
Natsuki Takahashi
Directing
Biography
Takahashi Natsuki is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. In 2018, she was the youngest in film festival history to win the Grand Prix in Isama Studio Film Festival Scenario with her writing in "How to Identify the Right Bus". The following year, she made her directorial debut with that very writing was made into a film, starring Nakajo Ayami.
Known For

Following a failed confession to her first love, female high school student Mikoto Ochiai contemplates jumping off the roof of the school building. However, her thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of Jin Haiba, the physics teacher known for being a slacker and the butt of students' jokes. Calmly, he lights a cigarette and asks for an explanation of the events that led her to this precipice. Rather than dissuade her from killing herself, he makes a request—will she enter into a romance with him before she dies? Together, the two gradually ponder why they should keep living and why they should not love each other in earnest.
Falling High School Girl and Irresponsible Teacher

To the world, he's an amiable, fresh-faced weather forecaster. But secretly, he lives with an erotic manga artist — who must obey his every word.
My Personal Weatherman

Two lonely coworkers bond over late-night chats, discovering a queer connection that blurs the line between friendship and love.
When It Rains, It Pours

A shy, awkward school lawyer with a unique perspective tackles students' complex struggles at a co-ed high school shaken by declining enrollment, navigating heartfelt challenges beyond legal rules.
School Lawyer: Finding the Colors of the Stars

A love story that takes place in the present day and in the past. Tamura Takuro is 27 years old and works as an art teacher at a high school. He is popular among the students. Yayoi is one of the students in his homeroom class. She spends her days without a goal in her life. Tamura Takuro recommends that she joins the art club. One day, Yayoi happens to see Tamura Takuro's sketchbook. The sketchbook contains countless sketches of a woman that Yayoi doesn't know. That woman is Yumiko. Yumiko was Tamura Takuro's Japanese language teacher and his homeroom teacher when he was a 17-year-old high school student. He loved his homeroom teacher.
Sensei Sayounara

Elegant in appearance, fulfilling in her career. Yet, she struggles with romantic relationships, longing for love. Married to a high-profile doctor, residing in an upscale residential area. Living like a servant, however, she yearns for freedom. Burning with ideals, assigned to the coveted criminal investigations division. But torn by a sense of duty, she seeks justice. Mistress, housewife, detective. Are they enemies, allies, or perhaps…? One after another, their secrets and hidden sides are revealed. Cracks begin to form in perfect crimes, and the truth behind the incidents comes to light. Their longing for "ordinary happiness," each envisioned in their own way, drives them to madness. A thrilling suspense.
The Crimes of Those Women

Three teens navigate hidden feelings and quiet tension—until an old film reel reveals a mysterious girl who stirs obsession, concern, and curiosity.
My Strawberry Film

With their tumultuous relationship wiped from his ex-boyfriend's memory after an accident, Fumiya capitalizes on Okusawa's amnesia to start anew.
Jack o' Frost

Due to her husband's work, Maiko moves with her husband to Tokyo from Hiroshima. They live in an apartment offered by her husband's company. Her husband is busy with work and comes home late every night. Maiko beings to talk with Futaba, who lives next door to her. Futaba is her husband's boss. They talk with each other from their porches. One day, Maiko learns that her husband is having an affair. She becomes closer to Futaba.
Ukiwa: Tomodachi ijō, furin miman

Mifune Shinobu is a chef for a French restaurant. He learned French cooking at restaurants in the countryside of France more than 10 years ago. Shinobu doesn’t talk much and he is calm, but he has a warm heart and he is considerate of other people. He isn't interested in achieving success as a chef and he only cares about healing people with his food. He also has an excellent memory and remembers the smallest of details. Shinobu is also a great private detective, who solves customers' problems or worries.
Chef Is a Great Detective

A healing drama where troubled women visit a store called 'KIRAMEKI' where handsome therapists perform treatments while behaving like a lover.
Buy-A-Guy

Women's self-esteem saves the society! Ms. Shirakawa, a beautiful woman with strong mentality, repels stresses that afflicts women, such as prejudice, harassment, and dominance.
Mental Strengthening Beauty Shirakawa-san

A woman accustomed to being pursued by men finds herself unexpectedly falling for an aloof and unremarkable man after trying to win him over.
Cherry Boy-kun ni Honro Saretemasu

Kahori Mirumachi, a lawyer, repeatedly finds herself in problematic relationships. Despite her "no cheating" rule, she unknowingly starts an affair with Sunagoya, a high school teacher in the midst of a divorce.
Batsukoi

Struggling salesman Sakutaro reunites with his sharp-tongued former rival Kuji, reigniting a buried one-night spark from eight years ago.
Life in Smokey Blue

Yuta Takubo, a drama director consumed by his demanding job, and Kosuke Sato, a former chef now living as a recluse, reconnect after the divorce of their high school friend, Aoi Makita. The two begin to heal through regular dinners, rediscover their passions, and regain a sense of self.
Bansan Blues

Yuzuhara Miku is a temporary employee who works for a reception desk at a department store. She has low self-confidence and worries about what others think of her, but she is clueless when it comes to makeup. Her elite lawyer boyfriend, Haruhisa, however, constantly tells her he prefers seeing her that way, so she wears minimal makeup because he favours her “modest” look.
Make Up with Mud

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Tsudui-san

A ghost of a girl Aisuke suddenly appears in the room of Yohei who was dumped by his lover. Aisuke, who has never experienced love during her lifetime, is very interested in "dating" and giving Yohei useless advice.
A Girl in My Room

A selfless woman, after being dumped and losing her job due to an infertility diagnosis, meets a younger man and impulsively proposes a bold arrangement to escape her despair.