4 Movies Starring Takashi Naitè

Maborosi

Maborosi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-03-21

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (2411 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Teru Miyamoto (novel)

Yoshihisa Ogita (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant. Yumiko remarries and moves from Osaka to a small fishing village, yet continues to search for meaning in a lonely world.

After Life

After Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-04-17

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

118 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (6683 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Fullplot:

After people die, they spend a week with counselors, also dead, who help them pick one memory, the only memory they can take to eternity. They describe the memory to the staff who work with a crew to film it and screen it at week's end; eternity follows. 22 dead arrive that week, assigned to three counselors and a trainee. One old man cannot find a memory, so he watches videotape of his life. Others pick their memory quickly, and the film crew gets right to work. The trainee, 18-year-old Shiori, helps a teenage girl choose a memory other than Disneyland. The youthful staff have a secret and feelings, too, which play out, especially Shiori's affection for her mentor, Mochizuki

Spirited Away

Spirited Away

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-03-28

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

125 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

8.6 (362058 Reviews)

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Fullplot:

Chihiro and her parents are moving to a small Japanese town in the countryside. much to Chihiro's dismay. On the way to their new home, Chihiro's father makes a wrong turn and drives down a lonely one-lane road which dead-ends in front of a tunnel. Her parents decide to stop the car and explore the area. They go through the tunnel and find an abandoned amusement park on the other side, with its own little town. When her parents see a restaurant with great-smelling food but no staff, they decide to eat and pay later. However, Chihiro refuses to eat and decides to explore the theme park a bit more. She meets a boy named Haku who tells her that Chihiro and her parents are in danger, and they must leave immediately She runs to the restaurant and finds that her parents have turned into pigs. In addition, the theme park turns out to be a town inhabited by demons, spirits, and evil gods. At the center of the town is a bathhouse where these creatures go to relax. The owner of the bathhouse is the evil witch Yubaba, who is intent on keeping all trespassers as captive workers, including Chihiro. Chihiro must rely on Haku to save her parents in hopes of returning to their world.

The Boy Who Saw the Wind

The Boy Who Saw the Wind

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-07-22

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

97 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (129 Reviews)

Director:

Kazuki Ohmori

Cast:

Writer:

Izuru Narushima

C.W. Nicole (novel)

Kazuki Ohmori

Fullplot:

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