Known for Directing
Yoshihiro Nakamura (中村 義洋) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and narrator, best known for his 2009 film Fish Story, which premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival, and A Boy and His Samurai, which won the Audience Award at the 2011 New York Asian Film Festival.
Born
August 25, 1970 (age 55)
Birthplace
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
185 films, 3 shows
Mieruko-chan
2025 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
One day, high school girl Miko suddenly gains the ability to see spirits. Surrounded by terrifying and grotesque apparitions, Miko chooses the most unexpected survival strategy: pretending she can’t see them. Whether her best friend Hana becomes possessed or her classmate Yuria starts to suspect her secret, Miko sticks to her plan — ignore everything with all her might. But as Hana begins acting more and more strangely… can Miko really survive this ordeal by pretending she doesn’t see a thing!?
Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 100
2023 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
April 2022, at an unknown MA studio. While Yoshihiro Nakamura is recording for the newest entry, Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 96 (2022) a 24-year-old submitted video that was not used at the time is rediscovered.
The 47 Rōnin in Debt
2019 · 2h 25m
country: Japan
Feudal lord Takuminokami Asano has been led to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira. Having no time to mourn his death, samurai Kuranosuke Oishi decides to take revenge on Kira, planning an attack with the help of accountant Chosuke Yato… but they don't have enough in their budget.
Honto ni Atta! Noroi No Video: BEST10
2018 · 1h 21m
country: Japan
The 'Honto Ni Atta. Noroi No Video' team has selected the best 10 videos of the franchise spanning 18 years, 76 films and over 675 submitted videos for a long awaited theatrical release.
Mumon: Land of Stealth The Making Of
2018 · 41m
country: Unknown
Goes behind the scene of making the Japanese film, Shinobi no Kuni.
Mumon: The Land of Stealth
2017 · 2h 5m
country: Japan
Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-century mercenary. When the ninja council makes a power play to defeat the young Nobukatsu Oda struggling to step into his father’s warlord shoes as they expand rule across the country, Mumon jumps into the fray to satisfy his new bride Okuni’s demand that he make good on his promises of wealth. Yet Mumon soon finds what is worth fighting for beyond money or nation.
The Magnificent Nine
2016 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents, but if they're caught they will lose their lives.
The Inerasable
2016 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
A novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room in her apartment. They begin to investigate incidents involving former residents, and eventually discover the shocking truths lurking inside the building.
Kidan Piece of Darkness
2016 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Based on Fuyumi Ono's best-selling books, these 10 tales of spookiness by six Japanese horror directors are designed to chill viewers to the bone.
Prophecy
2015 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
The cyber crime investigation division at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department finds a video on website "YOURTUBE." In the video, a man covered by a newspaper, warns that a fire will be set at a food processing company. More crime notices are soon found involving violent crimes. Geitsu is the main guy behind the group "Shinbunshi," which has posted the videos. He used to work as a temporary employee at an IT company, but was unfairly dismissed. He then begins doing manual labor work and meets the other members of "Shinbushi."
The Snow White Murder Case
2014 · 2h 6m
country: Japan
A beautiful cosmetics company employee is found dead in a gruesome state. What's more, it becomes apparent that one of the victim's colleagues, a homely woman named Miki, has gone missing. Television director Akaboshi attempts to interview as many of Miki's friends and acquaintances as he can find, eliciting miscellaneous information from them.
Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Answer Version
2013 · 54m
country: Japan
Todo Shunnosuke is a movie director who passed away thirty years ago. Just before his death, he told his wife about three short films which contained a secret. Years later, Todo's wife, who is on the verge of death, asked Madame Marmalade to solve the mystery. (2nd part of the 2-part Quiz movie : the audience gets to find out the answers to some questions asked in the "Question Version" film, and the people who got the answers right get their names placed in the film).
Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Question Version
2013 · 1h 45m
country: Japan
Todo Shunnosuke is a movie director who passed away thirty years ago. Just before his death, he told his wife about three short films which contained a secret. Years later, Todo's wife, who is on the verge of death, asked Madame Marmalade to solve the mystery. (1st part of the 2-part Quiz movie : questions were asked to the audience at the end of the screening and the answers were given in the follow-up film, "Answer Version").
Miracle Apples
2013 · 2h 9m
country: Japan
Akinori Kimura (Sadao Abe) and his wife Mieko (Miho Kanno) opens an apple orchard in their hometown of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. Due to Meiko's allergic reaction to pesticides, Akinori Kimura has to grow his apples without the aid of chemicals. Because of this challenge, his family endures hardships and suffers severe financial difficulties. Akinori Kimura even contemplates suicide. A miracle then happens...
See You Tomorrow, Everyone
2013 · 2h
country: Japan
After Satoru Watarai graduated from elementary school, he dropped out of school and decided to live within his apartment complex, never to venture outside. Satoru Watari then meets his old friends as they are coming back from their middle school classes. Satoru has now gotten a job at a cake shop within the apartment complex and eventually gets engaged to one of his friends. Satoru, still lives within the apartment complex only, but, as time passes, more of his friends leave ..
