Maiko Kawakami Movies

A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by...

Genre: Action

Cast: Koichi Sato

Nami is a photographer on the set of a porn film. When photographing a rape scene between a teacher and a schoolgirl, she becomes uncomfortable,...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Maiko Kawakami

While visiting Japan, Big Bird wanders off from a guided tour bus in Tokyo, and is lost until a Japanese woman helps him get to where he needs to go....

Genre: Family

Cast: Caroll Spinney

This is a series of three short supernatural-themed movies. The first tells the story of a teen girl who dreams of haunted doll. In the second movie,...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kyōko Enami

Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Terutake Tsuji

In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. Although Japan’s defeat seems imminent,...

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Cast: Takashi Sasano

The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on a teacher he had when he was a child.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akira Emoto

Tsukiko is part of the photography club at school, but has always felt less than her sister Tomie. She's cute and very popular among boys. However,...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Moe Arai

Masanao Ushio and other detectives from Shinjuku West PD discover the strangled dead body of a woman in an empty building in West Shinjuku in Tokyo....

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Tsurutaro Kataoka

A department manager at his company, buys a one-room apartment to have some space to himself. He signs an agreement with a young woman and has an...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Maiko Kawakami

More than his indie debut Skinless Night, this was the film that launched Mochizuki on his distinctive trajectory through the crime and yakuza...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Eiji Okuda

Yuki is a 2nd year high school student. She volunteers at a paediatrics ward for her summer vacation, because she wants to witness the moment a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsubasa Honda

Children born with special power. They seek blood for eternal life. And tonight, the victims ...!

Genre: Horror

Cast: Maiko Kawakami

19-year-old freeter (a Japanese expression for people between the ages of 15 and 34 who lack full time employment or are unemployed, excluding...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yosuke Asari

A young girl with leukemia travels a pilgrimage by skateboard.

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Cast: Hatsunori Hasegawa

The only movie theater on the Onomichi seafront is about to close its doors. Its last night of screenings will be an all-night marathon of Japanese...

Genre: History

Cast: Takuro Atsuki

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshiyuki Nagashima

Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the...

Genre: War

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa

About a group of itinerant actors.

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Cast: Maiko Kawakami

Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

A grieving young mother employed at a video game company is recruited to test and train a new virtual world. She finds a character in this world of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yasuko Tomita

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rio Uchida

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

Miki, a nursing care robot, is popular among some medical staff and patients for her dainty and efficient work, but others are more skeptical. One...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Asami Mizukawa

A retired samurai must redeem himself for a crime that he committed earlier in his life.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Yakusho

Tetsuaki's struggling to write a novel while his mother fades; Mitsuko's engagement has been forced upon her unwillingly; the two individuals run...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koichi Sato