Screenplay: Tomoko Konparu

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


Nodame Cantabile (TV Series)

2007 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Kenichi Kasai · Chiaki Kon · Kunihiko Ikuhara · Noriaki Akitaya

Synopsis TV series (2007-2010). 3 seasons. 45 episodes. At a top music academy in Japan, Shinichi Chiaki's arrogance is matched only by his top-notch piano playing. But when Chiaki and the teacher get into a fight, he's demoted to the reject...

7.6

400 votes

7.6

400 votes

Kimi ni Todoke (TV Series)

2009 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Hiro Kaburaki

Synopsis Kimi ni Todoke is about a girl named Kuronuma Sawako. She is nicknamed Sadako (from the ring) because many people see her as strange and often mistake her for a ghost. A boy called Kazehaya kun becomes her friend and,...

7.2

507 votes

7.2

507 votes

School Rumble (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Shinji Takamatsu

Synopsis TV Series (2004-2005). 26 Episodes & 2 OVAs. Tsukamoto Tenma is an ordinary 2nd year high school student who has fallen in love with one of her classmates, Karasuma Ooji. However, currently she is unable to confess her feelings to...

7.1

481 votes

7.1

481 votes

Blue Spring Ride (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Ai Yoshimura

Synopsis TV Series (2014). 12 Episodes. Yoshioka Futaba used to be in love with a boy named Tanaka Kou in middle school. However, after a misunderstanding, their relationship as friends ends when he transfers schools over summer vacation. In high school,...

7.0

246 votes

7.0

246 votes

One Pound Gospel

1988 · Movie · 55 min. · Japan

Direction Osamu Dezaki

Synopsis Hatanaka Kosaku, a hopeful boxer, has a mean KO punch. Unfortunately, his dietary willpower is weak, and he eats even greasy hamburgers right before a bout. As a result, he has to compete in higher weight classes, and as soon...

6.8

21 votes

6.8

21 votes

Kami-sama no Inai Nichiyoubi (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Yuuji Kumazawa

Synopsis God abandoned the world on Sunday. As a result, nobody in the world can die or reproduce. A little girl, Ai, is the gravekeeper for a village. She has prepared 47 graves for the eventual deaths of every member of...

6.7

27 votes

6.7

27 votes

6.7

47 votes

Soar High! Isami (TV Series)

1995 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Gisaburô Sugii · Tatsuo Satō

Synopsis Isami Hanaoka is just a fifth grader who happens to be a descendant of the Shinsengumi. Together with fellow descendants and classmates Soshi Yukimi and Toshi Tsukikage, she discovers in the basement of her home, strange artifacts left behind by...

6.7

98 votes

6.7

98 votes

Direction Yoshiko Okuda

Synopsis TV Series (2024). 12 Episodes. Adachi, a thirty-year-old virgin, has developed the power to read people's minds by touching them. After a brush with his very handsome colleague, Adachi realizes he has a raging crush on none other than Adachi...

6.5

35 votes

6.5

35 votes

Fire Tripper

1985 · Movie · 50 min. · Japan

Direction Motosuke Takahashi · Osamu Uemura

Synopsis A massive gas explosion in modern day Tokyo throws seventeen year old Suzuko back in time, 500 years into the past and into a death strewn battlefield. Rescued from lecherous bandits by the young warrior Shukumaru, Suzuko struggles to untangle...

6.4

25 votes

6.4

25 votes

Urusei Yatsura Movie 1: Only You

1983 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Mamoru Oshii

Synopsis When everyone in town recieves invitations to Ataru's wedding, they are shocked to see that his alien sweetheart Lum is not the bride. Eventually they learn that when Ataru was playing games as a little boy, he stepped on a...

6.4

86 votes

6.4

86 votes

6.2

53 votes

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague

2023 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Mankyu

Synopsis TV Series (2023). 12 Episodes. Himuro-kun is a modern-day descendant of the Snow Woman from Japanese folklore, working with his seemingly aloof, eccentric yet kind colleague Fuyutsuki. Himuro-kun tends to freeze nearby objects or summon a snowstorm when he is...

6.2

38 votes

6.2

38 votes

6.0

54 votes

Ultra Maniac (TV Series)

2003 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Ryôji Fujiwara · Mashu Itô · Shigeru Kimiya · Ryuichi Kimura

Synopsis Haruka Amami isn't the most confident pop singer in Japan, but when she's accepted after an audition, she's sent to Tokyo to start a career in entertainment. Though, little does she know that the agency that's taken her on is...

5.8

68 votes

5.8

68 votes

Ao Ha Ride

2014 · Movie · Japan

Direction Takahiro Miki · Ai Yoshimura

Cast Tsubasa Honda · Masahiro Higashide · Yua Shinkawa · Ryô Yoshizawa

Synopsis In a middle school, Yoshioka liked Kou who was unlike the other boys and quite gentle. Kou then moved away and they lost contact but in high school she meets Kou again. But now, he is not the same person...

5.7

68 votes

5.7

68 votes

Direction Yuu Kou

Synopsis TV Series (2011). 13 Episodes. In the slapstick romantic comedy, a girl goes to a school for the performing arts with boys who are budding idols.

5.6

56 votes

5.6

56 votes

Maple Town Stories (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Junichi Sato · Hiroshi Shidara · Kunihiko Ikuhara · Takashi Kuoka

Synopsis Maple Town Stories is about friendship, adventure and the troubles the children (Patty Rabbit, Bobby Bear and Fanny Fox) who are the main characters of the show, fall into. Wild Wolfe is a homeless thief who lives in the forest...

5.6

3K votes

5.6

3K votes

Maris the Chojo

1986 · Movie · 45 min. · Japan

Direction Kazuyoshi Katayama

Synopsis As a Thanatos-born alien, Maris is extremely strong. Normally she wears restraints to limit her. Yet she is still able to damage her surroundings. And with the repair bills piling up from her vacation and from her job at the...

5.0

26 votes

5.0

26 votes