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Masahiro Higashide has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday.
The Awakener
2018
Thriller · Action
Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date and enjoy happy days together, but Emi reveals her secret to him.
Dir. Takahiro Miki · With Sota Fukushi, Nana Komatsu, Masahiro Higashide
Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Dir. Takashi Yamazaki · With Shota Sometani, Sadao Abe, Eri Fukatsu
Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.
Dir. Takashi Yamazaki · With Shota Sometani, Ai Hashimoto, Sadao Abe
Framed for his family's murder and left for dead, an ex-hitman will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the masked "demons" who have taken over his city.
Dir. Seiji Tanaka · With Toma Ikuta, Masahiro Higashide, Miou Tanaka
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.
Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi · With Erika Karata, Masahiro Higashide, Koji Seto
After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa · With Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi, Teruyuki Kagawa
It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa · With Yu Aoi, Issey Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide
In the early Meiji era, Shujiro, once known as an undefeated samurai, decides to participate in a deadly survival game to save his family and villagers.
With Junichi Okada, Yumia Fujisaki, Kaya Kiyohara
A month after Genji Takiya graduates, a new battle for supremacy at Suzuran All-Boys High School begins. Transfer student Kaburagi Kazeo combats Kagami Ryohei for the coveted top spot, amidst a brewing inter-school conflict with Kurosaki Industrial High.
Dir. Toshiaki Toyoda · With Masahiro Higashide, Taichi Saotome, Yuya Yagira
as Tsukuru Mishima
10 years has passed since the confrontation between Kira and L. Again, Shinigami sends death notes to the ground and due to this, the world soon falls into chaos. Tsukuru is a member of the Death Note special task force team with 6 other investigators including Matsuda who experienced the Kira case of 10 years ago. Mass murders caused by the death note takes place on Wall Street in the U.S., Shibuya in Japan and other places. World famous private investigator Ryuzaki, who is the rightful successor of L, also investigates the mass murders. They discover that 6 death notes exists in the world. A computer virus called Kira spreads in the world. A message in the Kira virus says to turn in 6 death notes. A person who has 6 death notes overwhelm the world. The confrontation begins between the person who wants Kira’s revival and the people who want to stop it.
Dir. Shinsuke Sato · With Masahiro Higashide, Sosuke Ikematsu, Masaki Suda
Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sakurai covers the story of a family that was brutally murdered, when an unexplained phenomenon takes place.
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa · With Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Mahiro Takasugi
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