Yohta Kawase Movies

Set in 1945 at the end of World War II. Saku arrives on Kakeromajima as the head of navy special forces. He is admired by the children on the island...

Aki, the young daughter of the Iwatas, disappeared five years ago. They still distribute missing person fliers every week. The husband, Masayuki,...

Inspired by a bizarre murder case, this is the story of a family and the voice "POCA PON" — a voice that sometimes heals people, and sometimes...

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

A housewife who has been married for 20 years, she arrives in downtown Tokyo eager to start over to straighten out her life.

One day, it's decided that all people with blood type B have to be killed. There are people in black costumes who chase after and kill everyone with...

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,...

Kaori (Nori Sato) runs a small piano studio. One of her students is Yuu (Uwa Ishibashi). On the way from a recital, Kaori is sexually assaulted by...

Directorial debut by Kiridoshi Risaku, an accomplished film and cultural critic and author of "Miyazaki Hayao no ‘sekai'" and "Kaiju tsukai to...

During winter break elementary school teacher Kyoko Uno gives supplemental lessons to her student Teppei, who is behind in school. Kyoko has an...

Haruka, a young recognized female entrepreneur, was forced to retire from her company due to the abuse of her authority. For her pride, she attempts...

A man is waiting alone in a snow-covered house deep in the mountains. the woman was supposed to meet him days before but she hasn't arrived and the...

Nishioka, a musician who has lost his passion for music and is living a life of self-indulgence, is fired by his contracted music production company.

Rumi, married into a farming family, grows increasingly frustrated with her husband's lack of interest in their nighttime intimacy. Her only escape...

This is Uminari

After the explosive demise of their last subject, scientists must look for a replacement on whom to continue their bizarre experiments with...

Shinjiro, who runs a humble detective agency using a coffee shop in a certain town as his office, gets into trouble at a dark gambling den and is...

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...

This story follows the journey of an ill-fated young man whose ambition is to be a professional antiques dealer. A hard-up young man, who makes his...

Shoji runs a store in a desolate town in northern Japan. After the death of his wife, he longs to end his life so that his daughter will receive his...