Cast: Yoko Maki

Direction Hirokazu Koreeda

Cast Masaharu Fukuyama · Yoko Maki · Jun Kunimura · Machiko Ono

Synopsis Like Father, Like Son (2013) follows Ryota, a successful but emotionally distant workaholic, who discovers that his six-year-old son was switched at birth with another boy. The revelation forces him to confront his rigid ideals of fatherhood when he meets...

Direction Hirokazu Koreeda

Cast Hiroshi Abe · Kirin Kiki · Yoko Maki · Lily Franky

Synopsis Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota (Hiroshi Abe) wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother (Kirin Kiki)...

Direction Tetsuya Nakashima

Cast Kyôko Fukada · Anna Tsuchiya · Hiroyuki Miyasako · Sadao Abe

Synopsis Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. A complete fish out of water in her rural and sleepy...

Direction Kazuya Shiraishi

Cast Kôji Yakusho · Shido Nakamura · Yoko Maki · Yôsuke Eguchi

Synopsis An urban noir by Kazuya Shiraishi about cops and gangsters in 1988 Hiroshima, based on a bestselling novel by Yuko Yuzuki. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka...

Direction Miwa Nishikawa

Cast Jô Odagiri · Teruyuki Kagawa · Masatô Ibu · Keizo Kanie

Synopsis Takeru is a successful photographer living the good life in Tokyo. He reluctantly sets off to visit his hometown on the first anniversary of his mother’s death. Stopping in to see his older brother, Minoru who has taken over the...

Direction Tatsushi Ohmori

Cast Hirofumi Arai · Mansaku Ikeuchi · Arata Iura · Yoko Maki

Direction Kei Chikaura

Cast Mirai Moriyama · Tatsuya Fuji · Yoko Maki · Hideko Hara

Synopsis Actor Takashi has lived estranged from his father Yohji, a retired university professor, since a messy divorce with his mother 20 years ago. They barely keep in touch, until one day a call from the police leads Takashi to visit...

Direction Hajime Hashimoto

Cast Tetsuji Tamayama · Mitsuko Kusabue · Kotoka Maki · Yoko Maki

Synopsis The legendary gunman Daisuke Jigen comes to Japan to have his pistol examined.

Direction Takashi Shimizu

Cast Sarah Michelle Gellar · Jason Behr · William Mapother · Clea Duvall

Synopsis An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.

Direction Yoshihiro Nakamura · Masayuki Ochiai · Takashi Shimizu · Kôji Shiraishi

Cast Kayoko Shiraishi · Shôzô Endô · Yoshinori Okada · Kanako Fukaura

Synopsis Produced by Taka Ichise (Ring, Dark Water), five of Japan’s top horror directors, including Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge) and Norio Tsuruta (Ring 0: Birthday) contribute to this anthology of terrifying short films.

Direction Shinsuke Sato

Cast Hideaki Ito · Yumiko Shaku · Shiro Sano · Yoichi Numata

Synopsis In the near future, Japan is ruled once more by a monarchy. But, rebels opposed to this rule seek to overthrow the government. The House of Takemikazuchi, a band of assassins is hired by the government to suppress the rebels....

Direction Masayuki Ochiai

Cast Koichi Sato · Masanobu Takashima · Mari Hoshino · Michiko Hada

Synopsis In a general hospital near bankruptcy, the reduced staff is working under a severe stress. During the emergency attendance to a burned patient with Dr. Uozumi (Masanobu Takashima) and two other nurses, Dr. Akiba (Kôichi Satô) and the nurse commit...

Direction Kenta Fukasaku · Kinji Fukasaku

Cast Tatsuya Fujiwara · Ayana Sakai · Riki Takeuchi · Ai Maeda

Synopsis In Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003), three years after the original game, a new class of students is forced into another deadly competition. This time, the rules shift as they are tasked with assassinating the sole survivor of the previous...

Direction Yasuo Tsuruhashi

Cast Tôma Ikuta · Miki Nakatani · Yoko Maki · Mikako Tabe

Synopsis Adaptation of the famous Japanese novel "Genji Monogatari". In this case the alternate history novel conception of it at the hands of Murasaki Shikibu and loves of Genji, the "shining prince."

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Hiroshi Abe · Jun Fubuki · Yûichi Haba · Goro Kishitani

Synopsis Matsuoi (Hiroshi Abe) and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later.

Direction Hitoshi One

Cast Mirai Moriyama · Masami Nagasawa · Kumiko Aso · Riisa Naka

Synopsis A live-action film of Moteki was released with Mirai Moriyama reprising his role as Yukiyo Fujimoto. 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto (Mirai Moriyama) doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting...

Direction Michiko Namiki · Yusuke Kato · Tomonobu Moriwaki

Cast Yoko Maki · Masahiro Higashide · Fumi Nikaidou · Mayu Matsuoka

Synopsis 10 episodes. Tanaka Tamako had been working for a male-dominated restaurant business but was betrayed by her boyfriend who was hired as the chef. In addition, she is taken to the police as a result of an incident she caused...

Direction Hitoshi One · Nobuhiro Yamashita · Yudai Yamaguchi · Keisuke Toyoshima

Cast Yoko Maki · Tetsushi Tanaka · Matsuo Satoru · Nakamura Tatsuya

Synopsis For the television series, Maki will play a total of 12 different roles, such as a wife, a cabaret club hostess, and a high schooler. SINOPSIS ESPAÑOL:

Direction Takahisa Zeze

Cast Satomi Ishihara · Yoko Maki · Arina Watanabe · Yayoi Shikatani

Synopsis Yukari always wanted to become a flight attendant and has just been hired by Japan Airlines. However, due to an unexpected mistake, she has also been recruited to the company’s basketball team (the JAL “Rabbits”) despite being a lousy at...

Direction Makoto Tanaka

Cast Sôkô Wada · Yoko Maki · Riko Narumi · Tsutomu Tageshige

Synopsis A young reporter is covering the mysterious case of a child found dead with missing internal organs. Suspecting a case of organ trafficking, he visits the doctor who was responsible for the autopsy; and finds that the organs were not...