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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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

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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

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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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