Acting

Nanoka Matsubara

Acting credits

Her Love Boils Bathwater poster
7.4

After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy daughter Azumi learn to stand on her own.

Her Love Boils Bathwater

2016

Kiki's Delivery Service poster
6.0

A young girl named Kiki must leave her home for a year to begin training in witchcraft. She leaves on her broom, but first says goodbye to her friends and family. Kiki then begins her new life with her trusted cat Jiji.

Kiki's Delivery Service

2014

Capturing Dad poster
6.3

Part-time worker Hazuki lives with her younger sister, high school student Koharu, and their mother Sawa. One day they receive word that their estranged father is on his deathbed, so Sawa asks Hazuki and Koharu to visit him and take one last photo to remember him by.

Capturing Dad

2013

The Curtain Rises poster
6.4

Saori is a high school student at a provincial city. She is a member of playgroup at her school. Yoshioka begins to work at the same high school as a new teacher. Yoshioka performed in plays when she was in college back in Tokyo. Saori, Yukko, Garuru, Nakanishi, Akemi decides to compete in a play competition. Their goal is to make it through the regional competions, but Teacher Yoshioka tells them their aiming low and that they should think about the national competition.

The Curtain Rises

2015

Listener poster
NR

Omnibus film that tells five stories from a radio station and its listeners.

Listener

2015

Nihon no Uta Film (Blue Disc) poster
NR

Collaborations between some of contemporary Japan's finest musicians and filmmakers. The Nihon no Uta Executive Committee produced a series of original short films inspired by the classic Japanese songs included in the albums Nihon no Uta Vol. 1–4, released by commmons (founded by Ryuichi Sakamoto). Each film pairs a celebrated musician with an acclaimed filmmaker, creating a unique fusion of music and visual storytelling. Artists: Kicell, Maia Barouh, Mishio Ogawa, Mitsuko Koike + Tomoki Kanda, Kirinji, Keiichi Sokabe, Uri Nakayama, Sean Lennon, Ren Takada

Nihon no Uta Film (Blue Disc)

2010

Omokage poster
NR

Ei Daisuke always carrying an army knife and was good at peeling fruit. His friends heard stories that Sakae got married to the only daughter of a farmer. The memories of middle and high school will come away in the heart of childhood friend Yumi Nakamura. At the same time there are things that she could not convey to Sakae that she regrets. Yumi faces the thought of the past through 10 years, and the passage time takes her life onto a certain action.

Omokage

2017

No artwork available
NR

The bobbed-head Ryoko is a shy middle school student. She has been living with her dad, just the 2 of them ever since her mother died of an illness. It was in this Aizawa household that 3 months ago, suddenly, that the Kansai dialect wielding Michiko with her hair fastened tightly above her head came in. This is the story of amber of the three whom were like a family and yet not.

The Sparkling Amber

2013

Three Houses That Don't Sink poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Three Houses That Don't Sink

2013