Known for Directing
Filmography
10 films, 1 show


Happyend
2024 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
In a near-future Japanese city bracing for a devastating earthquake, a group of teenage friends navigate personal struggles and fractured bonds amid rising tension.


Kate
2021 · 1h 46m
country: United States
A ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.


While the Women Are Sleeping
2016 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to work on his novel. But then a few strange hotel guest arouse the curiosity of the couple.


The Forest
2016 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.


Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
2014 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on a scene where stolen cash is buried in North Dakota, she travels to America to find it.


Oba: The Last Samurai
2011 · 2h 8m
country: Japan
In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the mountains. Even after hearing reports of the Japanese military's surrender, Oba dismisses the reports as propaganda and continues to launch guerilla attacks against the American soldiers, earning him the nickname "The Fox". Soon, even the American commander who's charged with the task of capturing Oba comes to admire his persistent enemy.


Norwegian Wood
2010 · 2h 14m
country: Japan
Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.


Honokaa Boy
2009 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman.


The Grudge 2
2006 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong, and strange things begin happening in a Chicago apartment building.


Trapped Ashes
2006 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories.