Erika Karata

Acting

Erika Karata

Born

1997-09-19 (29)

Place of birth

Kimitsu, Chiba, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

Erika Karata is known for Asako I & II (2018), Nagi's Long Vacation (2019) and Arthdal Chronicles (2019).

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 17 titles

Mag Mag poster
7.4

The revenge story of a woman whose partner is murdered by a ghost, and who will soon discover the true identity of the one she must avenge.

Mag Mag

2026

Love on Trial poster
6.0

Mai, a rising J-Pop idol, is finally about to have her big break when she unexpectedly falls in love. But in a treacherous industry where young singers must maintain an image of flawless purity, love is forbidden. When her relationship is exposed, Mai's agency takes drastic action, dragging the couple to court over the "no love" clause in her contract, throwing her life into chaos.

Love on Trial

2026

AnyMart poster
7.7

A supermarket as both a microcosm of Japanese society and the setting for a socially critical horror film. Expressionless faces and a supervisor who demands zombie-like friendliness. Only the young Sakai doesn’t stop hoping.

AnyMart

2026

When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty poster
5.9

24-year-old Nozomi quit her job at an ad agency and now works part-time at a convenience store. Her ordinary days are enlivened by funny and kind co-workers but her heart is troubled because she cannot tell her parents about her situation and she is haunted by her failure to meet the excessive demands at her previous workplace. One day, her former junior high school classmate Kanako appears and Nozomi begins to articulate how she feels.

When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty

2023

Desert of Namibia poster
7.1

A young, temperamental Tokyo beautician struggles to navigate her relationships with lovers, friends, and family.

Desert of Namibia

2024

Playing Dead poster
NR

Hiroshi Yoshida wanted to become an actor, but before he knew it, he only played the roles of corpses.

Playing Dead

2023

Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman

2020

After the Quake poster
8.0

Based on four of the six short stories compiled in Murakami Haruki's anthology, After the Quake explores the complex aftermath of Japan’s earthquakes and other global crises. (Movie version of the TV drama).

After the Quake

2025

Goldfish Princess poster
NR

One day, Ezawa Jun, who has trouble with work and in love, gets a ryukin from a goldfish scooping game at a festival. However, she is actually a beautiful girl and she suddenly turns into a human form and appears in front of Jun. Called Ryu, she is looking for the legendary black ranchu and asks Jun for his help. The two strangers begin living together and growing closer. Their fate goes in an unexpected direction.

Goldfish Princess

2020

Mobuko's Love poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mobuko's Love

2026

Blood Friends poster
6.5

The story is set at the blood donation club in Kurusu Private High School. There are four girls who are fascinated by the pleasure of having their blood drawn – Maki (Erika Karata), Jinko (Ichika Osaki), Nami (Mikoto Hibi), and Kaoru (Nazuki Amano). One day, Maki meets Mai (Nina Makino), a beautiful girl dressed in black, in the blood donation room. Mai fainted after her rampage against the nurses, and Maki unintentionally carries her into the blood donation club room. Mai then reveals a shocking fact – She is a dropout vampire who could not attack humans! Struck by Mai's fragile expression, Maki and other members decide to feed her with their own blood instead of donating blood…

Blood Friends

2022

Seaside Serendipity poster
8.0

In a coastal town attracting artists, 14-year-old Sosuke and his friends stay busy painting and helping with school projects. As carefree children interact with secret-laden adults, the sunlit ocean reflects their contrasting struggles—kids embracing challenges while adults seek elusive answers.

Seaside Serendipity

2025

The Man Who Failed to Die poster
NR

Comedy writer Ippei Sekiya decides to end his life one day, contemplating suicide by jumping in front of a train during his return home from work. Just as he is about to jump, a person is hit by a train at the previous station, which makes him reconsider. In tribute to Tomohiro, the man who died instead of him, Ippei sneaks into his funeral. Upon returning home, he is confronted by his ghost. Grateful that Ippei continues to live because of his death, Tomohiro makes an astonishing request.

