List of the best Ryôko Hirosue movies: Wasabi(2001), Zero Focus(2009), Departures(2008), Goemon(2009) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
France|Japan
2001
99 Minutes
Jean Reno Ryôko Hirosue Michel Muller Carole Bouquet Ludovic Berthillot Michel Scourneau Christian Sinniger Véronique Balme
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In Japan for the funeral of his long-lost love, a tough French detective learns that he also has a teenage daughter and that her life is in danger from the Yakuza.
Drama
Japan
2009
130 Minutes
Hidetoshi Nishijima Ryôko Hirosue Takeshi Kaga Miki Nakatani Tetta Sugimoto Niclas Ericsson Tae Kimura Fuyô Koyanagi Atsuhiro Sakamoto Robert Stockwell
Spurred by the disappearance of a newly-wed husband, three women in post-war Japan are drawn into a murder mystery.
Drama
Japan
2008
130 Minutes
Mika Kobayashi
Masahiro Motoki Tsutomu Yamazaki Ryôko Hirosue Kazuko Yoshiyuki Kimiko Yo Takashi Sasano Toru Minegishi Tetta Sugimoto Tatsuo Yamada Yukiko Tachibana
cellist japanese man japanese woman morgue employee fascinating gripping quirky japan morgue music dreams life job dream job mortality discovery transformation 2000s
A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.
Action
Japan
2009
128 Minutes
Yosuke Eguchi Eiji Okuda Arashi Fukasawa Susumu Terajima Jun Kaname Ryôko Hirosue Masatô Ibu Tetsuji Tamayama
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Based on a Japanese folk legend that echoes the tale of Robin Hood, this ninja thriller follows the exploits of Goemon Ishikawa (Yôsuke Eguchi), who leaves his fighting clan after its chief... See full summary »