Yohta Kawase Movies

Kamagasaki is an "invisible" slum of Osaka that attracts day laborers and prostitutes since WW2. When the local gang has its treasured cauldron...

A high-school girl who lives in a rural town in Japan struggles to define her own way in life. To help her impoverished family she works as a video...

In an audacious reworking of the biopic, this ensemble drama sees jazz pianist Minami Hiroshi’s memoir cleverly reinterpreted into a surreal...

When he is hit by a car on the street, the young man Daikoku foresees the monster Demking appearing at the end of the century. In preparation for the...

After the death of his wife, Yukio has become more and more paranoid, believing that he is being followed and watched at all times. Yukio's late...

A mother, daughter and two of their friends live in an old Western-style house in Suginami. As secrets are revealed, they face challenges together.

Maya is a photographer. She takes photos related to the eyeball. Kunio is a neurosurgeon and an independent documentary film director. He is...

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 a revenge...

On March 11th 2011, a massive earthquake strikes eastern Japan. Shoko (TAKEKOU Aya), who works at a shoe store in Tokyo, is unable to contact her...

A sensual drama that depicts the relationship between a female teacher with a special sexual fetish and a student with whom she has a deep...

Yuko Tanaka, who "married into" the Tanaka family, a family running a poultry farm, led a modest life despite being mistreated by her sister-in-law,...

Those who want to die seek refuge in a mysterious café in this feverishly strange Japanese debut.

Professional mahjong player Akari Asada couldn't accept her rival Yumi Shimamura's suicide. Asada proceeds with the investigation to uncover the...

Released from prison after serving a 10-year sentence for murder, Yoshii visits Yoko, a self-sacrificing volunteer who has devoted her life to...

Anata wo matteimasu is a feature-film comedy directed by Shinji Imaoka (Underwater Love, Uncle’s Paradise, Frog Song, Lunchbox, The Woman of...

Ito, a film director with no money and no woman, is agonizing every night over a violent love affair he hears from a neighbor who has recently moved...

A member of the high school art club called Sakuko falls into the sea while sketching a boat. Witnessing the incident, Saibara creates a painting...