Kano Kajiwara

Sanchû Uprising: Voices at Dawn (2015)

1726, Sanchu, Okayama Prefecture: farmers negotiate with the feudal domain in order to seek exemption from rising taxes. Infighting leads to suppression by the samurai class, and the farmers band together for battle. It’s a moment of injustice, setting the stage ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juichiro Yamasaki
CAST:  Naohisa Nakagaki  •  Kano Kajiwara  •  Shoichi Honda  •  Yohta Kawase

1726, Sanchu, Okayama Prefecture: farmers negotiate with the feudal domain in order to seek exemption from rising taxes. Infighting leads to suppression by the samurai class, and the farmers band together for battle. It’s a moment of injustice, setting the stage ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juichiro Yamasaki
CAST:  Naohisa Nakagaki  •  Kano Kajiwara  •  Shoichi Honda  •  Yohta Kawase

The Widow (2018)

Through her stream-of-conscious testimony, 40-something widow, Tomoko Tanai, recounts her experience of dating a man 15 years her junior, Satoshi, a handsome prince-charming who may not be what he seems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenjo McCurtain
CAST:  Tokio Ohara  •  Hiroyuki Saito  •  Kano Kajiwara  •  Takashi Ohkado

Through her stream-of-conscious testimony, 40-something widow, Tomoko Tanai, recounts her experience of dating a man 15 years her junior, Satoshi, a handsome prince-charming who may not be what he seems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenjo McCurtain
CAST:  Tokio Ohara  •  Hiroyuki Saito  •  Kano Kajiwara  •  Takashi Ohkado