The Man Who Failed to Die

2025

Page30 poster
NR

The four actors gathered in the studio spent three days rehearsing their 30-page script. They were told they would perform onstage on the fourth day. The cast has yet to be decided. Although they are upset about being in a closed environment with their smartphones and watches ripped away, the four devote themselves to rehearsals in order to obtain the roles they want to play. A second-rate actor, an unpopular actor, a bad actor, and an actor who can no longer find satisfaction in acting as directed. Their no-turning-back situations are gradually brought to light during rehearsals, revealing the women’s respective natures. Their performances collide as they give all they’ve got for their acting careers in this space where there are no rules nor even a director or producer. The fourth day arrives. As the masked audience watches, will they be able to show their true natures as actors and deliver a successful stage performance?

Page30

2025

A World Without Mercy poster
NR

"Kiss me at dead of night" A story about a man and a woman who cause an irreversible situation at a family restaurant in the middle of the night. "Imitation Yakuza" A tale of an unknown actor who, while attempting to audition for a Yakuza movie, mistakenly enters a real yakuza office, finding himself in deep trouble. "In our own little world" A black comedy set against the backdrop of two irreconcilable classes: a romance workshop and a self-defense workshop. These are short stories about men and women who find themselves caught up in desperate, life-changing adventures.

A World Without Mercy

2023

The Intertwining poster
NR

Two people whose fates were switched by an embryo mix-up meet by chance. A shocking truth leads them to question who they are and begin to search for their own place in life.

The Intertwining

2027

As It Flows poster
5.5

Satomi, who quit her job, runs a grocery store run by her older sister, and meets a man waiting for her lover in front of the store. The two accidentally leave the store and talk while walking through the streets of Tokyo. Without knowing whether it is true that they are talking to each other, the two are slowly dragged along... .

As It Flows

2022

2010s · 6 titles

Asako I & II poster
6.8

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.

Asako I & II

2018

21st Century Girl poster
7.2

21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.

21st Century Girl

2019

Love x Doc poster
7.0

Asuka Goda is a 40-year-old pastry chef who runs a sweets store. She works with pastry chef Seiya Hanada, who is younger than her, and Kenichi Gonda, who wants to become a pastry chef. One day, Seiya Hanada confesses to Asuka Goda about his feelings for her. Her situation brings back bad memories to what happened 5 years earlier. At that time, Asuka Goda was in an affair with store owner Junji Awai and also in a relationship with gym trainer Shunsuke Nomura. Asuka Goda decides to go to mysterious "Clinic Love Doc." The clinic lets people know everything about love with a gene test.

Love x Doc

2018

Lock-On Love poster
6.2

An endearingly inept guy who has killer looks but zero experience with girls falls in love with a hard-to-get beauty.

Lock-On Love

2018

Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Spring Special poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Spring Special

2017

Cheer Boys!! poster
6.5

Haruki Bando decides to quit his family's sport of judo after a shoulder injury and start a new project with his childhood friend Kazuma. Together they form a cheerleading group called 'Breakers'.

Cheer Boys!!

2019

Series credits

Arthdal Chronicles poster
7.6

In a mythical land called Arth, the inhabitants of the ancient city of Arthdal and its surrounding regions vie for power as they build a new society.

Arthdal Chronicles

2019

Nagi's Long Vacation poster
6.8

Nagi Oshima quits her job, cuts off everybody she knows (including her boyfriend), quits social media and cancels her cellphone. To restart her life, she moves to an old apartment in the suburbs of Tokyo. She wants to have a pleasant and free life, not caring about other people.

Nagi's Long Vacation

2019

Kiss that Kills poster
8.4

A mysterious woman appears in front of Otaro Dojima. The mysterious woman has a pale face with red lips. She kisses him and he dies, but the next moment he regains consciousness. He realizes he is now seven days in the past. The mysterious woman also follows him. Due to her kiss, Otaro Dojima dies and goes back to the past over and over again.

Kiss that Kills

2018

Glass Heart poster
8.3

An aspiring drummer suddenly loses her spot in the band. But when a brilliant musician recruits her for his new band, her life takes a passionate turn.

Glass Heart

2025

The Queen of Villains poster
7.4

During the heyday of women's pro wrestling in bubble-era Japan, Dump Matsumoto bursts into the ring, shattering norms and turning the nation against her.

The Queen of Villains

2024

In This Corner of the World poster
6.8

18-year-old Urano Suzu marries Hojo Shusaku and moves from Eba City to Kure City in Hiroshima Prefecture in the middle of the Pacific War. As Japan slides into a war it cannot get out of, the townspeople go on with their “ordinary” lives. Supplies are short, and family and friends get sent to the battlefield. Suzu and the Hojo family battle such anxieties as they try to live positively.

