Cast: Mikako Ichikawa

Direction Tetsuya Nakashima

Cast Miki Nakatani · Eita · Yusuke Iseya · Teruyuki Kagawa

Synopsis It is the present day and Matsuko's nephew, Sho, is cleaning out his dead aunt's filthy apartment. Through a series of encounters, he gradually learns of his aunt's checkered life. Matsuko, in fact, seems at time to be speaking to...

Direction Nobuhiro Doi

Cast Yuko Takeuchi · Shido Nakamura · Akashi Takei · Karen Miyama

Synopsis Mio's death leaves husband Takumi and 6 year old son Yuji fending for themselves. Taku occasionally suffers fainting spells, is disorganized, and fears that his health hindered Mio's happiness. Yuji overheard relatives speculate that his delivery compromised her health, and...

Direction Naoko Ogigami

Cast Satomi Kobayashi · Mikako Ichikawa · Ryo Kase · Ken Mitsuishi

Synopsis Taeko an stressed out career woman leaves her stressed out life in the city for an island vacation. The vacation does not become what expected, as everyone on the island are rather strange.

Direction Naoko Ogigami

Cast Mikako Ichikawa · Reiko Kusamura · Ken Mitsuishi · Maho Yamada

Synopsis Sayoko rents out cats. Every day she walks along the banks of the river towing her animals in a little handcart, with a parasol to shade her against the heat and a megaphone over her mouth: ‘Cats for rent! Are...

Direction Kôji Fukada

Cast Mariko Tsutsui · Mikako Ichikawa · Sôsuke Ikematsu · Mitsuro Fukikoshi

Synopsis Ichiko works as a private nurse for a family she has almost become a part of. While Ichiko cares for the grandmother, she is also a confidant to Motoko, the eldest sister. But one day, Motoko’s younger sister disappears. And...

Direction Hirokazu Koreeda

Cast Masaharu Fukuyama · Kôji Yakusho · Suzu Hirose · Kôtarô Yoshida

Synopsis Mikuma has a criminal record dating back many years and is now under the spotlight again. It looks like and open and shut case for Mikuma has confessed to the new charge. Enter prominent lawyer Shigemori who harbours other ideas,...

Direction Yûya Ishii

Cast Mikako Ichikawa · Sôsuke Ikematsu · Shizuka Ishibashi · Paul Magsign

Direction Hideaki Anno · Shinji Higuchi

Cast Satomi Ishihara · Hiroki Hasegawa · Yutaka Takenouchi · Kengo Kora

Synopsis An unknown accident occurs in Tokyo Bay's Aqua Line, which causes an emergency cabinet to assemble. All of the sudden, a giant creature immediately appears, destroying town after town with its landing reaching the capital. This mysterious giant monster is...

Direction Akio Jissoji · Atsushi Kaneko · Hisayasu Sato · Suguru Takeuchi

Cast Tadanobu Asano · Yuko Daike · Chisako Hara · Masami Horiuchi

Synopsis This horror anthology takes its cue from the short fiction of writer Taro Hirai, better known by his nomme du plume Edogawa Rampo - wordplay on the name of legendary writer Edgar Allan Poe. Acclaimed MV director Takeuchi Suguru begins...

Direction Keishi Ohtomo

Cast Masatô Ibu · Mikako Ichikawa · Tomomi Maruyama · Shûhei Nomura

Synopsis A serial killer wearing a frog mask is terrorizing the city of Tokyo with his crimes, both cruel and elaborate at the same time. Inspector Sawamura, who is in charge of the case, will try to decipher what motivates this...

Direction Hideaki Anno

Cast Eriko Sato · Mikako Ichikawa · Jun Murakami · Mitsuhiro Oikawa

Direction Nobuhiro Doi

Cast Shun Oguri · Gen Hoshino · Mikako Ichikawa · Meiko Kaji

Synopsis Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago.The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tapes to the companies. Eiji Akutsu comes...

Direction Osamu Minorikawa

Cast Ryuhei Matsuda · Reina Asami · Akira Emoto · Mikako Ichikawa

Synopsis Five short stories of life's joys and sorrows are brought together in this omnibus drama from Japan. In the first segment, we eavesdrop on the thoughts of a woman edging into her forties (Miyuki Matsuda) as she goes through her...

Direction Kana Matsumoto

Cast Yutaka Matsushige · Gaku Hamada · Hikari Ishida · Koyuki

Synopsis A cat who dreams of reuniting with its owner and works as a housekeeper to save money.

Direction Kana Matsumoto

Cast Mikako Ichikawa · Ryo Kase · Satomi Kobayashi · Masako Motai

Synopsis Blessed with several large rivers, interconnected streams and springs, Japan's ancient capital, Kyoto, anoints the land with a bountiful source of water. In this tranquil setting, three women join the flow of a small community with the subtle presence of...

Direction Yusuke Morii

Cast Haruka Ayase · Kana Osawa · Mikako Ichikawa · Kengo Kora

Synopsis The film is a road story about a lonely janitor who doesn’t communicate well and Haru, a teenage girl who is different, who travels on Route 29, which connects Hyogo-Himeji City to Tottori City.

Direction Takahiro Miki

Cast Kazunari Ninomiya · Hikari Mitsushima · Mikako Ichikawa · Shinya Kote

Synopsis Ken Kasugai has been deserted by his wife, because he was absorbed in a game. One day, missing child robot Tang appears in front of him.

Direction Shirô Maeda

Cast Arata Iura · Yôsuke Kubozuka · Mikako Ichikawa · Kana Kurashina

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Kasumi Arimura · Jun Matsumoto · Yûtarô Furutachi · Mikako Ichikawa

Synopsis During spring, 2nd year university student Izumi Kudo (Kasumi Arimura) receives a phone call from Takashi Hayama (Jun Matsumoto). Takashi Hayama was her adviser/teacher at her high school drama club. He asks her on the phone to take part in...

Direction Ryô Miyawaki · Naruhide Mizuta · Masaki Nishiura · Naomi Kinoshita

Cast Erika Sawajiri · Nozomi Sasaki · Nanao · Tomoko Tabata

Synopsis TV series (2014). 2 seasons. 20 episodes.