The best Akashi Takei’s movies

When two souls find one another, nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji after the loss of wife and mother Mio. Yuji unfailingly remembers her promise to him: "I'll be with you again in a year's time, when the rains come." On the first anniversary of her passing, Takumi and Yuji are taking a walk in the woods when they come across a woman sheltering from a monsoon downpour.

Heaven's Bookstore is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara about a struggling classical pianist who is sent to heaven to work in a bookstore. It is based on two novels, written by Atsushi Matsuhisa and Wataru Tanaka.

Based on the plot of an award-winning Crayon Shin-chan animated movie from 2002, a boy named Shinichi (Takei) does the time-traveling and meets a feared general named Ijiri Matabei (Kusanagi). Ijiri is in love with Princess Ren (Aragaki) who subsequently rejects an arranged marriage to Okura Itakatora (Osawa), a powerful daimyo of northern Kanto. Enraged by the rejection, Okura sends a large army to Ijiri's smaller state and it's up to Shinichi to change their destiny.

One year ago, Yuuta lost his father from a car accident. Now in the 6th grade, Yuuta goes to catch a beetle at a dam on a deep mountain. Yuuta often went there with his father. There, Yuuta meets a strange old man. Due to heavy rain, Yuuta slips and falls down a bridge. He becomes unconscious. When Yuuta awakes, he see a child Saeko in front of him. Saeko takes Yuuta to a village that looks like something that existed 30 years ago. Yuuta has the feeling that he went into the past. He also meets Kenzou, who is the same age as Yuuta. They promise to go catch a bug the following day. Saeko then takes Yuuta to an old house. An old woman there treats Yuuta like a cousin. Yuuta doesn't know what is going on. At night, the strange old man he met earlier appears and tells Yuuta that he will belong to this time period for a month. Precious summer vacation for Yuuta begins ...

Taishi lives with his father Kazushi. His mother left home when Taishi was very young and he barely has any memories of her. He believes that his mother left home to study in Paris. His favorite moments come once a week when he receives a letter from his mother. But one day, during Taishi's summer vacation, he learns that his mother isn't in Paris but in Shodoshima, Japan. Taishi then decides to take his pet dog with him and bicycle from his hometown of Yokohama all the way to Shodoshima. On his 500 kilometers trip to Shodoshima, Taishi meets various peoples and touches their hearts, while leaving behind small miracles. What Taishi doesn't know about his mother is that she suffers from memory loss and that's why she lives apart from her family. Taishi's father Kazushi soon learns that his son has left for Shodoshima and he sets out to find his son.