Izuru Kumasaka (Director)

Little is known about Izuru Kumasaka, a figure with a modest footprint in Director. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.

Works

I Became the Main Role of a BL Drama

Yuichiro Akafuji and Hajime Aoyagi are cast as co-leads in a BL manga adaptation and move in together for publicity, but Akafuji remains distant.

Release Date2023-12-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count16

Sacchan, Boku wa.

Dear Sa-chan, if only I'd had sex with you that time, perhaps I wouldn't have wandered down this disastrous path. A story of true love and its downfall, brought to life by an unconventional protege.

Release Date2024-06-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count5

Two Husbands One Wife

When a man's ex suggests a three-person marriage with her boyfriend, the trio face jealousy, social stigma and intimacy issues in their unique setup.

Release Date2025-04-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count11

Vote Count3

The Werewolf Game: The Villagers Side

Airi is a high school student. On the way home from school, Airi is kidnapped by someone. Then, 9 more high school students are all kidnapped like Airi. Those kidnapped students are forced to participate in Jinroh Game, with their lives at stake.

Release Date2013-10-26

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography

Vote Count7

Sing in Love

A respected teacher’s life unravels after a brutal assault and a public humiliation. Now, he must choose between silence and revenge.

Release Date2022-05-27

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count8

The Pretenders

It depicts two high school girls trying to change the atmosphere of the world with their ideas by setting up a camera in the town and transmitting the footage via SNS.

Release Date2021-10-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown

Chigasaki is a land of entertainment, which produces many entertainers. Junichi Miyaji is a record collector and promoter of western pop music. Shinichi Nakazawa is an anthropologist. They search for the secret of reason why Chigasaki produces so many entertainers.

Release Date2017-06-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Werewolf Game: The Beast Side

10 high school students including Yuka Kabayama are suddenly led to a room and must play the jinrou game. Yuka Kabayama has the jinrou card. She has to hide that fact and kill the players who have the citizens cards one by one. Yuka Kabayama gets excited by her situation.

Release Date2014-08-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count10

Asyl: Park and Love Hotel

There is an old love hotel in Tokyo's Shinjuku district where couples can rent a room by the hour for romantic assignations. However, few of its regular customers seem to come there for sexual encounters; the hotel has become a hangout for rootless teenagers, senior citizens looking for a place to relax, and kids that play under the watchful eye of its owner...

Release Date2007-10-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

I Want to Die Alone

Narumi Yamaguchi, a single woman who enjoyed her independent life, suddenly started dating after her admired aunt died alone. After failing to find a partner and being bluntly told by her younger colleague Yuya Nasuda that "marriage security is outdated thinking", she shifted focus from marriage hunting to end-of-life planning.

Release Date2025-06-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count3

You're My Pet

Sumire Iwaya works as an editor for a well known newspaper. She is attractive and graduated from a prestigious university. She goes through a difficult period after being dumped by her boyfriend and getting demoted at work. One day, she picks up a beautiful young man, Takeshi Goda, out of a box. Takeshi looks like her former pet Momo and Sumire offers to let Takeshi live in her home as her pet.

Release Date2017-02-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count16

Vote Count7

I Don't Love You Yet

Mitari Yo is a career woman who works for a shoe company. She finds her work rewarding and has successfully advanced in her career. Her love life, on the other hand, isn't doing as well. Ishida Ren works for a real estate developer and is Yo’s best friend. An ex-classmate from both high school and university days, he understands her best and is the only person she pours her heart out to. On Yo’s 29th birthday, the two friends place a wager to give 300,000 yen as a congratulatory gift to the one who is the first to get married by the last day they are 30. Although they declare that it is impossible for them to fall in love with each other, this wager, as well as advances by Ren’s junior in the company and Yo’s reunion with her ex-boyfriend, lead to gradual changes in the relationship of the two best friends.

Release Date2019-07-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count16

Vote Count1

A Galaxy Next Door

Since his father died, manga artist Ichiro has barely scraped by, forced to support his two younger siblings on just a middle school education. He doesn't even have time to learn how to use a computer, which forces him to keep wrestling with pen and paper. When his art assistants quit to strike out on their own, on top of juggling deadlines, family, and the constant fear of losing his job, Ichiro feels close to a total breakdown. But then a new assistant pops into Ichiro's life, and his prospects immediately start to brighten! She's an incredible artist, she always finishes on time, and she's beautiful, to boot! But she also seems to know an awful lot about him, and soon, she makes a confession that bends Ichiro's mind beyond the confines of Earth…

Release Date2023-04-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count32

Vote Count3

Colorful Love ~My Androgynous Boyfriend~

Wako Machida is an editor for a manga magazine. She focuses on her work and she doesn't have time to think about making herself look beautiful. Meanwhile, Meguru Sōma is good at adorning himself, and he is surrounded by beautiful things. He works at a fashion shop as a model. These two people, who are quite different from each other, begin to date.

