Kenichiro Tanabe

Laundry (2002)

A young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for Mizue, a lonely young woman who suffers from kleptomania. One day Mizue left one of her dresses behind in the machine that was stained with blood from her failed suicide ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Mori
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Koyuki  •  Takashi Naito  •  Kenichiro Tanabe

A young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for Mizue, a lonely young woman who suffers from kleptomania. One day Mizue left one of her dresses behind in the machine that was stained with blood from her failed suicide ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Mori
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Koyuki  •  Takashi Naito  •  Kenichiro Tanabe

Déracine (2004)

A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the street. His paintings, dynamically exploding on pieces of cardboard, catch the eyes of Kyoko, an art dealer. He can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Nakahara
CAST:  Eiji Okuda  •  Asuka Kurosawa  •  Aki Kajiwara  •  Makoto Kaketa

A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the street. His paintings, dynamically exploding on pieces of cardboard, catch the eyes of Kyoko, an art dealer. He can ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Nakahara
CAST:  Eiji Okuda  •  Asuka Kurosawa  •  Aki Kajiwara  •  Makoto Kaketa

Listener (2015)

Omnibus film that tells five stories from a radio station and its listeners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Horie  •  Yosuke Yamashita  •  Mari Kawakita  •  Yasumasa Konno  •  Won-Sang Yoo
CAST:  Taro Suruga  •  Kenji Kawahara  •  Takumi Fujita  •  Motoki Fukami

Omnibus film that tells five stories from a radio station and its listeners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Horie  •  Yosuke Yamashita  •  Mari Kawakita  •  Yasumasa Konno  •  Won-Sang Yoo
CAST:  Taro Suruga  •  Kenji Kawahara  •  Takumi Fujita  •  Motoki Fukami

The Washing Machine (1999)

Kizaki, who moved to Tokyo from the Kansai region to become a manga artist, is assigned to work at a used electrical appliance store where he works part-time as a store keeper and repairman. One day, a woman comes to the store drenched from the rain. She is Setsuko ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Kaya Hirasawa  •  Michitaka Tsutsui  •  Yasuko Tomita  •  Kaoru Kobayashi

Kizaki, who moved to Tokyo from the Kansai region to become a manga artist, is assigned to work at a used electrical appliance store where he works part-time as a store keeper and repairman. One day, a woman comes to the store drenched from the rain. She is Setsuko ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Kaya Hirasawa  •  Michitaka Tsutsui  •  Yasuko Tomita  •  Kaoru Kobayashi