Screenplay: Junya Kato
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Junya Kato. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Ghost Theater (TV Series)
2015 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Hideo Nakata · Hirohisa Sasaki · Ryûta Miyake
Cast Yui Yokoyama · Nana Okada · Rin Asuka · Anna Iriyama
Plot Japanese horror-meister Hideo Nakata (The Ring, Dark Water) is among the directors for this supernatural anthology series starring AKB48 J-pop idols Yui Yokoyama and Nana Okada. Across ten chilling episodes,...
5.1
29 votes
5.1
29 votes
Death Trance
2005 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Yûji Shimomura
Cast Tak Sakaguchi · Kentaro Seagal · Takamasa Suga · Osamu Takahashi
Plot In an unknown place and unknown time, a lone Samurai known only as Grave (Tak Sakaguchi) thirsts for the ultimate battle. Grave has stolen a mysterious coffin from the holy...
4.4
52 votes
4.4
52 votes
The Complex
2013 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan
Direction Hideo Nakata
Cast Atsuko Maeda · Hiroki Narimiya · Masanobu Katsumura · Naomi Nishida
Plot The movie stars former AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda as Asuka, a nursing student who moves into an apartment complex which has been plagued by mysterious deaths since an incident which...
4.1
151 votes
4.1
151 votes
White Lily
2017 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan
Direction Hideo Nakata
Cast Rin Asuka · Kaori Yamaguchi · Shôma Machii · Kanako Nishikawa
Plot Nikkatsu has rebooted the Roman porno label and recommenced production of new works reviving its function as a sandbox for playful experimentation with the aim of attaing new forms of...
4.1
34 votes
4.1
34 votes
Ghost Theater
2015 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan
Direction Hideo Nakata
Cast Rika Adachi · Keita Machida · Haruka Shimazaki · Riho Takada
Plot Sara is totally happy. The young actress gained her first little role in a play by the playhouse-baron Gota Nishikono. Sara admires the leading actresses Aoi and Kaori who are...
3.8
87 votes
3.8
87 votes
Keitai Deka Zenigata Yui (TV Series)
2010 · Series · 30 min. · Japan
Direction Kôji Wakamatsu · Kosuke Suzuki · Jun Mutô · Wataru Furuta
Cast Anri Okamoto · Takuro Tatsumi · Kôichi Ohori · Yuka Hôshaku
Plot Yui Zenigata (Anri Okamoto) uses a mobile phone to solve cases.
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The Complex: Prologue (TV Series)
2013 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Hideo Nakata · Keisuke Toyoshima · Tomohiro Kubo · Ryûta Miyake
Cast Kanau Tanaka · Tarô Suruga · Emiko Matsuoka · Rika Adachi
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Gakko no Kaidan (TV Miniseries)
2012 · Series · 6 min. · Japan
Direction Ryuta Mitaku · Kentaro Takemura · Kôji Shiraishi
Cast Yuria Kizaki · Miki Yakata · Shiori Kaneko · Kumi Yagami
Plot "Gakkô no Kaidan" is an original horror drama, with the members of SKE48 playing main roles throughout the 15 episodes. It's the first adaptation in 11 years and supervised by...
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Beautiful 2016
2016 · Movie · 96 min. · China
Direction Hideo Nakata · Alec Su · Stanley Kwan · Jia Zhangke
Cast Kyôko Kagawa · Yû Koyanagi · Suzuka Ohgo · Wang Suping
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Keitai Deka Zenigata Mei (TV Series)
2009 · Series · 30 min. · Japan
Direction Noboru Iguchi · Hirohisa Sasaki · Hiroshi Ando · K Kataoka
Cast Azusa Okamoto · Shigeru Matsuzaki · Koichi Obori · Yuka Hôshaku
Plot In this TV Series referred to the "Kêtai deka Zenigata" saga, the main character is Mei Zenigata (Azusa Okamoto), a girl who solves cases by using a mobile phone.
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King's Game
2011 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan
Direction Norio Tsuruta
Cast Yurina Kumai · Airi Suzuki
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Somewhere in Kamakura
2016 · Movie · 27 min. · Japan
Direction Hideo Nakata
Cast Kyôko Kagawa
Plot In Somewhere in Kamakura, Nakata Hideo enlists Kawaka Kyoko, who immortalizes the youngest sister Kyoko in Ozu's Tokyo Story, to play an 80-year-old who suddenly receives a letter from her...
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New Type: Just for Your Love
2008 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Ryuichi Hiroki
Cast Shôichirô Masumoto · Aya Oomasa · Kazuma Sano
Plot Yuri is locked away in captivity by an enigmatic man, Kwon, who lose a ferry.
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