Midori Kiuchi

Little Towa lives with his parents Satsuki and Yuichi in a coastal town on Nagashima. Yuichi is a fisherman, Satsuki runs a restaurant. What Towa ...

“Magic Kimono” tells the story of middle-aged Japanese woman Keiko, who has been living in a shell for decades due to a family tragedy in Kobe. ...

Haijima Ryu, the deputy editor of a travel magazine, works vigorously at a breakneck pace. He has conceived consecutive hit projects and the ...

Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which led her to lose her job. Now, she ...

A lonely retired girl’s High School Principal who’s lost his wife to alcoholism moves to an old apartment in a country town. There he ...

Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, ‘Sensei’, in a ...

Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It’s been a very happy time for Rica; the only dark spot being an ...

A tragedy strikes a young woman’s life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.

A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and ...

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami’s “Daibyonin” a.k.a. “The Last Dance”.

A creepy anthology about a homicidal little girl, a woman being stalked, a dentist and a man struggling to keep his eyes open on the road.

Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.

A young woman competes with a goddess come to earth for her man’s heart.

Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works ...

Ryo works as a window washer for high-rise buildings in Tokyo, spending his days suspended in the air on a gondola by himself. Inside one of ...

Two TV salarymen uphold their duty by taking on a rival talent agency during the late-’80s bubble economy.

A young woman’s life is turned upside down when her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind numerous debts and his illegitimate child. ...

Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.

A troubled architect weaves his way through numerous romantic situations in a search for true love and contentment.

This is a sad and beautiful story about a father who is a popular comedian and a son who suffered by an incurable disease.

Arrested and interrogated by the police for a murder, Kiyoshi Ōkubo remembers his past and ends up confessing to several murders. Inspired by the ...

A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE