Makiko Watanabe Movies

Two children, each abandoned by their families, come together in the wake of the Sarin gas attack in Tokyo. Based on the true events of the deadly...

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...

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...

Natsuki, a sales clerk of a bookstore, and Koji. a high school student. Seemingly nothing in common, they have one thing they can share: books.

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 documentary showcasing the making of Sion Sono's Himizu

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

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

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

Sensitive and refined drama in which experiences from the puberty of a female teacher and a piano student reflected in the world of the younger...

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...

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

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...

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

A failed director is trying to get his next movie off the ground, while dealing with his cranky brother and his estranged wife.