Itaru Era

Writing

Itaru Era

Born

1961-03-13 (65)

Place of birth

Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Era Itaru is a Japanese screenwriter. He studied Literature in Daito Bunka University.

Known for

Visitor Q poster
6.3

In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and the father is an ex-TV reporter, sleeping with his daughter and filming his son being beaten up, ‘Q’, a complete stranger enters the bizarre family, changing their lives for the better, finding a balance in their disturbing natures.

Visitor Q

2001

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 poster
6.6

Welcome to idyllic Morioh, whose ocean views and charming townscapes make it a breezy Japanese utopia. But a chain of grisly killings has cast a bloody pall of uncertainty over its residents, especially Josuke Higashikata, a high schooler with offbeat hair and even more eccentric abilities. Now, with his grandfather on Morioh’s homicide list, Josuke must resort to his surreal “Stand” powers if he ever hopes to heal his beloved family and town. Josuke may have a Stand-wielding relative at his side, but the killer has plenty of help too.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1

2017

Usogui poster
5.5

Madarame Baku is a mysterious gambler. His nickname is Usogui (literally The Lie Eater). Club Kakerou is the top illegal gambling den, where gamblers vie to become the best in their profession. Seeing through the lies of others, Madarame Baku challenges a variety of high stakes games at Club Kakerou.

Usogui

2022

GARO: Red Requiem poster
5.6

A knight in a suit of golden armor battles with a magical beast out to destroy the world.

GARO: Red Requiem

2010

Full Metal Yakuza poster
5.9

After being brutally murdered in a gangster-style execution, Kensuke Hagane finds himself brought back to life by a mad scientist and rebuilt as a robot-human hybrid with a serious thirst for vengeance and the tools to carry it out.

Full Metal Yakuza

1997

Onmyoji poster
6.3

During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the onmyōji to keep the supernatural forces in line. But as political events become highly charged, friction within the order leads to betrayal. Now, Seimei, a talented member of the clan, must face down his master, Dōson, in the hopes of restoring peace to the kingdom.

Onmyoji

2001

Behind the camera

Visitor Q poster
6.3

In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and the father is an ex-TV reporter, sleeping with his daughter and filming his son being beaten up, ‘Q’, a complete stranger enters the bizarre family, changing their lives for the better, finding a balance in their disturbing natures.

Visitor Q

2001

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 poster
6.6

Welcome to idyllic Morioh, whose ocean views and charming townscapes make it a breezy Japanese utopia. But a chain of grisly killings has cast a bloody pall of uncertainty over its residents, especially Josuke Higashikata, a high schooler with offbeat hair and even more eccentric abilities. Now, with his grandfather on Morioh’s homicide list, Josuke must resort to his surreal “Stand” powers if he ever hopes to heal his beloved family and town. Josuke may have a Stand-wielding relative at his side, but the killer has plenty of help too.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1

2017

Usogui poster
5.5

Madarame Baku is a mysterious gambler. His nickname is Usogui (literally The Lie Eater). Club Kakerou is the top illegal gambling den, where gamblers vie to become the best in their profession. Seeing through the lies of others, Madarame Baku challenges a variety of high stakes games at Club Kakerou.

Usogui

2022

GARO: Red Requiem poster
5.6

A knight in a suit of golden armor battles with a magical beast out to destroy the world.

GARO: Red Requiem

2010

Full Metal Yakuza poster
5.9

After being brutally murdered in a gangster-style execution, Kensuke Hagane finds himself brought back to life by a mad scientist and rebuilt as a robot-human hybrid with a serious thirst for vengeance and the tools to carry it out.

Full Metal Yakuza

1997

Onmyoji poster
6.3

During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the onmyōji to keep the supernatural forces in line. But as political events become highly charged, friction within the order leads to betrayal. Now, Seimei, a talented member of the clan, must face down his master, Dōson, in the hopes of restoring peace to the kingdom.

Onmyoji

2001

The Violence Action poster
6.1

Kei Kikuno attends a vocational school as a student. For her part-time job, she works as a contract killer. She is excellent at her job and never gets scared by anyone. One day, she receives the most challenging request.

The Violence Action

2022

Tomica Hero: Rescue Force Explosive Movie: Rescue the Mach Train! poster
8.0

Taking place between episodes 38 and 39 of the Tomica Hero: Rescue Force television series, the film features Doktor Madu joining forces with the Neo Thera to hijack the super express train Mach Train with his Metal Train, intending to use the Mach Train in the most Super-Disaster ever.

