Manami Honjo

Acting

Manami Honjo

Born

1975-05-01 (51)

Place of birth

Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

46 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 9 titles

Tada's Do-It-All House poster
6.5

In Mahoro, the fictional suburb of Tokyo, Tada works as a general problem solver for hire. One day, former classmate Gyoten appears unannounced. Both men are over 30 years old and divorced. With no explanation, Gyoten suddenly asks to spend the night at Tada's home. Eventually, Tada accepts Gyoten as his assistant and together they become involved in various cases concerning an assortment of people from different walks of life.

Tada's Do-It-All House

2011

Disconcerto poster
6.4

Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. His assistant is his former high school classmate Haruhiko Gyoten. A big crisis then occurs for them.

Disconcerto

2014

Until the Break of Dawn poster
6.6

High school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary for people who want to reach the dead.

Until the Break of Dawn

2012

Sumikko Gurashi: The Pop-up Book and the Secret Child poster
7.1

Sumikkogurashi debuted in 2012 as slightly negative characters who like to stay in the corner of a room. The characters include "Shirokuma", a polar bear who is sensitive to cold, "Penguin?" (with a question mark in its name), a penguin who is unsure if it is actually a penguin, "Tonkatsu", a piece of pork cutlet that was left uneaten, "Neko", a shy cat, and "Tokage", who hides his nature as one of the last dinosaurs. The franchise has inspired toys, books, stationery material, video games—and now a feature film.

Sumikko Gurashi: The Pop-up Book and the Secret Child

2019

Second Summer, Never See You Again poster
6.5

Satoshi, who is a high school junior, is doing something against the rules. He is forming a band. Joining him is Rin. They nonetheless perform at the school's cultural festival live in front of their fellow students. There is a mishap and Satoshi travels back in time to the moment when he met Rin.

Second Summer, Never See You Again

2017

Restaurant from the Sky poster
6.5

Wataru, his woman Kotoe and daughter Shiori are ranchers and dairy farmers in Hokkaido in northern Japan. He is following in his father's footsteps. A visiting chef cooks an unforgettable meal with his ingredients, which prompts the family to open their own restaurant and reproduce the magic.

Restaurant from the Sky

2019

My Little Nightmare: The Movie poster
6.7

New student Kanji transfers to 6th grade 2 class, where Ayami Mutoi works as the homeroom teacher. Students begin to talk among themselves that they have seen new transfer student Kanji in a dream. Yuiko Koto also had a night mare. In her nightmare, a boy that looks transfer student Kanji appeared as a prince. Ayami Mutoi tries to keep that to herself. She actually likes the prince in her dream.

My Little Nightmare: The Movie

2014

The Vancouver Asahi poster
6.8

In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrimination, hatred and injustice at the hands of their Caucasian counterparts. But one thing made their lives worth living: baseball. They may be the underdogs, but the Vancouver Asahi baseball team have a sense of fair play and smart tactics that set them apart from the brute force of their opponents. Under the guidance of new team captain Reggie Kasahara, can they be able to rise above all the negativity to win the tournament? This film is based on the true story of Vancouver Asahi, the Japanese-Canadian baseball team that was inducted into The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.

The Vancouver Asahi

2014

Abraxas poster
10.0

Former punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His manic depression handicaps him further. Music seems to be the only solution for him to exorcise his demons, against all obstacles and sound volume controllers.

Abraxas

2010

2000s · 15 titles

Ten Nights of Dreams poster
6.3

Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this outstanding anthology delves into the surreal subconscious with ten madly imaginative, reality-subverting visions that range from wonderfully wacky to nightmarishly unsettling.

Ten Nights of Dreams

2007

Mai Mai Miracle poster
7.1

Inspired by her grandfather's stories, young Shinko embarks on wild flights of fancy about the history of the little town she lives in. But dreams can't fend off the realities of growing up.

Mai Mai Miracle

2009

Osaka Hamlet poster
NR

A film about family life in Osaka. Following the death of their father, three boys struggle to find their own identity with the help of their outgoing mother and weak-willed uncle.

Osaka Hamlet

2008

The Handsome Suit poster
5.6

An overweight cook is given the opportunity to woo the girl of his dreams when he is given a "handsome suit" that transforms him into an idealized human being in this absurd Japanese comedy.

