
Gen Osaka
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Biography
Gen Osaka (逢坂 元, Gen Ōsaka, born 1985) is a Japanese director from Saitama Prefecture. He is affiliated with Babel Label. He graduated from Japan Institute of the Moving Image. Since 2007, he has been involved in various works such as commercials and TV dramas, focusing on movies as a freelance assistant director.
Known For

A Japanese tabloid reporter tired of working simply as a celebrity scandals writer accepts a new challenge when he is assigned to make contact with a former Yakuza informant.
Informa

A journalist known as the maverick of news media defiantly chases the truth in this series adaptation of the hit movie of the same name.
The Journalist

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.
The Last 10 Years

Taken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to the family code amid ever-changing times.
A Family

Izumi Morikuchi, a county police officer, investigates a murder linked to a college student's tragic death and police misconduct. Driven by guilt and determination, Izumi uncovers dark truths and fights for justice.
Sakura

Futawata Shinori is part of the "nobodies" in school but she is secretly dating popular guy Suga Misaki. However, she also has a secret which she hides from everyone - she is the owner of popular social media account "Shirousa" (white rabbit). One day, Shinori and Misaki had an argument and Shinori wished that her "online life" becomes real. The next day, Shinori realised that everything around her becomes weird and she can't find Misaki anywhere. Misaki also noticed that Shinori's existence in the world is gone. Shinori later found out she got stuck in a parallel world where the students' popularity is ranked based on their social media accounts, thus causing Shinori to be a popular girl in school, while the popular students in the real world are the nobodies.
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In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds.
The Village

14 year-old schoolgirl Tsubame is into university student Toru. She sees him in her area and really wants to be his. She struggles with how to inform him of her love. Then her stepmother becomes pregnant and she is distracted with that development. The one reliable part of her life is the calligraphy class she attends, but then she runs into a woman.
The Brightest Roof in the Universe

A man suicides causing ruin for his family, reasons are unknown, but his son will decide to take revenge after a succesion of events.
Day and Night

Miura, an aging ex-yakuza, develops an unexpected bond with Kota, a blind orphan. As they grow closer like family, Miura learns that Kota's sight can be restored with surgery. Determined to help, he steals money from his former yakuza group and leaves it for Kota before turning himself in. 12 years later, Miura is released from prison. Upon learning this, the yakuza plans to kill both Miura and Kota. Miura sacrifices himself to protect Kota, and...
A Light in the Harbor

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