Movies: Takashi Sasano

  • 2023
    Jigen Daisuke

    Jigen Daisuke (2023)

    Jigen Daisuke

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    Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out that Chiharu, who runs a watch shop, is the person he’s been seeking. Then, Jigen meets Oto, who comes to Chiharu’s shop looking for a gun. Jigen finds...

    Jigen Daisuke
  • 2008
    Departures

    Departures (2008)

    Departures

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    Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more pe...

    Departures
  • 2023
    Immersion

    Immersion (2023)

    Immersion

    5.92023HD

    Mysterious deaths befall on employees of a VR-tech company. There's an unprecedented fear waiting between reality and the virtual world....

    Immersion
  • 2011
    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

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    A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord....

    Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
  • 2017
    Before We Vanish

    Before We Vanish (2017)

    Before We Vanish

    6.42017HD

    Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journal...

    Before We Vanish
  • 2008
    Happy Flight

    Happy Flight (2008)

    Happy Flight

    6.12008HD

    A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers....

    Happy Flight
  • 2020
    Wife of a Spy

    Wife of a Spy (2020)

    Wife of a Spy

    6.62020HD

    It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in ...

    Wife of a Spy
  • 2016
    Creepy

    Creepy (2016)

    Creepy

    6.72016HD

    After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to...

    Creepy
  • 2012
    Thermae Romae

    Thermae Romae (2012)

    Thermae Romae

    6.32012HD

    The story follows a Roman architect named Lucius, who is having trouble coming up with ideas. One day, he discovers a hidden tunnel underneath a spa that leads him to a modern Japanese bath house. Inspired by the innovations found there, he creates h...

    Thermae Romae
  • 2006
    Love and Honor

    Love and Honor (2006)

    Love and Honor

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    A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor....

    Love and Honor
  • 2008
    One Million Yen Girl

    One Million Yen Girl (2008)

    One Million Yen Girl

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    A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process....

    One Million Yen Girl
  • 2007
    Adrift in Tokyo

    Adrift in Tokyo (2007)

    Adrift in Tokyo

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    A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo....

    Adrift in Tokyo
  • 2023
    Yudo: The Way of the Bath

    Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2023)

    Yudo: The Way of the Bath

    6.92023HD

    Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other—a struggling architect—as lucrative real estate for condos. Their eclectic collection of townsfolk customers show the...

    Yudo: The Way of the Bath
  • 2012
    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

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    In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, to report on the disaster; there, she learns about the experiences of its inhabi...

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky
  • 2004
    The Hidden Blade

    The Hidden Blade (2004)

    The Hidden Blade

    7.42004HD

    Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest...

    The Hidden Blade
  • 2017
    HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky

    HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky (2017)

    HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky

    7.52017HD

    Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku. The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD....

    HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky
  • 2015
    Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express (2015)

    Murder on the Orient Express

    6.62015HD

    The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express"....

    Murder on the Orient Express
  • 2022
    What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

    What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (2022)

    What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?

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    A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and bloat. If it explodes, the nation will be destroyed....

    What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
  • 2017
    What a Wonderful Family! 2

    What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)

    What a Wonderful Family! 2

    6.92017HD

    Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin ...

    What a Wonderful Family! 2
  • 2013
    Greatful Dead

    Greatful Dead (2013)

    Greatful Dead

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    Nami is a young woman with numerous hangups sprouting from a dysfunctional childhood. She inherits a small fortune that allows her to pursue various interests, many of which are abnormal....

    Greatful Dead