3 Movies Starring Ayako Fujitani

Ritual

Ritual

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-12-07

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

128 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (1333 Reviews)

Director:

Hideaki Anno

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Hideaki Anno (screenplay)

Ayako Fujitani (novel)

Fullplot:

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young girl who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera

Tokyo!

Tokyo!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-08-16

Languages:

Japanese, French, English

Countries:

France, Japan, South Korea, Germany

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (6738 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Gabrielle Bell (graphic novel "Cecil and Jordan in New York")

Joon-ho Bong

Leos Carax

Michel Gondry

Fullplot:

Tokyo is a city of transitions in three short films. A young woman who finds her life useless experiences a metamorphosis. A disheveled Caucasian emerges from a manhole to face arrest, trial, and execution; he calls himself "Merde" and speaks a language only his look-alike attorney understands. Is he human? A recluse experiences human contact when a pizza-delivery girl faints at his door during an earthquake. He conquers fear to seek her out. A chair, a corpse, a hermit: sources of urban connection?

Man from Reno

Man from Reno

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-03-27

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (340 Reviews)

Director:

Dave Boyle

Cast:

Writer:

Dave Boyle

Joel Clark

Michael Lerman

Fullplot:

In a small town south of San Francisco, Sheriff Paul Del Moral (Pepe Serna) is driving home through the fog when he accidentally strikes a pedestrian, a lone Japanese man. However, before an investigation can take place the man disappears from the hospital without a trace. At the same time, Japanese mystery author Aki Akahori (Ayako Fujitani) takes a trip to San Francisco in order to escape the press tour for her latest book--a potboiler in her world famous "Inspector Takabe" series. Feeling lonely and vulnerable, she begins a romantic affair with a mysterious Japanese traveler from Reno (Kazuki Kitamura). Her new lover is charismatic and charming but abruptly disappears from the hotel, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions...

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