The Handsome Suit

2008

Listen to My Heart poster
NR

A radio DJ, Mai starts a new program called, "Love Letters from the Drawer" to assist people who need an extra push to send out their simple yet very important message for their loved ones. The show was inspired by her own experience after reading a letter from her father after he died. Through her radio show, various characters come to light as everyone awaits for a miracle to happen. A miracle which can occur only by them expressing their true feelings... The movie is full of emotions and music plays an important part of it. It has a great cast that represent the many faces of love. Parents, sons, lovers, and friends. The movie takes you to several locations within Japan, you can get a look at the beautiful coast and shrine, as well as the city sights

Listen to My Heart

2009

tokyo.sora poster
7.6

Six women attempt to make it in current day Tokyo, living their everyday lives the best and worst they can. For them, every little moment becomes a ritual of the ordinary and the exciting, a balancing act for their dreams and hopes as the days perpetually tug on their heartstrings.

tokyo.sora

2002

Switch of Happiness poster
7.0

Through this movie, you can find Your own 'Switch to Happiness'. Heartwarming story of stubborn father and his three daughters at a small electric appliance store in a country town of Japan, finding their love and bond after the storms. Starring Juri Ueno and Kenji Sawada, as the daughter and the father.

Switch of Happiness

2006

Be-Bop High School poster
5.5

At Aitoku High School, repeat sophomores Kōji Katō and Tōru Nakama are bruiser fighters who scorn any flashy titles. They pursue honor student Kyōko Izumi alongside their loyal crew. When rival gang leader Teru’s “bontan-gari” attacks sweep through the district, even Aitoku’s toughest, including Kintarō and Junpei, fall prey, until Kōji and Tōru themselves are targeted and Kyōko is kidnapped by Teru…

Be-Bop High School

2004

Elevator Trap poster
6.7

Japanese film directed by Keisuke Horibe. Three seemingly unacquainted men and a woman find themselves trapped in an elevator. As the hours pass and the level of anxiety rise, we realize the elevator trap is in fact a trap, but hatched by which of the parties and for what motive?

Elevator Trap

2009

The Sakai's Happiness poster
NR

Sakai's Happiness is a humorous and bittersweet portrayal of an ordinary family dealing with the challenges of everyday life.

The Sakai's Happiness

2006

Fate poster
7.0

Wagura Yusaku unwillingly broke up with his first love in high school and became a policeman after years of struggle. Ten years later, the suspect of a murder case appeared to be his previous rival, Uryu Akihiko, who peculiarly had became the husband of his first love, Uryu Misako. The detective and the suspect, childhood rivals, carried out the confrontation of fate and are tossed about in destiny, accepting their "fate"...

Fate

2004

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya poster
7.6

In Kagoshima, in the final days of World War II, an offer of marriage comes to Etsuko Kamiya, who lives with her brother and his wife. The offer comes from Nagayo, but Etsuko is attracted to his friend, Akashi.

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

2006

Space Monster DEMEKING poster
6.0

Junior high school student Hiroshi, who will only play with younger children, meets the young, taciturn Hachiya as he rides his bike. Shortly after, a strange friendship begins to blossom between them. But then Hachiya disappears, leaving behind only the puzzling words, "I am going to fight Demeking."

Space Monster DEMEKING

2009

The Blue Blanket poster
NR

An emotionally unstable woman who works at a supermarket meets and falls in love with a younger man.

The Blue Blanket

2002

Blue Everyday: Manami Honjo in 'The Blue Blanket' poster
NR

The 'making of' film for 'The Blue Blanket' features exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. This feature is packed with authentic scenes, closely following lead actress Manami Honjo to reveal the film's backstage moments and the cast's true personalities.

Blue Everyday: Manami Honjo in 'The Blue Blanket'

2003

Series credits

Galileo poster
8.2

Narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, while the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases.

Galileo

2007

Because the Mountain is There poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Because the Mountain is There

2022

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk poster
8.8

The series depicts "Kyoto as Kyoto people love it" in dramas and documentaries.

