Makiko Watanabe Movies

In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi,...

The slow collapse of the relationship between an out-of-work actor and his girlfriend.

Kyohei Nagashima (Masaki Okada) has shut away the world. During his high school days he was the target of bullying and experienced horrifying...

When her husband is hospitalized with tuberculosis, Chika has a series of three relationships: with a teacher in her hometown, with a student in...

A story about how Kuboshima Seiichiro overcomes various difficulties to open Mugonkan, an art museum in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, featuring...

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

A young female founder runs in to societal barriers during her drive to create startup projects, in a Japanese society that hasn't traditionally...

Momi’s House is a facility to support self-reliance of young people with problems. The facility is run by Yasutoshi (Naoto Ogata) and his wife...

A documentary showcasing the making of Sion Sono's Himizu

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

Fate brings a man and woman together in Lyon, France. They fall in love, but time is set to run out on them ...

Haji is an actor on the cusp of turning 40, who has gotten stuck in life. At the invitation of an old friend, he visits his hometown for the first...

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

Professional killer Ken is trying to break away from the yakuza. Taking up work at a local motorcycle shop, he forges a new life under the motherly...

A widower who’s daughter has been murdered at high school meets the mother of the murderer by coincidence after moving to a small town in...

Three girls - Miwa, an introvert who's best friend is her turtle, Saori, a rich girl from a celebrity family, and Koyuzu, a member of a revenge...