10 Movies Starring Aoi Miyazaki

Eureka

Eureka

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-11-29

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan, France

Runtime:

217 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (2636 Reviews)

Director:

Shinji Aoyama

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

The traumatized survivors of a murderous bus hijacking come together and take a road trip to attempt to overcome their damaged selves. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.

Harmful Insect

Harmful Insect

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-16

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (563 Reviews)

Director:

Akihiko Shiota

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Harmful Insect

Harmful Insect

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-16

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (565 Reviews)

Director:

Akihiko Shiota

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Nana

Nana

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-04-04

Languages:

Japanese, English

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (2696 Reviews)

Director:

Kentarè Ohtani

Cast:

Writer:

Ai Yazawa (comic)

Taeko Asano (screenplay)

Kentarè Ohtani (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A chance encounter between two girls of the same name, "Nana," triggers a series of events and relationships.

Origin: Spirits of the Past

Origin: Spirits of the Past

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-01-07

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (3314 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Umanosuke Iida (original story)

Nana Shiina (screenplay)

Naoko Kakimoto (screenplay)

John Burgmeier (adaptation)

Fullplot:

It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden sanctuary. The machine, which has preserved a beautiful girl named Tula from the past, is activated. Tula has a "mission" that had been entrusted to her by the past ...

Yami no kodomo-tachi

Yami no kodomo-tachi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-08-02

Languages:

Japanese, Thai, English

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

138 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (168 Reviews)

Director:

Junji Sakamoto

Cast:

Writer:

Sogil Yan (based upon the novel)

Fullplot:

A Middle-aged Japanese ex-pat journalist investigates child organ trafficking in Thailand and he uncovers a sinister network.

Chronicle of My Mother

Chronicle of My Mother

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-04-28

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (227 Reviews)

Director:

Masato Harada

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Yasushi Inoue (based on the autobiography by)

Masato Harada (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-09-15

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

141 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (198 Reviews)

Director:

Yèjirè Takita

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Tow Ubukata (based on the novel by)

Yèjirè Takita (screenplay)

Masato Kato

Fullplot:

A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan.

Wolf Children

Wolf Children

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-07-21

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (13559 Reviews)

Director:

Mamoru Hosoda

Cast:

Writer:

Mamoru Hosoda (story)

Mamoru Hosoda (screenplay)

Satoko Okudera (screenplay)

Fullplot:

College student Hana falls in love with another student who turns out to be a werewolf, who dies in an accident after their second child. Hana moves to the rural countryside where her husband grew up to raise her two werewolf children.

The Great Passage

The Great Passage

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-04-13

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

134 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (886 Reviews)

Director:

Yèya Ishii

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Shiwon Miura (based on the novel by)

Kensaku Watanabe (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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 with problems. Will 'The Great Passage' ever be completed?

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