Daichi Watanabe Movies

Ken directs his graduation film "Koko ni Iru Dake" with his colleagues. The movie will be his last film as a student. While shooting the movie, Ken...

Based on the semibiographical novel by Jun Miura, Oh My Buddha is the classic summer coming-of-age story that is burned to a crisp with teenage...

Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is "lucky" and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the...

Based on four of the six short stories compiled in Murakami Haruki's anthology, After the Quake explores the complex aftermath of Japan’s...

Yasuko Matsuyuki heads the cast of this drama about a 40-something woman who is happy with her single life but nevertheless starts dating a man who...

An emotional coming-of-age drama centered around Andou Jun, a gay student who is not out. He accepts a confession from his fujoshi classmate Miura...

After the death of his grandfather, Koen Shirakawa (Atsushi Ito) quits his job at a bookstore and goes to a temple to become a monk.

Yukiko, a 29-year-old elementary school teacher in Tokyo, struggles with student communication and personal insecurities. Overlooked in the...

Sakurai, who recently started working at a real estate agency, is diligent and serious about his job, but he's not very efficient and struggles to...

A short film by Daichi Watanabe.

Three stories, depicted in three different styles, unfold in three locations: "Kyoto", a lyrical improvised drama based on documentar y footage...

Hikari (Dai Watanabe) receives news that his father passed away. Hikari decides to take over his father's ramen shop. To do so, Hikari quits his job...

Having played the role of a model prisoner, Kyoko is finally released on parole. She is greeted by Tomohiro, a man requested by Kyoko's boyfriend....

In Sapporo, college student Watanabe Sachi approaches her band leader boyfriend Takumi with the news that she is pregnant. Finding it difficult to...

Cocoa is the first work written by 14-year-old Sumire Suzuki, the youngest ever winner of the "Fuji TV Young Scenario Grand Prize." It is a story of...