Keiichi Suzuki

Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)

An industrial section of Japan got the name of Yentown as many immigrants come to make money and hope to go home rich. A small group of people in Yentown try to work together to survive, there is a girl named Ageha who has no family, Glico the hooker, Fei Hong a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Yosuke Eguchi  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Hiroshi Mikami  •  Chara

An industrial section of Japan got the name of Yentown as many immigrants come to make money and hope to go home rich. A small group of people in Yentown try to work together to survive, there is a girl named Ageha who has no family, Glico the hooker, Fei Hong a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Yosuke Eguchi  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Hiroshi Mikami  •  Chara

Love Letter (1995)

Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Miho Nakayama  •  Miki Sakai  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Takashi Kashiwabara

Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Miho Nakayama  •  Miki Sakai  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Takashi Kashiwabara

Tamako in Moratorium (2013)

Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She spends her time just eating and sleeping throughout the four seasons of the year.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita
CAST:  Atsuko Maeda  •  Suon Kan  •  Seiya Ito  •  Ryuzaburo Hattori

Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She spends her time just eating and sleeping throughout the four seasons of the year.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita
CAST:  Atsuko Maeda  •  Suon Kan  •  Seiya Ito  •  Ryuzaburo Hattori

Hatsuko's World (2007)

15-year-old Hatsuko (Higashi Ayu) lives with her elder brother in a humble town house. Their mother died when they were young, and the father disappeared. The brother (Shioya Shun) left high school before graduation to work at a factory, but spends their meager ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Ayu Higashi  •  Shun Shioya  •  Kazuma Sano  •  Keiichi Suzuki

15-year-old Hatsuko (Higashi Ayu) lives with her elder brother in a humble town house. Their mother died when they were young, and the father disappeared. The brother (Shioya Shun) left high school before graduation to work at a factory, but spends their meager ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Tanada
CAST:  Ayu Higashi  •  Shun Shioya  •  Kazuma Sano  •  Keiichi Suzuki

There Is No Lid on the Sea (2015)

Mari is exhausted by life in the city and opens up a shop selling snow cones in the small town of Nishiizu where she grew up. The simple flavors of her cold desserts soothe the emotional wounds of her customers and Mari comes to terms with herself by spending time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Yūkichi Kobayashi  •  Akiko Kikuchi  •  Orime Amagi  •  Azusa Mine

Mari is exhausted by life in the city and opens up a shop selling snow cones in the small town of Nishiizu where she grew up. The simple flavors of her cold desserts soothe the emotional wounds of her customers and Mari comes to terms with herself by spending time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Yūkichi Kobayashi  •  Akiko Kikuchi  •  Orime Amagi  •  Azusa Mine

Speed Master (2007)

Hayato Akaboshi quits racing cars and settles in a village when he accidentally kills another driver. He works at a garage and turns its fortunes around, making the owner of another garage jealous.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taikan Suga
CAST:  Shunsuke Nakamura  •  Asahi Uchida  •  Kie Kitano  •  Risa Ai

Hayato Akaboshi quits racing cars and settles in a village when he accidentally kills another driver. He works at a garage and turns its fortunes around, making the owner of another garage jealous.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taikan Suga
CAST:  Shunsuke Nakamura  •  Asahi Uchida  •  Kie Kitano  •  Risa Ai

his (2020)

Shun and Nagisa first meet and fall in love during their first year of high school. While Shun is graduating from university, Nagisa tells him that he doesn't see a future for them. Despite Shun's strong feelings, they go their separate ways. Years later, Shun is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Keiko Toda  •  Wakana Matsumoto  •  Hio Miyazawa

Shun and Nagisa first meet and fall in love during their first year of high school. While Shun is graduating from university, Nagisa tells him that he doesn't see a future for them. Despite Shun's strong feelings, they go their separate ways. Years later, Shun is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Keiko Toda  •  Wakana Matsumoto  •  Hio Miyazawa

Last Letter (2020)

It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Takako Matsu  •  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Hideaki Anno  •  Suzu Hirose

It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Takako Matsu  •  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Hideaki Anno  •  Suzu Hirose

Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna (1992)

A documentary capturing the recording process of singer Yano Akiko's 1992 cover album, Super Folk Song.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isaku Sakanishi
CAST:  Akiko Yano  •  David Rubinson  •  Shigesato Itoi  •  Kôki Miura

A documentary capturing the recording process of singer Yano Akiko's 1992 cover album, Super Folk Song.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isaku Sakanishi
CAST:  Akiko Yano  •  David Rubinson  •  Shigesato Itoi  •  Kôki Miura

Picnic (1996)

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Chara  •  Koichi Hashizume  •  Naomasa Musaka

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunji Iwai
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Chara  •  Koichi Hashizume  •  Naomasa Musaka

Have a Nice Day (2006)

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa ("Yoru no Picnic"), Masaya Kakehi ("Bijokan), and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka  •  Masaya Kakehi  •  Mai Tominaga  •  Akira Ogata  •  Mari Asato  •  Hiroyuki Nakano  •  Hitoshi Yazaki  •  Yuki Tanada  •  Masahiko Nagasawa  •  Masahiro Muramatsu  •  Asako Hyuga  •  Koto Nagata  •  Ryūichi Honda  •  Kenji Yamauchi  •  Yoshiho Fukuoka
CAST:  Sayuri Oyamada  •  Go Ayano  •  Jun Murakami  •  Motoki Ochiai

