Movies by Mari Hoshino

Seicho Matsumoto Special: Fingers

Seicho Matsumoto Special: Fingers

Fukue Yumiko is a struggling actress who isn't afraid to lie, cheat, or exploit her own sexuality if it means her own success. But as she becomes a big star, one TV reporter decides that it's time someone uncovered her dark past and reveal just how far she was prepared to go for her own fame.

Deadball

Deadball

Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and became a criminal and now, at 17, has been sent to the Pterodactyl Juvenile Reformatory for hardened criminals. Headmistress Ishihara, the granddaughter of a World War II Nazi collaborator, runs the institution with an iron fist and the enthusiastic help of her sadistic assistant, Ilsa. After arriving at the hellhole, Jub...

Honban Miss 18-sai: Hitomi no taiken

Honban Miss 18-sai: Hitomi no taiken

Hitomi is an 18-year-old female university student living in Oji, Tokyo. Mari is an 18-year-old shop assistant born and living in Yokohama. Mieko is a 23-year-old office worker in Ginza who lives in Asakusa, Tokyo. The film follows their relationships with their boyfriends.

Tokugawa Ieyasu and his Three Ladies

Tokugawa Ieyasu and his Three Ladies

With a mixture of drama, warlords, battles, love, tragedy all set with great music, this made for television movie has it all. Showing the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu as portrayed by Matsudaira Ken (Abarenbo Shogun) this stunning portrait of an exciting era shows how the influence of three women played a pivotal role in the formation of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Brilliant performances by Nakamura Atsuo (Cold Wind Monjiro) and Nakamura Tamao (widow of Katsu Shintaro) highlight this production as such notables as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotami Hideyoshi, ...

The 11 Words Murder

The 11 Words Murder

A series of suspicious deaths, starting with that of her boyfriend Kawazu Masayuki, prompts mystery novelist Yuki Rikako to investigate. She discovers that all the victims were once passengers on the same cruise ship a year ago and involved in an accident that left one man dead. Rikako must find out what really happened during that outing before more casualties result.

Chikan tsûkin-basu

Chikan tsûkin-basu

A woman who works for a bus company that gives erotic service to their passengers is given a mysterious VHS tape. Silly complications ensue.