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THE LIMIT タクシーの女 (2022)
Character: Satomi
Saki, a lawyer, gets into a waiting cab to go to the airport. But the driver of the cab was her sister Satomi, who had been waiting for her, and against her sister's wishes, drove her to the hospital where her mother was in critical condition.
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「第1回日本ホラー映画大賞」受賞作品 (2022)
Character: N/A
A short film collection featuring the winning works of the "1st Japan Horror Film Awards".
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泣く子はいねぇが (2020)
Character: N/A
A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can't just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.
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偶然と想像 (2021)
Character: Meiko
An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
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街の上で (2019)
Character: Fuyuko Tanabe
Arakawa Ao lives happily on his own and hardly ever leaves Shimokitazawa, where he works at a vintage clothing shop, goes to occasional concerts and hangs out at his favorite bar. Then, he gets an unusual request to appear in an independent film.
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流行感冒 (2021)
Character: Ishi
The novelist Shiga Naoya lives with his wife Haruko and their 4-year-old daughter Saeko. He is paranoid about Saeko’s health, making her wear heavy clothes even in summer in order to prevent her from catching a cold. Their child before Saeko died due to an epidemic, and he believes thorough enforcement is a natural consequence. In 1918, the Spanish flu reaches Japan. As the number of infected people grows, Shiga starts to suspect their servant Ishi might have gone to watch a travelling entertainment troupe’s performance which drew a great number of villagers. It is something Ishi is likely to do. But when Shiga questions her, she says that she did not go. However, she makes him have misgivings on a regular basis and he decides to take this opportunity to make her quit. An uproar ensues. Shiga feels that he has become a tyrant and refrains from kicking her out but he loses all reason and faith in humanity amid the pandemic…
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アイドル (2022)
Character: Onodera Toshiko / Ashita Matsuko
In 1936, Onodera Toshiko, who moved to Tokyo from Iwate, auditioned for the Moulin Rouge theater in Shinjuku to become a star. On the spot, she catches the attention of the manager and producer Sasaki Senri and the theater's leading actress Takanawa Yoshiko, and then she begins working as a theater's member. Based on the true story of Ashita Matsuko (明日待子), a popular Japanese idol in war period.
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今夜、世界からこの恋が消えても (2022)
Character: Izumi Wataya
A high school girl wakes up each day with no memory of the day before. When she agrees to date a shy classmate, Toru, he begins to fall for her—despite her rule against falling in love.
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十二人の死にたい子どもたち (2019)
Character: Mitsue
A group of boys and girls, twelve in total, gather at an abandoned hospital to die for various different reasons. There, they find the body of a dead boy. The group of twelve attempt to find the person who killed the boy. During their search, the reasons why they want to die are revealed.
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花束みたいな恋をした (2021)
Character: Ayano Nakagawa
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
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シサム (2024)
Character: Kojiro's Childhood Friend
A history drama portraying the confrontation between the indigenous Ainu people living on Japan’s northernmost main island—then called “Ezo” and now known as “Hokkaido”—and the “sisam”, the Ainu word for ethnic Japanese.
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あと3回、君に会える (2020)
Character: N/A
A love story woven by a loveless mistrust girl, Kaede Tamaki who works for a small video production company, and a mysterious young man Seishiro who is attracted by her . Satomi Oshima and Kentaro Hagiwara, who also teamed up for the currently released movie "30 Minutes to Sayonara", were responsible for the script and directing, respectively.
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リボルバー・リリー (2023)
Character: Kotoko
In 1924 Yuri killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. There, she encounters an orphan whose family was murdered and holds the key to finding a large sum of money reported missing by the Imperial Japanese Army. But with an army of soldiers after them, they must fight to survive.
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おやすみ、また向こう岸で (2020)
Character: N/A
Consensual polyamorous relations between Hiroki, Natsuki, and Kanako are injected with palpable tension following their cohabitation, resulting in an unexpected turn of events.
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みなに幸あれ (2024)
Character: N/A
A young woman's visit to her grandparents' home leads to the discovery of what's brought them happiness, a revelation that will lead her to question her choices, sanity and reality itself.
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こんな夜更けにバナナかよ 愛しき実話 (2018)
Character: Yumi
A man is immobile and incapacitated, but has professional and nonprofessional volunteers serve and help him. Though, he takes full advantage of the situation and uses and abuses the volunteer crew.
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メタモルフォーゼの縁側 (2022)
Character: Yu Komeda
An introverted bookstore employee and a widow living in isolation develop a cross-generational friendship through their shared love of BL manga.
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melancholy mellow (2018)
Character: N/A
The original screenplay was written for the compilations’ release, taking inspiration from KIRINJI’s songs, as well as from the Melancholy Mellow theme which is also the releases title.
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ほどなく、お別れです (2026)
Character: Reiko Yanagisawa
After failing to land a job, Shimizu Misora stumbles into an internship at funeral company Bando Kaikan and trains under the strict but compassionate Urushibara Reiji. As she learns to care for the bereaved, her discouragement turns into admiration, and a new sense of purpose.
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チワワちゃん (2019)
Character: Sayaka
Chiwawa is a popular girl. One day, her dismembered body is found in Tokyo Bay. Chiwawa's friends gather to remember her, but they realize they do not know anything about her background or even her real name.
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21世紀の女の子 (2019)
Character: (segment "Anytime, anywhere")
21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.
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スクロール (2023)
Character: N/A
The story describes how youngsters struggle to cope with the gap between their ideals and reality.
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蒲田前奏曲 (2020)
Character: Setsuko Noguchi
A four-part film done in the unique style of each director, Matusbayashi Urara gives a portrayal of a struggling actress named Machiko who lives in Kamata. Machiko is the central axis of the movie as the film comically depicts what it means to be a "woman" and an "actress" in society through showing the patterns of life as conducted by her and the people that surround her.
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Cloud クラウド (2024)
Character: Akiko
Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle.
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前科者 (2022)
Character: N/A
Kayo is a probation officer who forges ahead with her job. Continuing to work closely with ex-convicts, she is assigned to Kudo who had committed murder. As she endeavors to rehabilitate him, Kudo suddenly disappears and emerges as a suspect in a case.
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言えない秘密 (2024)
Character: Yukino Naito
Minato studies piano at a music academy. One day, he falls head over heels in love with fellow student Yukino, who harbors a tragic secret that will put their romance to the test.
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花緑青が明ける日に (2026)
Character: Kaoru Shikimori (voice)
Keitaro lives in a fireworks factory that is about to be shut down. He is determined to unravel the mystery of the Shuhari, a mythical firework created by his father before he disappeared without a trace – and launch it before the factory closes.
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お母さんが一緒 (2024)
Character: N/A
Three sisters gather to celebrate their mother's birthday at a relaxing ryokan with onsen; each other's company seems far from the relaxation they are after. (Movie edit of the 5-episodes TV drama).
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春 (2021)
Character: Ami
Ami is an art student who lives with her ex-army grandpa. Contrary to Ami who’s trying to be mature, her grandpa goes into his second childhood because of progressive dementia. Eventually, their feelings meet in the middle.
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