6 Movies Starring Kyèko Koizumi

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

The Adventures of Milo and Otis

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-08-25

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

76 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (8045 Reviews)

Director:

Masanori Hata

Cast:

Writer:

Masanori Hata (story)

Mark Saltzman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The story of two animals and their adventures. Milo, the cat, and Otis, the dog, are two animals who grew up together on the same farm. One day, the two are separated and begin a journey to find each other. The adventurous, and often perilous quest finds the two animals traveling across mountains, plains, and snow-covered lands searching for one another.

Survive Style 5+

Survive Style 5+

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-04-19

Languages:

Japanese, English

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (7617 Reviews)

Director:

Gen Sekiguchi

Fullplot:

A man continually trying and failing to get his wife to stay dead; a self-absorbed ad agency creative director who comes up with one unworkable inane idea after another; a British hitman who only wants to know everyone's function in life; and an unfortunate office worker and father whose brain is left scrambled after a stage hypnotist is murdered in mid-performance. Starting off as unrelated plot lines, they intertwine with each other as they continue on their respective ways.

Hanging Garden

Hanging Garden

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-07-06

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (546 Reviews)

Director:

Toshiaki Toyoda

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Mitsuyo Kakuta (novel)

Toshiaki Toyoda (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Tokyo Sonata

Tokyo Sonata

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-09-27

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan, Netherlands, Hong Kong

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (6576 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Kiyoshi Kurosawa (screenplay)

Max Mannix

Sachiko Tanaka (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.

Adrift in Tokyo

Adrift in Tokyo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-10

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (1555 Reviews)

Director:

Satoshi Miki

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Yoshinaga Fujita (novel)

Satoshi Miki (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Takemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad sack has a debt of 800,000 yen. Fukuhara, a surly debt collector with a glorious mullet, is on his case. After roughing Takemura up, he gives him an ultimatum-72 hours to pay up, or else. Takemura barely has his wits about him again when he runs across Fukuhara a second time, and this time the thug has a different proposal-a walk. That's right, in exchange for a million yen, Takemura must accompany Fukuhara on a walk across the city of Tokyo. Starting in a distant corner of the city, they begin their trek towards downtown, striking up a conversation. It's at this point that Fukuhara admits that he's recently killed his wife, and intends to turn himself in at Kasumagaseki police station-because, he says, it's the finest in town. The pair's itinerary, however, is hardly a quick and direct one. The disparate duo drift here and there, hanging out and coming across a host of eccentric personalities, creatures of the urban jungle's various habitats. As their walking, talking and trading truths continues, the arrangement between Takemura and Fukuhara starts to transform into friendship.

Penance

Penance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-01-08

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

270 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (570 Reviews)

Genres:

Mystery

Fullplot:

The murder of Emili, a young girl, leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emily is found by the four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother Asako (Kyoko Koizumi) is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim that they don't remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do their penance for their silence. Deeply struck by the words of Asako and burdened with her curse, the four girls are forced into adulthood which eventually triggers a tragic chain of events.

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