days are filled with endless monotony. She works as a receptionist at her former classmate’s hospital, and one day goes to buy picture books for the waiting room. It’s then that she recalls a book from her childhood ‘The Pierrot Prays to the Moon’. Wanting to read the book again, Shizuru finds it on an online auction site. Once it finally arrives and she begins to read it, a small slip of paper gently falls from its pages. On the paper are what appear to be instructions for a recipe. The recipe prompts Shizuru to contact Tobuse (Shosuke Tanihara), the man who sent her the book.

O tratado de rendição assinado pelo imperador japonês Hirohito ao general americano Douglas MacArthur marcou o fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Entretanto, no Brasil o anúncio não marcou o fim do período de violência. Os imigrantes japoneses que viviam no interior do estado de São Paulo, formando a maior colônia do país fora do Japão, se dividiram em dois grupos. Os que acreditavam na notícia eram chamados de traidores da pátria, apelidados de "corações sujos", e perseguidos por aqueles que endeusavam o imperador e ainda acreditavam na vitória do Japão. É neste contexto que vive Takahashi (Tsuyoshi Ihara), dono de uma pequena loja de fotografia e casado com Miyuki (Takako Tokiwa), uma professora primária. Incitado pelo coronel Watanabe (Eiji Okuda), ele se torna o vingador daqueles que pregam a supremacia japonesa e passa a atacar todos aqueles que não acreditam que o país foi derrotado na guerra.

Chuushingura from the perspective of Horibe Yasubee.

Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance his films, has been executed by his own yakuza gang for failing to repay his debts.

A woman (Takako Tokiwa) risks her life to exact revenge for her murdered lover.

A radio DJ, Mai starts a new program called, "Love Letters from the Drawer" to assist people who need an extra push to send out their simple yet very important message for their loved ones. The show was inspired by her own experience after reading a letter from her father after he died. Through her radio show, various characters come to light as everyone awaits for a miracle to happen. A miracle which can occur only by them expressing their true feelings... The movie is full of emotions and music plays an important part of it. It has a great cast that represent the many faces of love. Parents, sons, lovers, and friends. The movie takes you to several locations within Japan, you can get a look at the beautiful coast and shrine, as well as the city sights

Último filme da trilogia, que se passa em 2015, quando o “Amigo”, já Presidente do Mundo, quer destruir a humanidade e Kanna, a sobrinha de Kenji, vive no submundo tentando derrotá-lo, assim como os amigos de infância de Kenji, para quem ele ainda não morreu.

Segundo filme da trilogia, que se passa no Japão 15 anos após os eventos do primeiro, onde o culto liderado pelo “Amigo” comanda o país sob uma ditadura fascista.

Baseado na premiada série de mangá criada por Naoki Urasawa, 20th Century Boys é o primeiro da trilogia live-action desta aventura, inspirada originalmente pela canção 20th Century Boy, do T. Rex. Em 1969, Kenji, um aluno da escola elementar e seus amigos, construíram uma base secreta em suas férias de verão. Fantasiando uma luta contra um vilão que queria conquistar o mundo, escreveram o “Livro das Profecias”. Anos depois, em 1997, Kenji se tornou o gerente de uma loja de conveniências e leva uma vida normal depois de desistir do sonho de se tornar uma estrela do rock. Sua vida entediante, de repente, vira de cabeça para baixo quando um de seus amigos dos tempos da escola morre misteriosamente e uma família inteira na vizinhança desaparece. Ao mesmo tempo, um culto religioso e seu líder misterioso, chamado de Amigo, emerge e uma estranha cadeia de eventos duplicando exatamente os eventos descritos no Livro das Profecias se segue. Seria o início do fim do mundo? Quem é o Amigo?

A middle school teacher, Jinno, is friends with a young couple that is about to have a baby. But on the eve of the birth, the father, Kimura, disappears. Then, a hired private detective appears and ask Jinno's help to find Kimura.

