Directing
Makoto Naganuma
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Known For
A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest · 2009A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest
★ 6.02009
MovieDrama
A brother and sister leave the big city to live with their veterinarian father when their mother is hospitalized. As they are adjusting to their new life filled with natural beauty, they adopt an abandoned puppy. When it is discovered that the puppy is actually a wolf, they choose to return the baby wolf to its mother in the forest rather than let it live a life in captivity.
Asakusa's Kikujiro of Tsukuba: The Man from Tsukuba Who Created Asakusa Rokku · 2016Asakusa's Kikujiro of Tsukuba: The Man from Tsukuba Who Created Asakusa Rokku
2016
MovieAction
A young man transported back to the colorful chaos of old Tokyo witnesses firsthand the larger-than-life dreamers who turned a stretch of carnival stalls into Japan's greatest entertainment district.
The Files of the Young Kindaichi · 1995The Files of the Young Kindaichi
★ 7.61995
SeriesDramaMystery
A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.
ESCAPE It Was Supposed to be a Kidnapping · 2025ESCAPE It Was Supposed to be a Kidnapping
★ 8.12025
SeriesMystery
A wealthy pharmaceutical CEO's daughter is kidnapped on her 20th birthday, but when the botched abduction leaves one captor stunned, the seemingly obedient heiress shocks everyone by begging her would-be kidnapper to flee with her, sparking a chaotic manhunt that unravels dangerous secrets about her true identity and forces both fugitives to confront their twisted destinies.
Mother · 2010Mother
★ 8.52010
SeriesDramaFamily
Yasuko Matsuyuki plays the part of Nao Suzuhara, an elementary school teacher. When she realizes that one of the female students is receiving abuse from her mother, Nao's maternal instincts kick in, and she impulsively decides to bring the girl into her own care. Serving as a substitute mother, Nao takes the child on a trip from Hokkaido to Tokyo, and the two experience various events together along the way.
Inheritance Detective · 2025Inheritance Detective
★ 7.42025
SeriesDramaMystery
Haie takes care of inheritance issues. He closes estate disputes and exposes questionable heirs — all while respecting the wishes of the dead.
Pre-School Guy · 2003Pre-School Guy
★ 9.02003
SeriesDramaComedy
Ask any nursery-aged little girl what she wants to be when she grows up, and she's bound to say nurse, florist, or ballerina. Ask any nursery-aged little boy what he wants to be when he grows up, and he's bound to say policeman, fireman, sports player, or pilot. As for 20-year-old young man Taiyo Suzuki, however, he's had different aspirations all his life. Moved by his elderly nursery school teacher, Taiyo decided then and there that he too, would also become one. Now, having passed the nursery school teacher examination, bright-eyed and eager Taiyo is out to make his mark in a totally female-dominated world.
The Last Cop · 2015The Last Cop
★ 6.72015
SeriesComedyDrama
In 1985, when detective Kyogoku Kosuke (Karasawa Toshiaki) was hunting down some criminals, he suddenly found himself in the center of an explosion and ended up falling into a coma. In 2015, after 30 years Kosuke wakes up and has a lot to catch up, new values, technology, family, work, everything he has missed. Back to the Criminal Division, Kosuke and his new partner Ryota (Kubota Masataka) are entrusted with classified security data that aims to a terrorist group Schiesser.
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