Daisuke Miyazaki

Daisuke Miyazaki was born in 1980 in Yokohama, Kanagawa. He started making films when he was studying at Waseda University. In 2004, he participated in the summer school of New York University that took place in Japan. His thesis "The 10th Room" won the Christine Choi Award which is the grandprix at the KUT Film Festival held by the NYU. His following film "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was invited to the special screening at the Image Forum Film Festival 2006, which is the largest experimental film festival in Japan. After attending Leos Carax's film "Meld" (2008) as a production designer assistant, he started working as an assistant director in the commercial film industry. So far, Miyazaki has worked for many directors who represent modern Japanese cinema such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Kunitoshi Manda. "End of the Night" will be his first feature film.

End of the Night (2011)

Akira was raised in an assassin family. Everything seemed fine until he met a girl he once saw killed 10 years ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
CAST:  Kuniaki Nakamura  •  Nami Komiyama  •  Masayuki Shionoya

Akira was raised in an assassin family. Everything seemed fine until he met a girl he once saw killed 10 years ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
CAST:  Kuniaki Nakamura  •  Nami Komiyama  •  Masayuki Shionoya

Yamato (California) (2016)

Sakura is a moody teenage girl who lives close to the US military base in the city of Yamato, Japan. She is struggling everyday to become a rapper like the American rappers she admires, but always gets stage fright when she sings in front of an audience. One day, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
CAST:  Nina Endo  •  Hanae Kan  •  Reiko Kataoka  •  Haruka Uchimura

Sakura is a moody teenage girl who lives close to the US military base in the city of Yamato, Japan. She is struggling everyday to become a rapper like the American rappers she admires, but always gets stage fright when she sings in front of an audience. One day, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
CAST:  Nina Endo  •  Hanae Kan  •  Reiko Kataoka  •  Haruka Uchimura

Tourism (2018)

When Nina wins free airline tickets, she leaves her dingy apartment and part-time factory job in Yamato City, Japan for Singapore with her friend Su.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
CAST:  Nina Endo  •  Sumire  •  Takayuki Yanagi

When Nina wins free airline tickets, she leaves her dingy apartment and part-time factory job in Yamato City, Japan for Singapore with her friend Su.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
CAST:  Nina Endo  •  Sumire  •  Takayuki Yanagi

Videophobia (2019)

A young woman discovers that a sex tape made without her knowledge is circulating online. Paranoia takes over, along with a sense of injustice. Her sudden terror of video triggers a downward spiral where she loses all social bearings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
CAST:  Sumire Ashina  •  Tomona Hirota  •  Shugo Oshinari  •  Sahel Rosa

A young woman discovers that a sex tape made without her knowledge is circulating online. Paranoia takes over, along with a sense of injustice. Her sudden terror of video triggers a downward spiral where she loses all social bearings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
CAST:  Sumire Ashina  •  Tomona Hirota  •  Shugo Oshinari  •  Sahel Rosa

Five to Nine (2015)

An omnibus film that compresses 16 hours into one, offering glimpses of what happens beyond the monotony from 9am to 5pm.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki  •  Tay Bee Pin  •  Rasiguet Sookkarn
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Aki Miyata  •  Go Jibiki  •  Shima Onishi

An omnibus film that compresses 16 hours into one, offering glimpses of what happens beyond the monotony from 9am to 5pm.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki  •  Tay Bee Pin  •  Rasiguet Sookkarn
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Aki Miyata  •  Go Jibiki  •  Shima Onishi

North Shinjuku 2055 (2021)

An overly curious journalist sits face to face with a resident of the mysterious district of North Shinjuku. One is trying to understand the codes and unspoken truths of a closed community; the other gradually reveals his world. Daisuke Miyazaki delivers an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
CAST:  Kan a.k.a. GAMI  •  Tatsuya Nagayama  •  D.O  •  Ichiyo Komiya

An overly curious journalist sits face to face with a resident of the mysterious district of North Shinjuku. One is trying to understand the codes and unspoken truths of a closed community; the other gradually reveals his world. Daisuke Miyazaki delivers an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
CAST:  Kan a.k.a. GAMI  •  Tatsuya Nagayama  •  D.O  •  Ichiyo Komiya

Made in Yamato (2021)

The film consists of five films about Yamato in the post-Corona period. Tominaga's "The Fourth Eye" depicts a bewildered father who is introduced to his stepfather by his estranged daughter; Kiyohara's "The Light of March" tells the story of a woman who becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masanori Tominaga  •  Yui Kiyohara  •  Daisuke Miyazaki  •  Risa Takeuchi  •  Akira Yamamoto
CAST:  Yukino Murakami  •  Yohei Yamazaki  •  Takashi Omoto  •  Fukutsu Kenzo

The film consists of five films about Yamato in the post-Corona period. Tominaga's "The Fourth Eye" depicts a bewildered father who is introduced to his stepfather by his estranged daughter; Kiyohara's "The Light of March" tells the story of a woman who becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masanori Tominaga  •  Yui Kiyohara  •  Daisuke Miyazaki  •  Risa Takeuchi  •  Akira Yamamoto
CAST:  Yukino Murakami  •  Yohei Yamazaki  •  Takashi Omoto  •  Fukutsu Kenzo

Not Found 19 (2015)

19th entry in the Japanese horror found footage franchise, "Not Found".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki  •  Soichiro Koga
CAST:  Hisatake Yoshikawa

19th entry in the Japanese horror found footage franchise, "Not Found".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki  •  Soichiro Koga
CAST:  Hisatake Yoshikawa

Not Found 17 (2015)

17th entry in the Japanese horror found footage franchise, "Not Found".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki  •  Soichiro Koga
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17th entry in the Japanese horror found footage franchise, "Not Found".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki  •  Soichiro Koga
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I'll Be Your Mirror (2022)

Newly commissioned short film, starring Tomona Hirota and Sumire Ashina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
CAST:  Sumire Ashina  •  Tatsuya Nagayama  •  Tomona Hirota

Newly commissioned short film, starring Tomona Hirota and Sumire Ashina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
CAST:  Sumire Ashina  •  Tatsuya Nagayama  •  Tomona Hirota

Plastic (2023)

After his shot at a record deal falls through, Jun transfers to sleepy Nagoya and begins busking songs by his favourite 1970s glam rock band, Exne Kedy. The music catches the eye of fellow fan Ibuki and the pair soon fall in love over their shared musical taste. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
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After his shot at a record deal falls through, Jun transfers to sleepy Nagoya and begins busking songs by his favourite 1970s glam rock band, Exne Kedy. The music catches the eye of fellow fan Ibuki and the pair soon fall in love over their shared musical taste. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miyazaki
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