Ken Ochiai

Memory Sculptor (2013)

The wife of a wealthy man hires memory erasing agents to erase the memory of the young lover with whom he is having an affair, but soon realizes that the young lover will stop at nothing to keep the man's love for her alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Denden  •  Seiichirō Kameishi  •  Kyo Kasumi

The wife of a wealthy man hires memory erasing agents to erase the memory of the young lover with whom he is having an affair, but soon realizes that the young lover will stop at nothing to keep the man's love for her alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Denden  •  Seiichirō Kameishi  •  Kyo Kasumi

Tiger Mask (2013)

As an orphan, Naoto Date was scouted by mysterious organization Tiger's Cave. The group trains young men to become villainous wrestlers and collects half of their earnings. Naoto Date goes through a harsh training regime and eventually graduates from Tiger's Cave. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Eiji Wentz  •  Show Aikawa  •  Natsuna Watanabe  •  Aya Hirano

As an orphan, Naoto Date was scouted by mysterious organization Tiger's Cave. The group trains young men to become villainous wrestlers and collects half of their earnings. Naoto Date goes through a harsh training regime and eventually graduates from Tiger's Cave. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Eiji Wentz  •  Show Aikawa  •  Natsuna Watanabe  •  Aya Hirano

Like Father, Like Son (2013)

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Yoko Maki  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Kirin Kiki

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Kore-eda
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Yoko Maki  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Kirin Kiki

Uzumasa Limelight (2014)

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Seizō Fukumoto  •  Chihiro Yamamoto  •  Masashi Goda  •  Hirotaro Honda

Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Seizō Fukumoto  •  Chihiro Yamamoto  •  Masashi Goda  •  Hirotaro Honda

Ninja the Monster (2015)

The shogunate announced “ninja prohibition order”. Gohime (Aoi Morikawa) and her party travel to Edo to ask for Nagano han’s relief. Denzo (Dean Fujioka) is a former ninja, with a mysterious past, now travelling with Gohime's party as security. While in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Aoi Morikawa  •  Soko Wada  •  Rantaro Mine

The shogunate announced “ninja prohibition order”. Gohime (Aoi Morikawa) and her party travel to Edo to ask for Nagano han’s relief. Denzo (Dean Fujioka) is a former ninja, with a mysterious past, now travelling with Gohime's party as security. While in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Aoi Morikawa  •  Soko Wada  •  Rantaro Mine

Juliet Juliet - The Sound of Love Musical (2015)

Verona Girls’ High School has been holding its legendary theater festival for 120 years. Julie and Yuri are competing with each other to appear as the star of the play. When they find out the school will become co-educational and a male transfer student appears, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Takuya Ide  •  Marie Iitoyo  •  Kazumasa Koura  •  Ken Maeda

Verona Girls’ High School has been holding its legendary theater festival for 120 years. Julie and Yuri are competing with each other to appear as the star of the play. When they find out the school will become co-educational and a male transfer student appears, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Takuya Ide  •  Marie Iitoyo  •  Kazumasa Koura  •  Ken Maeda

Half Kenneth (2009)

1945: after the death of his father, Ken escapes Japanese American internment camp to find his Caucasian mother who lives in town. Things become complicated, however, when Kens little brother, Jo, joins him at the last minute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Avery Dennis  •  Hunter Dennis  •  Chris Tashima  •  Sab Shimono

1945: after the death of his father, Ken escapes Japanese American internment camp to find his Caucasian mother who lives in town. Things become complicated, however, when Kens little brother, Jo, joins him at the last minute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Avery Dennis  •  Hunter Dennis  •  Chris Tashima  •  Sab Shimono

Saigon Bodyguards (2017)

Professional bodyguards pull a tough assignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Thái Hòa  •  Chi Pu  •  B Trần  •  Kim Ly

Professional bodyguards pull a tough assignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Thái Hòa  •  Chi Pu  •  B Trần  •  Kim Ly

Sumo Road - The Musical (2015)

An overweight exchange student with no friends decides to join the university’s sumo team at a Japanese university. But in order to get in, first he has to fight the team leader.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Gitaro Ikeda  •  Yu Chun Lin  •  Ryusuke Komakine  •  Tetsu Watanabe

An overweight exchange student with no friends decides to join the university’s sumo team at a Japanese university. But in order to get in, first he has to fight the team leader.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Gitaro Ikeda  •  Yu Chun Lin  •  Ryusuke Komakine  •  Tetsu Watanabe

Daddy Issues (2018)

A father and daughter swap bodies and have to learn to live each other's lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Thái Hòa  •  Kaity Nguyễn  •  Vân Trang  •  Kathy Uyen

A father and daughter swap bodies and have to learn to live each other's lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Thái Hòa  •  Kaity Nguyễn  •  Vân Trang  •  Kathy Uyen

