
Battle Royale(2000)
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.


“To Understand Death”
Yuki is a 2nd year high school student. She volunteers at a paediatrics ward for her summer vacation, because she wants to witness the moment a person dies. She got that thought after feeling envious of a transfer student's story of seeing a friend's dead body. Yuki has friend named Atsuko. She was bullied in the past and has anxiety issues. She volunteers at a nursing home for her summer vacation, hoping that she will gain courage if she sees the moment a person dies.

Tsubasa Honda
Yuki Sakurai

Mizuki Yamamoto
Atsuko Kurano

Mackenyu
Makino Hikaru

Goro Inagaki
Takao

Ryo Sato
Shiori Takizawa

Kazuya Kojima
Kazuki Ogura

Fusako Urabe
Nurse

Shizuka Ishibashi
Classmate

Daikichi Sugawara

Maiko Kawakami
Night's Tightrope is a drama, thriller film released in 2016 exploring themes of high school, friendship, suicide, based on novel or book, female friendship, bullying. Directed by Yukiko Mishima, it stars Tsubasa Honda, Mizuki Yamamoto, Mackenyu. Yuki is a 2nd year high school student. She volunteers at a paediatrics ward for her summer vacation, because she wants to witness the moment a person dies. She got that thought after feeling envious of a transfer student's story of seeing a friend's dead body. Yuki has friend named Atsuko. She was bullied in the past and has anxiety issues. She volunteers at a nursing home for her summer vacation, hoping that she will gain courage if she sees the moment a person dies.
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