Known for Camera
Birthplace
Fukushima, Japan
Filmography
60 films, 7 shows


Street Kingdom: Make your own sound.
2026 · 2h 10m
country: Japan


No Matter What, I Love You
2025 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
This film is a love story centered around the clumsy yet earnest first love of shy high school boy Nozumu and Kei, a popular girl in his class. It is intertwined with the suspicious death of a classmate, a suicide attempt, and frightening suspicions about a lover.


The Boy and the Dog
2025 · 2h 8m
country: Japan
6 months after the earthquake disaster in Sendai City, Nakagaki Kazumasa is a young man who has lost his job. He encounters a dog named Tamon on its dog tag, who lost its owner in the earthquake disaster. Kazumasa decides to take Tamon in, and the dog becomes attached to him and his family, but Tamon always seems concerned about something in the south direction. One day, while Kazumasa is involved in a dangerous incident, Tamon disappears. Later, in Shiga, Tamon is with Sugai Miwa, who has a sad secret. Kazumasa reunites with Tamon, and they start a new life together. Nevertheless, Tamon heads south because Tamon has a promise it wants to keep to a boy.


Masked Hearts
2023 · 2h 20m
country: Japan
26 years old Hanako is on the verge of directing her first-ever feature film, achieving her childhood dream. Although she’s being hindered by an older male assistant director, she has a fateful encounter with a man named Masao, and her life at last begins to take on a whole new luster. However, the underhanded actions of an unscrupulous producer cause Hanako to have her personal project stolen. After being dumped into despair, she quietly stokes her rage, and makes a pledge to keep fighting, and never back down! Entangling Masao, her hopeless father and two older brothers (who she’s been out of touch with for over 10 years) in her obsessive quest, Hanako audaciously attempts to make her dream come true, her way!


Fragments of the Last Will
2022 · 2h 14m
country: Japan
Based on a true story - a true love story of a man and his wife who are at the mercy of fate, but wish to be reunited for 11 years. With thoughts of his wife and his fellows, Yamamoto Hatao never gave up hoping that he'd return home despite hopeless circumstances.


You've Got A Friend
2022 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
Yoshio is a man who works for the city's water department and live with his mother. He regularly visits to the SM Queen Miho, but he still cannot forget the legendary SM Queen Yukiko.


Noise
2022 · 2h 8m
country: Japan
Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product, the island is close to receiving a 5 billion yen grant from the government, which is part of the goverment's policy to reinvigorate rural economy. The residents of the island are excited, but their peaceful days changes by the appearance of Mutsuo Komisaka. Keita Izumi and his friends Jun Tanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) and Rookie Police Officer Shinichiro Moriya are suspicious about him. One night, Keita Izumi's daughter goes missing. Due to that, Keita Izumi, Jun Tanabe and Shinichiro Moriya happen to kill Mutsuo Komisaka. They decide to hide Mutsuo Komisaka’s murder to protect the future of the island and their families. It turns out Mutsuo Komisaka was a psycho killer. Police officers come to Shishikari Island to catch Mutsuo Komisaka.


In the Wake
2021 · 2h 14m
country: Japan
Baffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was just released from prison after finishing his sentence for another crime, and he surfaces as a suspect but detective Tomashiro can't nail down conclusive proof.


Don't Forget the Kids
2020 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Yukina, who works as a call girl in the burbs just north of Tokyo, was sexually abused by her stepfather. Her younger stepbrother Minoru was also abused, but meanwhile he harbors feelings for her. He gets suspicious about her line of work after finding her call girl business card, but he also worries that he'll become the target of bullying at school.


One Night
2019 · 2h 3m
country: Japan
A family reunites after 15 years. They each have a story to tell as they have not forgotten what happened years ago.


The Promised Land
2019 · 2h 9m
country: Japan
A girl is kidnapped and the perpetrator roams freely. When a similar case occurs along the same road and in similar circumstances a suspect is identified leading to the accused running away and going into hiding.


Hibiki
2018 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
A high school girl with overwhelming literary talent shakes up the lives of those around her with her brilliant spontaneity.


The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
2018 · 3h 9m
country: Japan
In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.


My Friend "A"
2018 · 2h 9m
country: Japan
Masuda, an aspiring journalist, plans to write an article in order to expose his co-worker Suzuki, who is a psychopathic murderer according to Masuda.


Marmalade Boy
2018 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
Two sets of parents divorce and marry each other, while their children Miki and Yuu are caught in the middle and start falling for each other.


