Makiko Watanabe Movies

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

This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.

Mogura, a shut-in former musician, falls in love with a young cellist after seeing her photo in a magazine.

Near-future Tokyo. Kou, through the help of his high school best friend, finds a surprising way to express his mounting frustration at the insidious...

Nana is 19 and lives in a corner of Tokyo. Her birth mother and Marin, a girl the same age who she loves, were the only people she could trust. Nana...

In the summer of 1963, flats of modern construction begin to be built in the slums where vagrants and women of the night gather. The city hall's plan...

Mika (Marie Ono), a Japanese-American woman, returns to her native Saitama hometown and becomes a therapist for a "nemuriba" ("a place to sleep").

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

About an energetic kindergarden student and the people around him

Four short films produced without a director

A sixteen year old boy, Ryo, experiences the painful ordeal of his mother being hospitalized and then dying. The boy turns to crime, but doesn't find...

A 2001 Japanese language film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima. The film screened at Locarno International Film Festival in...

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...

An omnibus film consisting of 4 short films and a documentary related to COVID-19.

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.

Satoshi learns his estranged mother has six months to live. They must reunite for one last farewell. A short film from the "Short Trial Project...

Ryoko hides herself in a closet after a patron in her restaurant becomes ill from food poisoning & she is held responsible. Her husband and co-owner...