Yamada Anna

Growing up without parents, it was as if Kida (Iwata Takanori) and Makoto (Mackenyu) were destined to become lifelong friends. With no one to depend on but each other, the two boys quickly formed an unshakable bond. Spending their lives as outcasts, it wasn’t difficult for them to spot a kindred spirit in Yocchi (Anna Yamada), a transfer student who, like them, had no one around to care for her. Welcoming Yocchi into their little “family”, the three friends grew up happy enough; but that happiness wouldn’t last forever.&nbsp;

Suffering an incident at the age of twenty that would radically change their lives, Kida and Makoto vowed then and there to someday have their revenge on those who had shattered their peaceful little world. Though both determined to exact their revenge, the paths Kida and Makoto chose to take to get there were vastly different. Working as a “dark negotiator”, it has taken Kida years to firmly establish himself at the top of the criminal underworld. Meanwhile, Makoto has taken a different route, rising through the ranks of the corporate world to eventually become the CEO of a well-established trading company. Though one rules the underworld and the other reigns atop the higher echelons of respectable society, both seek to exact the same revenge.&nbsp;

After years of intricate plots and complex schemes, the two friends find the time to make their move has finally arrived. With a setup more than ten years in the making, the two friends exact their revenge with a play so powerful, it brings the entire nation to its knees.

Adapted from the novel, “The End of the Tiny World” by Kaoru Yukinari, “The Master Plan” is a 2021 suspense film directed by Yuichi Sato.

The Master Plan

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Haruko Shibuya (Yamada Anna) is a 17-year-old high schooler who feels alienated by life in modern Tokyo. She dreams about meeting a boy she can fall in love with – convinced that romance will help turn her boring and unfulfilling life around. Meanwhile, the once-studious Kenichi Kanagawa (Jin Suzuki) has decided that he is done with high school – he tells his teachers he is quitting school and wants to become a free spirit. He heads out into the city and tries to approach women, hoping to make a sexual conquest.

But this plan appears to backfire quickly: He falls for a young woman named Mayumi (Misato Morita), who appears to be a sex worker. He arranges to take her on a date, but a love rival beats him up and leaved him bloodied on the street. While he is hurt, Haruko Shibuya sees him – and instantly falls for him, thinking he is the Prince Charming she has waited all her life to meet. As they get to know each other, will this duo find love – or will they end up instead discovering who they truly are?

This movie was based on a manga title of the same name by Kyoko Okazaki.

“Georama Boy, Panorama Girl” is a 2020 Japanese movie that was directed and adapted for the screen by Natsuki Seta.

Georama Boy, Panorama Girl

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Friends since childhood, Kazusa Onodera (Anna Yamada) and Momoko Sudo (Mei Hata) have grown up together, sharing every moment of their lives with each other. Now in high school, the two girls decide it’s time to branch out and try something new. Drawn to the school’s literature club, the girls agree to join, not knowing that in doing so, their lives would take some interesting and unexpected turns.

As president of the club, Rika Sonezaki (Mayuu Yokota) welcomes the members, both old and new, including Kazusa’s new friend, Niina Sugawara (Tina Tamashiro) and Hitoha Hongo (Shuri Tanaka), the club’s resident aspiring novelist. Suggesting they do a little ice breaker, to get to know each other, the girls are asked a simple question: “What’s one thing you want to do before you die?” With answers that both shock and embarrass, the girls instantly begin to bond.&nbsp;

Despite their differences, the five girls form an unexpected friendship. Side-by-side they navigate the tricky waters of high school, taking their first clumsy and sometimes painful steps towards adulthood, together.

Based on the manga series of the same name, written by Mari Okada, “O Maidens in Your Savage Season” is a 2020 romantic high school drama directed by Mai Sakai, Aya Igashi, and Keita Mizunami.

O Maidens in Your Savage Season

A 14-year-old schoolgirl (Yamada Anna) is about to take her own life. Existence has become an unbearable torment: She is abused at home and mercilessly bullied at school. Death, she feels, will be her only release. But at the last moment, a silver-haired young man wearing a white face mask (Uesugi Shuhei) intervenes to save her. He takes her to a one-room apartment. The police treat her disappearance as a kidnapping case and launch an investigation.

In the apartment, the man begins to call her Sachi (meaning “happiness”), a name she begins to like. She, in turn, calls him “Mister” and begins to develop affection for him. The duo agrees to a pact: If they can evade capture by the police and her family, they will marry and live together for the rest of their lives. But if they are caught, they will die together. But when they finally venture out of the safety of the apartment, things threaten to come to a head when Sachi encounters one of her bullies on the street...

This drama was based on a hit web-based cartoon series named “Sachiiro no One Room” by Hakuri.

“A Little Room For Hope” is a 2018 Japanese drama series that was directed by Ryuichi Honda.

A Little Room For Hope

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Yukina (Tina Tamashiro) is a wildly popular pseudonymous author of romantic cell phone novels – books whose writers deliver the latest chapters via text message. In the “real” world, she is a quiet, introverted high schooler who has never had any sort of romantic experience in her life! However, Yukina is now in a quandary: Her readers are clamoring for racier romance stories, full of juicy details. And with no knowledge of this kind of thing, Yukina has to act!

One day, she comes upon a notebook that belongs to Shigure (Yuta Koseki), the most popular guy at school. To all outward observers, Shigure is a model student, well-mannered, and kind. But the secrets of the notebook reveal otherwise – showing that Shigure is not the angel all the girls at school believe him to be. Yukina hatches a devious plan: By using the secrets she’s discovered, she will blackmail Shigure into teaching her about romance – by ordering him to complete “missions of love!” Will the plan work...or could it backfire on her?

This movie was based on a hit manga series of the same name by Ema Toyama.

“MISSIONS of Love??” is a 2018 Japanese movie that was directed by Toru Yamamoto.

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