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".

По мотивам одноименного романа Сюхэйя Фудзисавы. В конце жизни игрок, разбойник и бродяга Унокити возвращается в родные места и обнаруживает, что в его городе почти ничего не изменилось. Однако судьбы многих людей до сих пор определяются теми ошибками, которые он совершил в молодости. Прежде, чем умереть, он должен сделать что-то для дорогих ему людей.

Кинотеатр Setouchi Kinema закрывают. Его завершающий сеанс — ночной марафон японских фильмов о войне. Ударившая в кинотеатр молния отбрасывает троих молодых людей из кинозала в прошлое, где они становятся участниками событий, происходящих на экране: гражданской войны Босин, Второй японо-китайской войны, битвы за Окинаву. Наконец они оказываются в Хиросиме накануне атомной бомбардировки, где встречают труппу передвижного театра «Сакура-тай». Но могут ли они изменить ход судьбы и спасти труппу?

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.

1945-й год, война окончена, Япония побеждена. Но для большой группы японских эмигрантов в Бразилии война только начинается. Одни не верят в новости о поражении и сохраняют верность поверженному императору, другие хотят жить в новой стране по местным правилам — и становятся для своих соплеменников «грязными сердцами», предателями. Тихий фотограф, влюбленный в свою жену, переживает конфликт между чувством и долгом, мелодрама превращается в кровавый боевик, а локальные противоречия — в конфликт цивилизаций.

Chuushingura from the perspective of Horibe Yasubee.

Сюдзи — молодой режиссер, не терпящий компромиссов и не вписывающийся в японское общество. Его брат-ростовщик, который помогал финансировать его фильмы, задолжал мафии, и якудза с ним разделались. Долговые обязательства ложатся на Сюдзи. Чтобы расплатиться, он дает бандитам избивать себя за деньги. Во время избиений он выкрикивает названия великих фильмов и имена великих режиссеров.

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

The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?

Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop Friend's increasing influence over the world and continued plans to eliminate humanity, as detailed in the New Book of Prophecy.

In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?

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.

Для Тосико Сэкигути безмятежные годы счастливого брака закончились в один день: ее муж скоропостижно скончался от сердечного приступа. Пришла беда — отворяй ворота. Не успели пройти похороны, как Тосико случайно узнает, что у мужа была любовница, владелица ресторана. Сын, приехавший с женой из Калифорнии после восьми лет отлучки, претендует на наследство и собирается жить с матерью в одном доме. Еще недавно простая домохозяйка, Тосико выбита из колеи. Теперь она сама должна принимать решения. Ее ждет немало неприятных сюрпризов: номер-пенал в низкопробной гостинице, сомнительные знакомства, эгоистичный любовник, попытки овладеть ремеслом киномеханика. От ее прежней жизни не остается и следа…

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

Отец 10-летнего Ватару бросает семью ради другой женщины, а мать от стресса заболевает и ложится в больницу. И тогда мальчик решает изменить судьбу. С этой целью он отправляется в путешествие в волшебный мир, вход в который показал его друг Мицуру. В стране волшебников и чудовищ Ватару должен приложить всю свою храбрость, чтобы вместе с верными друзьями преодолеть испытания, встретить Богиню Судьбы и изменить свой удел.

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.

Семья Морита переехала с Хоккайдо в Маньчжурию, завоёванную японской армией, и открыла в Муданьцзяне крупное предприятие по производству сакэ. Успеху дела способствует поддержка японской армии. Но в Маньчжурию входят советские войска, война близится к трагической развязке, и людям приходится выбирать между спасением чести и спасением жизни.

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.

Японка Хитоми уже готовилась к свадьбе с японским китайцем Тацуей, но все ее планы перечеркнула автомобильная авария – Тацуя погиб, а сама Хитоми чудом выкарабкалась с того света. Прошло какое-то время и Хитоми решает съездить в Гонконг, где Тацуя работал управляющим отеля. Представьте себе ее удивление, когда в лобби этого отеля она встречает человека, как две капли воды похожего на Тацую.

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.