Daichi Watanabe

Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi ...

College student Asako falls in love at first sight with Baku after meeting at a photography exhibit. Romance sparks between the two but ...

Saike, Kazuki, and Takeo were abused by their respective parents and did not go to school. They stayed together at a youth detention center. To ...

Takahata Isao’s animated artistry in Only Yesterday (1991) comes to life in Hakota Yuko’s delicate story of a woman’s mnemonic ...

A woman is driven to shroud her identity, caught in a web of secrecy. As she conceals herself, the intricate layers of her hidden life unravel, ...

It is the winter of 2020, and a graduation project that had taken a year to complete can no longer be showcased at its planned venue because of ...

In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. ...

A sheltered high school boy, obsessed with Bob Dylan and girls, has high hopes for the summer on the Oki Islands. Release: Oh My Buddha 2009 ...

Yoshika has had a crush on Ichimiya, whom she calls “the One” since she was in middle school. Now, a 24-year-old salarywoman, her ...

The high student is closeted and gay. Roaming a local bookstore he comes across his female class-mate and notices that she is picking on male ...

Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is “lucky” and will have another chance at life. He is ...

Akiko Ohku’s film follows Yoshiko as she enjoys life’s simple pleasures – riding her beloved bike, indulging in a drink or two ...

Two girls dream of the same man. One remained in their hometown, went with Shiina and wants to revisit the happy times with him again. The other ...

The last year of Ryotaro Shiba’s life, as he tried to achieve peace and independence without joining the armies of East and West. Release: ...

Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. ...

Michitaro Sano’s wife passed away 18 years ago. Since her death, he has lived with his daughter Yumiko at their home. Now, Michitaro ...

On the night of her police university graduation, Natsume Hamanaka’s (Riho Yoshioka) younger brother dies in accident caused by Natsume ...

Higanjima is an eerie island occupied by vampires, from where none has ever come back alive. When teenager Akira hears that his missing brother ...