Masato Tsujioka

Haze (2006)

A man awakes to find himself trapped in a dirty, confined crawlspace. He barely has enough room to move. He also has no memory of why he’s there, or why he’s bleeding from a stomach wound. Apparently drugged, he occasionally ‘zones out’ of his surroundings as he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Takahiro Murase  •  Takahiro Kandaka  •  Masato Tsujioka

A man awakes to find himself trapped in a dirty, confined crawlspace. He barely has enough room to move. He also has no memory of why he’s there, or why he’s bleeding from a stomach wound. Apparently drugged, he occasionally ‘zones out’ of his surroundings as he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Takahiro Murase  •  Takahiro Kandaka  •  Masato Tsujioka

Vital (2004)

A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to a medical school where he catches the eye of a fellow student. But it’s another who becomes his obsession…the dead ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Nami Tsukamoto  •  Kiki  •  Kazuyoshi Kushida

A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to a medical school where he catches the eye of a fellow student. But it’s another who becomes his obsession…the dead ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Nami Tsukamoto  •  Kiki  •  Kazuyoshi Kushida

Suicide Club (2001)

When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Akaji Maro  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Sayako Hagiwara

When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Akaji Maro  •  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Sayako Hagiwara

Bullet Ballet (1998)

After his girlfriend commits suicide, a man becomes embroiled in gang warfare attempting to obtain a gun in hopes to kill himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Kirina Mano  •  Tatsuya Nakamura  •  Takahiro Murase

After his girlfriend commits suicide, a man becomes embroiled in gang warfare attempting to obtain a gun in hopes to kill himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Kirina Mano  •  Tatsuya Nakamura  •  Takahiro Murase

The Brat! (2012)

Daisuke Bamba (Hiroki Konno) has a complex about his physical traits. He wants to become a director, but doesn't know what to shoot. Daisuke Bamba soon turns 32-years-old. 25-year-old actress Momoko Kinoshita (Sayaka Tashiro) is superstitous. When she was a middle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taichi Suzuki
CAST:  Hiroki Konno  •  Sayaka Tashiro  •  Masato Tsujioka  •  Rika Imai

Daisuke Bamba (Hiroki Konno) has a complex about his physical traits. He wants to become a director, but doesn't know what to shoot. Daisuke Bamba soon turns 32-years-old. 25-year-old actress Momoko Kinoshita (Sayaka Tashiro) is superstitous. When she was a middle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taichi Suzuki
CAST:  Hiroki Konno  •  Sayaka Tashiro  •  Masato Tsujioka  •  Rika Imai

Hanky-Panky Baby (2008)

3 friends look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the trio begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hikaru Horii
CAST:  Masato Tsujioka  •  Akiho Yoshizawa  •  Akinori Ando  •  Horiken

3 friends look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the trio begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hikaru Horii
CAST:  Masato Tsujioka  •  Akiho Yoshizawa  •  Akinori Ando  •  Horiken

Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano (2010)

A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout's offer to "become somebody else" by performing in porn videos. As she rises in popularity, the boundaries between her two lives begin to disintegrate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Tomori Abe  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Natsumi Kamata  •  Ryunosuke Kawai

A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout's offer to "become somebody else" by performing in porn videos. As she rises in popularity, the boundaries between her two lives begin to disintegrate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Tomori Abe  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Natsumi Kamata  •  Ryunosuke Kawai

Hellevator (2004)

Luchino's routine morning elevator ride up from her subterranean home on level 138 to her school many stories above turns horrific when the elevator operator is ordered to pick up two passengers from floor 99, the maximum security level. What starts as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroki Yamaguchi
CAST:  Luchino Fujisaki  •  Yoshiichi Kawada  •  Ryôsuke Koshiba  •  Kae Minami

Luchino's routine morning elevator ride up from her subterranean home on level 138 to her school many stories above turns horrific when the elevator operator is ordered to pick up two passengers from floor 99, the maximum security level. What starts as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroki Yamaguchi
CAST:  Luchino Fujisaki  •  Yoshiichi Kawada  •  Ryôsuke Koshiba  •  Kae Minami

Divide (2006)

Saki's life is thrown into chaos when her mother drops dead. She then finds herself joining an evil crowd, the high school pimp and his rogues who become her social life. Her friends no longer recognize her, and all she lives for is to find the sister she was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Tsujioka
CAST:  Ayako Hashimoto  •  Houka Kinoshita

Saki's life is thrown into chaos when her mother drops dead. She then finds herself joining an evil crowd, the high school pimp and his rogues who become her social life. Her friends no longer recognize her, and all she lives for is to find the sister she was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Tsujioka
CAST:  Ayako Hashimoto  •  Houka Kinoshita

A Snake of June (2003)

A woman is being stalked by a stranger. His stalking turns to blackmail when he sends her copies of photos of her in an embarrassing position. Now he controls her and she has to do anything he says. Anything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Asuka Kurosawa  •  Yûji Kôtari  •  Yukino Asai

A woman is being stalked by a stranger. His stalking turns to blackmail when he sends her copies of photos of her in an embarrassing position. Now he controls her and she has to do anything he says. Anything.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Asuka Kurosawa  •  Yûji Kôtari  •  Yukino Asai

Fires on the Plain (2015)

In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Tatsuya Nakamura  •  Lily Franky  •  Yuko Nakamura

In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Tatsuya Nakamura  •  Lily Franky  •  Yuko Nakamura

