Makoto Nagahisa
Known for Directing
Born
August 2, 1984 (age 42)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Filmography
16 films, 6 shows
Known for Directing
Born August 2, 1984, in Tokyo, Makoto Nagahisa directed films and music videos while working as a commercial planner at a major ad agency. Nagahisa wrote and directed the short film And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool. (2017) and was the first Japanese director to win the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES is his first feature-length film. Influences include Juzo Itami, Nagisa Oshima, Gil Evans and Boris Vian. Has long hair, which he wears braided on formal occasions. Source: Nagahisa's website
Born
August 2, 1984 (age 42)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Filmography
16 films, 6 shows

BURN
2026 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
When runaway teen Ju-Ju is embraced by a tribe of misfit youths in Kabukicho, she finds belonging for the first time — until betrayal and despair twist her haven into a prison, and she's left with one way to take back control.

Pisko the Crab Child Is in Love
2024 · 18m
country: Japan
Pisko's father is a crab while her mother is human. Pisko falls in love with her teacher but is heartbroken when he leaves her because she is half-crab. Pisko finally finds love and companionship with her friend Kubokayo.

Kaguya
2022 · 5m
country: Japan
Under the impetus of the 75th anniversary of the bamboo top-handle bags, the House presents a contemporary retelling of an ancient Japanese story entitled ‘Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter).’ Makoto Nagahisa stages the plot of finding oneself, along with true love, in a Tokyo betwixt and between reality and a dream. Dressed in looks from the Gucci Love Parade collection, Hikari Mitsushima, Aoi Yamada, and Eita Nagayama star in the story shedding a new light on the Gucci Bamboo 1947 and Gucci Diana Beloved lines.

DEATH DAYS
2022 · 46m
country: Japan
This is the story of one man’s life, set in a world where everybody knows the day they will die: their “DEATH DAY”.

The Rite of Love and Death (but we are still alive)
2020 · 51m
country: Japan
The movie director Makoto Nagahisa reinterprets Yukio Mishima's "Patriotism" by following a young couple during the coronavirus pandemic. This is the story of COVID-19, the live house, and the couple's self-determination.

We Are Little Zombies
2019 · 2h
country: Japan
Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions.

And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool.
2017 · 28m
country: Japan
One summer day, 400 goldfish were found in the swimming pool of a secondary school. This is a story about the four 15-year-old girls who put them there.

Frog
2009
country: Unknown