Toshio Sakata

Mind Game (2004)

The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Yuasa
CAST:  Koji Imada  •  Sayaka Maeda  •  Takashi Fujii  •  Seiko Takuma

The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Yuasa
CAST:  Koji Imada  •  Sayaka Maeda  •  Takashi Fujii  •  Seiko Takuma

0.5 mm (2014)

Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to stretch her morals to keep her job. As a result, she finds herself broke and out on the street. She survives her first night by striking up an ambiguous friendship with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Momoko Ando
CAST:  Sakura Ando  •  Junkichi Orimoto  •  Toshio Sakata  •  Masahiko Tsugawa

Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to stretch her morals to keep her job. As a result, she finds herself broke and out on the street. She survives her first night by striking up an ambiguous friendship with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Momoko Ando
CAST:  Sakura Ando  •  Junkichi Orimoto  •  Toshio Sakata  •  Masahiko Tsugawa

We Make Antiques! (2018)

Sakai is a city near Osaka by the bay famous for its swords in the old days and kitchen knives today. Norio is an antique dealer in the city. Sasuke is a potter in the city. Seventeenth century tea master Sen No Rikyu appears before them one day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaharu Take
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Kuranosuke Sasaki  •  Tomochika  •  Aoi Morikawa

Sakai is a city near Osaka by the bay famous for its swords in the old days and kitchen knives today. Norio is an antique dealer in the city. Sasuke is a potter in the city. Seventeenth century tea master Sen No Rikyu appears before them one day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaharu Take
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Kuranosuke Sasaki  •  Tomochika  •  Aoi Morikawa

Aa... kakugi (2012)

Trying to pass a strange bill to clear up the suspicion put on himself  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daiya Gôriki
CAST:  Keiko Horiuchi  •  Isamu Ichikawa  •  Jiro Kagoshima  •  Houka Kinoshita

Trying to pass a strange bill to clear up the suspicion put on himself  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daiya Gôriki
CAST:  Keiko Horiuchi  •  Isamu Ichikawa  •  Jiro Kagoshima  •  Houka Kinoshita

We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous (2020)

The central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto. Noda and Koike from We Make Antiques are back and together for the tea ceremony by Furuta Shigenari who is the master of the ceremony. Enter a mysterious new woman named ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaharu Take
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Kuranosuke Sasaki  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Tomochika

The central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto. Noda and Koike from We Make Antiques are back and together for the tea ceremony by Furuta Shigenari who is the master of the ceremony. Enter a mysterious new woman named ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaharu Take
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Kuranosuke Sasaki  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Tomochika

Two People Talking (1997)

A fictionalised version of the Osaka-born female manzai duo Tonight, whose personal conflicts clash with their stand up routine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isshin Inudo
CAST:  Narumi  •  Shizuka Uno  •  Masao Komatsu  •  Toshio Sakata

A fictionalised version of the Osaka-born female manzai duo Tonight, whose personal conflicts clash with their stand up routine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isshin Inudo
CAST:  Narumi  •  Shizuka Uno  •  Masao Komatsu  •  Toshio Sakata