In This Corner of the World

2018

Koinaka poster
6.6

Aoi Miura was born and grew up in Toyama Prefecture. He has an indecisive personality and does not like summer. He was the focal member of the high school swimming team, but he now works as an assistant at a small architectural office in Tokyo. One summer day, he meets his childhood friend and first love, Akari Serizawa. During their school days they spent every day hanging out together until the fireworks night in their third year of high school. That night, Akari suddenly disappeared. Now, Akari has a man named Aoi.

Koinaka

2015

Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room poster
4.5

Matsumoto Shouen became a buddhist monk after being unable to save his friend that was drowning right in front of him as a child and also became a doctor. While also engaging in saving people at the hospital, he works as a monk and offers care to the terminally ill. Sometimes, his monk robes cause a commotion as patients misunderstand that they are already dead. In addition, his chanting is disliked not only be patients but by his fellow colleagues. Despite that, he works brightly and seriously as a monk and as a doctor.

Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room

2020

After the Quake poster
7.5

This year marks thirty years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and four stories that are based on Murakami Haruki’s exquisite short series about the people ‘after the quake’ are adapted into dramas featuring star-studded casts.

After the Quake

2025

Voice Love poster
6.0

Yoshioka Yuiko begins the first grade in high school. She gets sick with the cold and stays in bed. At that time, she gets a phone call from class president Matsubara. Yuiko becomes flattered by his kind voice on the phone. The next day, she goes to school and meets Matsubara. He is a mysterious boy, wearing a paper bag over his head. Her high school days begin with pounding heart.

Voice Love

2016

Blanket Cats poster
8.5

Shiina Hideaki has been searching for new owners for the cats that his late wife had reared, together with his childhood friend Fujimura Misaki, who is a vet. Hiromi who wants to be given a cat that will be a substitute for the pet that her grandmother had loved, comes to visit. After inspecting Hiromi’s house, Hideaki hands her a blanket together with a cat. Hiromi is relieved that her grandmother is happy to be reunited with the cat. However, this time, she brings up her desire to meet Hiromi’s fiance. (source: jdramas.wordpress.com) ~~ Based on the collection of short stories "Blanket Cats" by Shigematsu Kiyoshi (published from March to September, 2003)

Blanket Cats

2017

Before the Day poster
8.0

Three friends time-travel back seven years to the height of a serial murder spree to uncover the truth behind a "guilty" woman's execution.

Before the Day

2026

Are You Ready? Hey You Girl! poster
5.6

Towa Furuya is a handsome high school student, but he has never had girlfriend. Towa and his friends get involved in various love cases taking place at his school.

Are You Ready? Hey You Girl!

2018

Digital Tattoo poster
7.0

Iwai Kentaro is a 50-something former special prosecutor-turned-lawyer, who was forced to resign after a politician's corruption case results in suicide. One day, Taiga, a popular YouTuber, visits his office. According to this 20-something, someone is out to kill him because of a video he posted recently. And someone just tried to push him off a train platform. In the ensuing investigation to pinpoint the sender of the murder threat, Iwai discovers that Taiga is the son of the very politician over whose case he lost his career…

Digital Tattoo

2019

Haguregumo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haguregumo

2026

102ⁿᵈ Proposal poster
NR

Hoshino Hikari, 30 and single, is the daughter of Hoshino Tatsuro and Yabuki Kaoru, who were united in "The 101st Proposal". She has fortunately grown into a beauty like her mother and inherited her talent, becoming a popular cellist. When Hikari was in high school, Kaoru passed away from illness, and Tatsuro raised her single-handedly with great care. They still live together now. Hikari already has a boyfriend—the super handsome pianist and wealthy heir, Oto Otsuki. But a new man falls for her at first sight: Taiyo Sorano, 33, single. He's a hopeless romantic who's been rejected by women 99 times straight. Which man will her father, Tatsuro, approve of as a husband for his daughter—or disapprove of?!

102ⁿᵈ Proposal

2026

Konatsu and Hiyori poster
NR

A girl who returned to her hometown and met her childhood friend who learned to take over her family business of sun dried salt. Located in Kochi Prefecture

Konatsu and Hiyori

2019