Known for Art
Filmography
27 films, 4 shows


Exit 8
2025 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?


We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021 · 2h 4m
country: Japan
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.


Earthquake Bird
2019 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.


Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
2018 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
A group of friends from high school days reunite for once more time before one of them dies from cancer.


Manhunt
2017 · 1h 46m
country: China
Accused of a murder he didn't commit, a prosecutor sets out on a mission to clear his name.


The Third Murder
2017 · 2h 5m
country: Japan
A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.


Parasyte: Part 2
2015 · 1h 57m
country: Japan
Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.


Parasyte: Part 1
2014 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.


The Apology King
2013 · 2h 8m
country: Japan
Ryoro Kurojima is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.


Scabbard Samurai
2011 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
Kanjuro Nomi is an aging samurai who only has a scabbard. Deserting his lord to wander the land with his daughter Tae, Kanjuro is captured and sentenced to an unusual punishment: he has 30 days to bring a smile to the sad prince who has lost his mother — or else he must die.


BECK
2010 · 2h 25m
country: Japan
Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As their popularity increases so does the danger as Ryusuke's past catches up with him.


Big Man Japan
2007 · 1h 53m
country: Japan
Daisato, a second-rate, third-generation superhero, annoys his neighbors with the noise and destruction he causes on the job. But a heroic public image is the least of his concerns. Besides defending Japan from bizarre monsters, he must deal with an agent seeking to brand him with ads, a superhero grandfather with Alzheimer's and a family embarrassed by his incompetence.