Release Date2021-04-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count2

Who Is the Sender?

Kuwazuru Mitsuki is a second year student at Arakawa Nishi High School. One day, her homeroom teacher, Tachibana, suddenly announces the start of the "Letter Game", where every student has to write a letter with his/her true feelings to each of the classmates. However, the "letter" will not include the sender's name. At first, there were a lot of bad jokes and silly "letters", but they slowly accelerate to revealing secrets and confessions, which make everyone question, "Who is the sender?" and "Who will be named next?" This game allows the students to become more aware of each other's hidden worries and thoughts, which slowly deepens the bond among the classmates. Meanwhile, Mitsuki tries to search for the sender of the letter sent to her and she discovers a secret hidden in this "letter game".

Release Date2022-10-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count40

Vote Count4

Make Up with Mud

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.

Release Date2024-07-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count9

Vote Count2

Kore kara Haishin Hajimemasu

An original anthology drama based on the theme of live streaming, that depicts the connections between online streamers ("livers") and their listeners.

Release Date2024-03-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Prince Charming Best Age for Pure Love

Prince Charming Best Age for Pure Love

High school teacher Hara Takako is 32 and has no boyfriend. She is desperate and insecure. One day, a new teacher Ozu Kota, seven years Takako’s junior is assigned to her school. Takako takes a romantic interest in Kota and the two of them grow attracted to each other. But in truth, Kota has a fiancee. Seeing the disconsolate Takako, reignites the love of Kurosawa Akio, a senior teacher whom she once had an affair with. ~~ Based on manga series "Hakuba no Oujisama" by Yukizou Saku.

Release Date2013-10-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count13

Pops Loves Kawaii Stuff

Mitsutaka Oji is an attractive hard-working manager, admired by both his superiors and subordinates. Well-mannered, gentlemanly, and stylish to boot, he’s popular among women. However, this man has a secret... He absolutely loves cute things! Mitsutaka can’t resist cuteness, and he’s head over heels for his beloved character Pug Taro! Aware that his hobby is in flagrant discord with his looks, Mitsutaka does all he can to hide it from the people around him. However, he’s determined to remain the devoted “Pug Taro-ist.” How does his determination fair as he interacts with Wataru Naruto, a manager of the neighboring department and his rival, Kenta Kawai, a first ever “soul mate”, and his nephew Masumi Nii, currently freeloading at his house?

Release Date2020-08-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count3

Tamagawa Ward Office of the Dead

Tamagawa Ward Office of the Dead

Set in a place where zombie's existence are commonplace. Shinsuke Akaba (Kento Hayashi) works in the special welfare division at the Tamagawa City Office. His job is to deal with zombies and catch zombies. His life is boring, but, one day, a pretty woman is assigned to work in the same division.

Release Date2014-10-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count12

Kogure Photo Studio

The Hanabishi family moves into the old building "Kogure Photo Studio." The first son Eiichi (Ryunosuke Kamiki) is a 2nd year high school student. One day, a neighbor, who is also a high school student, shows him a picture. That picture was developed at "Kogure Photo Studio."

Release Date2013-03-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Lilou's Adventure

LiLou is a 5th grade school girl who is half Japanese and half Guinean. She is the odd one out in her class, and her classmate, Kokoro is her only friend as they both share the same sense of loneliness. Kokoro never smiles since she became unable to have dreams at night. Lilou makes up her mind to bring dreams and laughter back to her friend and that’s when, Kokoro goes missing. This is the start of Lilou’s adventure that will change her life completely.

Release Date2012-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Sanjuujinkaku to Mahoutsukai

A shot drama series contemplating how human condition and the part social media plays in our urban modern lives with some clever si-fi elements.

Release Date2020-10-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

coffee and milk

Release Date2005-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Thrilling Daily Life

An omnibus comprised of 4 short movies depicting the thrilling events.

Release Date2016-06-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector