Shiori Kazama
Kazama Shiori (1966) won the Grand Prix of the Pia Film Festival for young independent film-makers with an 8mm film in 1984, when she was at secondary school. The appearance and noise of a genius girl. In 1989 she produced and directed her first feature Melodies, that was well received by critics and audiences.
World's End / Girl Friend (2005)
Shinnosuke and Misawa are joint managers of a Bonsai shop. Suddenly Shinnosuke's childhood friend Haruko turns up. She has split up with her boyfriend and finds herself out on the streets. Shinnosuke starts to like her and really wants to cheer her up, but he can't ... (more)
Shinnosuke and Misawa are joint managers of a Bonsai shop. Suddenly Shinnosuke's childhood friend Haruko turns up. She has split up with her boyfriend and finds herself out on the streets. Shinnosuke starts to like her and really wants to cheer her up, but he can't ... (more)
The Mars Canon (2002)
A look at the problems two couples, Kohei and Kinuko, and Manabe and Hijiri, have in their relationships, and the solutions they try to devise as a way out. (more)
A look at the problems two couples, Kohei and Kinuko, and Manabe and Hijiri, have in their relationships, and the solutions they try to devise as a way out. (more)
Chokolietta (2014)
Chiyoko’s mother died when she was young. Since that time, Chiyoko has closed her heart to others. After her pet dies, Chiyoko feels loneliness. Her mother liked the Italian movie "La Strada." Due to movie study club senior, Masamune, Chiyoko is able to watch the ... (more)
Chiyoko’s mother died when she was young. Since that time, Chiyoko has closed her heart to others. After her pet dies, Chiyoko feels loneliness. Her mother liked the Italian movie "La Strada." Due to movie study club senior, Masamune, Chiyoko is able to watch the ... (more)
Imitation Interior (1985)
With her father dead and her mother hospitalized, Futami lives with her grandmother suffering from dementia. Then a friend, who just ran away from home, comes to “visit” Futami. Winner of the “1st 16mm Film Production Assistance Award”, which preceded the PFF ... (more)
With her father dead and her mother hospitalized, Futami lives with her grandmother suffering from dementia. Then a friend, who just ran away from home, comes to “visit” Futami. Winner of the “1st 16mm Film Production Assistance Award”, which preceded the PFF ... (more)
How Old Is the River? (1995)
Three brothers, their father missing and tensions boiling, gather at their rural summer house; soon enough, they're unexpectedly joined by a female cousin. (more)
Three brothers, their father missing and tensions boiling, gather at their rural summer house; soon enough, they're unexpectedly joined by a female cousin. (more)
Melodies (1989)
"Hi-chan" delivers a letter to her high school friend "Akya" who had returned to her parents' house for work reasons, that she received from Akya's lover. The Kansai person "Kun" appears in front of these two people, and the three develop a somehow inseparable ... (more)
"Hi-chan" delivers a letter to her high school friend "Akya" who had returned to her parents' house for work reasons, that she received from Akya's lover. The Kansai person "Kun" appears in front of these two people, and the three develop a somehow inseparable ... (more)
