
August 19, 1963 · 62 years old

This film, "Last Winter We Parted" is based on a novel, "Thanks for your wishes, Kimi and Watarase", published in 2013. The main character, Kyosuke Yakumo, is an investigation researcher and writer. He has a fiancee' and they plan...

What is more symbolic of Japan than sakura, the cherry blossom? This is the story of Masaaki Takaoka, a mid-twentieth century rural high school teacher, who worked on creating a specimen which would grow anywhere in the world. It ...

Tetsuo Togami (Shono Hayama) is in the 2nd grade of high school. Due to a fight, he is hospitalized. There, he meets Maiko Takashiro (Chika Arakawa). She has an incurable disease. She also has a hearing disability and is unable to...

After the internal split, Kazuma Morisuka (Show Aikawa) charges alone into the Kinshishi-kai and dies in a blaze of glory. A year after his brother’s death, Misao (Kazuki Namioka) no longer appears at the Tenkichi-gumi headquarters. Meanwhile, the now-dominant Kinshishi-kai faces a string of attacks targeting only their executives. The power balance in Yokohama begins to shift— and just then, their sworn enemy Baba is released from prison. Baba rallies the Kinshishi-kai to crush the Towada Family once and for all. But at that moment, the long-hidden Misao finally makes his move.