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

2015

あてなよる poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

あてなよる

2015

The Light We Cast poster
7.0

When a political scandal exposes her father’s dark secret, aspiring politician Hoshino Matsuri is cast out, forcing her to rebuild her life while navigating a high-stakes emergency election.

The Light We Cast

2026

Shinjuku Shark poster
NR

Hard-boiled suspense drama series about a detective feared as the "Shinjuku Shark" who bravely stands up to evil.

Shinjuku Shark

1995

Forbidden Fruit poster
NR

Mayako, a married woman, finds her life of comfort and casual affairs thrown into disarray when she unexpectedly falls in love with a younger man. Here is a modern fable of the moral dilemmas facing today's women, in a time where the expectations of love, marriage, and divorce from earlier generations no longer seem true.

Forbidden Fruit

1997

Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita poster
NR

Yamashita Tomo is just an average junior high school girl...but her father is a "NEET" (Not in Employment, Education or Training) and her mother is an "old man"?

Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita

2020

Akihabara@DEEP poster
8.8

Akihabara is a Tokyo district full of manga, anime, electronics, video games, figurines, etc. It is a place that gathers fanatics of such themes, people who are commonly referred to as otaku. Page, Box, Akira, Taiko, Daruma, and Izumu are six otaku each with his/her own troubles and sought relief through a website called "Yui's Lifeguard." When site owner Yui died of a mysterious death, the six who are each experts in their own fields gathered to form "Akihabara@DEEP", a "trouble shooter" group that vows to protect Akihabara and solve the problems of its inhabitants.

Akihabara@DEEP

2006

Twin Spica -- Odyssey to Space poster
10.0

The sky's the limit for five teenagers who learn true friendship through intense training and competition in the elite national school for astronauts. Prepare for a bumpy ride, as they vie for their tickets to outer space.

Twin Spica -- Odyssey to Space

2009

Soil poster
7.0

On the night of a blackout at the new residential area, ‘Soil New Town’, the Suzushiros, a family of three who live in that ordinary town, suddenly vanish into thin air. A pillar of salt rising up to the ceiling is left behind in the room of their daughter, Miki. Coincidentally, a heap of salt as high as a school building appears in the junior high school’s yard... At the top of that heap is the heart of a hamster. Dispatched to solve this bizarre case, Onoda Masako and Yokoi Mitsuo from the Kamikawa Precinct, are astonished by the strange pillar of salt. There is the head of the resident's association whose daily routine is obsessive surveillance, a youth who has been missing ever since the case occurred and an old woman who had an unsavoury experience in this town in the past. In the course of their investigation, Onoda and Yokoi begin to peer through to the underlying demeanours of the town’s residents and realise that malice and madness lurks beneath this seemingly quiet town.

Soil

2010

Another Heaven: Eclipse poster
NR

Suspended detective Goro Minazuki is asked by a private investigator to search for a missing woman. His investigation soon reveals that several women disappeared around the same time, and one victim is found clutching a mysterious purple stone. As Minazuki digs deeper, the disappearances begin to connect with a bizarre series of events that challenge the boundary between human evil and something far more inexplicable.

Another Heaven: Eclipse

2000

Freezing Point poster
NR

The young daughter of Keizo Tsujiguchi, a respected physician who runs his own hospital, is found murdered. Keizo secretly blames his wife Natsue because he suspects her of having an affair with his colleague Murai, and having been too distracted to keep proper watch over the child. Being a proud man, he does not accuse her directly, but concocts, instead, a twisted revenge against her. Pretending it is to comfort his devastated wife, Keizo arranges for them to adopt a baby girl. What he hasn't told Natsue, is that the baby is the orphaned daughter of the murderer, a tragic day-laborer who has hanged himself while in police custody. He plans to reveal the child's origins after Natsue has given her heart to the child-- when it will cause the greatest possible hurt.

Freezing Point

2006

Ranpo R poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ranpo R

2004

借王 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

借王

2009

Sumikko Gurashi: Sorairo no Mainichi poster
7.0

Sumikko Gurashi TV anime commemorating the release of Sumikkogurashi Movie 3: The Patched-Up Toy Factory in the Woods.

Sumikko Gurashi: Sorairo no Mainichi

2023