Screenplay: Machiko Nasu

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


Devilman

2004 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroyuki Nasu

Cast Hisato Izaki · Yûsuke Izaki · Ayana Sakai · Asuka Shibuya

Plot Based on Gô Nagai's manga, about mild-mannered teenager Akira Fudô, who merges with a demon to fight other demons.

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Kiri no shigosen

1996 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan

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Lovely Devil (TV)

1982 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Cast Miyoko Akaza · Kumiko Akiyoshi · Toru Minegishi · Hiroyuki Watanabe

Plot When Ryoko was in Europa to study music, her lover died in traffic accident. Ryoko believed that she had psychic power that killed her boyfriend. Ryoko returned to Japan, and...

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Direction Kazuki Omori

Cast Naoto Ogata · Tetsuya Watari · Maki Mizuno · Yoshihiko Hakamada

Plot This movie depicts the life of the Japanese author Kenji Miyazawa, while incorporating CG animations to evoke the characters from his novels.

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Sakura Guardian in the North

2018 · Movie · 126 min. · Japan

Direction Yōjirō Takita

Cast Hiroshi Abe · Ittoku Kishibe · Katsuya Maiguma · Toshiyuki Nagashima

Plot In August 1945, the Soviet Union invaded the area around Sakhalin Island. Ezure Tetsu escaped with her two sons from Sakhalin Island and arrived in Abashiri City, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan....

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Yakuza Ladies Revisited

1991 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan

Direction Sadao Nakajima

Cast Shima Iwashita · Rino Katase · Masahiro Takashima · Hirotarô Honda

Plot The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a succession conflict threatens to break out.

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Wakarenu riyû

1987 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Yoshiko Mita · Masahiko Tsugawa · Masato Furuoya · Reiko Nanjo

Plot A film about a surgeon and his wife who become aware of each other's affair but still do not break up despite various emotional challenges.

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Irezumi

1984 · Movie · 77 min. · Japan

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Bee Bop highschool 4

1987 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

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Year One in the North

2005 · Movie · 170 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Sayuri Yoshinaga · Ken Watanabe · Etsushi Toyokawa · Toshirô Yanagiba

Plot In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported...

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Bee Bop highschool 5

1988 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

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Bee Bop highschool 6

1988 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

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Sôshun monogatari

1985 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

Direction Shinichirô Sawai

Cast Tomoyo Harada · Ryuzo Hayashi · Kunie Tanaka · Saori Yuki

Plot A university student Hitomi falls in love with a middle-aged man Okawa, who was the lover of her deceased mother. Hitomi's feelings shift back and forth as she is not...

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Waisetsu kazoku: haha to musume

1982 · Movie · 60 min. · Japan

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Daida kyoushi akiba, shinken desu!

1991 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroyuki Nasu

Cast Yoshida Eisaku · Isako Washio · Masayuki Tanaka · Taro Yamamoto

Plot Based on the comic book series by Yoshiyuki Hayasaka and M.A.T.

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Bee Bop highschool 3

1987 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan

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Jigoku-do reikai tsushin

1996 · Movie · 102 min. · Japan

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Migimagari No Dandy

1989 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

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Bee Bop highschool

1985 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroyuki Nasu

Cast Kôjiro Shimizu · Tôru Nakamura · Miho Nakayama · Masumi Miyazaki

Plot If your girl or boy attends Bee Bop High School it is time to seek out alternatives. The boys and girls are uniformed and sport 1950s' style sleek hair and...

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The Shinjuku Love Story

1987 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroyuki Nasu

Cast Tôru Nakamura · Mina Ichijôji · Izumi Igarashi · Rikiya Yasuoka

Plot Ichijoji is a street punk who accidentally stumble across Mari and her cat. Mari and Ichijoji immediately falls in love but they are chased by both mafia and corrupted cops.

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