Tomica Hero: Rescue Force Explosive Movie: Rescue the Mach Train!

2008

Sword of Desperation poster
6.9

A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.

Sword of Desperation

2010

GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night poster
7.6

In the aftermath events of GARO: Chapter of the Black Wolf, Saejima Kouga sets out to the northern district upon reassignment. While hunting down Horrors, a young priestess named Rin informs Kouga that she's been sent by Priest Amon to save a presumed dead friend in the Makai realm within Kantai, Jabi. Kouga teams up with Rin in a quest to save Jabi as they are hindered by supernatural and Makai forces alike. Meanwhile somewhere in Japan the dark Horror lord Legules was resurrected and plots a means to alter a supernatural event called White Night within Kantai to plunge the world into darkness with his "family." It's the final chapter of GARO as Kouga puts his life on the line to save Jabi and defeat Legules before the world is ruined.

GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night

2006

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

Andromedia poster
5.0

After his daughter Mai is killed in an auto accident, a genius programmer recreates her in the form of a computer program called AI. His jealous brother-in-law, wanting to get his hands on the technology for profit, sends his client to steal it and Mai’s father is killed in the process. Learning of her capture, Mai’s old friends race to free AI from her captors so that she won’t fall into the corporate clutches that threaten to erase her soul.

Andromedia

1998

Onmyoji II poster
6.0

A group of demons in the ancient Japanese capital of Heian is dismembering members of a family of Japanese nobles.

Onmyoji II

2003

Mio's Cookbook poster
8.1

When Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her best friend Noe. Afterwards, Mio found her talent in cooking and eventually became a cook. Meanwhile, Noe has become an oiran (high-ranking courtesan).

Mio's Cookbook

2020

The Guys from Paradise poster
6.9

The ever-prolific Takashi Miike directs this wild and woolly prison drama, reportedly based on real-life cases of Japanese imprisoned abroad.

The Guys from Paradise

2001

The King of Minami: Yakuza in Debt poster
NR

#31 in the King of Minami series. A washed-up yakuza named Fukunaga borrows money from Manda, unwittingly involving him in a sinister murder plot.

The King of Minami: Yakuza in Debt

2000

Sakurada Gate Incident poster
7.4

Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.

Sakurada Gate Incident

2010

The Territory of Beasts poster
7.0

A violent action film about a legendary hitman who seeks revenge on a traitor. Yuji, a former assassin who once left the life behind, accepts a contract from a man tied to him through a master–disciple bond to assassinate the boss of a rival organization—only to find an unexpected trap waiting for him.

The Territory of Beasts

1997

Bikuu: The Movie poster
7.3

Bikuu is a Dark Slasher that receives an order from the Senate to take out a rogue priest that has fallen to the darkness, claiming souls using the Soul Insertion technique.

Bikuu: The Movie

2015

Tiger Mask poster
8.5

As an orphan, Naoto Date was scouted by mysterious organization Tiger's Cave. The group trains young men to become villainous wrestlers and collects half of their earnings. Naoto Date goes through a harsh training regime and eventually graduates from Tiger's Cave. He hopes other orphans will not have to go through the difficult life he has. Naoto Date then makes his debut as the villain Tiger Mask. With his earnings, he also begins to donate his earnings to an orphanage where he grew up. When Naoto Date hears of the orphanage's desperate financial situation, he donates all of his earnings, including the portion that is supposed to go to Tiger Cave. Tiger Cave now considers Naoto Date a traitor and they send assassins to get ride of Tiger Mask.

Tiger Mask

2013

Neck poster
NR

Tomokazu Shudo has his first ever crush on Sugina Mayama, a senior student. Tomokazu has troubles confessing his feelings to the popular student, but one day, he is invited to the research lab where Sugina Mayama works. Tomokazu hopes to use this meeting to express his true feelings for her. To Tomokazu's surprise, when he arrives he first sees a big wooden box in the middle of the dark lab. Sugina tells Tomokazu that he looks scared and then proceeds to push Tomokazu into the box!

