Yuki Saito

Shabu-Shabu Spirit (2015)

A fiancé, Keita, goes to meet the family, the father, Shozo, begins his secret appraisal – a test to see whether this fiancé is worthy or not of marrying his daughter. Trying to reduce the distance between them, the mother prepares a single nabe (cooking pot) for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Saito
CAST:  Dai Watanabe  •  Mitsuru Hirata  •  Ayaka Morita  •  Akiko Takeuchi

A fiancé, Keita, goes to meet the family, the father, Shozo, begins his secret appraisal – a test to see whether this fiancé is worthy or not of marrying his daughter. Trying to reduce the distance between them, the mother prepares a single nabe (cooking pot) for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Saito
CAST:  Dai Watanabe  •  Mitsuru Hirata  •  Ayaka Morita  •  Akiko Takeuchi

The Old Capital (2016)

Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on whether her daughter Mai will take over her position with the changing of times. Mai is a college student and has not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Saito
CAST:  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Riko Narumi  •  Reina Aoi

Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on whether her daughter Mai will take over her position with the changing of times. Mai is a college student and has not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Saito
CAST:  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Riko Narumi  •  Reina Aoi

Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project (2018)

Six Stories based on Six Songs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii  •  Isamu Hirabayashi  •  Momoko Ando  •  Daishi Matsunaga  •  Yuki Saito  •  Tsukasa Kishimoto
CAST:  Sho Aoyagi  •  Sei Ashina  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Masaya Kato

Six Stories based on Six Songs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuya Ishii  •  Isamu Hirabayashi  •  Momoko Ando  •  Daishi Matsunaga  •  Yuki Saito  •  Tsukasa Kishimoto
CAST:  Sho Aoyagi  •  Sei Ashina  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Masaya Kato

A Butter Fly on Her Chest (2013)

Her parents’ divorce, her change in lifestyle by moving from Tokyo to the countryside, the parting with her grandmother who was her only source of comfort... To free herself from her confining world, she has a butterfly tattooed on her chest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Saito
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Her parents’ divorce, her change in lifestyle by moving from Tokyo to the countryside, the parting with her grandmother who was her only source of comfort... To free herself from her confining world, she has a butterfly tattooed on her chest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Saito
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Warship Boy (2021)

Kaisei Sakamoto is a 16 year old boy who is inclined to settle everything with his fists. He grew up in a town where you can see both Nagazaki and Gunkanjima, living with his father. His father, Genkai Sakamoto, runs a small ramen shop. The father-son duo has just ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Saito
CAST:  Kanta Sato  •  Masaya Kato  •  Mayu Yamaguchi  •  Tatsuomi Hamada

Kaisei Sakamoto is a 16 year old boy who is inclined to settle everything with his fists. He grew up in a town where you can see both Nagazaki and Gunkanjima, living with his father. His father, Genkai Sakamoto, runs a small ramen shop. The father-son duo has just ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Saito
CAST:  Kanta Sato  •  Masaya Kato  •  Mayu Yamaguchi  •  Tatsuomi Hamada