Akiko Ashizawa Movies

Five short stories of life's joys and sorrows are brought together in this omnibus drama from Japan.

The latest discovery by a blind shell collector puts the relationship between man and nature on edge: a rare mollusc that is extremely poisonous, but...

About an energetic kindergarden student and the people around him

Five junior high school students in the city enjoy stealing as a game to pass the time. One day, a mysterious masked man suddenly appears in front of...

Too shy to speak out the word of appreciation, too busy to show that you care... Many excuses lie between each and every couple, when they look back...

Biopic of ceramic artist Hazan Itaya (1872-1963).

Akira was raised in an assassin family. Everything seemed fine until he met a girl he once saw killed 10 years ago.

Sakura is a moody teenage girl who lives close to the US military base in the city of Yamato, Japan. She is struggling everyday to become a rapper...

Tells the life story of Teru Kaneko, who was born and raised in a small coastal town. While working as a clerk in a book shop, Teru starts writing...

Sato's re-imagining of In a Grove, on which Rashomon was based. In this version, instead of a web of lies and agendas, we get a web of desires,...

Sayuri, a coffee shop waitress, uses her supernatural powers to help those who are troubled by spiritual phenomena. She gradually gets involved in...

Based on the manga series "Yume no Kayoiji" by Yasuyuki Ohno (first published January, 1987 by biweekly seinen manga magazine Young King).

Sasaki has had a difficult period, going through a divorce and losing his job. To take a break and start anew, Sasaki decides to visit Iriomote...

Time travel film

A father gets angry at his daughter because, instead of going to school, she wants to become a stripper. He goes out and learns about the magic of...

Mari lives a comfortable life as a single woman. She has a nice job at a company and resides in an apartment in the suburbs of Tokyo. A couple lives...

Reveals the history of camerawomen around the world, celebrating not only the survival of pioneer women in a male-dominated field, but a new...

The story centers around the communication between a man who abruptly appears in a world 10,000 years in the future and a boy who lives in that world.

Based on the manga of the same name by Ikuko Kujirai.