In 1897, actor, director, producer and theatre company leader Kawakami Otojiro set off on a tour of the USA with his wife Sadayakko and theatre company members, but in a foreign country where he could not speak the language, he had to struggle against a succession of adversities, including lawyers absconding with the proceeds and actors going on strike. One day, however, Otojiro arrives in Boston on his arduous tour and sees a packed house for a performance of The Merchant of Venice by the famous British actor Henry Irving. In just one night of rehearsals, they concoct a Japanese version of The Merchant of Venice, and perform the play to a foreign audience with bullshit dialogue and a reckless performance that can be cut short by "Sucharaka poko poko" when they get stuck on a word.

After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy marriage seem to suddenly vanish as she finds out that her husband had lived a double life. Struggling between her anger and the chance to begin a new chapter for herself, she finds her life moving into unchartered waters as she faces her 60th birthday.

Shinji (Shinichi Tsutsumi) steps out of a train station to find himself transported back to 1964.

Brave Story é um romance de fantasia de Miyuki Miyabe. publicado em vários jornais regionais, entre 1999 e 2001 antes de ser publicado em dois volumes pela Kadokawa Shoten em 2003. Em 2006, foi relançado,novas edições, uma versão voltado a leitores maduros e uma versão light novel para os leitores mais jovens. Estes eram destinados a criar interesse na adaptação cinematográfica lançada em 2006. O filme foi nomeado para "Animação do Ano" no Japão de 2007 pela Academy Awards. O anime conta à história de Wataru, garoto normal que tem sua vida abalada quando vê sua família desmoronar após a partida de seu pai. Quando sua mãe sofre um acidente e está perto da morte. Wataru entra em um edifício. Na verdade o edifício é a entrada para um mundo ilusório chamado Vision, que seria a única maneira de reaver sua família, e a assim alcançar a felicidade novamente.

The main characters are the Mamiya brothers who are living together although they are over 30-years-old. Unconcerned with appearance and reputations, they enjoy their life in their own way. The only concern is the lack of girlfriends. One day, however, a change occurs to their mundane lives. The elder brother, Akinobu (Kuranosuke Sasaki), falls in love with a girl at a video shop. The younger brother, Tetsunobu (Muga Tsukaji), scrambles around to aid his brother achieve love and arranges various dates. The elder brother strives to return the effort, but gets the cold shoulder. The two brothers return to their original lives, continuing with their ordinary, but happy days.

Tetsumu, an introverted youth, realizes he has a natural ability of communicating with elephants. This prompts him to leave for Chiang Mai in Thailand to become Japan's first elephant trainer. Having found his place in the world, Tetsumu develops into a strong, confident young man. He returns to Japan with the dream of building a green "paradise" for his ivory-tusked friends. Meanwhile, he starts a career as an elephant trainer for touring shows. He meets Emi, a woman seven years his senior and falls in love.

Namiko Morita, who lived in Otaru, moved to this area with her husband, Yutaro, and opened the brewery "Morita Brewery". Eventually, they succeeded in this business and lived happily while raising three children. However, in August 1945, the situation changed completely due to the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.

A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convince him to perform privately for their boss.

After a 13-year imprisonment in Hong Kong, a kickboxer challenges the current champion in order to restore his honor.

On the eve of her wedding, Hitomi loses her fiance Tatsuya to a car accident. She travels to Hong Kong seeking solace and meets undercover cop Karbo — a dead ringer for Tatsuya. The duo is forced to take it on the lam when a corrupt colleague frames Karbo, and Hitomi soon finds herself torn between her love for Tatsuya and her blossoming feelings for her fellow fugitive.

A short drama that depicts the world of Edogawa Rampo's popular novels filled with the bizarre and fantastic in an omnibus format. This omnibus drama includes "The Kiss," "The Human Chair," "The Girl in the Locked Room," and "The Cliff," all based on Rampo's original stories, as well as the program's original "Contemporary Arc".

An office lady (Yasuko Tomita) who has a bitter memory of Christmas Eve breaks up with her affair partner (Shoji Sadaoka) and finds a new love.