Known for Sound
Born
October 27, 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Kyoto, Japan
Filmography
41 films, 3 shows


Sleep No More
2026 · 1h 36m · ID
As two sisters clash over whether their mother’s sudden death at a wig factory was suicide or demonic possession, their brother's supernatural body-regenerative gift attracts a wandering ghost searching for a human host.


Firing The Lighter Gun
2022 · 2h 1m
Not far in the future , the second nuclear accident happened in Japan. The Town next to it remains the same. Tatsuya works for the yakuza, Ryo who was in prison, and Mari the sex worker started living together. The misfit, the outcast, trying to survive and suffer in this world. This is a story of people who lost their place where they belong. Is there gonna be another day?


...and LOVE
2017 · 1h 32m · JP
Anri (Anri Sugihara) becomes successful as a gravure idol and she catches the attention of men across the world, but she realizes that she forgot her wish of "I want to be an idol like the blue sea." She wants to take back what she lost, but...


ABCs of Death 2
2014 · 2h 4m · BR
Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.


Touching the Skin of Eeriness
2013 · 55m · JP
After his parents die, a teenager goes to live with his older brother. As his loneliness grows, he becomes engrossed in practicing modern dance with his classmate.


Beautiful New Bay Area Project
2013 · 29m · JP
While inspecting a wharf, young Amano, president of an urban planning company, meets beautiful laborer Takako and falls in love at first sight. However, she does not return his affections, so he steals her ID card and goes on the run from the infuriated Takako.


Ring of Curse
2011 · 1h 34m · JP
In observing a solitary classmate, a student begins to suspect that the loner has the ability to write words that will kill those who read them.


Henge
2011 · 54m · JP
A young couple's lives take a turn for the worse after a mysterious attack on the husband leaves him suffering from some bizarre after effects.


The Sylvian Experiments
2010 · 1h 34m · JP
Dr. Hattori and her husband watch footage of brain surgery experiments with Manchurian, Russian and Japanese guinea pigs that had been found in the basement of a wrecked hospital. Out of the blue, there is a white light and when they look back, they see they children Ota Miyuki and Kaori staring at the light. Years later, Miyuki vanishes from the Tama Medical University Hospital and her sister Kaori, Miyuki's boyfriend Motojima and detective Hirasawa are seeking her. However, Miyuki and the teenagers Kazochi, Takumi, Hattori and Rieko have been submitted to a nightmarish experiment by Dr. Hattori and her team with tragic results.


Tokyo Rendezvous
2008 · 1h 44m · JP
A salaryman debates selling his grandfather's land to pay off his father's debt.


Sad Vacation
2007 · 2h 16m · JP
Abandoned by his mother, Kenji scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs, including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this, he cares for the sister of an incarcerated friend and a young illegal immigrant. Eventually, his life reaches a turning point.


Arigatou
2006 · 2h 5m · JP
In the early morning of January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck, and Tadao Furuichi (Hidekazu Akai), who was running a camera store in Kobe City, lost his friends, his house, and his property. Tadao is busy volunteering for the reconstruction of the town, and one day he comes across his own golf bag that survived the earthquake. Feeling a miracle, Tadao decides to challenge the professional golf test before he turns 60.


Crickets
2006 · 1h 42m · JP
Kaoru, a wealthy woman whose youth is fading, abandons the hustle and bustle of the city to live peacefully in a home on the coast. There, she takes care of an old deaf, dumb and blind man as if he were an insect, a child or a pet. He can’t do anything for himself, so she feeds him and accompanies him on his walks. This strong mutual dependency offers Kaoru an escape from society and allows her to free herself from restrictions imposed by common sense.


My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2005 · 1h 47m · JP
A.D. 2015: A virus spreads in many cities globally, a suicidal disease infected by pictures. Once infected, the diseased will soon meet death. They have no way of fighting back, filled with fear and despair. The media calls it the 'Lemming Syndrome'.


The Lakeside Murder Case
2005 · 1h 58m · JP
Three couples stay at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has killed his mistress.


Tsukineko Ni Mitsu No Tama
2004 · 1h 10m · JP
Oosumi, a dummy artist, makes the figure of Mari who is the wife of a gangster called Kurokin. Oosumi decides to run away with Mari, but Mari disappears. One night, Kaako, a musician's wife, meets a ghost cat and she is possessed by Mari's spirit.


The Tunnel
2004 · 1h 11m · JP
A modern Japanese family loses their youngest son in a tragedy. The mother, Misako, plunges into depression and the oldest son Akira starts blaming himself for the death of his brother.


Memories
1995 · 1h 53m · JP
Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.


August in the Water
1995 · 1h 57m · JP
A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.


Angel Dust
1994 · 1h 57m · JP
Every Monday, a young woman is murdered in the subway, leading psychiatrist Setsuko Suma to investigate Dr. Rei Aku's deprogramming of former sect members.


964 Pinocchio
1991 · 1h 37m · JP
While wandering around Japan, defective sex cyborg Pinocchio encounters Kyoko, another amnesiac burdened with a terrible secret tied to her amnesia. Together, they strive to rebuild their lives in a world where memory has become obsolete.