Screenplay: Naoko Ogigami

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Naoko Ogigami. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Close-Knit

2017 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan

Direction Naoko Ogigami

Cast Tôma Ikuta · Eiko Koike · Kenta Kiritani · Mugi Kadowaki

Synopsis One spring Hiromi, who is the mother of an 11-year-old girl Tomo, left home for the umpteenth time. Tomo is accustomed to such a mother and as always went to Makio's place. He is a brother of Hiromi and has...

7.2

126 votes

7.2

126 votes

Rilakkuma and Kaoru (TV Series)

2019 · Series · 11 min. · Japan

Direction Masahito Kobayashi

7.1

210 votes

7.1

210 votes

Kamome Diner

2006 · Movie · 102 min. · Japan

Direction Naoko Ogigami

Cast Satomi Kobayashi · Hairi Katagiri · Masako Motai · Jarkko Niemi

Synopsis Sachie, from Japan, opens the "Kamome Diner" in Helsinki, Finland. The specialty menu is Onigiri rice ball or o-musubi. However, the only customer day after day is a geeky Japan enthusiast, Tommi, a Finnish boy obsessed with the Gatchaman cartoon....

7.0

174 votes

7.0

174 votes

Glasses

2007 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan

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.

7.0

175 votes

7.0

175 votes

Rent-a-Cat

2012 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

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...

6.5

232 votes

6.5

232 votes

Toilet

2010 · Movie · 109 min. · Japan

6.5

26 votes

6.5

26 votes

Yoshino's Barber Shop

2004 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

Direction Naoko Ogigami

Cast Hoshi Ishida · Kazuyuki Asano · Shinnosuke Miyao

Synopsis In a small town on the japanese countryside, where everyone knows everyone, all the children pay their respect to the middle-aged woman who runs "Barber Yoshino". An old tradition is rooted in this town. Every young boy is forced to...

6.4

42 votes

6.4

42 votes

Modern Love Tokyo (TV Series)

2022 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Atsuko Hirayanagi · Ryuichi Hiroki · Kiyoshi Kurosawa · Naoko Ogigami

Cast Naomi Scott · Douglas Bennett · Sôsuke Ikematsu · Asami Mizukawa

Synopsis Japanese adaptation of Prime Video's "Modern Love."

6.2

43 votes

6.2

43 votes

Direction Yoshitaka Mori · Hiroshi Shôji · Naoko Ogigami

Cast Tomoya Nakamura · Hayato Isomura · Kaho · Dai Watanabe

Synopsis Hajime Aoyama runs the mobile coffee shop Tako Coffee. Riding in his coffee truck, he goes from street to street. Along the way, he comforts those with wounded hearts and minds. Hajime Aoyama appears carefree, but he has a secret.

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Love Is Five Seven Five

2005 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Naoko Ogigami

Cast Megumi Seki · Kinako Kobayashi · Akane Hasunuma · Ryô Hashidume

Synopsis A haiku club comprised of five unlikely students aim to win the national high school haiku tournament.

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Ayako (S)

1999 · Movie · 11 min. · Japan

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Riverside Mukolitta

2021 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan

Direction Naoko Ogigami

Cast Kenichi Matsuyama · Tsuyoshi Muro · Hikari Mitsushima · Noriko Eguchi

Synopsis A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, he finds himself surrounded by small happiness.

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Ripples

2023 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan

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Hoshino-kun, Yumeno-kun

2001 · Movie · 68 min. · Japan

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