Misao Hirayama

And the Mud Ship Sails Away... (2013)

Takashi is country hipster, work avoiding, not-so-smart life expert in vague rural-urban area in the north from Tokyo. He lives together with his grandmother and laughs at his friend who goes to real work - shoveling cow manure. On one day, a young woman arrives to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirobumi Watanabe
CAST:  Satoshi Haneishi  •  Misao Hirayama  •  Kaori Iida  •  Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Takashi is country hipster, work avoiding, not-so-smart life expert in vague rural-urban area in the north from Tokyo. He lives together with his grandmother and laughs at his friend who goes to real work - shoveling cow manure. On one day, a young woman arrives to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirobumi Watanabe
CAST:  Satoshi Haneishi  •  Misao Hirayama  •  Kaori Iida  •  Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Poolside Man (2016)

In a suburb north of Tokyo that seems to be secluded from the world’s madness and malice, Yusuke Mizuhara works as a lifeguard at a swimming pool. With no family, friends or love, his life is lonely and monotonous. One day, he goes to another pool as a replacement ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirobumi Watanabe
CAST:  Gaku Imamura  •  Yukiko Hachisu  •  Misao Hirayama  •  Karin

In a suburb north of Tokyo that seems to be secluded from the world’s madness and malice, Yusuke Mizuhara works as a lifeguard at a swimming pool. With no family, friends or love, his life is lonely and monotonous. One day, he goes to another pool as a replacement ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirobumi Watanabe
CAST:  Gaku Imamura  •  Yukiko Hachisu  •  Misao Hirayama  •  Karin

Party 'Round the Globe (2018)

Poolsideman's Watanabe Brothers stamp their trademark brand of humor and melancholy on this gem of a road movie, as two Beatlemaniacs plan and then travel to Tokyo for a Paul McCartney concert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirobumi Watanabe
CAST:  Gaku Imamura  •  Hirobumi Watanabe  •  Misao Hirayama

Poolsideman's Watanabe Brothers stamp their trademark brand of humor and melancholy on this gem of a road movie, as two Beatlemaniacs plan and then travel to Tokyo for a Paul McCartney concert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirobumi Watanabe
CAST:  Gaku Imamura  •  Hirobumi Watanabe  •  Misao Hirayama

Cry (2019)

The latest unique human drama from Hirobumi and Yuji Watanabe portrays, in black and white and without words, a man who lives with his aging grandmother and works silently in a pigpen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirobumi Watanabe
CAST:  Hirobumi Watanabe  •  Misao Hirayama  •  Riko Hisatsugu

The latest unique human drama from Hirobumi and Yuji Watanabe portrays, in black and white and without words, a man who lives with his aging grandmother and works silently in a pigpen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirobumi Watanabe
CAST:  Hirobumi Watanabe  •  Misao Hirayama  •  Riko Hisatsugu

Life Finds A Way (2019)

Born out of every artist’s creative crisis, the search for the next topic, Hirobumi WATANABE presents his latest film, dealing with the question of what his film should be about. The director stages himself as he idles away his days, delivering endless monologs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirobumi Watanabe
CAST:  Hirobumi Watanabe  •  Minori Hagiwara  •  Marika Matsumoto  •  Takanori Kurosaki

Born out of every artist’s creative crisis, the search for the next topic, Hirobumi WATANABE presents his latest film, dealing with the question of what his film should be about. The director stages himself as he idles away his days, delivering endless monologs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirobumi Watanabe
CAST:  Hirobumi Watanabe  •  Minori Hagiwara  •  Marika Matsumoto  •  Takanori Kurosaki