Angel Sign (2019)

Manga creator Tsukasa Hojo's debut live-action film. 'Angel Sign' is Hojo's debut as a director, which is made by editing a number of short films into one movie. Hojo directs the "Prologue" and "Epilogue" stories, while a different director will handle each of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai  •  Nonzee Nimibutr  •  Ham Tran  •  Kamila Andini  •  Masatsugu Asahi  •  Tsukasa Hojo
CAST:  Nao Matsushita  •  Dean Fujioka  •  Naoto Ogata  •  Momoko Kikuchi

Manga creator Tsukasa Hojo's debut live-action film. 'Angel Sign' is Hojo's debut as a director, which is made by editing a number of short films into one movie. Hojo directs the "Prologue" and "Epilogue" stories, while a different director will handle each of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai  •  Nonzee Nimibutr  •  Ham Tran  •  Kamila Andini  •  Masatsugu Asahi  •  Tsukasa Hojo
CAST:  Nao Matsushita  •  Dean Fujioka  •  Naoto Ogata  •  Momoko Kikuchi

SWAN SONG (2018)

After the unprecedented cold wave "Deep Freeze", the end of Earth approaches. Asahi,a guitarist, wanders around Tokyo during an ice age. He sings a swan song dedicated to a girl who he fell in love with but knows nothing about. To realize Asahi's dream, the two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Takanori Iwata  •  Nanami Sakuraba

After the unprecedented cold wave "Deep Freeze", the end of Earth approaches. Asahi,a guitarist, wanders around Tokyo during an ice age. He sings a swan song dedicated to a girl who he fell in love with but knows nothing about. To realize Asahi's dream, the two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Takanori Iwata  •  Nanami Sakuraba

Frog in the Well (2010)

Following his mother's wishes, Jo, a reclusive young tailor from Tokyo embarks on a solitary journey across Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Ken Ochiai  •  Chisato Sakurai  •  Kazuko Tajima

Following his mother's wishes, Jo, a reclusive young tailor from Tokyo embarks on a solitary journey across Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Ken Ochiai  •  Chisato Sakurai  •  Kazuko Tajima

A Moment of Youth (2011)

A moment of youth is a short film compilation that showcases nine up-and-coming directors from seven countries in five continents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai  •  Nathan Williams  •  Anderson Matthew  •  Eduardo Crespo  •  Nicola Barbour  •  Aliakbar Campwala  •  Pau Cantos Simón  •  Eric McCoy  •  Eddie Tapero
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A moment of youth is a short film compilation that showcases nine up-and-coming directors from seven countries in five continents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai  •  Nathan Williams  •  Anderson Matthew  •  Eduardo Crespo  •  Nicola Barbour  •  Aliakbar Campwala  •  Pau Cantos Simón  •  Eric McCoy  •  Eddie Tapero
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Kensuke's Kingdom (2024)

A young boy Michael is taken by his family on a round-the-world sailing trip. But when a storm strikes, Michael and his dog Stella are swept overboard and washed up on a remote island. They struggle to survive, but one day Michael wakes to find fresh fish and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Boyle  •  Kirk Hendry
CAST:  Sally Hawkins  •  Cillian Murphy  •  Ken Watanabe  •  Aaron MacGregor

A young boy Michael is taken by his family on a round-the-world sailing trip. But when a storm strikes, Michael and his dog Stella are swept overboard and washed up on a remote island. They struggle to survive, but one day Michael wakes to find fresh fish and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Boyle  •  Kirk Hendry
CAST:  Sally Hawkins  •  Cillian Murphy  •  Ken Watanabe  •  Aaron MacGregor

Dance! Dance! Dance! (2014)

The movie is set in Japan and tells the story of Furu, a young aspiring musician, who is dreaming of a getaway out of his small coastal town in Northern Iwate. He succeeds but the price is very high.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Aoi Morikawa

The movie is set in Japan and tells the story of Furu, a young aspiring musician, who is dreaming of a getaway out of his small coastal town in Northern Iwate. He succeeds but the price is very high.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Aoi Morikawa

CINEMA FIGHTERS (2018)

Six stories based on six songs, the first project of Cinema Fighters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naomi Kawase  •  Ken Ochiai  •  Kentaro Hagiwara  •  Shiro Tokiwa  •  A.T.  •  Toshimichi Saito
CAST:  Takayuki Yamada  •  Anna Ishii  •  Akira  •  Kika Kobayashi

Six stories based on six songs, the first project of Cinema Fighters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naomi Kawase  •  Ken Ochiai  •  Kentaro Hagiwara  •  Shiro Tokiwa  •  A.T.  •  Toshimichi Saito
CAST:  Takayuki Yamada  •  Anna Ishii  •  Akira  •  Kika Kobayashi