Cast: Tomoko Tabata

Direction Shinji Sômai

Cast Tomoko Tabata · Shinobu Chihara · Kiichi Nakai · Junko Sakurada

Synopsis Renko is a youngster whose parents have just divorced. Her father moves out and she has to adapt to a new way of life.

Direction Yôji Yamada

Cast Masatoshi Nagase · Takako Matsu · Hidetaka Yoshioka · Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Synopsis Nagase Masatoshi stars as a samurai, whose adherence to his code of honor is tested by the forces around him. It is mid-nineteenth century Japan, and the way of the samurai is fading, as Western influences and corruption are slowly...

Direction Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Cast Mutsuo Yoshioka · Tomoko Tabata · Ikkei Watanabe

Synopsis A schoolteacher’s life is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread.

Direction Hirokazu Koreeda

Cast Junichi Okada · Rie Miyazawa · Tadanobu Asano · Arata Furuta

Synopsis Set in 1702, Hana yori mo naho looks back a full three centuries to a time when samurai clans offered monetary rewards to the samurais who succeeded in taking on a revenge act. The central character is a young samurai,...

Direction Shinobu Yaguchi

Cast Naoto Takenaka · Yuriko Yoshitaka · Mickey Curtis · Takehiko Ono

Synopsis Ota, Kobayashi and Nagai have built an android to be presented at a robotics fair. A few days after being exhibited, their creation unfortunately falls out of a window. With no time to build a new robot, they can only...

Direction Yoichi Sai

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Hirofumi Arai · Tomoko Tabata · Jô Odagiri

Synopsis Blood and Bones is set during World War II and the post-war years of Japan. Kitano plays the part of Shunpei Kim, a violent Korean man, who works at a fish factory in Osaka. He is a man consumed by...

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 Masayuki Suo

Cast Mone Kamishiraishi · Hiroki Hasegawa · Sumiko Fuji · Eriko Watanabe

Synopsis A respected teahouse has only two geisha's and an elderly maiko remaining. One of the teahouse's clients persuades the owner to accept the challenge of transforming a simple country girl into a maiko.

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 Kôki Fukuyama

Cast Tomoko Tabata · Sugichan · Jyonmyon Pe · Hiroshi Kanbe

Synopsis Two classmates are forced together when their parents marry, but their plan to split up the new couple quickly backfires.

Direction Kenji Uchida

Cast Yo Oizumi · Masato Sakai · Kuranosuke Sasaki · Takako Tokiwa

Synopsis 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. A somewhat shady private detective named Shimazaki confronts Jinno with a...

Direction Keishi Ohtomo

Cast Kai Ato · Shirô Itô · Mariko Kaga · Rei Kikukawa

Direction Yuki Tanada

Cast Tomoko Tabata · Mieko Harada · Masataka Kubota · Takahiro Miura

Synopsis Anzu (Tomoko Tabata) is a married woman who attends an event for anime fans. There she meets Takumi (Kento Nagayama) and they have an affair at Anzu's home. Meanwhile, Anzu's husband begins to notice and there is also a video...

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.

Direction Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Cast Shihori Kanjiya · Naoto Takenaka · Takayuki Takuma · Kyusaku Shimada

Synopsis Himawariso is a group home for mentally challenged persons. Comic book artist Itpon arranges to move in and work at the institution with his daughter Mako who is also underdeveloped. Mako and another resident, Uyan, fall for each other, but...

Direction Akira Ogata · Kiyotaka Taguchi · Yuki Tanada · Norio Tsuruta

Cast Takaya Kamikawa · Taizô Harada · Tomoko Tabata · Ryota Murai

Synopsis TV series (2013). 4 episodes. A drama about a special scientific investigative group called SRI, who investigates on unsolved mysterious, scientific crimes. Remake of original series aired on TBS in 1968.

Direction Chihiro Ikeda

Cast Megumi · Nana Mori · Yuki Sakurai · Masato Hagiwara

Synopsis Two insomniac students meet and start to spend their nights in an observatory together.

Direction Takashi Minamoto

Cast Tsuyoshi Abe · Chikage Awashima · Tomoyo Harada · Tomoko Tabata

Synopsis Christmass Eve, Tokyo. A boy looking to the stars with his telescope, sees some strange event which causes blackout in the huge metropolitan area. One event which will change many lives.

Direction Yoshinari Nishikôri

Cast Shun Sugata · Akira · Denden · Shô Aoyagi

Synopsis In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various...

Direction Shûichi Okita

Cast Yûko Tanaka · Aoi Yû · Masahiro Higashide · Gaku Hamada

Synopsis In 1964, Momoko came by herself to Tokyo from her hometown. She met Shūzō and married him. They raised two children together, but Shūzō suddenly passes away. Momoko is dumbfounded by being alone again. She begins to go to the...