Makiko Watanabe Movies

Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

Comedy about a woman who finds a new life after she loses her busband.

Wakana is a 17-year-old high school student who loves to cook. She enjoys peaceful days with her family and friends, but sometimes she senses...

Sanae is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her mother and six-year-old sister. She has not recently been able to be open with her fisherman...

Saeko and Yukako live together in a small apartment complex in Tokyo. After the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, both live in a state of unease. Saeko, who...

Ryoko hides herself in a closet after a patron in her restaurant becomes ill from food poisoning & she is held responsible. Her husband and co-owner...

Four short films produced without a director

Nana is 19 and lives in a corner of Tokyo. Her birth mother and Marin, a girl the same age who she loves, were the only people she could trust. Nana...

Satoshi learns his estranged mother has six months to live. They must reunite for one last farewell. A short film from the "Short Trial Project...

A troubled teenager only lives through her camera and the Internet. Fascinated by science, she experiments on various animals, and her own mother,...

Following the 2011 tsunami, three women reunite in the family home only to rekindle tense, ruinous relationships.