Sad vacation [J-Movie] (Tadanobu Asano, Aoi Miyazaki, Joe Odagiri)
Directed by Shinji Aoyama
Produced by Naoki Kai
Written by Shinji Aoyama
Music by Hiroyuki Nagashima
Cinematography Masaki Tamura
Editing by Yuji Oshige
Running time 136 min.
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Cast
Tadanobu Asano
Eri Ishida
Yuka Itaya
Ken Mitsuishi
Aoi Miyazaki
Katsuo Nakamura
Joe Odagiri
Kyusaku Shimada
Maho Toyota
Based on renowned director Aoyama Shinji’s own novel, Sad Vacation is a slow-brewing, stylishly lensed meditation on loneliness, anger, and reconciliation. Like Aoyama’s previous films Eureka and Helpless, Sad Vacation is set in the southern city of Kitakyushu, exploring the light and dark sides of human nature through the lives of troubled marginal characters trying to escape from themselves. Aoyama teams up again with acclaimed actor Asano Tadanobu and NANA star Miyazaki Aoi, who previously starred in Helpless and Eureka, respectively. The film also co-stars actress Ishida Eri (Hibi) and popular actor Odagiri Joe (Tokyo Tower) in his first collaboration with Asano since 2003’s Bright Future.
Inspired to help others because of his own past, driver Kenji (Asano Tadanobu) takes in the orphaned son of an illegal Chinese migrant. Together with Yuri (Tsuji Kaori), the mentally troubled daughter of his late gangster friend, the three form an odd family of sorts. Also living in the same complex as Kenji are his co-workers Goro (Odagiri Joe), who is hiding from loan sharks, and Kozue (Miyazaki Aoi, in a seeming continuation of her character in Eureka), who is suffering from post-traumatic stress. One day, Kenji encounters his boss’s wife, Chiyoko (Ishida Eri), and realizes that she is actually the mother who abandoned him as a child. Chiyoko cheerily welcomes him back into her life and family as if nothing ever happened, but Kenji is not ready to forgive so easily.
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Always Sunset On Third Street 1 [J-movie] (Maki Horikata, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hidetaka Yoshioka) (updated with English subtitle)
Japanese: Always San Chome No Yuhi
Year: 2005
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Producer: Shuji Abe, Chikahiro Ando, Keiichiro Moriya, Seiji Okuda, Nozomu Takahashi
Writer: Takashi Yamazaki, Ryota Kosawa, based on the manga series “Yuyake No Uta-San Chome No Yuhi” by Ryohei Saigan
Cast:
Mutsuko Hoshino Maki Horikita
Ryunosuke Chagawa Hidetaka Yoshioka
Norifumi Suzuki Shinichi Tsutsumi
Hiromi Ishizaki Koyuki
Tomoe Suzuki Hiroko Yakushimaru
Ippei Suzuki Kazuki Koshimizu
Junnosuke Furuyuki Kenta Suga
Saburo Masaya Takahashi
Yuichiro Kaga Mochimaru
Theater Manager Toru Masuoka
Realtor Takashi Matsuo
Postmen Hiroshi Kamido, Hiroshi Kanbe
Butcher Magy
Bicycle Shopkeeper Yoichi Nukumizu
Ice Seller Pierre Taki
Policemen Kisuke Iida, Motosuke Iida
Electrician Yuichi Kimura
Kin Ota Masako Motai
Shiro “Akuma” Takuma Tomokazu Miura
Takuma’s Wife Kuniko Asagi
Takuma’s Daughter Airu Shigemoto
Kazuko Furuyuki Kaoru Okunuki
Shizuo Fujio Kenjiro Ishimaru
Secretary Shigemitsu Ogi
Yasunari Kawabuchi Fumiyo Kohinata
Full Summary: Set in a digitally recreated postwar Tokyo (in 1958), Takashi Yamazaki’s Always — Sunset on Third Street tells the story of a few people who live and work in a rundown neighborhood, and their impact on one another’s lives. Mutsuko (Maki Horikita) arrives from the country, awed by the size of Tokyo, and eager to take on her new position working for the president of an automobile company. She’s disappointed when she learns the “automobile company” is a small garage run by the struggling but industrious Suzuki (Shin’ichi Tsutsumi of One Missed Call), and he’s upset when he learns that the auto mechanic he thought he was hiring is actually a bicycle repairwoman. Soon enough, Mutsuko settles in with Suzuki, his wife (Hiroko Yakushimaru of Princess Raccoon), and their impish little boy, Ippei (Kazuki Koshimizu). Across the street, Chagawa (Hidetaka Yoshioka of The Hidden Blade) runs the candy store, but he’s also a frustrated novelist who earns a little money by writing boys’ adventure stories. He has a crush on the local pub owner, Hiromi (Koyuki of The Last Samurai), and she uses that to her advantage when she’s saddled with Junnosuke (Kenta Suga of Godzilla: Final Wars), the abandoned son of an acquaintance. One night, she convinces the drunk, smitten Chagawa to take the boy in, promising to visit occasionally. She does, and soon the unlikely trio begins to resemble a family themselves. Always — Sunset on Third Street is based on a popular manga, and was a hit in Japan, winning a number of awards. The film had its North American premiere at the Subway Cinema’s 2006 New York Asian Film Festival with director Yamazaki in attendance. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
Kurosagi The Movie (Tomohisa Yamashita, Maki Horikita, Yui Ichikawa) (updated with posters)
Kurosagi is a film based on the 2006 popular TV series Kurosagi.
