Screenplay: Banana Yoshimoto
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Banana Yoshimoto. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 8
Tugumi (Tsugumi)
1990 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan
Direction Jun Ichikawa
Cast Riho Makise · Tomoko Nakajima · Yasuyo Shirashima · Hiroyuki Sanada
Synopsis Tugumi, who lives in a small seaside town, has been in delicate health from birth. Her parents spoiled her and she is rough and selfish. However, a few people are attracted by her beauty and unique character. In this summer,...
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Memories of a Dead End
2018 · Movie · 90 min. · South Korea
Direction Hyun-Young Choi
Cast Soo-young Choi · Shunsuke Tanaka · Bae Noo-ri · Ahn Bo-Hyun
Synopsis A woman travels to Nagoya to meet her boyfriend who works there. She is disheartened to learn that he is seeing a new girl. However, she decides to stay a few more days, in a guesthouse at a dead end....
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Moonlight Shadow
2021 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan
Direction Edmund Yeo
Cast Nana Komatsu · Hio Miyazawa · Asami Usuda · Himi Satô
Synopsis Satsuki's lover Hitoshi dies suddenly. She is unable to get over his death and is mired in deep sadness. Satsuki keeps thinking about the Moonlight Shadow phenomenon, which she heard about in the past. The Moonlight Shadow phenomenon is a...
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Shirakawa yofune
2016 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan
Direction Shingo Wakagi
Cast Sakura Ando · Arata Iura · Guama · Maki Izawa
Synopsis Terako (Sakura Ando) is a young woman without a job. She has an affair with Iwanaga (Arata Iura) who is married. His wife is in a coma. One day, Terako’s friend kills herself. After that, Terako sleeps all day long...
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Direction Yim Ho
Cast Jordan Chan · Yasuko Tomita · Law Kar-Ying · Karen Mok
Synopsis Aggie (Yasuko Tomita) is a beautiful young woman who completely withdraws from the world following the death of her grandmother. When Louie (Jordan Chan) invites Aggie to move in with him and his mother (Law Kar Ying), she gradually begins...
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Last Summer
2014 · Movie · 94 min. · Italy
Direction Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli
Cast Rinko Kikuchi · Yorick Van Wageningen · Lucy Griffiths · Laura Bach
Synopsis Having lost custody of her six year-old son, a young Japanese woman (Kikuchi) has four days to say goodbye to him on-board a yacht belonging to her western ex-husband's wealthy family.
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Direction Yoshimitsu Morita
Cast Ayako Kawahara · Kenji Matsuda · Isao Hashizume · Mie Hama
Synopsis The story centers around Mikage, a young woman who loses her parents when young. She grows up in a lonely household with her grandmother who dies when Mikage reaches adulthood. Grief-stricken, she finds solace in the kitchen. Yuichi, a friend...
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Umi no futa
2015 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan
Direction Keisuke Toyoshima
Cast Akiko Kikuchi · Azusa Mine · Yukichi Kobayashi · Orime Amagi
Synopsis After leaving her career as a stage designer, Mari (Akiko Kikuchi) returns to her hometown to open an ice flakes store with Hajime-chan (Azusa Mine) who has a large burn scar on her face.
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