Makiko Watanabe
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Happyend 2024 on netflix
Oct. 04, 2024Happyend 2024 on netflix
In a near-future Japanese city bracing for a devastating earthquake, a group of teenage friends navigate personal struggles and fractured bonds ...
Desert of Namibia 2024 on netflix
Sep. 06, 2024Desert of Namibia 2024 on netflix
Desert of Namibia follows a bipolar young woman who burns the candle at both ends. A portrait of an unidealized Tokyo gen-Z, that surprises with ...
Family 2023 on netflix
Nov. 03, 2023Family 2023 on netflix
Based on the comic by Tsuchida Seiki, inspired by the artist’s own life experience, this film portrays the loss and regeneration of the ...
Small, Slow But Steady 2022 on netflix
Dec. 16, 2022Small, Slow But Steady 2022 on netflix
A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the ...
Haw 2022 on netflix
Aug. 19, 2022Haw 2022 on netflix
Tamio Akanishi works at a public office in Yokohama. He is going through one of the worst periods of his life, having been left by his fiancée. ...
The Midnight Maiden War 2022 on netflix
Jan. 21, 2022The Midnight Maiden War 2022 on netflix
I is a university, who came to Tokyo from his hometown. I lives alone and doesn’t have friends or a girlfriend. I’s university life ...
Come and Go 2021 on netflix
Nov. 19, 2021
The Asadas! 2020 on netflix
Oct. 02, 2020
State of Emergency 2020 on netflix
Aug. 28, 2020State of Emergency 2020 on netflix
An omnibus film consisting of 4 short films and a documentary related to COVID-19.
Voices in the Wind 2020 on netflix
Jan. 24, 2020Voices in the Wind 2020 on netflix
Eight years after the devastating tsunami, the wounds it left in Japan have still not healed. In her touching search for answers, Haru sets out ...
Startup Girls 2019 on netflix
Sep. 06, 2019
Aesop’s Game 2019 on netflix
Aug. 16, 2019Aesop’s Game 2019 on netflix
Three girls – Miwa, an introvert who’s best friend is her turtle, Saori, a rich girl from a celebrity family, and Koyuzu, a member of ...
Rikon na Futari 2019 on netflix
Apr. 05, 2019Rikon na Futari 2019 on netflix
Noda Ryusuke is a popular scriptwriter specialising in stories about the perfect married couple but is shocked when his wife of 23 years suddenly ...
37 Seconds 2019 on netflix
Feb. 09, 201937 Seconds 2019 on netflix
23-year-old comic book artist Yuma, physically disabled due to profound cerebral palsy and emotionally stunted by her well-meaning but overly ...
A Banana? At This Time of Night? 2018 on netflix
Dec. 28, 2018A Banana? At This Time of Night? 2018 on netflix
Hisashi Tanaka is a medical student in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. He does volunteer work and gets to know Yasuaki Kano at the hospital. Yasuaki ...
And Your Bird Can Sing 2018 on netflix
Sep. 01, 2018And Your Bird Can Sing 2018 on netflix
With a contagious sense of abandon, three young adults’ lives become intimately entangled over the course of a long summer in Hakodate, Hokkaido.
The Lowlife 2017 on netflix
Nov. 25, 2017The Lowlife 2017 on netflix
Based on a 2016 novel by Mana Sakura, “The Lowlife” shows the stories of three women who work in Japan’s adult video industry.
Star Sand 2017 on netflix
Aug. 04, 2017
While the Women Are Sleeping 2016 on netflix
Feb. 27, 2016
東京の日 2015 on netflix
Oct. 31, 2015東京の日 2015 on netflix
Miracle: Devil Claus’ Love and Magic 2014 on netflix
Nov. 22, 2014
Starting Over 2014 on netflix
Oct. 26, 2014
Still the Water 2014 on netflix
Jun. 01, 2014
Au revoir l’été 2013 on netflix
Oct. 19, 2013Au revoir l’été 2013 on netflix
After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer vacation in a beautiful seaside town. Sakuko gets ...
Nobody’s Perfect 2013 on netflix
Mar. 23, 2013Nobody’s Perfect 2013 on netflix
“Daijobu 3 Kumi” depicts the interactions between new teacher Shinnosuke Akao, who was born without arms and legs, and the 28 ...
Capturing Dad 2013 on netflix
Feb. 16, 2013Capturing Dad 2013 on netflix
Part-time worker Hazuki lives with her younger sister, high school student Koharu, and their mother Sawa. One day they receive word that their ...
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark 2013 on netflix
Jan. 01, 2013Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark 2013 on netflix
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Odayaka 2012 on netflix
Dec. 22, 2012Odayaka 2012 on netflix
Saeko and Yukako live together in a small apartment complex in Tokyo. After the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, both live in a state of unease. Saeko, ...
