Eri Ishida Movies

Shuji's life has taken a steady downward course from the very day he was in a railroad accident. He progressively loses his job and his wife and eventually loses even his career. However, from the day the rescue workers took him to the hospital after the accident, he has had a compelling, haunting relationship with a woman who was in the hospital room with him. Every seven years she reappears in his life. Every seven years, she is seven years younger. This poetic drama is based on a novel by Taichi Yamada. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

In this good-natured comedy, Densuke (Toshiyuki Nishidin), the clerk to a Japanese construction company living in southern Shikoku, is no longer a young man. He doesn't have many things he cares about anymore, except his daily fishing expeditions. He is unhappy to learn that his loyal service now requires that he be "promoted" to the Tokyo office where such regular pleasures will no longer be possible. In the last few days before he must move, Densuke continues to enjoy his fishing expeditions. On one such day, he meets Suzuki (Rentaro Mikuni), an affable old man who is obviously very lonely, and he invites him to join him on his daily fishing trip. The old man does, and has a whopping good time, in part because on the first day he catches an enormous amount of fish. The old man figures out that Densuke works for the company he is president of long before Densuke gets wise, but after a few small disturbances, the natural harmony of the universe is pleasingly restored. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Mitsuo Wada (Toshiyuki Nagashima) works at raising tomatoes in a greenhouse, next to a big public housing complex. Because his father has moved out to go live with his girlfriend, Mitsuo lives alone with his mother and grandmother, a situation that does not particularly curb his romantic life. First he becomes involved with Kaede (Rie Yokoyama) a cafe manager, but that is not going to be a very permanent relationship once he discovers she is married. Next, he goes through slightly more formal channels to meet Ayako Hanamura (Eri Ishida) and the two decide that marriage might be the best option for both of them. Unfortunately, his former lover Kaede has run off with his best friend, Hirotsugu Nakamori (Johnny Ogura) -- who is in a lot of trouble already because of stealing some money -- and the two are not heard from again until the day of Mitsuo's wedding. Hirotsugu shows up alone at the wedding, bearer of a tragic tale -- not the kind of auspicious beginning Mitsuo and his bride would have wanted for their new life together. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi