ArataFilmography

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Actor

  • Air Doll

    Actors: Bae Doo na, Arata, Itsuji Itao, Jô Odagiri, Sumiko Fuji

    Synopsis: A special kind of toy is suddenly introduced to the real world around her in this artful fantasy from Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda. Hideo (Itsuji Itao) is a middle-aged man who doesn't have many friends, but he wards off loneliness with his companion Nozomi (Bae Du-na), who joins him for Read More

    2009

  • 20th Century Boys

    Actors: Toshiaki Karasawa, Arata, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Teruyuki Kagawa

    Synopsis: A burned-out rocker discovers his doom-struck adolescent fantasies are coming true in this futuristic thriller from Japan. Ever since his career as a musician crashed and burned, Kenji (Toshiaki Karasawa) has been making a living working at a quick-stop store and living with his family. One day Read More

    8/30/08

  • Shadow of Sand

    Actors: Noriko Eguchi, Yonemura Ryotarou, Arata

    Synopsis: Director Yusuke Kaida eschews the high-definition sensibilities so predominant in modern filmmaking to shoot this haunting tale of supernatural longing on 8mm film. Based on an actual event and set in 1980s-era Tokyo, Shadow of Sand centers on the strange events surrounding a young woman named Read More

    2008

  • Ping Pong

    Actors: Yosuke Kubozuka, Arata, Sam Lee, Shidou Nakamura, Koji Ohkura

    Synopsis: The debut feature film from Sori is a tale of adolescent angst and stylish table tennis sequences. Ping Pong's main character, Tsukimoto (Arata), is an overly sensitive young man who refuses to actually defeat his opponents at the game table because he does not want them to feel bad. His buddy Read More

    4/6/07

  • United Red Army

    Actors: Akie Namiki, Arata, Takaki Uda, Soran Tamoto, Maki Sakai

    Synopsis: In a stark depiction of the dissatisfaction that followed the demise of 60's idealism, United Red Army follows the story of the titular leftwing Japanese terrorist group that came together in 1972 as two pre-existing groups merged. Interspersed with large amounts of archival footage and employing Read More

    2007

  • Distance

    Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Arata, Yusuke Iseya, Yui Natsukawa, Susumu Terajima

    Synopsis: Four people whose lives are connected by a common tragedy discuss the paths their lives have taken in this drama from Japan. Minoru (Susumu Terajima) is a businessman, Atsushi (Araka) is a disaffected post-modern teen, Kiyoka (Yui Natsukawa) is an educator, and Masaru (Yusuke Iseya) a quiet young Read More

    2001

  • After Life

    Actors: Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naito, Kei Tani

    Synopsis: Like his previous drama Maborosi (1995), Hirokazu Kore-eda's After Life is a brilliant meditation on death and memory. The premise of After Life is simple: over the span of a week, twenty-two souls arrive at a way station (which looks like an old junior high school) between life and death, where Read More

    5/12/99

  • Shady Grove

    Actors: Arata, Wakaba Nakano

    Synopsis: Acclaimed maverick filmmaker Shinji Aoyama departs from his trademark bloody crime films such as his landmark Helpless (1996) to direct a brittle, engrossing romantic drama. Rika (Rei Kurita), a bright, attractive, and driven young woman, is intent on marrying her dreamy boyfriend Seiichi Ono Read More

    1999

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