Rie Shibata Movies

Based on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969.

A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to...

Koji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a traveling acting troupe.

Takamine is a biopic about Dr. Jokichi Takamine, the late biochemist known for successfully crystallizing and isolating adrenaline, which is also...

Kodama learns that his old classmate Hayashi is getting married to an idol, and organizes a junior high school reunion.

Aki and Haru face graduation, job hunting, and the challenges of adulthood, fearing separation as they secure employment. They enjoy living together...

Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival...

A boy from Tokyo moves to the countryside and has trouble adapting, falls in love.

Daisuke gets swept up in a mission that attempts to recover a highly-confidential disc, only to find that there is a terrible trap waiting for him!...

Toshiko does not have long to live. She wants to make the most of her time while she can and takes a sojourn to where her true hometown for which she...

In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to...

Yuri appreciates her son Kazuma's passion of figures, but worries about his ability to get along with the group. Yuri, who works as a writer, visits...