Movie: The Longest Night in Shanghai
Chinese: 夜上海 (Ye. shanghai) / (Yeh seung hoi)
Japanese: 夜の上海 (Yoru no shanghai)
Director: Yibai Zhang
Writer: Yuji Yamamura, Yibai Zhang, Yan Gao
Producer: Takuji Ushiyama, Wen Xu, Kaz Tadashiki, Yumiko Takebe, Wensheng Lu
Cinematographer: Tao Yang
Release Date: June 26, 2007
Runtime: 110 min
Studio: Movie-Eye Entertainment
Distributor: Shochiku (Japan)
Language: Mandarin, Japanese
Country: Japan / China
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Plot

Mizushima (Masahiro Motoki) is a top-notch make-up artist who has come to work in Shanghai, along with him is his manager and lover Miho (Naomi Nishida). One evening Mizushima is wandering around alone, when suddenly he is knocked over by a bashed-up taxi, recklessly driven by Linshi (Wei Zhao). Linshi apologies and ushers Mizushima into her cab. Mizushima thinks he¡¦s getting a free guided tour but in fact Linshi is thinking she can make a quick buck from this foreigner. So begins their “misguided” tour of Shanghai. In the process the pair slowly begin to reveal the depths of their hearts. Their lives connected, bridging cultures separated by languages and borders. It is the beginning of a truly wonderful evening, a very special Shanghai night…

Cast

Starring:

Masahiro Motoki – Naoki Mizushima (make-up director)
Wei Zhao – Xi Lin (cab driver)

Naoki’s Staff Members

Naomi Nishida – Miho (assistant)
Naoto Takenaka – Chihiro Yamaoka (agent)
Shinobu Otsuka – Rie Hara
Toshihiro Wada – Kayama (hairstylist)
Sam Lee – (Chinese-Japanese translator)

Movie: Winning Pass
Romaji:
Japanese: ウィニング・パス
Director:
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Release Date: January 24, 2004
Runtime: 108 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Cast

Ken’ichi Matsuyama
Maki Horikita
Kazue Tsunogae
Shigeru Yazaki
Megumi Sato
Miura Masaki
Bengal
Susumu Terajima
Megumi Ishii
Akira Emoto
Go Kato
Ryo Natsuhara

Movie: GS Wonderland
Japanese: ＧＳワンダーランド
Director: Ryuichi Honda
Writer: Ryuichi Honda, Yuji Nagamori
Producer:
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Release Date: November 15, 2008
Runtime: 100 min.
Distributor: DesperaDo
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
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Plot

“GS Wonderland” is about the 1960′s Group Sounds bands – A Japanese pop movement inspired by the Beatles and other mid-1960′s Brit Pop.

Three young men set out to start their own band “The Diamonds” when they are signed to a recording contract during their very first rehearsal. Things turn for the unexpected when their agent brings Mick (Chiaki Kuriyama) into the group as their keyboardist. All the believe Mick looks remarkably like a girl!

Cast: Chiaki Kuriyama, Takuya Ishida, Hiro Mizushima, Yosuke Asari