The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017 · 2h 9m
country: Japan
In 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store. They decide to stay there until the morning. Late into the night, Atsuya sees a letter in the mailbox. The letter is addressed to the Namiya General Store and the letter was written by someone to consult about worries. Incredibly, the letter was written 32 years ago. The mailbox is somehow connected to the year 1980. Atsuya and his friends decide to write a reply and place their letter in the mailbox.


The Anthem of the Heart
2017 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away so that she cannot hurt anyone with them. But, one day, she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical...


Side Job
2017 · 2h
country: Japan
Based on the novel "Kanojo no Jinsei wa Machigai ja Nai" (literal translation: Her life is not at fault) by Director Hiroki, it is a powerful story of survivors, who are all trying to find their own silver linings in life.


Policeman and Me
2017 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
Kako, a 16-year-old high school girl, goes to a mixer pretending to be 22. While there, she meets Kouta who at first has a very intimidating aura. But once he saves her from an awkward situation, she wants to know more about him as does he. That is until he finds out she isn't 22. The next day Kako runs into him again, but this time he's working as a police officer. Kako still wants to get closer to Kouta, but he isn't interested or is he?


Orange
2015 · 2h 19m
country: Japan
A girl mysteriously receives advice from her future self and as a result her group of friends, along with a newly arrived, troubled classmate, learn how to be better friends and a better community.


Her Granddaughter
2015 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
Tsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother’s house in the countryside. When her grandmother dies, Tsugumi Dozono decides to live in the house full-time, and to work from there as well. However, one day she encounters a middle-aged man in the house, who tells Tsugumi that her grandmother gave him a key to the annex house when he was her student. The two share the property, although Tsugumi still does not know the exact relationship that her grandmother had with this man.


Kabukicho Love Hotel
2014 · 2h 15m
country: Japan
This erotically charged drama traces the intersecting stories of a group of employees and visitors at a notorious "love hotel" in Tokyo's red-light district.


Crying 100 Times - Every Raindrop Falls
2013 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
Shuichi had a motorcycle accident 4 years ago. Because of the accident, he lost the last year of his memory. One day, at a friend's wedding, Shuichi has a fateful meeting with Yoshimi. They enjoy happy times together and Shuichi thinks about marrying Yoshimi. Then Yoshimi becomes sick. A sad truth is hidden in the lost memory of Shuichi.


Yellow Elephant
2013 · 2h 11m
country: Japan
Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...


Life Back Then
2011 · 2h 11m
country: Japan
Kyohei Nagashima (Masaki Okada) has shut away the world. During his high school days he was the target of bullying and experienced horrifying moments. Now as a young adult Kyohei takes a new job. He works for a company that specializes in cleaning out the homes of recently deceased individuals. With his new job Kyohei meets co-worker Yuki (Nana Eikura). Yuki has also experienced a traumatizing event as a teen and has also shut herself away from the world. These two young people form a bond as they go through the homes of the recently departed people. They gradually open up to each other and in the process to the world. Yet, their fragile psyches may or may not be ready for such changes ...


The Egoists
2011 · 2h 16m
country: Japan
Kazu attacks a bar in Kabukicho, a Tokyo red-light district, and flees to his hometown with abducts Machiko, a pole dancer he's been stuck on. They begin living together, but their happiness is short lived as their pasts torment them both.


The Lightning Tree
2010 · 2h 13m
country: Japan
Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.


Ekeb of Dekye
2010 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
Takahiko Tokito is a doctor at a big medical corporation. He has decided to run away with his lover, the wife of the president of his company. But before he is able to leave, he has to kill her husband and make it look like suicide.


Heaven's Story
2010 · 4h 38m
country: Japan
A young girl named Sato watches on television as a man named Tomoki states brazenly at a press conference that he hopes convicted murderer Mitsuo is eventually placed back into society so that he can kill him with his bare hands.


We'll Keep Walking, That's All
2009 · 1h 14m
country: Japan
A young woman named Miyuki returns to her hometown, camera in hand, after a difficult breakup. As she walks and takes photographs, she meets a variety of people and begins to realize she doesn’t have to go through this painful time in her life all alone.


Shrill Cries: Reshuffle
2009 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
Maebara Keiichi, a young teenager, has recently moved from the city to the rural village of Hinamizawa with his family. He is adjusting quite well to his new life, making friends at the small school, playing games, passing time in relative happiness, when suddenly a gruesome murder occurs. A mystery begins to unravel — tracing back to happenings five years ago. As Keiichi learns more about these strange events, he wonders if he will be able to face the truth behind all of this.


