Hidetoshi Kawaya

Fireworks (1997)

Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner, Horibe, paralyzed. Nishi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Kayoko Kishimoto  •  Susumu Terajima  •  Tetsu Watanabe

Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner, Horibe, paralyzed. Nishi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Kayoko Kishimoto  •  Susumu Terajima  •  Tetsu Watanabe

Himizu (2011)

After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Fumi Nikaido  •  Tetsu Watanabe  •  Mitsuru Fukikoshi

After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Fumi Nikaido  •  Tetsu Watanabe  •  Mitsuru Fukikoshi

The Strange Saga of Hiroshi the Freeloading Sex Machine (2005)

Sex Machine tells of the affable but simple Hiroshi, who during one sweltering summer in a small, parochial town, moves in with his girlfriend, Haruka. Their lovemaking is as athletic as it is bizarre but a dark storm comes looming when Haruka's ex boyfriend comes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yūji Tajiri
CAST:  Rinako Hirasawa  •  Minami Aiyama  •  Akino Hirasawa  •  Takeshi Itō

Sex Machine tells of the affable but simple Hiroshi, who during one sweltering summer in a small, parochial town, moves in with his girlfriend, Haruka. Their lovemaking is as athletic as it is bizarre but a dark storm comes looming when Haruka's ex boyfriend comes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yūji Tajiri
CAST:  Rinako Hirasawa  •  Minami Aiyama  •  Akino Hirasawa  •  Takeshi Itō

Unlucky Monkey (1998)

A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur crook who ends up with 80 million yen after a string of improbable accidents. But having so much cash doesn't make his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Hiroshi Shimizu  •  Akira Yamamoto  •  Ikko Suzuki

A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur crook who ends up with 80 million yen after a string of improbable accidents. But having so much cash doesn't make his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Hiroshi Shimizu  •  Akira Yamamoto  •  Ikko Suzuki

Love Exposure (2009)

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The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Takahiro Nishijima  •  Hikari Mitsushima  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Sakura Ando

The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Takahiro Nishijima  •  Hikari Mitsushima  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Sakura Ando

Tokyo Zombie (2005)

Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sakichi Sato
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Erika Okuda  •  Arata Furuta  •  Show Aikawa

Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sakichi Sato
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Erika Okuda  •  Arata Furuta  •  Show Aikawa

Black Kiss (2004)

Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Tezuka
CAST:  Reika Hashimoto  •  Kaori Kawamura  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Masanobu Ando

Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Tezuka
CAST:  Reika Hashimoto  •  Kaori Kawamura  •  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Masanobu Ando

Charisma (1999)

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering a peculiar ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Ren Osugi  •  Yoriko Doguchi

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering a peculiar ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Ren Osugi  •  Yoriko Doguchi

The Projects (2016)

Whether it's someone mixing burnables and recyclables or noise from a neighbor's domestic spat, there's always something occupying the residents of a housing project in the suburbs of Osaka. However Hinako (Naomi Fujiyama) and Seiji (Ittoku Kishibe) couldn't care ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Naomi Fujiyama  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Michiyo Yasuda  •  Renji Ishibashi

Whether it's someone mixing burnables and recyclables or noise from a neighbor's domestic spat, there's always something occupying the residents of a housing project in the suburbs of Osaka. However Hinako (Naomi Fujiyama) and Seiji (Ittoku Kishibe) couldn't care ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Naomi Fujiyama  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Michiyo Yasuda  •  Renji Ishibashi

Abnormal Experience: The Sixth Sense (2001)

Yuki is a sought-after hooker, who also has a special ability: she can see ghosts! Yuki is very distraught by the ghost images, and it starts affecting her performance at work. One of the ghosts makes an attempt to communicate with her and ask her for help. Yuki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takaaki Hashiguchi
CAST:  Yuki  •  Seiki Chiba  •  Hotaru Hazuki  •  Hidetoshi Kawaya

