Yohta Kawase Movies

Maya is a photographer. She takes photos related to the eyeball. Kunio is a neurosurgeon and an independent documentary film director. He is...

A surprising and humanistic drama that questions the meaning of happiness through the strange fate of one man who caused an accident. One night, a...

Omnibus by three young directors in the spotlight of Japan’s independent film industry, dealing with the theme of “lost virginity.”...

The tale follows the intentional non-adventures of quiet Tachibana (Takeshi Ito), a Tokyo drifter who has worked in a suburban sausage shop for...

Nishioka, a musician who has lost his passion for music and is living a life of self-indulgence, is fired by his contracted music production company.

Fumiko, a married bookkeeper at a hair salon, is having an affair with one of the stylists, Sawai. Suspecting that her co-worker Mayumi is also...

A humanistic drama, which candidly depicts the struggles of a woman who aspires to become a manga artist, adapted from the comic of the same name,...

In 1970s Japan, Satoshi Kirishima was a member of the "Scorpion Cell" of the East Asian Anti-Japan Armed Front, a recently formed left-wing extremist...

Middle-aged salaryman Ichiro Sasaki (Mitsuru Hirata) hears of the death of his childhood friend Okabe (Takeshi Itoh). Okabe left a message for Ichiro...

Nagano has had a sickness of the heart for 40 years and has been hospitalized at the mental hospital in Fukushima. However, during the evacuation...

Older brother Kenichi and younger brother Takashi had not seen each other for a while, but they meet at their estranged father's funeral. The father...

This story follows the journey of an ill-fated young man whose ambition is to be a professional antiques dealer. A hard-up young man, who makes his...

A 40 year old shut-in who lives with his mom runs away from home and meets interesting people.

An interview with cinematographer Junichiro Hayashi speaking about his work with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Syo and Han, colleagues, are out enjoying a relaxing day fishing, when they happen upon Mayumi and Misako, a very attractive young woman and her...

An older brother who can't fit into society, a father who has given up on his future, and a younger sister who is tied to the house. This is the...

Kamagasaki is an "invisible" slum of Osaka that attracts day laborers and prostitutes since WW2. When the local gang has its treasured cauldron...

On March 11th 2011, a massive earthquake strikes eastern Japan. Shoko (TAKEKOU Aya), who works at a shoe store in Tokyo, is unable to contact her...