Kazushige Komatsu

The Apology King (2013)

Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Mao Inoue  •  Masaki Okada  •  Katsumi Takahashi

Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Mao Inoue  •  Masaki Okada  •  Katsumi Takahashi

Before the Vigil (2013)

Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. Matsuoi then thinks of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Goro Kishitani

Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. Matsuoi then thinks of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Goro Kishitani

Cain's Descendant (2007)

Munakata has an unrelenting guilt from killing his mother when he was 15 years old. After being imprisoned for 10 years, he is released and heads to Yako, a small industrial town, to work as a machinist. Living in a tiny apartment, he is tasked with secretly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shutaro Oku
CAST:  Kazushi Watanabe  •  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Arata Furuta  •  Shungicu Uchida

Munakata has an unrelenting guilt from killing his mother when he was 15 years old. After being imprisoned for 10 years, he is released and heads to Yako, a small industrial town, to work as a machinist. Living in a tiny apartment, he is tasked with secretly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shutaro Oku
CAST:  Kazushi Watanabe  •  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Arata Furuta  •  Shungicu Uchida

The Last Princess (2008)

After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki (Nagasawa Masami) and general Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury. Fortuitously stumbling into the hideaways, brash young miner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Daisuke Miyagawa  •  Hiroshi Abe

After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki (Nagasawa Masami) and general Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury. Fortuitously stumbling into the hideaways, brash young miner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Daisuke Miyagawa  •  Hiroshi Abe

An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women (2009)

This is an omnibus of six short films by six different directors, whose lead characters are unconventional women. They are "Hijoshi," females who live true to themselves and their desires.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Kôji Kawano  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Renpei Tsukamoto  •  Yoshihiro Fukagawa  •  Yûka Ohsumi
CAST:  Rika Adachi  •  Jiji Bû  •  Tomoharu Hasegawa  •  Yutaka Izumihara

This is an omnibus of six short films by six different directors, whose lead characters are unconventional women. They are "Hijoshi," females who live true to themselves and their desires.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Kôji Kawano  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Renpei Tsukamoto  •  Yoshihiro Fukagawa  •  Yûka Ohsumi
CAST:  Rika Adachi  •  Jiji Bû  •  Tomoharu Hasegawa  •  Yutaka Izumihara

Hibiki (2018)

A high school girl with overwhelming literary talent shakes up the lives of those around her with her brilliant spontaneity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Tsukikawa
CAST:  Yurina Hirate  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Ayaka Wilson  •  Masanobu Takashima

A high school girl with overwhelming literary talent shakes up the lives of those around her with her brilliant spontaneity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Tsukikawa
CAST:  Yurina Hirate  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Ayaka Wilson  •  Masanobu Takashima

Missing (2024)

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DIRECTION:  Keisuke Yoshida
CAST:  Satomi Ishihara  •  Munetaka Aoki  •  Yusaku Mori  •  Tsugumi Arita

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DIRECTION:  Keisuke Yoshida
CAST:  Satomi Ishihara  •  Munetaka Aoki  •  Yusaku Mori  •  Tsugumi Arita