Yuki is a sought-after hooker, who also has a special ability: she can see ghosts! Yuki is very distraught by the ghost images, and it starts affecting her performance at work. One of the ghosts makes an attempt to communicate with her and ask her for help. Yuki ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takaaki Hashiguchi
CAST:  Yuki  •  Seiki Chiba  •  Hotaru Hazuki  •  Hidetoshi Kawaya

The Forest of Love (2019)

A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Kippei Shiina  •  Shinnosuke Mitsushima  •  Kyoko Hinami  •  Eri Kamataki

A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Kippei Shiina  •  Shinnosuke Mitsushima  •  Kyoko Hinami  •  Eri Kamataki

The Revenge: A Visit from Fate (1997)

Sho Aikawa plays a police detective whose dark personal history makes it impossible for him to stay within the limits of the legal system. But he is not just a detective; he is also a husband who has to explain to his wife how he got blood on his sleeve. And the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Daikei Shimizu  •  Naomasa Musaka  •  Yoshiko Yura

Sho Aikawa plays a police detective whose dark personal history makes it impossible for him to stay within the limits of the legal system. But he is not just a detective; he is also a husband who has to explain to his wife how he got blood on his sleeve. And the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Daikei Shimizu  •  Naomasa Musaka  •  Yoshiko Yura

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DIRECTION:  Yūji Tajiri
CAST:  Kiyomi Itō  •  Hidetoshi Kawaya  •  Maria Asakura  •  Hitoshi Ikeda

The Cold-Blooded Trap (1998)

Psycho-mystery in which two men confront each other over the murder of a woman in Shibuya.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahisa Zeze
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Asuka Kurosawa  •  Shirō Shimomoto

Psycho-mystery in which two men confront each other over the murder of a woman in Shibuya.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahisa Zeze
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Asuka Kurosawa  •  Shirō Shimomoto

Kagiganai (2005)

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DIRECTION:  Eiji Yamada
CAST:  Nao Omori  •  Tsugumi  •  Miho Fujima  •  Aki Kawamura

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DIRECTION:  Eiji Yamada
CAST:  Nao Omori  •  Tsugumi  •  Miho Fujima  •  Aki Kawamura

Cream Lemon: Ami's Diary (2005)

On her 18th birthday, Ami Nonomura wants to meet her father and brother who live far away. While searching for her brother's house, she is attacked by a thief, but is helped by Hiroshi Tazaki. They fall in love but discover that they are siblings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iwao Takahashi
CAST:  Asami  •  Takashi Imada  •  Hidetoshi Kawaya  •  Shûji Ôtsuki

On her 18th birthday, Ami Nonomura wants to meet her father and brother who live far away. While searching for her brother's house, she is attacked by a thief, but is helped by Hiroshi Tazaki. They fall in love but discover that they are siblings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iwao Takahashi
CAST:  Asami  •  Takashi Imada  •  Hidetoshi Kawaya  •  Shûji Ôtsuki

Tokyo Adios (2019)

The semi-autobiographical story of a underground comedian in Tokyo, with a cast that features acts performing in the underground circuit today.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kyoji Otsuka
CAST:  Yurina Yanagi  •  Fusako Urabe  •  Noriko Fujita  •  Hidetoshi Kawaya

The semi-autobiographical story of a underground comedian in Tokyo, with a cast that features acts performing in the underground circuit today.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kyoji Otsuka
CAST:  Yurina Yanagi  •  Fusako Urabe  •  Noriko Fujita  •  Hidetoshi Kawaya

Married Female Banker (1998)

Pink film by Hiroyoshi Takishima.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyoshi Takishima
CAST:  Tomoko Inoue  •  Kanako Kishi  •  Yumi Yoshiyuki  •  Manzō Shinra

Pink film by Hiroyoshi Takishima.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyoshi Takishima
CAST:  Tomoko Inoue  •  Kanako Kishi  •  Yumi Yoshiyuki  •  Manzō Shinra

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DIRECTION:  Koji Maeda
CAST:  Jun Kiyomi  •  Jun Sakakibara  •  Shohei Uno  •  Mutsuo Yoshioka