Known for Directing
Filmography
16 films


1 Litre of Tears
2005 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
15-year-old Aya Kito was an ordinary girl, the daughter of a family who works at a tofu shop, and a soon-to-be high schooler. However, odd things have been happening to Aya lately. She has been falling down often and walks strange. Her mother, Shioka, takes Aya to see the doctor. How will Aya react when told about her disease? And how will Aya live from now on?


The Motive
2004 · 2h 40m
country: Japan
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.


Road to the Don Theatrical Version
2003 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to the top of the organization. The theatrical version of the popular video series adapted from the original work by Murakami Kazuhiko.


Rainy Dog
1997 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.


Mitabi no kaikyô
1995 · 2h 3m
country: Japan


Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul, allowing him to cure others with his newfound “ki” healing power.


The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
1993 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
A man must overcome many obstacles as he works his way through the dangerous crime world to the level of yakuza.


Faraway Sunset
1992 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.


The Pale Hand
1990 · 1h 40m
country: Japan


Don't Mind
1990 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Set in downtown Tokyo, it depicts the activities of a weak youth baseball team, the Chidori Boys, and the ordinary people who live there.


cf Girl
1989 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Takashi Kitajima.


Bijo reipu-gari
1987 · 59m
country: Japan
Reiko Nozawa, Shizue Sakamoto, Emi Kato, and Takashi Toda went mountain climbing. Takashi was in a love triangle with Emi and Shizue. Shortly after setting up camp by the river, Emi witnesses Takashi and Shizue having sex. She ran into the woods. But suddenly, she is attacked by someone...


Black Board
1986 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns out to have been murdered by two of his schoolmates, who he had been bullying.


Ran
1985 · 2h 40m
country: Japan
Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.