Mariko Kaga Movies

This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.

Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.

In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, high schooler Kei Asai is able to remember everything. His...

A boy living in Wakayama Prefecture accidentally comes into possession of an Adélie penguin egg and successfully hatches it. However, wanting...

Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.

A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.

Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executive so that he can close an...

Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complicated drug deal.

Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is...

In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterious events culminating in the death of a wealthy...

There is a degree of realism when a professional in the field writes about his vocation and such is the case here. Adopted from a novel written by a...

An old house stands amongst newly built buildings, as if it has been left behind. Tamako, a popular fortune teller, has been living there alone with...

Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by...

Miho Nakamichi, an orphan adopted by Haruko, dreams to star in a musical. One day, Haruko promised Miho that she could go on a journey to find her...

A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is...

A middle-aged salaryman tries to revitalize his career.

A man in a hospital starts having a sexual conversation with a woman he cannot see. After that, they keep meeting, and something about her keeps...

Based on Shinichi Mori song