Cast: Mayu Matsuoka

Direction Hirokazu Koreeda

Cast Kirin Kiki · Sôsuke Ikematsu · Lily Franky · Moemi Katayama

Synopsis Osamu works as a day laborer. He and his son Shota like to shoplift together. On the way back home from a shoplifting session, Osamu finds little Yuri freezing. He takes her home with them. His wife Nobuyo gets angry...

Direction Junichi Mori

Cast Ai Hashimoto · Takahiro Miura · Mayu Matsuoka · Yôichi Nukumizu

Direction Hirokazu Koreeda · Hiroshi Okuyama · Takuma Satô · Megumi Tsuno

Cast Mayu Matsuoka · Ai Hashimoto · Nana Mori · Keiko Matsuzaka

Synopsis Kiyo becomes a Makanai (person who cooks meals) at a house where Maiko (apprentice geishas) live together.

Direction Junichi Mori

Cast Ai Hashimoto · Mayu Matsuoka · Yôichi Nukumizu · Karen Kirishima

Synopsis Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Kento Yamazaki · Mayu Matsuoka · Kan'ichirô Satô · Sairi Itô

Synopsis Nagata is the director of a theater troupe. Unfortunately, he is rather unsuccessful on his finances which makes the crew has little confidence in him.

Direction Kazuya Shiraishi

Cast Takeru Satō · Ryôhei Suzuki · Mayu Matsuoka · Kuranosuke Sasaki

Synopsis Koharu's children are torn apart and live independent of one another. Years pass and the family reunites. They each have a story to tell. One was so affected he can not articulate himself well. Another is a writer, but is...

Direction Akiko Ohku

Cast Mayu Matsuoka · Daichi Watanabe · Takumi Kitamura · Anna Ishibashi

Synopsis Yoshika (Mayu Matsuoka) is 24-years-old and works at a company. She doesn't have a boyfriend in her life. Yoshika is a bit different. She likes to search about ammonite fossil all night long and she still feels a thrill when...

Direction Masato Harada

Cast Junichi Okada · Kentarô Sakaguchi · Mayu Matsuoka · Takamasa Ishihara

Synopsis Shogo Kanetaka is a police officer, who suffers from trauma when his loved one was murdered. Since that horrific time, Shogo has only thought about revenge. He then receives an order to go undercover as a yakuza member. The police...

Direction Yoshio Kuratani

Cast Nozomi Andô · Manabu Hamada · Yôko Hoshi · Katsuya Kobayashi

Direction Takumi Saito

Cast Cookie · Yoshikazu Ebisu · Lily Franky · Seiji Fukushi

Synopsis A son discovers the unknown life of his deserted father's after his death.

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 Yoshihiro Nakamura

Cast Gaku Hamada · Fumino Kimura · Nao Omori · Eri Ishida

Synopsis Set in Sendai, Japan, 2 men live completely different lives. One is a star professional baseball player and the other burglarizes empty homes. Their fate connects with unseeable connections when Tadashi Imamura (Gaku Hamada) and a suicidal woman enter the...

Direction Keiichi Hara

Cast Mayu Matsuoka · Aoi Miyazaki · Ryo Kase · Mari Hamada

Synopsis As a young man, Keisuke Kinoshita (Ryo Kase) carried his mother on a handcart across a mountain. He grew up as a hotblooded young man and was monitored by the military. He then joined Shochiku movie company, to eventually become...

Direction Tsuyoshi Inoue · Teruyuki Yoshida · Tojo Kajihara

Cast Sôta Fukushi · Hiroko Yakushimaru · Kasumi Yamaya · Mio Yûki

Synopsis TV Series (2013). A young girl from Tokyo moves to the Tohoku region to become a female diver.

Direction Yûma Suzuki

Cast Mayu Matsuoka · Mana Ashida · Yoji Iwase · Soma Santoki

Synopsis Kujo Rina is a chemistry teacher and the homeroom teacher for the 3rd grade D class at Horai High School. She doesn't have a bond with her students. On the school's graduation day, Kujo Rina is pushed from the 4th...

Direction Kei Ishikawa

Cast Mayu Matsuoka · Matsuzaka Tori · Win Morisaki · Oji Suzuka

Synopsis Four pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is a former child prodigy who stopped playing when her mother died. One is a Julliard...

Direction Norihiro Kaizumi

Cast Suzu Hirose · Shûhei Nomura · Mackenyu · Mone Kamishiraishi

Synopsis The second part of the 'Chihayafuru' movies.

Direction Sakuma Noriyoshi · Nagumo Seiichi · Masaki Nishiura

Cast Yonekura Ryoko · Mayu Matsuoka · Junpei Mizobata · Nana Katase

Synopsis Yonekura Ryoko plays a 35 year old woman who mysteriously goes back to high school as a student.

Direction Norihiro Kaizumi

Cast Suzu Hirose · Mone Kamishiraishi · Jun Kunimura · Mackenyu

Synopsis When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the...

Direction Norihiro Kaizumi

Cast Suzu Hirose · Shûhei Nomura · Mone Kamishiraishi · Mackenyu

Synopsis The third installment of the Chihayafuru trilogy.