10 Promises to My Dog [J-movie] (Rena Tanaka, Ryo Kase )
10 Promises to My Dog (犬と私の10の約束 Inu to Watashi no 10 no Yakusoku) is a 2008 Japanese movie based on the book by Hare Kawaguchi and directed by Katsuhide Motoki.
Plot
A 12-year-old girl named Akari gets a puppy and names it Socks. She loves Socks and spends practically every moment with him. However, as she gets older she’s able to spend less and less time with him, due to a busy life and having to move away. She leaves socks with a childhood friend but eventually she’s reminded of the promises she made to him as a child.
Cast
- Rena Tanaka … Akari
- Ryo Kase
- Mayuko Fukuda
- Chizuru Ikewaki
- Akira Fuse
- Reiko Takashima
- Etsushi Toyokawa
Ryokiteki na Kanojo [J-drama]
- Title: 猟奇的な彼女
- Title (romaji): Ryokiteki na Kanojo
- Also known as: My Sassy Girl
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Romance, comedy
- Viewership rating: 8.1 (Kanto)
- Episodes: 11
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-20 to 2008-Jun-29
- Air time: Sunday 21:00
- Theme song: Tsuyogari by Kome Kome Club
Synopsis
Based on the hit South Korean movie, My Sassy Girl, the character backgrounds and plot details will be changed for the drama. While the protagonists in the original film were college students, this time the pair will be a marine biology professor, Masaki Saburo, and Takami Riko, an aspiring writer.
Cast
- Kusanagi Tsuyoshi as Masaki Saburo
- Tanaka Rena as Takami Riko
- Matsushita Nao as Asakura Minami
- Suzuki Emi as Kisaragi Haruka
- Yamada Shintaro as Goto Moichi
- Oishi Mitsuki as Hayashida Wakaba
- Chino Yuko (千野裕子) as Yue Asami
- Kokubo Rie (小久保利恵) as Shimaki Yui
- Kosse Koichi (コッセこういち) as Sone Masashi
- Ichige Yoshie as Hayashida Satsuki
- Matsushima Nahomi as Yutenji Yuzuko
- Tanihara Shosuke as Kazushima Kensaku
- Kamikawa Takaya as Natsume Keisuke
- Ichikawa Somegoro as Nonomura Shunsuke
Yunagi no Machi: Sakura no Kuni [J-Movie]
Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni = Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
Director : Sasabe Kiyoshi
Cast
Rena Tanaka … Nanami Ishikawa
Kumiko Aso … Minami Hirano
Yû Yoshizawa … Yutaka Uchikoshi - young
Noriko Nakagoshi … Toko Tone
Mitsunori Isaki … Asahi Ishikawa - young
Yuta Kanai … Nagio Ishikawa
Ryosei Tayama … Yutaka Uchikoshi - adult
Urara Awata … Kyoka Ota
Shiho Fujimura … Fujimi Hirano
Masaaki Sakai … Asahi Ishikawa - adult
Adapted from Kono Fumiyo’s award-winning manga, Yunagi no Machi Sakura no Kuni (a.k.a. Yunagi City, Sakura Country) is the story of two young women living in different times, and the unforgettable historical memory that connects them. Director Sasabe Kiyoshi follows up his WWII drama Sea Without Exit with a sensitive portrayal of postwar life under the shadow of the war experience and the atomic bomb. Divided into two sections - “Town of Evening Calm” and “Country of Cherry Blossom” - the film alternates between 1955 Hiroshima and the present-day with Tanaka Rena (Waiting in the Dark) and Hochi Film Award Best Actress Aso Kumiko (Kairo) in the leading roles.
Atomic bomb survivor Hirano Minami (Aso Kumiko) knows all too well life’s bitter brevity. She lost her father and sisters to the bomb and radiation poisoning, and has not seen her brother since he was evacuated years ago. She takes hesitant steps toward first love with her coworker (Yoshizawa Yu, Night of the Shooting Stars), but happiness and normalcy are elusive in the atmosphere of postwar Hiroshima. Decades later, Ishikawa Nanami (Tanaka Rena) travels to Hiroshima to find out the reason by her father’s frequent mysterious trips to the city. There she slowly retraces the story of a young woman whose life has affected hers in more ways than she realized.
The Silver Season [J-Movie] (Eita, Tamayama Tetsuji, Aoki Munetaka, Tanaka Rena)
Aka: Gin iro no shîzun
Year: 2008
Directed: Eiichiro Hasumi
Genre.: Drama/Sport
Runtime: 108 Mins
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English/Japanese
Cast: Eita, Rena Tanaka, Tetsuji Tamayama
Synopsis / Plot
Slacker extreme skiers Gin (Eita), Yuji (Tamayama Tetsuji), and Juro (Aoki Munetaka) live life at top speed on the snow white peaks of Hakuba. Other than skiing and more skiing, the three “Alpine Handymen” run odds jobs, ruffle feathers, and make reckless fun, often all at the same time. Gin lands himself a ski instructor gig when city girl Nanami (Tanaka Rena) shows up at the Dogwood Ski Lodge to prepare for her lavish ice chapel wedding. A crash course is in order since her groom-to-be is an expert skier, and she can’t even take the bunny hill without, well, crashing. Impatient speed freak Gin and perennially clumsy Nanami couldn’t be more different at first gander, but they’re both struggling to let go of the past, looking for answers that can only be found on two skis.
Waiting In The Dark [J-Movie] (Rena Tanaka)
Movie : Waiting In The Dark / Kurai tokoro de machiawase / 暗いところで待ち合わせ
Year : 2006
Country : Japan
Director : Daisuke Tengan
Starring : Rena Tanaka (Michiru), Bo-lin Chen (Akihiro), Mao Miyaji (Kazue), Haruka Igawa (Harumi)
Run Time : 130 Minutes