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Tag Archives: Arata Iura
Snakes and Earrings / Hebi ni Piasu (2008) Yukio Ninagawa, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kengo Kôra, Arata Iura
19 year old Rui finds life deeply disappointing until she falls in love with Ama in Shibuya, Tokyo. Read More »
Petrel Hotel Blue (2012) Kôji Wakamatsu, Hitomi Katayama, Gô Jibiki, Arata Iura
Seeking to exact revenge upon Yoji, Yukio travels to an area surrounded by the sea, desert and lava topped mountains. Read More »
Ping Pong AKA Pinpon (2002) Fumihiko Sori, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Arata Iura, Sam Lee
The film traces the growth and friendship of two very different high-school ping-pong players. Read More »
Distance (2001) Hirokazu Koreeda, Arata Iura, Yûsuke Iseya, Susumu Terajima
Members of a cult, modeled on Aum Shinrikyo, sabotage a city’s water supply Read More »
The Millennial Rapture AKA Sennen no yuraku (2012) Kôji Wakamatsu, Tomori Abe, Tanroh Ishida, Arata Iura
Shingu, a coastal village in Wakayama Prefecture, early 20th century. Midwife Oryu (Terajima Shinobu) Read More »
After Life (1998) Hirokazu Koreeda, Arata Iura, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima
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. Read More »
United Red Army (2007) Kôji Wakamatsu, Maki Sakai, Arata Iura, Akie Namiki
A story about the rise and fall of United Red Army, a real life 70s short-lived Japanese armed revolutionary communist movement Read More »
Air Doll / Kûki ningyô (2009) Hirokazu Koreeda, Doona Bae, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao
Middle-aged Hideo lives alone with an inflatable doll he calls Nozomi. The doll is his closest companion. He dresses it up, talks to it over dinner, and has sexual intercourse with it. However, unbeknown to Hideo, Nozomi was created with a heart…
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