Tomica Hero: Rescue Force Explosive Movie: Rescue the Mach Train!
2008 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Taking place between episodes 38 and 39 of the Tomica Hero: Rescue Force television series, the film features Doktor Madu joining forces with the Neo Thera to hijack the super express train Mach Train with his Metal Train, intending to use the Mach Train in the most Super-Disaster ever.


New Type: Just For Your Love
2008 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Yuri, who works at the ticket window at a ferry terminal, is one-eyed. One day, she is held at knifepoint and locked away in captivity by an enigmatic man named Kwon, who has missed a ferry. At the very moment Yuri learns that Kwon has supernatural powers. As Kwon and Yuri become closer to each other, Yuri's friend, Akiyama, accidentally finds the secret of Yuri's supernatural power. Yuri has the ability to go back in time. As the price for her supernatural ability, Yuri becomes blind in one eye. In the meantime, Kwon gets shot by mysterious men. Yuri, who has started feeling affection for Kwon, tries to save him using her special power again.


Tear Jar
2008 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
A magazine editor loses his wife to cancer and he keeps her ashes in a jar. When he begins dating her sister, he becomes overwhelmed with guilt.


Takumi-kun Series: And the Spring Breeze Whispers
2007 · 1h 14m
country: Japan
A 2nd year student is assigned a handsome new roommate at the start of the school year.


Lazarus
2007 · 3h 21m
country: Japan
A woman who has been dreaming of an ordinary happy life starts wishing for the collapse of the world following an incident.


Ten Nights of Dreams
2007 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this outstanding anthology delves into the surreal subconscious with ten madly imaginative, reality-subverting visions that range from wonderfully wacky to nightmarishly unsettling.


Yumeno
2005 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Film directed by Yoshitaka Kamada.


Movie box-ing
2004 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
"Movie Box-ing" is a Japanese film from 2003. It is an omnibus-style film consisting of three short stories: "Run-ing", "The Spinning Boy" and "The Policeman and the Summer Clothes" "Run-ing": Four men and women, each with their own unique circumstances and backgrounds, find themselves running after hearing the gunshot of an assassin targeting a man who stole a bag from an organization. The story follows what happens when they reach the finish line. "The Spinning Boy": Yoshio loves to spin around. Despite a class goal to make him stop spinning, he continues. One day, his father gets injured, and Yoshio declares, "I won't spin anymore." "The Policeman and the Summer Clothes": On the eve of a summer festival, Shingo, a policeman in a small coastal town, is involved in a case. While his girlfriend, Chizuru, is job hunting in Tokyo, Shingo questions Mariko, a university entrance exam candidate, about breaking a shop window.


Yoshimura Sumomo: Dorei ningyô
2001 · 1h
country: Japan
Aki leads an ordinary married life with her husband, Kai. One day, she receives an email asking, "Why not put your body up for auction?" If a buyer is found, she is contractually obligated to serve as a sexual partner for the duration of the agreement. While Kai is away on a business trip, Aki visits the venue. Stripped naked and subjected to various examinations, she is bombarded with questions from potential buyers. Ultimately, a man named K wins the bid at a high price. He "trains" her using bizarre methods—such as forcing her to record videos of her private life and her sexual encounters with her subordinate, M—awakening a side of her body that her husband had never explored...


Aika Miura: Groper Train Ecstasy
2001 · 1h
country: Japan
Tsuruta, a single Tokyo Metropolitan Government employee, has a hobby of groping. One day, a woman, suddenly leaves him a note and leaves. The note reads, "Professional groper, please contact me immediately." Suspecting that this is a sting operation, Tsuruta does not contact her, and the woman, Eiko, begins to tail him, and Tsuruta is finally caught by her. Eiko asks Tsuruta to cooperate with a study on "sexual crimes and culture" being carried out by Seiichi, the heir to a wealthy family whom he has served for generations. Seiichi, who wants to learn about groping philosophy, follows Tsuruta onto the train. Eventually, he improves his skills as a molester, while Tsuruta is attracted to Eiko. However, Seiichi's actions escalate in a bad direction...


P.E. Class: Sweat from the Bloomers...
1998 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Three high school girls: Yu, Aya, and Sachiko. Yu is in a secret relationship with her friend's lover. Aya is a assisted dating partner. Sachiko gets along well with a boy at the warehouse. On the other hand, Yasumi, the female physical education teacher, seems to have an unusual relationship with Aida, a member of the track and field club. High school girls in bloomers and a female teacher are having a sexual feast in the school!