Ken Yasuda is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Hokkaido, Japan, on December 8, 1973 and made his acting debut in 1994. Since then, he has appeared in countless films and television dramas, including “Blue Fire” (2014) and “Today’s Kira-kun” (2017).

Ken Yasuda

When Masayo Tanaka (Haru) failed to pass her art school entrance exam, she had no choice but to find something else to do with her life. As the daughter of the owner of a Hokkaido love hotel, Masayo feels she has no choice but to follow in her father Daikichi’s (Ken Yasuda) footsteps. Resigning herself to her fate, Masayo takes a position at her family’s business, the Hotel Royal.

As she welcomes a variety of patrons to the Hotel Royal, Masayo resigns herself to the fact that one day, she will take over the family business. Not exactly pleased with the prospects of her future, Masayo does a good job of hiding her emotions. But when a double suicide takes place in one of the hotel rooms and her father suddenly falls ill, Masayo’s tough outer shell begins to crack.

Faced with the very real possibility of the hotel’s closure, Masayo has no choice but to step in and take charge. Seeing the hotel in an entirely different light, Masayo begins to understand what it really means to her family, its staff, and its patrons. Armed with this new perspective, can Masayo find a way to save the Hotel Royal?

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Shino Sakuragi, “Hotel Royal” is a 2020 Japanese film directed by Masaharu Take.

Hotel Royal

Tadashi Usobuki (Tori Matsuzaka) is a devilishly clever criminal. People seek him out when they feel they have been wronged and have a burning desire to snuff out someone else’s life. Tadashi Usobuki uses his hypnotic powers to render his victims helpless, and to evade capture by the police. It seems nobody is safe from this black-clad assassin as the killings continue and the bodies begin to mount.

But this contract killer did not count on the fact that one police detective – Tomoko Tada (Sawajiri Erika) – turns out to be immune to his hypnotic powers. All of a sudden, Tadashi Usobuki finds himself up against the most formidable of foes. Tomoko Tada resolves to finally close the net on this exclusive killer – but can she win a battle of wits with this merciless fiend?

This movie was bas based on the manga series “Funohan,” which was written by Arata Miyatsuki and illustrated by Yuya Kanzaki.

“Impossibility Defense” is a 2018 Japanese movie that was directed by Koji Shiraishi.

Impossibility Defense

Having been bullied for most of her life, high school student Ninon Okamura (Marie Iitoyo) has never once felt comfortable around others. An incredibly introverted individual, Ninon struggles to communicate with anyone other than her family and her pet parrot, who offers her a fair amount of emotional support by remaining perched on her shoulder day in and day out. Ridiculed for her bird and her quiet nature, Ninon might very well have spent the entirety of her high school career under attack, had not her classmate and neighbor, Yuiji Kira (Taishi Nakagawa), unexpectedly intervened.

Easily the most handsome and popular boy in school, Yuiji spent his high school days harassing other students and dating any girl who happened to catch his eye. But beneath his cool exterior, Yuiji was desperately lonely. Suffering from a serious heart disease, Yuiji has only a year left to live but he refuses to tell anyone of his grim fate. When Ninon’s parents tell her Yuiji’s secret by mistake, she takes it upon herself to befriend her dying neighbor.&nbsp;

Promising to stay by his side until the end, Ninon and Yuiji’s newfound friendship begins to grow, and with it comes a meaning and happiness neither of them has ever known before.&nbsp;

Based on the manga of the same name by Rin Mikimoto, “Today’s Kira-kun” is a 2017 romantic high school film directed by Taisuke Kawamura.

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