Makoto Kakeda Movies

Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend, Sayori,...

In 1838, the prisoners on Hachijo Island represent the furthest extreme of Japanese society. Instead of execution, they have been forced to eke out a...

High school teacher Miyoko and her younger brother Seiichi are living together. However, with the death of their mother, both sister and younger...

The legend of Yokudo Gokuki

Pink film distributed by Xces / Nikkatsu.

Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested...

A young Yakuza member is doomed as he swings between two organizations in the Tohoku region, during the late Showa period.

Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career. With a falling batting average, does he have one...

The Yamaoki family moved from Kyoto to Tosa around the turn of the '50s; local school teacher Hirao becomes involved with Yasuko, sister to Sumio.

Koji and Tatsuya, both from the Nerima Juvenile Classification Home, make money by committing bank transfer fraud. However, their lives are put in...