Movies: Yuko Asano

It is a taboo story about love and incest between twins. It's not about sex, it's about the feelings the two have for one another and how society views them....

Once again, director Shunichi Kajima and star Takanori Jinnai are teaming up to create a new type of yakuza film that stylishly depicts the short but vibrant life of legendary urban yakuza Takashi Hanagata....

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The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. When the secrets of Shingo's bir...

Two TV salarymen uphold their duty by taking on a rival talent agency during the late-'80s bubble economy....

A story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a series of high risk surgical procedures....

In spite of a longstanding tradition forbidding women from working in a sake brewery, Retsu, a young blind woman, challenges herself to overcome her disability in order to save her family's sake business....

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Kanna is extremely beautiful. No one could pass by without having a second look. The truth is, she was so ugly that she spent her entire savings on whole-body plastic surgery. Since she became beautiful, Kanna has been leading the happiest life, unti...

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Set in Osaka just after the end of the war, the story depicts an unconventional merchant who returns from evacuation. The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Teru Miyamoto, and the screenplay was written by Eizo Sugawa, who also wr...

A dying pianist composes one final song for his childhood friend....

The story of Tamikawa, a professionally and artistically burned out singer, who embarks on a search for a director named Goda. During the journey, the man not only experiences a lot of adventures, but also tries to find himself and answer the questio...

This work by British director John Caird is one of the four major tragedy by William Shakespeare. In this performance version, the title role will be played by Uchino, uncle Claudius and father's ghost will be played by Hayashi Kunimura, Ophelia will...

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Period piece about a samurai who marries a mysterious beautiful young woman who claims to have lost her memory....

An office worker who releases his frustrations by maliciously bullying his good-natured boss has a bizarre experience in a mountain hut....

A housewife whose memoir of divorce is selected becomes an editorial staff member, something she has always dreamed of. However, her divorce is a fabrication. Unable to back out, the couple decides to "fake a divorce"......

The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Takashi Kitajima....

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