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Nana Komatsu has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Exit 8.
The Way He Looks
2014
Drama · Romance

A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?
Dir. Genki Kawamura · With Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kochi, Naru Asanuma

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

as Yu Akahane
Yū Akahane moves to a dormitory room after her father's transfer from work. She is excited that she will live in the same dorm as Takumi Shirakawa, aka "White Prince." Yet, Haruto Kurosaki, aka "Black Devil", kisses her as punishment for going against him. It is Yū Akahane's first kiss. Since then, she becomes obedient to Haruto Kurosaki.
Dir. Sho Tsukikawa · With Kento Nakajima, Nana Komatsu, Yudai Chiba
A smart high school student falls in love with her English teacher after she receives one-on-one tutoring from him.
Dir. Naoto Kumazawa · With Tomohisa Yamashita, Nana Komatsu, Asami Mizukawa

Twenty-year-old Matsuri Takabayashi learns that she only has ten years to live due to an incurable disease. She decides to not dwell on her life and not to fall in love—until she meets a man named Kazuto Manabe at a school reunion.
Dir. Michihito Fujii · With Nana Komatsu, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Yuki Yamada

as Yukako Yamagishi
Prime Video · Rent
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.
Dir. Takashi Miike · With Kento Yamazaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yūsuke Iseya

When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.
Dir. Tetsuya Nakashima · With Koji Yakusho, Nana Komatsu, Hiroya Shimizu