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Movie: Ten Nights of Dream
Romaji: Yume juya
Japanese: ユメ十夜
Producer: Tsutomu Kuno, Hiroki Ota, Yutaka Tsunoda
Release Date: January 27, 2007
Runtime: 110 min
Studio: Nikkatsu
Distributor: Nikkatsu
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Ten nightmarish, surreal interpretations of novelist Natsume Soseki’s Ten Nights of Dreams. Each director creates a unique vision – a 1904 noodle house manned by automatons, a giant tentacled pet, a techno-dancing master sculptor. With the absurd invading the mundane, subconscious creatures coming to life, malleable time and constant disorientation, the dreamworld manifests despite the characters’ perceptions of what appears to be reality.

Many of the shorts feature Soseki and are set in the same period as his career (1903-1916). The writer is portrayed as a troubled figure, haunted by the past, tortured by the present and adrift in the inevitability of fate.
A First Night of Dreams (Daiichiya)

Director: Akio Jissoji
Screenplay: Teruhiko Kuze
Cinematography: Masao Nakabori
Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
Runtime: 11 min.
Plot: The deceased director Akio Jissoji portrays the 100-year love between a husband and wife.
Cast:
Kyoko Koizumi – Tsugumi
Suzuki Matsuo – Hyakken
Tsuyoshi Ujiki

A Second Night of Dreams (Dainiya)

Director: Kon Ichikawa
Screenplay: Osamu Yanagiya
Cinematography: Yukio Isohata
Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
Runtime:’ 11 min.
Plot: A samurai suffers to achieve enlightenment while being forced by a Zen Buddhist to do so ? ironically portrayed by the filmmaking giant Kon Ichikawa.
Cast:
Umenosuke Nakamura – Osho
Tsuyoshi Ujiki – The Man

A Third Night of Dreams (Daisanya)

Director: Takashi Shimizu
Screenplay: Takashi Shimizu
Cinematography: Tsukasa Tanabe
Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
Runtime: 11 min.
Plot: Takashi Shimizu portrays a lunatic father wandering in a forest to abandon a blind infant.
Cast:
Keisuke Horibe – Soseki Natsume
Yu Kashii – Kyoko

A Fourth Night of Dreams (Daiyonya)

Director: Atsushi Shimizu
Screenplay: Shinichi Itsume
Cinematography: Atsuhiro Nabeshima
Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
Runtime: 11 min.
Plot: A mysterious old man lures some children to an unknown world.
Cast:
Kohji Yamamoto – Soseki
Rio Kanno – Haruka Hinata
Mikako Ichikawa

A Fifth Night of Dreams (Daigoya)

Director: Keisuke Toyoshima
Screenplay: [[Keisuke Toyoshima]
Cinematography: Shinya Kimura
Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
Runtime: 11 min.
Plot: A woman whirls to her beloved man but is blocked by a monster.
Cast:
Mikako Ichikawa – Masako
Koji Ookura – Shotaro

A Sixth Night of Dreams (Dairokuya)

Director: Suzuki Matsuo
Screenplay: Suzuki Matsuo
Cinematography: Akihiro Okabayashi
Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
Runtime: 11 min.
Plot: Some nerds gather to have a glimpse of a charismatic sculptor’ s work.
Cast:
Sadao Abe – Soseki
Tozawa – Unkei
Yoshizumi Ishihara – Yoshizumi Ishihara

A Seventh Night of Dreams (Dainanaya)

Director: Yoshitaka Amano, Shimmei Kawahara
Screenplay: Shimmei Kawahara
Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
Runtime: 11 min.
Plot: A man suffering from loneliness finally decides to commit suicide.
Cast:’
Sacha – Soseki
Fumika Hidejima – Utsuro

A Eighth Night of Dreams (Daihachiya)

Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Screenplay: Kenichiro Nagao
Cinematography: Isao Ishii
Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
Runtime: 11 min.
Plot: The imaginary world in a novelist’ s mind trying to write his next work is portrayed.
Cast:
Hiroshi Fujioka – Soseki

A Ninth Night of Dreams (Daikyuya)

Director: Miwa Nishikawa
Screenwriter: Miwa Nishikawa
Cinematography: Takamitsu Suzuki
Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
Runtime: 11 min.
Plot: A wife prays for the safety of her husband at warfront, but the husband is….
Cast:
Tamaki Ogawa – Mother
Pierre Taki – Father
Manami Honjou

A Tenth Night of Dreams (Daijuya)

Director: Yudai Yamaguchi
Screenplay: Yudai Yamaguchi
Cinematography: Shu G. Momose
Producer: Yutaka Kakuta, Kazuhiro Hirose
Runtime: 11 min.
Plot: The most handsome man in town who seriously considers that ugly women should all die ends up in a tragic situation.
Cast:
Ken’ichi Matsuyama – Shotaro
Manami Honjou – Yshino
Koji Ishizaka – Gennai Hiraga

Additional Cast Members

Erika Toda – Girl in Prologue / Epilogue
Sascha – Soseki
Erika Terajima
Takashi Kodama
Satoshi Hakuzen – man pig

Movie Title: Memoirs of a Lady Ninja 2
Directed by: Jiro Ishikawa
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Year: 2011
Genre: Action

Plot
During Japan’s feudal era, Mitsuhide Akechi worked to foil Nobunaga Oda’s ambition for the unification of the entire country. To this end, Akechi had his eyes set on many of Oda’s vassals, including leyasu Tokugawa. To protect Tokugawa’s life, the kunoichi Kaede is sent to keep an eye on him as he travels through the mountains of Igo. Hiding in plain sight as a boxwood inn, she discovers that a skilled killer and his crew are already gathering in the area. Will a single lady ninja be able to complete her mission in the face of so many armed and dangerous men?

Cast
Kazuya Nomura, Fukuten, Shouta Fukuchi, Aya Tanimoto

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Movie: The Abashiri Family The Movie
Romaji: Abashiri Ikka The Movie
Japanese: あばしり一家　ＴＨＥ　ＭＯＶＩＥ
Director: Teruyoshi Ishii
Writer: Go Nagai (manga), Sadayuki Murai
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: November 21, 2009
Runtime: 70 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

“The Abashiri Family” are one of the most notorious mafia family members in the world. Even though their family consists of only five members, just the words “Abashiri Family” strikes fear in other gang members. The head of the mafia clan then decides to send to his cherished only daughter Kikunosuke (Erica Tonooka) to a boarding school. What the father doesn’t know is that the boarding school are run by enemies of the Abashiri Family and they have no intentions of graduating their students …

Notes

“The Abashiri Family The Movie” is based on the manga “Abashiri Ikka,” written by Go Nagai (well known for his “Cutie Honey” manga).

Cast

Erica Tonooka – Kikunosuke
Ijirie Okada
Kyoji Kamui
Nabeyakan
Jiro Sato
Shun Suga