 Honoka continued her mainstream film career in 2009 by starring in the Tōru Kamei directed drama which premiered at the Tsutaya theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo on December 15, 2009 and was released as a DVD on January 22, 2010 by AMG.In 2012, she starred in director Junpei Matsumoto's debut film, , a drama of disaffected youth in Tokyo, which reached theaters in May 2012.In his review of the film, critic Mark Schilling calls her acting surprising for a former AV actress, characterizing her performance as "committed, if slightly awkward."