Serena Motola

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Serena Motola

Born October 9, 1998 · Tokyo, Japan (age 28)

A Japanese model, actress, and singer with a multicultural background, Serena Motola (born 1998) is an only child to her Italian-American father and Japanese mother. Serena was scouted while shopping in Harajuku. She has been signed with the agency, Box Corporation, since she was 16. She is also now simultaneously signed with KPLUS. She has modelled for various brands, with many appearances in edi…

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Vintage ViolenceVintage Violence · 2026
Vintage Violence
2026
MovieActionComedy
When a disgraced livestreamer discovers a trove of rare vintage denim in a Colorado mine, he follows it to Tokyo and straight into the arms of a woman who may be using him. Caught between desire and betrayal, he soon finds himself entangled in black-market turf wars, yakuza, and a past that refuses to stay buried.
21st Century Girl21st Century Girl · 2019
21st Century Girl
★ 7.22019
MovieDramaRomance
21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.
xxxHOLiCxxxHOLiC · 2022
xxxHOLiC
★ 6.62022
MovieDramaMystery
To be free of his dark visions, Kimihiro Watanuki will work for Dimensional Witch Yūko, a mystical woman quick to help those in a bind—for a fee.
Shrieking in the RainShrieking in the Rain · 2021
Shrieking in the Rain
★ 6.72021
MovieDramaComedy
At a movie studio in 1988, rookie director Hanako Hayashi is making her directorial debut, the erotic As Far as Love Will Take Us. She's under pressure from her producer and crew. When she is about to shoot the climax of the film, numerous problems arise. To make matters worse, the set is visited by a censor from the Film Certification Committee, and the key scenes end up being cut out to avoid an R rating. Can Hanako realise her dream?
Voices in the WindVoices in the Wind · 2020
Voices in the Wind
★ 7.32020
MovieDrama
Eight years after the devastating tsunami, the wounds it left in Japan have still not healed. In her touching search for answers, Haru sets out on a long, eventful journey to her home town, where she lost her family in the flood.
Crying BitchCrying Bitch · 2018
Crying Bitch
★ 6.32018
MovieComedyHorror
An unfaithful husband discovers a dark side to his wife that proves to be very frightening.
Ice Cream FeverIce Cream Fever · 2023
Ice Cream Fever
★ 7.52023
MovieDramaRomance
Four women of different ages work at or frequent an ice cream shop, each dealing with dreams, timidity, inexperience with love, and personal pain, their lives intersecting at the shop.
Girls' EncounterGirls' Encounter · 2018
Girls' Encounter
★ 7.72018
MovieDrama
School girl Miyuri Obara is bullied mercilessly but finds relief in an unexpected friendship with Tsumugi. Yet even as Miyuri's life turns around there's a lingering suggestion that something is not quite right.

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Les MisérablesLes Misérables · 2019
Les Misérables
★ 6.82019
MovieTV Movie
This feature drama, produced to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fuji TV, is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic masterpiece Les Miserables set in the 1990s in Japan. In Kobe in 1993, Jun Baba gets taken to a juvenile prison due to a killing of a man who cheated his mother out of all her money in self-defense. One day, he hears that his younger brother, who has been desperately ill, is in a critical condition and breaks out. However, he finds out his brother is already dead. In the depth of despair, he tries to kill himself but is saved by a man who runs a self-support facility. He begins to live at the place, and befriends with Takumi Watanabe aspiring to be a lawyer. In 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake hits and their friendship comes to an end. Crushed under the debris, Takumi persuades Jun to live his life instead. Jun swears to live on assuming Takumi's identity.