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa ("Yoru no Picnic"), Masaya Kakehi ("Bijokan), and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka  •  Masaya Kakehi  •  Mai Tominaga  •  Akira Ogata  •  Mari Asato  •  Hiroyuki Nakano  •  Hitoshi Yazaki  •  Yuki Tanada  •  Masahiko Nagasawa  •  Masahiro Muramatsu  •  Asako Hyuga  •  Koto Nagata  •  Ryūichi Honda  •  Kenji Yamauchi  •  Yoshiho Fukuoka
CAST:  Sayuri Oyamada  •  Go Ayano  •  Jun Murakami  •  Motoki Ochiai

Dear My Love (2009)

Too shy to speak out the word of appreciation, too busy to show that you care... Many excuses lie between each and every couple, when they look back the distance created during the long years in which they took each other for granted... Love Letters sent from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Fukagawa
CAST:  Masatoshi Nakamura  •  Mieko Harada  •  Keiko Toda  •  Issey Ogata

Too shy to speak out the word of appreciation, too busy to show that you care... Many excuses lie between each and every couple, when they look back the distance created during the long years in which they took each other for granted... Love Letters sent from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Fukagawa
CAST:  Masatoshi Nakamura  •  Mieko Harada  •  Keiko Toda  •  Issey Ogata

The Wife of Gegege (2010)

A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult before he finds success, but at least they're together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuji Suzuki
CAST:  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Kankuro Kudo  •  Maki Sakai  •  Jun Murakami

A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult before he finds success, but at least they're together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takuji Suzuki
CAST:  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Kankuro Kudo  •  Maki Sakai  •  Jun Murakami

Mother To Earth: The Untold Story Of EarthBound (2020)

The secret history behind Nintendo's biggest cult classic, MOTHER, better known as EarthBound Beginnings. Learn how a prototype leaked out, was dumped online by teenage hackers in the late 90's, then released officially on the WiiU virtual console 25 years later as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joshua Bone-Christian  •  Evan Butler
CAST:  Matt Alderman  •  Jacob Christopher  •  Frank Cifaldi  •  Steve Demeter

The secret history behind Nintendo's biggest cult classic, MOTHER, better known as EarthBound Beginnings. Learn how a prototype leaked out, was dumped online by teenage hackers in the late 90's, then released officially on the WiiU virtual console 25 years later as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joshua Bone-Christian  •  Evan Butler
CAST:  Matt Alderman  •  Jacob Christopher  •  Frank Cifaldi  •  Steve Demeter

MOONRIDERS THE MOVIE: PASSION MANIACS (2006)

30 years of the band, 30 years of Japanese rock. The story of passion toward the band and music.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuhiro Shirai
CAST:  Keiichi Suzuki  •  Toru Okada  •  Tetsuroh Kashibuchi  •  Masahiro Takekawa

30 years of the band, 30 years of Japanese rock. The story of passion toward the band and music.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuhiro Shirai
CAST:  Keiichi Suzuki  •  Toru Okada  •  Tetsuroh Kashibuchi  •  Masahiro Takekawa

Melting Sounds (2022)

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DIRECTION:  Kahori Higashi
CAST:  xiangyu  •  Amon Hirai  •  Keiichi Suzuki

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DIRECTION:  Kahori Higashi
CAST:  xiangyu  •  Amon Hirai  •  Keiichi Suzuki

Call Me Chihiro (2023)

An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Kasumi Arimura  •  Hana Toyoshima  •  Wakaba Ryuuya  •  Yui Sakuma

An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikiya Imaizumi
CAST:  Kasumi Arimura  •  Hana Toyoshima  •  Wakaba Ryuuya  •  Yui Sakuma

Ghost Cat Anzu (2024)

Karin, 11 years old, is abandoned by her father at her grandfather's house, the monk of a small town in the Japanese countryside. Her grandfather asks Anzu, his jovial and helpful although rather capricious ghost cat, to look after her. The meeting of their strong ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Yoko Kuno
CAST:  Mirai Moriyama  •  Noa Gotō  •  Munetaka Aoki  •  Mikako Ichikawa

Karin, 11 years old, is abandoned by her father at her grandfather's house, the monk of a small town in the Japanese countryside. Her grandfather asks Anzu, his jovial and helpful although rather capricious ghost cat, to look after her. The meeting of their strong ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Yoko Kuno
CAST:  Mirai Moriyama  •  Noa Gotō  •  Munetaka Aoki  •  Mikako Ichikawa

Boys Will Be Boys

Yukihiro Takahashi Live 1983  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiaki Honda
CAST:  Hajime Tachihara  •  Yukihiro Takahashi  •  Haruomi Hosono  •  Keiichi Suzuki

Yukihiro Takahashi Live 1983  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiaki Honda
CAST:  Hajime Tachihara  •  Yukihiro Takahashi  •  Haruomi Hosono  •  Keiichi Suzuki