Kenji Kawahara
The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians (2013)
The movie follows the life of an unpopular comedy duo. The duo, called "Boso Swimmers", have been working together for 12 years, but the duo sees little future in their comedy careers. They then begin to write their thoughts in a diary (more)
The movie follows the life of an unpopular comedy duo. The duo, called "Boso Swimmers", have been working together for 12 years, but the duo sees little future in their comedy careers. They then begin to write their thoughts in a diary (more)
Shield of Straw (2013)
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never ... (more)
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never ... (more)
The Woodsman and the Rain (2012)
A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him. (more)
A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him. (more)
Walking My Life (2007)
A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met for years, to ... (more)
A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met for years, to ... (more)
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job. (more)
A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job. (more)
The World of Kanako
(2014)
When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not ... (more)
When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not ... (more)
A Woman from Ashio (2014)
A story about a woman from Yanaka Village, Tochigi Prefecture, which was abolished by the government due to the Ashio Copper Mine pollution incident in the late Meiji Period. The drama depicts the struggle of the woman who gradually matures as a person through her ... (more)
A story about a woman from Yanaka Village, Tochigi Prefecture, which was abolished by the government due to the Ashio Copper Mine pollution incident in the late Meiji Period. The drama depicts the struggle of the woman who gradually matures as a person through her ... (more)
Until the Break of Dawn (2012)
High school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary for people who want to reach the dead. (more)
High school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary for people who want to reach the dead. (more)
Omnibus film that tells five stories from a radio station and its listeners. (more)
Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji (2020)
A short film shown exclusively to visitors of the Godzilla museum and Shin Godzilla statue at Awaji Island. The legendary figure of Godzilla was first confirmed at the beginning of the Meiji era when a typhoon hit Awaji Island. Godzilla, who appeared among the high ... (more)
A short film shown exclusively to visitors of the Godzilla museum and Shin Godzilla statue at Awaji Island. The legendary figure of Godzilla was first confirmed at the beginning of the Meiji era when a typhoon hit Awaji Island. Godzilla, who appeared among the high ... (more)