Naomi Nishida

Godzilla faces a formidable new foe in Orga (a.k.a. Giant Alien Millennian), a gigantic and lethal creature which is slowly transmuted from a UFO believed to be dormant for 6,000 years. (Columbia Tristar)

The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more. (imdb)

Based on a true story that has become an internet phenomenon in Japan, Train Man is about an otaku (Japanese for geek) who saves a young woman from a drunken assailant on a commuter train, and instantly falls in love with her. (Imaginasian)

Morning breaks over a desolate factory yard. One of the plants has been shut down. The men, now unemployed, stand around in stunned confusion. No one moves. Finally, one of the workers, a man by the name of Igarashi, takes a step forward. Aimlessly, he starts wandering the streets... (Yahoo! Movies)

A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren starts wailing. (imdb)

Sakiko's single-minded obsession with money, her outlandish and relentless efforts in search of a lost suitcase full of bills, leaving flabbergasted observers in her wake--all are straight out of manga, and retain the light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek humor of that medium (the better manga, anyways). And there is a kind of gradual maturation process thrown in as well, as Sakiko comes to realize that she's not drawn to money itself, so much as to the hunt for it. (imdb)

A Japanese cosmetologist, one Shanghai lady taxi driver, both respectively with doubts towards their own emotions and future, meet one particular night in a beautiful dazzling Shanghai. The.. movie is about..surpassing the boundaries of language, about searching for their own identity, about a tender love. Besides having the hesitations with love among modern people as in the previous [Lost in Tokyo], the language barrier initiating humorous scenes will let audience have a good laugh. (asianfanatics.net)

Koichi Uehara is a fourth grade student living in the suburb of Tokyo. One day, he picks up a large stone which turns out to be a fossil of a baby "Kappa" sleeping underground for the past 300 years, and names it "Coo". Koichi and Coo become good friends and starts living with his family. However, Coo could not adjust to the life style in Tokyo and starts to miss his family. On a hot summer day, Koichi and Coo decide to go on an adventurous road trip to find his peers. (myanimelist.net)

Nanako (Naomi Nishida) quits her job in Tokyo and returns to her home island of Okinawa, a tranquil island whose inhabitants see themselves as very distinct from mainland Japan. It is here on the island that her grandfather Keitatsu (Seijin Noborikawa), her grandmother Nabbie (Tomi Taira), and other members of her old respected family live. (world movies)

One day, an angel materializes before Kato's eyes. While the angel seems like an average girl with a passion for gin and lime, she sports a pair of big white wings. Only lonely-hearted people can see her. She may seem ordinary, but this angel touches hearts and transforms lives (imdb)

Masako, Yoshie, Kuniko and Yayoi, each with their own set of family problems, work the night shift together at a lunch box factory. One day, fighting back against her abusive husband, Yayoi ends up strangling him to death. Masako agrees to help her dispose of the corpse. She gets the idea to cut the body into small pieces, and enlists Yoshie and Kuniko to help out...

Hama-chan's supervisor is promoted after many frustrating years with his wayward, fishing-obsessed underling, and Hama-chan's new boss naively tries to retrain him. Later, Su-san and Hama-chan go on a business trip, where they meet a beautiful, warm-hearted truck driver.

The Thirteen Steps is a Japanese movie directed by Masahiko Nagasawa. It was released by Toho on February 8, 2003. Based on a novel by Kazuaki Takano, the film follows an aging prison guard (Tsutomu Yamazaki) as he attempts to prove the innocence of a death row inmate (Takashi Sorimachi) by finding the perpetrator of the murder he was unjustly convicted of. (Eigapedia)

Remake of 1998 South Korean film Christmas in August directed by Jin-ho Hur (asianwiki.com)

Yuugo, who grew up in the city, finds himself in an unfamiliar environment at Ooejo Agricultural High School, surrounded by nature and animals. Yuugo is also the only one who doesn't know what type of career he wants to pursue. He goes through struggles everyday, but he begins to grow as a person. (imdb)

Tama is a graduate student. She lives with her boyfriend Takuya. She becomes influenced by lectures about French writer Sophie Calle and begins to follow her neighbor Ishizaka. Tama soon discovers that her neighbor Ishizaka is having an affair. She becomes excited about discovering his secret. Her relationship with her boyfriend Takuya and her professor Shinohara changes. (The Movie Database)

When abused children return after they went missing, their abusers find a mysterious death after 3 days. Local newspaper reporter Shunya investigates the deaths, while his girlfriend Naomi gets too close to one of the haunted children. (imdb)

A salesman named Kosuke Okuda happens to meet Mao Watarai, a friend from his middle school days. Back then, Mao was bullied, but now she is an attractive woman. Kosuke and Mao fall in love and decide to marry, but Mao has a secret. (imdb)

What does a young orphan urchin do in the slums of Tokyo? He gets into trouble, into brawls, into fights and eventually he lands in jail. Except this one is not just beating, he has a raw talent and a force that gets noticed. Out of jail, it is time to take the boy and polish the raw talent into something that fits the boxing rink. (imdb)

Sequel to the 1995 film Haunted School aka Gakkou no Kaidan. Similar to the first, in that it's about a group of youngsters that get stuck in a haunted school and have to deal with an assortment of ghosts. (themoviedb)

Third installment of the "Gakko No Kaidan" series follows the trek of several elementary school students as they wander into an alternate world that exists on the opposite side of a school mirror. Nishida Naomi (the hapless teacher in "Gakko No Kaidan 2") returns as the teacher who accompanies the children on their journey into the surreal universe. (themoviedb)

Yasuko is a hikikomori and has hypersomnia which means she has trouble staying awake during the day. She lives with her boyfriend Tsunagi, who works in the editorial department at a magazine. Her frustration grows, because she can't control her emotions and her boyfriend seems indifferent to her. One day, Tsunagi's ex-girlfriend Ando appears. She schemes to break up the couple. (imdb)

A young man takes an unusual job to provide for his sick father.

One morning, Komori wakes up in Mari's body. Another "Komori" inhabits his old body, and Mari has disappeared. (themoviedb.org)

Haruko is a single mother. She has an unusual living arrangement. She lives with her son Riku, her friend Aiko, and Aiko’s boyfriend Sorao. One day, Yuko stays at Haruko’s house to attend an art institute for the summer. Yuko is the daughter of Haruko’s old friend Tomoyo. They hadn’t spoken for many years prior to Tomoyo reaching out to Haruko to ask if her daughter could stay with her for the summer. Haruko and Tomoyo have an uncomfortable past.

A short film by Takuji Suzuki.