Yutaka Matsushige is a Japanese actor who was born on January 19, 1963, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He attended Meiji University, where he majored in Drama and began his acting career in 1983. In 1992 he starred in the hit horror movie “The Guard From Underground” and followed up in 1998 with another hit horror film: “EM Embalming.” He has since gone on to appear in dozens of successful movie titles, including “Dynamite Graffiti” and “Flea-picking Samurai” (both 2018) and 2021’s “What Happened to Our Nest Egg?”

Matsushige Yutaka

Two years ago, Kyoka Sawada (Juri Ueno) suffered a heavy blow when her mother suddenly passed away. Unable to bear the thought of her father, Rintaro Sawada (Yutaka Matsushige), living alone, Kyoka made the life-altering decision to move into her father’s home. Since then, Kyoka and her father have struggled to move forward with their respective lives.

After the death of his wife, Rintaro’s entire world felt lifeless. As a Japanese language scholar, Rintaro poured all his energy into his work, a decision that put his relationship with his daughter in a precarious position. Unwilling to turn his attention elsewhere, Rintaro and Kyoka often found themselves at odds. Burdened with the responsibility of taking care of a father who only seemed interested in arguing, Kyoka often dreams of the day she can finally start living her own life. Little does Kyoka know, that day might not be as far off as she imagines.

While rummaging through his late wife’s belongings, Rintaro stumbles upon a divorce document. With his eyes now opened to his late wife’s true feelings, Rintaro believes the time is right to remarry. As he searches for the perfect wife, Rintaro pushes Kyoka toward marriage as well. But can finding a suitable life partner be as easy for Kyoka as her father makes it seem?

Exploring the delicate lines between life, love, and family, “Is Love Sustainable?” is a 2022 Japanese romantic drama directed by Nobuhiro Doi, Daisuke Yamamuro, and Akiko Kato.

Is Love Sustainable?

Sustainable Heartbeats

In order to deal with a rise in crime and unusual deaths, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare launches a new forensics agency. The agency is named the Unnatural Death Institute, or UDI for short. The ministry appoints Yasuo Kamikura (Matsushige Yutaka), a veteran politician and former high-ranking official at the ministry as the UDI’s Director.

The star of his team is Mikoto Misumi (Satomi Ishihara), a 33-year-old female forensics expert who has conducted autopsies on over 1500 bodies. She will be working alongside her lab assistant Shoji Yuko (Ichikawa Mikako) and Kei Nakado (Arata Iura), an older, male forensics expert. Along with a team that also comprises a technician and a recorder, the UDI is tasked to investigate a range of baffling deaths. These include an apparent suicide that isn’t quite what it seems, a “poisoning” case involving an apparent heart disease victim...and more! Will Mikoto Misumi and the gang solve all the mysteries that come before them?

“Unnatural” is a 2018 Japanese drama series that was directed by Tsukahara Ayuko, Takemura Kentaro, and Murao Yoshiaki.

Unnatural

🧬 Mysterious Murders 🧬

An unnamed hard-boiled private detective (played by Oizumi Yo) goes for a fateful evening out on a cold winter’s night at his favorite cocktail bar accompanied by Takada (Matsuda Ryuhei) his lazy but loyal driver and companion. After a few drinks, Takada falls asleep slumped over the bar and the phone at the bar rings.

The female caller asks to speak to the detective and asks him to complete a simple-sounding task. The detective agrees – but when he goes to carry it out, he is almost buried alive under snow by a gang of thugs. He is saved at the last moment by Takada’s quick-thinking actions.

The detective decides to take his revenge on the gang, but is interrupted by another phone call from the mysterious woman.

This once-simple job now starts to get very complex, and he soon finds himself investigating a number of baffling murder cases, one of which involves a powerful local business leader and his beautiful wife...

This film was based on the “Susukino Detective” series of books by the novelist Naomi Azuma.

“Phone Call to the Bar” is a 2011 Japanese crime movie that was directed by Hajime Hashimoto.

Phone Call to the Bar

Raised in Hokkaido by her mother, Sae Hirasawa (Yui Aragaki) has big dreams and she’s not afraid to do whatever it takes to make those dreams come true. A hard-working high school student, Sae is determined to pass her college entrance exams, no matter what. Even when an unexpected incident on the train attempts to derail her plans for taking the college exams, she finds a way to keep going, with a little help from her newfound friend, Kouhei Kiuchi (Toma Ikuta).

A fellow high school student on his way to take his college entrance exams, Kouhei and Sae hit it off almost immediately&nbsp;After letting Sae talk him into a horribly doomed plan to get to their exams on time, the two become fast friends. Supporting each other through the years, their feelings of friendship naturally grew into something more, but every time they tried to get closer, something always found a way to keep them apart. Taking very different paths in life, Sae and Kouhei eventually go their separate ways, but no matter how far apart they go, fate always seems to find a way to bring them back together.

Ten years later, Sae and Kouhei have settled into very different lives but even when it seems like they’re destined to be apart for good, fate decides to unite them once again. Will this final meeting bring them together for good, or will it drive them apart once and for all?

Inspired by the lyrics of a long song of the same name by Yo Hitoto, “HANAMIZUKI ~May your love bloom for one hundred&nbsp;years~” is a 2010 Japanese romance film directed by Nobuhiro Doi.

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