Yôichirô Hayama
Dead Waves (2005)
When a television producer visits the home of a brother and sister to interview them for his series on paranormal phenomena, what first appears to be a simple case of psychopathology turns into a full-blown epidemic of demonic manifestation. To his horror he ... (more)
When a television producer visits the home of a brother and sister to interview them for his series on paranormal phenomena, what first appears to be a simple case of psychopathology turns into a full-blown epidemic of demonic manifestation. To his horror he ... (more)
You Were Unknown Then (2006)
Kazumi is a successful music composer in Tokyo. He receives a telephone call from his mother and is told about his former teacher's death. Getting on to a train to attend the funeral, Kazumi’s thoughts wonder back to his youth. (more)
Kazumi is a successful music composer in Tokyo. He receives a telephone call from his mother and is told about his former teacher's death. Getting on to a train to attend the funeral, Kazumi’s thoughts wonder back to his youth. (more)
Saru (2003)
Five young men participate in an experiment drug test, which is known as a short-term, high-paying part-time job. (more)
Five young men participate in an experiment drug test, which is known as a short-term, high-paying part-time job. (more)
Saru phase three (2007)
Minoru is diagnosed with cancer and undergoes surgery, but it is soon discovered that the cancer has spread to his lymphatic system and he is prescribed anti-cancer drugs. He is soon plagued by severe side effects such as vomiting, skin rash, and hematuria, and ... (more)
Minoru is diagnosed with cancer and undergoes surgery, but it is soon discovered that the cancer has spread to his lymphatic system and he is prescribed anti-cancer drugs. He is soon plagued by severe side effects such as vomiting, skin rash, and hematuria, and ... (more)
Saru: Window Period (2014)
Minoru falls ill with a heart ailment, but luckily finds a donor and undergoes a transplant. However, after he has married his co-worker and had a child, he discovers that the blood infusion received during his transplant was contaminated with HIV. (more)
Minoru falls ill with a heart ailment, but luckily finds a donor and undergoes a transplant. However, after he has married his co-worker and had a child, he discovers that the blood infusion received during his transplant was contaminated with HIV. (more)
Marmot (2011)
Reiko, a child guidance worker, tries to persuade Misaki, who is pregnant, to stop drinking. Since her first child was born intellectually disabled, Misaki is determined to stop and goes to see an obstetrician, and is prescribed an unapproved drug to curb her ... (more)
Reiko, a child guidance worker, tries to persuade Misaki, who is pregnant, to stop drinking. Since her first child was born intellectually disabled, Misaki is determined to stop and goes to see an obstetrician, and is prescribed an unapproved drug to curb her ... (more)
Shonan Story (2013)
A pair of films shot in Shonan in the 1990s - An novelist and his girlfriend meet on the lighthouse on Enoshima - A student realizes he hasn't been having dreams; his girlfriend tells him that she saw his dream. (more)
A pair of films shot in Shonan in the 1990s - An novelist and his girlfriend meet on the lighthouse on Enoshima - A student realizes he hasn't been having dreams; his girlfriend tells him that she saw his dream. (more)
I Close My Eyes (2013)
A former teacher, who reforms dropout students with Confucian teaching, decides to take care of a blind girl, who has been abused by her parents. (more)
A former teacher, who reforms dropout students with Confucian teaching, decides to take care of a blind girl, who has been abused by her parents. (more)
The Cottage (2006)
Shiho and six of her friends celebrate their graduation with a trip to the southern island of Europa. After they hear the legend about cursed spirits of people who died with a grudge, the hotel manager and one of the friends disappear and die mysteriously in the night. (more)
Shiho and six of her friends celebrate their graduation with a trip to the southern island of Europa. After they hear the legend about cursed spirits of people who died with a grudge, the hotel manager and one of the friends disappear and die mysteriously in the night. (more)