Tetsuaki Matsue

Flashback Memories 3D (2012)

Didgeridoo performer GOMA developed higher brain dysfunction as the result of an expressway accident. While looking back on his rehabilitation and recovery with his family's help, animation recreates his “flashbacks” - incongruous images that suddenly appear in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  GOMA  •  Kosuke Tsuji  •  Kenta Tajika  •  Kyoichi Shiino

Didgeridoo performer GOMA developed higher brain dysfunction as the result of an expressway accident. While looking back on his rehabilitation and recovery with his family's help, animation recreates his “flashbacks” - incongruous images that suddenly appear in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  GOMA  •  Kosuke Tsuji  •  Kenta Tajika  •  Kyoichi Shiino

Tokyo Drifter (2011)

Tokyo Drifter acts as an ode to Tokyo, with a very simple premise: a musician (Kenta Maeno) wanders around various darkened areas of the city on a rainy night in May with his guitar, singing songs about life, love, and Tokyo itself. Matsue and Maeno together take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Kenta Maeno

Tokyo Drifter acts as an ode to Tokyo, with a very simple premise: a musician (Kenta Maeno) wanders around various darkened areas of the city on a rainy night in May with his guitar, singing songs about life, love, and Tokyo itself. Matsue and Maeno together take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Kenta Maeno

Live Tape (2009)

Musicians perform live in the street in this one-take film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Kenta Maeno

Musicians perform live in the street in this one-take film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Kenta Maeno

Annyeong Yumika (2009)

Don't get it twisted: Yumika Hayashi is way more than just a porn star. She's a Rorschach test, film theory with curves, her screen image throwing off endless refractions within the hearts of those who knew her, loved her, or just got off to her. The "iron woman" ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Lemon Hanazawa  •  Katsuyuki Hirano  •  Kôji Irie  •  Company Matsuo

Don't get it twisted: Yumika Hayashi is way more than just a porn star. She's a Rorschach test, film theory with curves, her screen image throwing off endless refractions within the hearts of those who knew her, loved her, or just got off to her. The "iron woman" ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Lemon Hanazawa  •  Katsuyuki Hirano  •  Kôji Irie  •  Company Matsuo

The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (2003)

Sachiko Hanai is a call girl. One day she is caught up in a gunfight and is shot in the forehead. Instead of killing her, the bullet in her head gives her psychic powers. She also accidentally comes into possession of a cylinder containing George W. Bush's finger, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsuru Meike
CAST:  Emi Kuroda  •  Yukijiro Hotaru  •  Kikujirō Honda  •  Takeshi Itō

Sachiko Hanai is a call girl. One day she is caught up in a gunfight and is shot in the forehead. Instead of killing her, the bullet in her head gives her psychic powers. She also accidentally comes into possession of a cylinder containing George W. Bush's finger, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsuru Meike
CAST:  Emi Kuroda  •  Yukijiro Hotaru  •  Kikujirō Honda  •  Takeshi Itō

No One's Ark (2003)

Daisuke and his girlfriend have failed at selling a smelly health drink named Akajiru in Tokyo, amassing five million yen in debts. In order to recover financially, they retreat to Daisuke's island hometown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita
CAST:  Takashi Sasano  •  Hiroshi Yamamoto  •  Tetsuaki Matsue  •  Yûko Hosoe

Daisuke and his girlfriend have failed at selling a smelly health drink named Akajiru in Tokyo, amassing five million yen in debts. In order to recover financially, they retreat to Daisuke's island hometown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita
CAST:  Takashi Sasano  •  Hiroshi Yamamoto  •  Tetsuaki Matsue  •  Yûko Hosoe

The Lost Virgin (2002)

Spread over three time periods (Summer 10 Years Ago/Summer 5 Years Ago/This Summer), Lost Virgin tells the tale of good-time girl Chisato (Sasaki), hungry for new experiences yet ultimately in search of emotional fulfilment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiki Sato
CAST:  Nikki Sasaki  •  Daishi Matsunaga  •  Chika Saito  •  Mami Sakura

Spread over three time periods (Summer 10 Years Ago/Summer 5 Years Ago/This Summer), Lost Virgin tells the tale of good-time girl Chisato (Sasaki), hungry for new experiences yet ultimately in search of emotional fulfilment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiki Sato
CAST:  Nikki Sasaki  •  Daishi Matsunaga  •  Chika Saito  •  Mami Sakura

Cinema Capriccio (2017)