Slum-Polis (2014)

2041 - The west of Japan was destroyed in an earthquake. In between the slums within the rubble autonomous areas form with their own currency and administration. In the third communal district, known as Slum-Polis, criminals terrorize the poor population. In the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ninomiya
CAST:  Horyu Nishimura  •  Hidenobu Abera  •  Ryoko Ono  •  Syogoh Uno

2041 - The west of Japan was destroyed in an earthquake. In between the slums within the rubble autonomous areas form with their own currency and administration. In the third communal district, known as Slum-Polis, criminals terrorize the poor population. In the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ninomiya
CAST:  Horyu Nishimura  •  Hidenobu Abera  •  Ryoko Ono  •  Syogoh Uno

Phantom (2013)

In Tokyo, a girl and her boyfriend spend a night talking about their life, their precarious condition and their difficulties to earn a living, their place in the world, if ever they have one...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Soler
CAST:  Yuki Fujita  •  Masato Tsujioka

In Tokyo, a girl and her boyfriend spend a night talking about their life, their precarious condition and their difficulties to earn a living, their place in the world, if ever they have one...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Soler
CAST:  Yuki Fujita  •  Masato Tsujioka

Lost By Dead (2002)

After his girlfriend Mari dies, Akira turns towards drugs. Kana has always loved Akira and tries to help him overcome Mari's death. Shinya is a friend who tries to find the cause of Mari's suicide, but ends up in conflict with Akira, who is becoming increasingly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Tsujioka
CAST:  Shinichiro Osawa  •  Mistuko Sakatani  •  Masato Tsujioka  •  Kazutaka Ueda

After his girlfriend Mari dies, Akira turns towards drugs. Kana has always loved Akira and tries to help him overcome Mari's death. Shinya is a friend who tries to find the cause of Mari's suicide, but ends up in conflict with Akira, who is becoming increasingly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Tsujioka
CAST:  Shinichiro Osawa  •  Mistuko Sakatani  •  Masato Tsujioka  •  Kazutaka Ueda

Suffering of Ninko (2016)

Ninko is a virtuous Buddhist monk who’s embarrassed to discover that he’s irresistible to many women (and some men). After a particularly troubling encounter with a masked woman, he undertakes a journey to "purify" himself, hoping that this will equip him to rebuff ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihiro Niwatsukino
CAST:  Masato Tsujioka  •  Miho Wakabayashi  •  Hideta Iwahashi  •  Yukino Arimoto

Ninko is a virtuous Buddhist monk who’s embarrassed to discover that he’s irresistible to many women (and some men). After a particularly troubling encounter with a masked woman, he undertakes a journey to "purify" himself, hoping that this will equip him to rebuff ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norihiro Niwatsukino
CAST:  Masato Tsujioka  •  Miho Wakabayashi  •  Hideta Iwahashi  •  Yukino Arimoto

Until Rainbow Dawn (2018)

When Hana falls in love with Ayumi, a girl she meets in her sign language group, she comes out to her parents who swiftly reject her. In an effort to cheer her up, Ayumi takes Hana to a deaf LGBTQ group in Tokyo, as they both find self-acceptance. A landmark film ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mika Imai
CAST:  Eri Nagai  •  Haruka Kobayashi  •  Tasturo Ota  •  Ren Kikukawa

When Hana falls in love with Ayumi, a girl she meets in her sign language group, she comes out to her parents who swiftly reject her. In an effort to cheer her up, Ayumi takes Hana to a deaf LGBTQ group in Tokyo, as they both find self-acceptance. A landmark film ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mika Imai
CAST:  Eri Nagai  •  Haruka Kobayashi  •  Tasturo Ota  •  Ren Kikukawa

Judgement (2012)

An ex-boxer awakens in an unfamiliar room, chained from escape. His name is Machimura and he's not alone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Tsujioka
CAST:  Nori Horikoshi  •  Guts Ishimatsu  •  Hironari Ohshima  •  Kôji Yokokawa

An ex-boxer awakens in an unfamiliar room, chained from escape. His name is Machimura and he's not alone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Tsujioka
CAST:  Nori Horikoshi  •  Guts Ishimatsu  •  Hironari Ohshima  •  Kôji Yokokawa

Black Room (2015)

Mario, who works at a media company, secretly bears an affection for Seira, the fiancee of his co-worker Shindo. As his affection escalates, he takes voyeuristic photos, but this does not satisfy him. He kidnaps and holds Seira prisoner in a store room of his house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Tsujioka
CAST:  Masato Tsujioka  •  Ryô Asagiri  •  Yu Yuuki  •  Kyōko Aizome

Mario, who works at a media company, secretly bears an affection for Seira, the fiancee of his co-worker Shindo. As his affection escalates, he takes voyeuristic photos, but this does not satisfy him. He kidnaps and holds Seira prisoner in a store room of his house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Tsujioka
CAST:  Masato Tsujioka  •  Ryô Asagiri  •  Yu Yuuki  •  Kyōko Aizome

泳げない女 (2007)

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DIRECTION:  Hikaru Horii
CAST:  Chihiro Koganezaki  •  Toshiki Masuda  •  Mikio Satô  •  Masato Tsujioka

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DIRECTION:  Hikaru Horii
CAST:  Chihiro Koganezaki  •  Toshiki Masuda  •  Mikio Satô  •  Masato Tsujioka