Neck

2010

The King of Minami: The Flower of Temptation poster
NR

This is the 25th installment of the long-running OV series, which delves into the dark side of society that is often overlooked. This ambitious film sheds light on the ruthless, unknown side of sex-related businesses such as host clubs and brothels, which target people indulging in unbridled desire. Maejima (Bonchi Osamu), an ice shop owner who falls in love with a woman working at a restaurant in Toyota Shinchi, borrows 2 million yen from Ginjiro (Takeuchi) to help her out of debt, but falls into a clever trap set by the greedy host club owner, losing both the shop's land and the building.

The King of Minami: The Flower of Temptation

2003

Kimi ni todoku koe poster
NR

Drama about a young doctor.

Kimi ni todoku koe

2008

Don Woman poster
NR

Yakuza Girl Boss film.

Don Woman

2001

The King of Minami: The Masked Woman poster
NR

#49 in the series, following "Fraud Methods"

The King of Minami: The Masked Woman

2004

Rakugo musume poster
7.0

When a gal named Kasumi decides to become a traditional Japanese 'Rakugo' storyteller due to her uncle's invalidity, she is soon on her way to a career with college-level and amateur success. She becomes a student to one of the master's of the genre and is even asked to perform by a TV producer. The only snag is, the particular story has a curse dripping from its words.

Rakugo musume

2008

The King of Minami: The Whereabouts of the Compensation poster
NR

#54 in the series, following "Funeral Procession of Bankruptcy"

The King of Minami: The Whereabouts of the Compensation

2005

The King of Minami: Agent of Darkness poster
NR

#52 in the series.

The King of Minami: Agent of Darkness

2005

The King of Minami: System Finance poster
NR

#28 in the series, following "Permanent Scar."

The King of Minami: System Finance

1999

Don Woman 3 poster
NR

It's 'Don Woman 3'... Are you ready to see?

Don Woman 3

2002

実録 新選組 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

実録 新選組

2014

City of Desire No.1 - The Road to Retribution poster
NR

The flavour of the popular King of Minami series , starring Riki Takeuchi, is back after 15 years. A new story of a man who judges evil not with violence but with the law in order to achieve retribution. Six months after serving a nine-year prison sentence for murder, a man appears in Minami, Osaka . He is joined by like-minded lawyers Sugiyama and private detective Shimizu, who cut their way into a fraudulent medical trial at a university hospital. Eventually, the dark side of the hospital's management comes to light...

City of Desire No.1 - The Road to Retribution

2023

The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War: Final Chapter poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War: Final Chapter

2000

Don Woman 2 poster
NR

It's 'Don Woman 2'... you already knew!

Don Woman 2

2001

Kumamoto Stories poster
6.0

Jidai-geki period / folklore type stories that were comissioned by the Kumamoto prefacture of Kyushu island in 1996 and filmed over a period of three years. Kumamoto Monogatari is a 2002 omnibus which includes the three short films: Zuiketsu Genso: Tonkararin Yume Densetsu, Kikuchi-jo Monogatari: Sakimori-tachi no Uta, Onna Kunishuu Ikki.

Kumamoto Stories

2002

Family Bond poster
NR

Shingo Kawasaki is a master carpenter with consummate skills. He looks somewhat scary but he is full of human warmth and has a weakness for women. Living happily with his wife and daughter, he is known as a hard-worker. One day he encounters an insurance saleswoman, a single mother with a withdrawn son. Shingo becomes attached to the fatherless boy and eventually he decides to build a house for him and his saleswoman mother. Understandably, his wife, daughter and his apprentice are not very happy with his behavior. He seems unable to read the air around his home and business. While devoting himself to build the house, the boy’s father suddenly appears, wanting to come back into his child’s life.

Family Bond

2020

The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War poster
NR

After World War II, in Hiroshima, the Yakuza clans start a war for control of the city.

The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War

2000

HEAT -Incandescence- PART II poster
NR

A young man suddenly rises to the top of the underworld in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Other crime bosses now conspire to take him down.

HEAT -Incandescence- PART II

2004

The King of Minami: Pride poster
NR

#39 in the series, following "Debt Seminar." A former pro baseball player turned youth baseball coach borrows money from Manda to lend to the gambling-addicted father of his star player.

The King of Minami: Pride

2001

KIRI – Profession: Assassin poster
4.2

Kiri was trained as a professional assassin. She carries out missions given by her boss. She has Rui whom she adores like a real younger sister. Rui was also trained as a professional assassin with Kiri. A horrific incident leads to the death of Kiri's mother and Rui losing her voice and right hand. Kiri swears to exact revenge.

KIRI – Profession: Assassin

2015