Documentary about the crazy cinephile Atsushi Tsuboi, vice president of the Nagoya art theatre "cinemaskhole".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomohiko Higuchi
CAST:  Atsushi Tsuboi  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Koji Shiraishi  •  Tetsuaki Matsue

Documentary about the crazy cinephile Atsushi Tsuboi, vice president of the Nagoya art theatre "cinemaskhole".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomohiko Higuchi
CAST:  Atsushi Tsuboi  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Koji Shiraishi  •  Tetsuaki Matsue

Takayuki Yamada in 3D (2017)

Interview with Yamada Takayuki about his life, career and interests.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Takayuki Yamada  •  Mana Ashida  •  Nobuhiro Yamashita

Interview with Yamada Takayuki about his life, career and interests.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Takayuki Yamada  •  Mana Ashida  •  Nobuhiro Yamashita

Annyong Kimchi (1999)

Japan and Korea have had a troubled relationship over the centuries, and discrimination against Korean residents in Japan has been legendary. But how important is the issue of race to a younger generation born and raised in the country? Tetsuaki Matsue, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Masako Matsue  •  Tetsuaki Matsue

Japan and Korea have had a troubled relationship over the centuries, and discrimination against Korean residents in Japan has been legendary. But how important is the issue of race to a younger generation born and raised in the country? Tetsuaki Matsue, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Masako Matsue  •  Tetsuaki Matsue

Identity (2006)

Documentary about 3 adult video performers, searching for their identities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Hiromi Aikawa  •  Jitta Hanaoka

Documentary about 3 adult video performers, searching for their identities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Hiromi Aikawa  •  Jitta Hanaoka

The Virgin Wildsides (2007)

A documentary film-maker gives two virgins each a video camera so that they can film their lives in modern Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Kenzô Kaga  •  Company Matsuo  •  Kazunobu Mineta  •  Takatoshi Naoi

A documentary film-maker gives two virgins each a video camera so that they can film their lives in modern Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Kenzô Kaga  •  Company Matsuo  •  Kazunobu Mineta  •  Takatoshi Naoi

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 8 (2003)

A collection of shivering ghost images submitted by the general public.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Yoshihiro Nakamura

A collection of shivering ghost images submitted by the general public.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Yoshihiro Nakamura

Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 10 (2003)

10th entry in the popular "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" series. A video of the fire brigade training and a figure jumping from the roof of the building behind you...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Yoshihiro Nakamura

10th entry in the popular "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" series. A video of the fire brigade training and a figure jumping from the roof of the building behind you...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Yoshihiro Nakamura

Honto ni Atta! Noroi No Video 9 (2003)

The 9th installment of the popular horror series, which introduces scary images posted by general posts, is re-released along with interviews with photographers. " Includes all 3 episodes of "Abandoned Village", "School Building" and "Apartment".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Yoshihiro Nakamura

The 9th installment of the popular horror series, which introduces scary images posted by general posts, is re-released along with interviews with photographers. " Includes all 3 episodes of "Abandoned Village", "School Building" and "Apartment".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Yoshihiro Nakamura

Sawada (2012)

Seven women and one man gathered for the first anniversary of a movie director. Six cameras recorded the night at the same time with 8mm insert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Satomi Kageyama  •  Hiromi Kobayashi  •  Yuri Kitamura  •  Yasuko Kôrai

Seven women and one man gathered for the first anniversary of a movie director. Six cameras recorded the night at the same time with 8mm insert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuaki Matsue
CAST:  Satomi Kageyama  •  Hiromi Kobayashi  •  Yuri Kitamura  •  Yasuko Kôrai

Coming Future (2010)

Nakagawa shot “Coming Future” on the nights of December 24 and 25, 2010 in Shibuya, making it his location for an idealized Bohemia in the heart of Tokyo. Interesting interviews/discussions with Kenji Murakami, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Kenji Onishi, Tetsuaki Matsue and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kyuya Nakagawa
CAST:  Kenji Murakami  •  Kenji Onishi  •  Kyuya Nakagawa  •  Nobuhiro Yamashita

Nakagawa shot “Coming Future” on the nights of December 24 and 25, 2010 in Shibuya, making it his location for an idealized Bohemia in the heart of Tokyo. Interesting interviews/discussions with Kenji Murakami, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Kenji Onishi, Tetsuaki Matsue and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kyuya Nakagawa
CAST:  Kenji Murakami  •  Kenji Onishi  •  Kyuya Nakagawa  •  Nobuhiro Yamashita

SEX, LIE, VIDEOTAPE AND LIE (2008)

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