Movies: Chizuru Ikewaki

  • 2002
    The Cat Returns

    The Cat Returns (2002)

    The Cat Returns

    7.12002HD

    Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats....

    The Cat Returns
  • 2018
    Shoplifters

    Shoplifters (2018)

    Shoplifters

    7.82018HD

    After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family ...

    Shoplifters
  • 2003
    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)

    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

    6.92003HD

    Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder...

    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
  • 2007
    The Piano Forest

    The Piano Forest (2007)

    The Piano Forest

    7.12007HD

    Amamiya Shu transfers to Moriwaki elementary filled with hope and ambition. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest....

    The Piano Forest
  • 2013
    Penance

    Penance (2013)

    Penance

    7.32013HD

    The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on t...

    Penance
  • 2016
    Rage

    Rage (2016)

    Rage

    6.72016HD

    A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears. People suspect that the stranger mi...

    Rage
  • 2013
    The Great Passage

    The Great Passage (2013)

    The Great Passage

    7.22013HD

    Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great Passage. In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But the team is overwhelmed...

    The Great Passage
  • 2011
    Bunny Drop

    Bunny Drop (2011)

    Bunny Drop

    72011HD

    Daikichi learns that his recently deceased grandfather has an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mother. The girl's name is Rin and she is just 6 years old. Everybody in Daikichi's family looks at the girl as an embarrassment and wants no part of ...

    Bunny Drop
  • 2010
    Sword of Desperation

    Sword of Desperation (2010)

    Sword of Desperation

    6.72010HD

    A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed t...

    Sword of Desperation
  • 2010
    Permanent Nobara

    Permanent Nobara (2010)

    Permanent Nobara

    6.52010HD

    Naoko returns home with her young daughter, where her mother Masako runs the only beauty parlor in town. The local women go there to pass the time lamenting their bad luck with men and laughing over dirty jokes. Unbeknownst to them, Naoko has been se...

    Permanent Nobara
  • 2022
    My Small Land

    My Small Land (2022)

    My Small Land

    6.92022HD

    Sarya lives between three worlds: Having fled from Turkey to Japan, her small family tries to maintain their Kurdish traditions. On the other hand, Sarya, who arrived when she was five, feels at home in Japan. But then, the family loses its refugee-s...

    My Small Land
  • 2005
    Funky Forest: The First Contact

    Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005)

    Funky Forest: The First Contact

    6.32005HD

    An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother....

    Funky Forest: The First Contact
  • 2013
    Beyond the Memories

    Beyond the Memories (2013)

    Beyond the Memories

    7.32013HD

    Kanna Seto lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa, who also carr...

    Beyond the Memories
  • 2013
    The Devil's Path

    The Devil's Path (2013)

    The Devil's Path

    6.12013HD

    Death-row inmate Sudo sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii. In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura, also known as "teacher," committed numerous murders for insurance money. While checking out the story, based on Sudo's tip, Fuji become...

    The Devil's Path
  • 2008
    10 Promises to My Dog

    10 Promises to My Dog (2008)

    10 Promises to My Dog

    6.82008HD

    One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had...

    10 Promises to My Dog
  • 2014
    The Light Shines Only There

    The Light Shines Only There (2014)

    The Light Shines Only There

    6.52014HD

    A man has thrown away love and a woman has given up on love. The two souls meet in a brief summer in the northern city of Hakodate....

    The Light Shines Only There
  • 2014
    Princess Jellyfish

    Princess Jellyfish (2014)

    Princess Jellyfish

    72014HD

    Plain, timid and obsessed with jellyfish, Tsukimi is a far cry from her idea of a princess. Her tepid life as a jobless illustrator comes complete with roommates who harbor diehard hobbies that solidify their status as hopeless social rejects. These ...

    Princess Jellyfish
  • 2006
    Strawberry Shortcakes

    Strawberry Shortcakes (2006)

    Strawberry Shortcakes

    5.82006HD

    Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives....

    Strawberry Shortcakes
  • 2009
    Pandemic

    Pandemic (2009)

    Pandemic

    6.42009HD

    ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting of blood and multiple organ failure. Could this be a new form of influenza or is it some other variet...

    Pandemic
  • 2011
    Looking for a True Fiancée

    Looking for a True Fiancée (2011)

    Looking for a True Fiancée

    3.52011HD

    A three-timing 29 year-old man loses part of his memory after taking a nasty fall at a skating rink. The man, who works as pharmaceutical salesman, then discovers an engagement ring in his briefcase. Later, he comes across three different women who a...

    Looking for a True Fiancée