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5.4

♡ 1

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Yûya Endô as

Jun Murakami as B

Ren Ôsugi as C

Ayaka Maeda as Ryôko Karatani

When three older men buy a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Chikako for a year's-worth of sexual services -- her motivation, aside from money, is never explained -- the relationships among the men (whom she calls A. B and C) keep shifting in ways that redefine power and sex.

Love on Sunday

2006

6.2

♡ 5

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Kazunori Sasaki as Gaku

Ryûya Wakaba as Nao

Yuria Haga as Tamaki

Mark Chinnery as Video Rental Customer

Akira had to transfer schools upon graduation because of her father's job. She was reluctant to move because of her secret love for Nao...

It's Only Talk

2005

7.1

53%

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Kinuo Yamada as

Satoshi Tsumabuki as Noboru

Etsushi Toyokawa as Shoichi

Shinobu Terajima as Yuko

Based on an award winning novel, It's Only Talk is about the life of Yuko, a 35-year old woman. She is single and unemployed, and suffers from manic depression. The movie begins with Yuko moving to Kamata Town.

Yomei 1-kagetsu no hanayome

2009

6.2

♡ 1

36%

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Hiroshi Yamamoto as

Satomi Tezuka as Kayoko

Kanji Tsuda as Okada

Akira Emoto as Teishi Nagashima

On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been given only a month to live. A young woman is diagnosed with breast cancer but keeps the information from her boyfriend. When he finds out, he decides to plan a wedding even though she only has one month to live. Based on the true story of Chie Nagashima, a women afflicted with breast cancer and her husband Taro Akasu.

Side Job.

2017

6.2

♡ 2

disaster aftermath

great east japan earthquake

fukushima

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Tamae Andô as

Tokio Emoto as Hayato

Kengo Kôra as Miura

Misako Renbutsu as Saori Yamazaki

Based on the novel "Kanojo no Jinsei wa Machigai ja Nai" (literal translation: Her life is not at fault) by Director Hiroki, it is a powerful story of survivors, who are all trying to find their own silver linings in life.

Nobody's Perfect

2013

6.6

♡ 4

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Kimiko Yo as

Mone Kamishiraishi as

Tamae Andô as Hideko aoyagi

Hiroki Miyake as Takashi konno

"Daijobu 3 Kumi" depicts the interactions between new teacher Shinnosuke Akao, who was born without arms and legs, and the 28 students in his 5th grade class, told from the vantage point of school board member Yusaku Shiraishi

The Lightning Tree

2010

5.8

♡ 2

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Hiroshi Yamamoto as Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as Rai / Yu

Sôkô Wada as Suketarou Seta

Kengo Kôra as Tomozou

Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.

Noise

6.2

♡ 11

100%

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Kimiko Yo as Hanae Shoji

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Keita Izumi

Susumu Terajima as Tadashi Okazaki

Masatoshi Nagase as Tsutomu Hatakeyama

Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product, the island is close to receiving a 5 billion yen grant from the government, which is part of the goverment's policy to reinvigorate rural economy. The residents of the island are excited, but their peaceful days changes by the appearance of Mutsuo Komisaka. Keita Izumi and his friends Jun Tanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) and Rookie Police Officer Shinichiro Moriya are suspicious about him. One night, Keita Izumi's daughter goes missing. Due to that, Keita Izumi, Jun Tanabe and Shinichiro Moriya happen to kill Mutsuo Komisaka. They decide to hide Mutsuo Komisaka’s murder to protect the future of the island and their families. It turns out Mutsuo Komisaka was a psycho killer. Police officers come to Shishikari Island to catch Mutsuo Komisaka.

You've Got a Friend

6.1

♡ 9

Romance

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Masao Yoshii as

Tomorowa Taguchi as

Setsuko Karasuma as Mother's Yoshio

Jun Murakami as Yoshio Yoshida

Yoshio is a man who works for the city's water department and live with his mother. He regularly visits to the SM Queen Miho, but he still cannot forget the legendary SM Queen Yukiko.

Koi suru nichiyobi watashi. Koishita

6.6

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Saki Takaoka as Eriko

Maki Horikita as Nagisa

Takeshi Wakamatsu as Nagisa's father

Shunsuke Kubozuka as Satoru

Nagisa, a high school girl who has been given three months to live. Without telling her widowed father where she is going, she sets out from the city to the small town where she was born. She recalls her childhood memories, and her love for Satoshi begins to grow stronger. However, she is shocked to discover that Satoshi is having an affair with Eriko, a married woman.

Motherhood

6.1

♡ 3

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Rio Yamashita as

Atsuko Takahata as

Mei Nagano as Sayaka

Yasushi Fuchikami as Sayaka's colleague

Sayaka, a high school student, kills herself but the reason behind her suicide is unknown. She appeared to have led a normal life with her family. Her mother Rumiko seemed to have raised Sayaka with love and care. In reality, that does not seem to be the case. When the mother and daughter recall the same incidents that took place in the past, they tell very different stories.

Phases of the Moon

5.9

♡ 4

Romance

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Ren Meguro as Akihiko Misumi

Yô Ôizumi as Kei Osanai

Ko Shibasaki as Kozue Osanai

Kasumi Arimura as Ruri Masaki

Osanai Kei enjoys a peaceful and happy life with his wife Osanai Kozue and daughter Osanai Ruri, but his wife and daughter die in an accident. Osanai Kei's life suddenly changes. One day, a man named Misumi Akihiko visits Osanai Kei. Misumi Akihiko tells him that on the day Osanai Kozue and Osanai Ruri died, Osanai Ruri, who was a complete stranger to him, was coming to see him. Misumi Akihiko tells him about a woman named Masaki Ruri, who he once loved. These people, who don't seem related, connect under the name of love.

Ride or Die

2021

5.6

♡ 3

69%

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Yôko Maki as Mika Oe

Honami Satô as Nanae / Kotaro's wife

Kiko Mizuhara as Rei Nagasawa

Anne Suzuki as Yu Nagasawa

Rei helps the woman she's been in love with for years escape her abusive husband. While on the run, their feelings for each other catch fire.

2 Women

5.2

Ryuichi Hiroki Director

Jun Murakami as Hata

Shinobu Terajima as Miharu

Mitsuko Oka as Saka Shiraki

Kengo Kôra as Shinji Kohiyama

Modeled on Setouchi Jakucho, Inoue Mitsuharu, and his wife, 2 women depicts the special relationship between a man and two women, based on the novel by Inoue Areno, the eldest daughter of Inoue.

The Many Faces of Ito

2018