Movies by Ryo Kase
As part of the cast:
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Restless (2011)
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Jane Adams …
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
After she is diagnosed with a disease that will soon claim her life, a young girl (Mia Wasikowska) strikes up an unusually strong friendship with a boy (Henry Hopper) who deals with the…
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Outrage (2010)
Cast: Takeshi "Beat" Kitano, Kippei Shiina, Ryo Kase …
Directed by: Takeshi "Beat" Kitano
Writer, director and actor Takeshi "Beat" Kitano returns to his roots in this gripping gangster drama that details the intense rivalry between two powerful yakuza syndicates and the efforts…
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About Her Brother (2009)
Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tsurube Shôfukutei, Yû Aoi …
Directed by: Yôji Yamada
When her ne'er-do-well younger brother Tetsuro (Tsurube Shôfukutei) shows up at a family wedding, gets drunk and makes a scene, successful pharmacy owner Ginko (Sayuri Yoshinaga)…
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All Around Us (2008)
Cast: Lily Franky, Tae Kimura, Tamae Ando …
Directed by: Ryosuke Hashiguchi
After marrying his high school girlfriend, Shoko (Tae Kimura), quiet shoe-repair shop manager Kanao (Lily Franky) takes a more lucrative job as a courtroom sketch artist. Soon, he's…
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The Sky Crawlers (2008)
Cast: Rinko Kikuchi, Ryo Kase, Chiaki Kuriyama …
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
A band of teenage pilots patrols the skies. Trapped in a perpetual adolescence, these "Kildren" entertain the public with air battles in absence of war. But when ace pilot Yuichi falls for a…
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Letters from Iwo Jima (2007)
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Shido Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Ihara …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
As tens of thousands of Allied troops push further inland, the Japanese troops defending Iwo Jima during World War II prepare to meet their fate in this Clint Eastwood-directed Oscar nominee,…
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Scrap Heaven (2007)
Cast: Ryo Kase, Jô Odagiri, Chiaki Kuriyama …
Directed by: Sang-il Lee
Humiliated and dejected by his failure to handle a bloody bus hijacking, desk cop Shingo (Ryo Kase) is easily coaxed by one of the victims, Tetsu (Jô Odagiri), into taking part in an…
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Glasses (2007)
Cast: Mikako Ichikawa, Ryo Kase, Satomi Kobayashi …
Directed by: Naoko Ogigami
Fleeing her high-stress lifestyle, Taeko (Satomi Kobayashi) hops a flight to a remote island, where, at first, she thinks the natives are completely crazy. Soon, however, she begins to see…
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Retribution (2006)
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Tsuyoshi Ihara …
Directed by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
While investigating the gruesome death of a woman found in a puddle with her stomach inexplicably full of seawater, Detective Yoshioka begins to wonder whether he himself is actually the…
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Honey and Clover (2006)
Cast: Sho Sakurai, Yû Aoi, Yûsuke Iseya …
Directed by: Masahiro Takada
Based on the popular manga, this touching film follows four friends who attend the same art school. The gifted Hagu (Yû Aoi), a professor's niece, is welcomed into their social…
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Nobody Knows (2005)
Cast: Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura …
Directed by: Hirokazu Koreeda
Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda's touching film follows the empty lives of 12-year-old Akira (Yûya Yagira) and his three younger siblings (Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura and Momoko…
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Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005)
Cast: Susumu Terajima, Tadanobu Asano, Machiko Ono …
Directed by: Katsuhito Ishii, Shunichiro Miki
Cult filmmaker Katsuhito Ishii collaborates with former schoolmates Shunichiro Miki and Hajime Ishimine to create this absurd anthology of mind-bending short films. Centered on a trio of…
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Bright Future (2004)
Cast: Jô Odagiri, Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Fuji …
Directed by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
After mysterious Mamoru (Tadanobu Asano) is arrested for murder, Yuji (Jo Odagiri) steps in to take care for his poisonous jellyfish and winds up uncovering his mentor's dark secrets.…
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Cutie Honey (2004)
Cast: Miwako Ichikawa, Jun Murakami, Eriko Sato …
Directed by: Hideaki Anno
Cutie Honey jumps from anime to live action in this full-throttle adventure comedy based on the classic manga character. When the evil Panther Claw gang steals the powerful I-System,…
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When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
Cast: Kiichi Nakai, Kôichi Satô, Yui Natsukawa …
Directed by: Yôjirô Takita
Yôjirô Takita's period drama recounts the life of samurai Kanichiro Yoshimura and the waning days of feudal Japan. His memory triggered by a photograph of the expert swordsman, the…