Koichi Ueda — Actor (15)
Afternoon When Flowers Fell (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
花の降る午後
director: Kazuki Ōmori actor: Yuko Kotegawa / Junko Sakurada
other title: 花の降る午後
A widowed restaurateur is faced with scandal after discovering her late husband had a child out of wedlock. Hearing that two criminals had attempted to take over the restaurant from her late husband, she hires her late husband's best friend, a private detective, to investigate.
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
毎日が夏休み
director: Shusuke Kaneko actor: Shiro Sano / Hinako Saeki
other title: 毎日が夏休み
The Rinkaiji family, by all appearances, is a well-to-do Japanese family. The father, Nariyuki, works in an elite corporation, which gives his wife Yoshiko status in their suburban neighborhood. But the daughter Sugina, who herself has secretly stopped going to school because she is being bullied. One day, they discover that Nariyuki has quit his job. As Nariyuki decides to find a new job along with Sugina, Yoshiko, a firm believer in a life based on the company, soon finds her world falling apart.
Goodbye Japan (1995) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
さよならニッポン!
other title: さよならニッポン!
A political satire comedy depicting the turmoil caused when the residents of a small island in Okinawa, feeling neglected by the Japanese government's response, declare independence.
Bitter Honey (2016) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
蜜のあわれ
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Fumi Nikaido / Ren Osugi
other title: 蜜のあわれ
Akako, a shape-shifting goldfish in the form of a coquettish nymphet clad in diaphanous red dresses, naively plays the role of erotic muse and adoring pet for an aging writer seeking greatness. Things quickly get complicated for the odd couple, however, when the writer's deceased former student/lover enters the picture as a ghost and helps Akako realize her own desires, activating her agency and frustrating the one-sided male fantasy the writer is so keen to continue.
The Milkwoman (2005) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
いつか読書する日
director: Akira Ogata actor: Yuko Tanaka / Ittoku Kishibe
other title: いつか読書する日
Minako (Yuko Tanaka), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her day job as a supermarket cashier. Minako is 50 and single. In one of the houses to which she delivers milk is a man with whom she has secretly been in love since high school. The man, Keita (Ittoku Kishibe), lives with his wife Yoko, who is terminally ill. Caring for her at home, he works in the children's affairs section of the local municipal office. Though he insists that he wants nothing more than an "ordinary" existence, his life is in turmoil below the surface. The director uses a variety of narrative devises to portray the loneliness, isolation, and hope of these people who have seemingly allowed their goals and dreams to slip away, whilst keeping them agonizingly close to hand.
The Gentle Twelve (1991) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
12人の優しい日本人
director: 中原俊 actor: 盐见三省 / 相岛一之
other title: 12个温柔的日本人 / 12人の優しい日本人
The film opens as a jury is about to acquit a defendant -- a bar hostess who pushed her ex-husband path of an oncoming truck, supposedly in self-defense. Just as everyone seems to be in agreement over the woman's innocence, one juror voices second thoughts.