Kunitoshi Manda
Film director, screenwriter and critic. Born 1956.
Unloved (2001)
Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by her retiring personnality but she quickly breaks up as he repeatedly tries ... (more)
Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by her retiring personnality but she quickly breaks up as he repeatedly tries ... (more)
The Kiss (2007)
One day Kyoko watches television and sees a man turning himself in to the police after murdering a family. Something within Kyoko connects with the man, as she recognizes a similar soul. Despite the worries of the killer's lawyer, she approaches the killer and the ... (more)
One day Kyoko watches television and sees a man turning himself in to the police after murdering a family. Something within Kyoko connects with the man, as she recognizes a similar soul. Despite the worries of the killer's lawyer, she approaches the killer and the ... (more)
Dog's Way (2014)
Kyoko feels unsatisfied with her ordinary days although she has a job and a boyfriend. One day, she meets Nishimori, a man with vacant "dog" eyes. This mysterious encounter is the beginning of her new life as Nishimori's dog. In a closed house, they get deeply ... (more)
Kyoko feels unsatisfied with her ordinary days although she has a job and a boyfriend. One day, she meets Nishimori, a man with vacant "dog" eyes. This mysterious encounter is the beginning of her new life as Nishimori's dog. In a closed house, they get deeply ... (more)
The Tunnel (2004)
A modern Japanese family loses their youngest son in a tragedy. The mother, Misako, plunges into depression and the oldest son Akira starts blaming himself for the death of his brother. (more)
A modern Japanese family loses their youngest son in a tragedy. The mother, Misako, plunges into depression and the oldest son Akira starts blaming himself for the death of his brother. (more)
The Giant Slalom (1990)
A short film based on a synopsis of Straub-Huillet's "Class Relations" that director Kunitoshi Manda made before seeing the film. (more)
A short film based on a synopsis of Straub-Huillet's "Class Relations" that director Kunitoshi Manda made before seeing the film. (more)
The Zombie From Paradise (1990)
An old man who died and entered paradise returns to the world of the living, creating terror and confusion. (more)
An old man who died and entered paradise returns to the world of the living, creating terror and confusion. (more)
Fetus Training (1991)
A pregnant woman is told by her doctor that she should maintain a calm attitude throughout her pregnancy for the health of her baby. When a man tries to rob her house in the middle of the night, she has to vanquish him without losing her calm attitude. (more)
A pregnant woman is told by her doctor that she should maintain a calm attitude throughout her pregnancy for the health of her baby. When a man tries to rob her house in the middle of the night, she has to vanquish him without losing her calm attitude. (more)
Space Ship Remnant 6 (1996)
In the year 2046, overpopulation and exhaustion of resources has forced humanity to travel into space. A colony is established on Mars. This film is about what happens when one cargo ship traveling between Mars and Earth collides with an asteroid. (more)
In the year 2046, overpopulation and exhaustion of resources has forced humanity to travel into space. A colony is established on Mars. This film is about what happens when one cargo ship traveling between Mars and Earth collides with an asteroid. (more)
Footsteps in the Night (2000)
Hiroshi's mother asks him to let his younger brother Jun live with him when she can't support him any longer. However, Jun is rebellious towards Hiroshi, and Hiroshi gets into further trouble when he loses his job. (more)
Hiroshi's mother asks him to let his younger brother Jun live with him when she can't support him any longer. However, Jun is rebellious towards Hiroshi, and Hiroshi gets into further trouble when he loses his job. (more)
U-Mi-Me (2004)
An exquisite-corpse-style narrative constructed by Kunitoshi Manda and his film students, beginning from a bank robbery and leading to a distortion of the space-time-continuum. (more)
An exquisite-corpse-style narrative constructed by Kunitoshi Manda and his film students, beginning from a bank robbery and leading to a distortion of the space-time-continuum. (more)
Arigatou (2006)
In the early morning of January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck, and Tadao Furuichi (Hidekazu Akai), who was running a camera store in Kobe City, lost his friends, his house, and his property. Tadao is busy volunteering for the reconstruction of ... (more)
In the early morning of January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck, and Tadao Furuichi (Hidekazu Akai), who was running a camera store in Kobe City, lost his friends, his house, and his property. Tadao is busy volunteering for the reconstruction of ... (more)
The Soup of Heaven (2008)
Follows the life of an Office Lady who gets through her tedious work days by dreaming of a legendary soup and soup chef she's heard of. She decides to go in search of it. (more)
Follows the life of an Office Lady who gets through her tedious work days by dreaming of a legendary soup and soup chef she's heard of. She decides to go in search of it. (more)
Synchronizer (2017)
TAKASHI Hasegawa is conducting unauthorized research on how to synchronize brainwaves of humans and animals. One day, he thinks he may be able to cure his mother with dementia in this way. (more)
TAKASHI Hasegawa is conducting unauthorized research on how to synchronize brainwaves of humans and animals. One day, he thinks he may be able to cure his mother with dementia in this way. (more)
Love Mooning (2021)
Hiroshi, who runs a mental clinic, has never recovered from the shock of his wife’s suicide. One day, Ayako, a mysterious patient comes to his clinic…. (more)
Hiroshi, who runs a mental clinic, has never recovered from the shock of his wife’s suicide. One day, Ayako, a mysterious patient comes to his clinic…. (more)