After the finale of the TV series in June, TBS received many questions about whether there will be a new season or film developed. TBS decided to make the series go up on theaters. The film shoot began on August 25, 2007.
On March 8, 2008, casts appeared on stage at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills. At the end of the conference, a guard with a suit case filled with 3,800,000,000 yen (since it was March 
appeared on stage. Yamashita was asked if he had the right to use it however he wants, and he answed he would make another Kurosagi film, but next time with shooting over seas.[1]
The official theme song is Taiyō no Namida (太陽のナミダ). It is performed by NEWS, a 6-member band led by Tomohisa Yamashita, who also plays the lead role of the Kurosagi Kurosaki in the movie.
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Cast
- Tomohisa Yamashita as Kurosaki (Kurosagi)
- Maki Horikita as Yoshikawa Tsurara
- Yui Ichikawa as Mishima Yukari
- Mao Daichi as Sakura
- Naoto Takenaka as Ishigaki Tetsu
Always Sunset On Third Street 2 [J-movie] (Maki Horikata, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki, Hiroko Yakushimaru) (updated with English subtitle)
Starring: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Maki Horikata, Kenta Suga, Kazuki Koshimaru, Fumiyo Kohinata, Miura Tomokazu, Ayame Koike
Directed By: Takashi Yamazaki
Released By: Unknown
Run Time: 146 min.
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Sweeping 3.5 billion yen at the box office and 13 trophies at the Japan Academy Awards, Yamazaki Takashi’s nostalgic blockbuster Always - Sunset on Third Street was the runaway winner of 1995. The cast and crew return to even greater acclaim and box office in 2007 with Always - Sunset on Third Street 2. Based on Saigan Ryohei’s popular manga, Always 2 picks up the story shortly after the events of the first film, returning to the bustling lives of the residents of Third Street as they carve out their own small worlds in 1959 Japan. The film has the same winning formula of heartwarming drama and stunning CGI, recreating the sights, sounds, and sentiments of 1950s Japan with crowd-pleasing precision. The second time around, the characters feel like old friends thanks to great performances from the returning cast of Tsutsumi Shinichi, Yakushimaru Hiroko, Horikita Maki (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e), Koyuki (The Last Samurai), child actor Suga Kenta, and of course Yoshioka Hidetaka, who won his second Best Actor trophy at the 2008 Japan Academy Awards with the same role.
Bad-tempered, but soft-hearted garage owner Suzuki (Tsutsumi Shinichi) isn’t any closer to becoming the next Toyota, though country girl Rokko (Horikita Maki) is shaping up to be a great mechanic, and attracting some romantic attention, too. Suzuki’s family of four plays host to seven-year-old relative Mika (Koike Ayame), but the spoiled city girl is less than impressed with their humble living conditions. Across the lane, struggling writer Chagawa Ryunosuke (Yoshioka Hidetaka) wants to prove himself to adopted son Junnosuke (Suga Kenta) and romantic interest Hiromi (Koyuki). Desperately holding on to his makeshift family and fading dreams, Chagawa is aiming for nothing less than the Akutagawa Prize with his great Japanese novel - and all his neighbors seem to be in it somehow. The frustrating process and financial worries, however, are more likely to push him to the end of the road than great literary fame.
Closed Notes [Jmovie] (Sawajiri Erika, Yusuke Iseya, Yuko Takeuchi)
Title: クローズド・ノート
English: “Closed Note”
(Kurozudo noto)
Release: September 29, 2007 (nationwide cinema release)
Production Company: Toho
Cast:
Sawajiri Erika
Yusuke Iseya (Casshern, Memories of Matsuko, Honey & Clover, …)
Yuko Takeuchi (The Ring (Ringu), Be with You, Spring Snow, …)
Director:
Isao Yukisada (”Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World”, …)
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Synopsis
Kae, a college student who dreams of becoming a teacher, discovers a notebook in the house she has just moved into. The notebook turns out to be the diary of a woman, Mano Ibuki, who had just started teaching in primary school. Kae becomes absorbed by the woman’s pure heart, reading about her life and love. She falls for a painter, Ishitobi, while working at her part time job. As time passes, she finds out an unexpected sad truth.
Theme Song: Love & Truth (By YUI.)
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