Makiko Watanabe Movies

Fate brings a man and woman together in Lyon, France. They fall in love, but time is set to run out on them ...

Sanae is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her mother and six-year-old sister. She has not recently been able to be open with her fisherman...

A documentary showcasing the making of Sion Sono's Himizu

Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to...

Hinako comes across the novel “Tamaran Hill” and immediately starts reading it with delight, as “tamaran” (intolerable)...

Mika (Marie Ono), a Japanese-American woman, returns to her native Saitama hometown and becomes a therapist for a "nemuriba" ("a place to sleep").

Four short films produced without a director

Professional killer Ken is trying to break away from the yakuza. Taking up work at a local motorcycle shop, he forges a new life under the motherly...

A widower who’s daughter has been murdered at high school meets the mother of the murderer by coincidence after moving to a small town in...

Kohei and Akira are a couple running away together without a destination. They meet a geology researcher namend Shiraki on the way and the three...

Near-future Tokyo. Kou, through the help of his high school best friend, finds a surprising way to express his mounting frustration at the insidious...

About an energetic kindergarden student and the people around him

Wakana is a 17-year-old high school student who loves to cook. She enjoys peaceful days with her family and friends, but sometimes she senses...

Satoshi learns his estranged mother has six months to live. They must reunite for one last farewell. A short film from the "Short Trial Project...

A filmmaker is constantly on the move after recently ending a relationship. As she travels alone between Beijing, Nanjing, Hong Kong and Japan, she...

A 2001 Japanese language film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima. The film screened at Locarno International Film Festival in...

A troubled teenager only lives through her camera and the Internet. Fascinated by science, she experiments on various animals, and her own mother,...

Mogura, a shut-in former musician, falls in love with a young cellist after seeing her photo in a magazine.