Chips
2012 · 1h 8m
country: Japan
Tadashi Imamura is a burglar who idolises Ozaki, a star baseball player he shares a birthday with. One day he realises their connection is much deeper than that and decides to find out more.
Kaibutsu-kun: The Movie
2011 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
Kaibutsukun is the young prince of Kaibutsu land who decides to go to Earth to prove to his people that he is worthy of becoming king. Kaibutsukun is accompanied by his friends Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken. The Prince decides to go to Japan to visit his friends Utako and Hiroshi. The Prince, Dracula, Wolfman and Franken are in for a surprise.
A Boy and His Samurai
2010 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A samurai from the Edo Period time travels to present day Japan where he meets a divorcee and her son. Soon, he discovers a passion for making pastries.
Golden Slumber
2010 · 2h 19m
country: Japan
When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by with a little help from his friends, who include a famous pop diva, a rockabilly deliveryman, a crippled old gangster, and the world's most cheerful serial killer.
Fish Story
2009 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people and their stories together.
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
2009 · 2h 3m
country: Japan
A year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical staff at Tojo University Hospital once again finds itself embroiled in a web of intrigue and scandal.The scandal occurs this time in the ER when a mysterious letter arrives for Dr. Kimiko Taguichi. The letter reads: “Chief Surgeon Hayami of the Emergency Center has a collusive relationship with a medical supplies maker. And the head nurse is in on it with him.” An unimaginable truth then awaits.
The Two in Tracksuits
2008 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
A son quits his job and is persuaded by his father to head off to a cottage in the remote mountains. Together, the two of them manage to get through their days while wearing old jerseys left by a deceased grandmother. The following summer, the two once again leave the stifling heat of Tokyo, as if escaping to the mountain cottage. However, the next summer is very different.
The Glorious Team Batista
2008 · 2h
country: Japan
Toho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the leadership of a up and coming, star, U.S. trained surgeon that specializes in the highly risky "Batista" procedure to shrink the size of enlarged hearts. Normally this procedure has only a 60% success rate, but "Team Batista" has achieved a run of 26 straight successes....when suddenly 3 patients in a row die on the operating table. Very disturbed, the lead surgeon requests an independent investigation. The hospital turns to Dr. Taguchi who is a specialist in psychosomatic disorders who is shocked to at the assignment because she knows nothing in particular about surgery. Assured, however, that this very lack of insider specialized knowledge is in fact the "objectivity" required, she diligently begins to investigate in her own polite, but persistent manner.
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
2007 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
A university student finds himself wrapped up in the bizarre world of his next door neighbor, learning about his history and relationship with a girl who changed his life.
Route 225
2006 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Two kids, fourteen-year-old Eriko and her thirteen-year-old brother Daigo, suddenly find themselves trapped in a parallel universe. Most things are the same as in their own world, but their parents are missing from home and are only contactable when using one particular phonecard.
The Booth
2005 · 1h 13m
country: Japan
Shogo, the arrogant and condescending star of a popular call-in radio-show must temporarily broadcast out of Studio 6, a creepy and dilapidated booth abandoned since its last DJ committed suicide several years ago. Suddenly, Shogo begins receiving disturbing calls, the voice on the line whispers "Liar" over and over. Is the joke on him, has someone discovered the truth about his sinister past, or has the curse of Studio 6 been unleashed again? In this Booth, all sins will be atoned for.
Asoko no seki
2005 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
Transfer student Kana is assigned a seat whose previous occupants committed suicide.
@Babymail
2005 · 1h 15m
country: Japan
A high school teacher, Masato Saito, is told by his best friend, police officer Shinya Saito, about a strange murder case. The incident was that a woman broke through her belly and had an umbilical cord popping out of her belly, and at the same time three men were said to have blew bubbles from their mouths and died. One day, Shinya's wife, Junko, receives something called Baby Mail. The baby mail says, "I have a grudge against someone who is trying to have a child. I will raise my child." When she opens the attached file "@", the baby cried and the LCD of her cell phone cracked, which was creepy. A month later, she was found in a condition similar to the bizarre incident. However, she was diagnosed as four months pregnant when her body was found, even though she had her period a month ago.
Lizard Baby
2004 · 50m
country: Japan
Horror screenwriter, Umeki, has writer's block. He goes with his pregnant wife, Akiko, to a check-up and is struck with an incredible idea - a horror story about a woman who gives birth to a reptile! Despite his wife's disgust, Umeki goes ahead with the screenplay, which the critics love. But the horrible prophecy fulfills itself, as his wife gives birth to a freak of nature. His baby is born half human, half lizard! The reptilian baby slithers on the floor, leaving a wet trail of slime behind [it]. To his horror, his wife, Akiko, holds it lovingly in her arms. His movie has become a mirror image of his own life as Umeki slips slowly into madness.
Dark Tales of Japan
2004 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus traveling on a long isolated mountain road.
Shibuya Kaidan Sacchan no Toshi Densetsu 2
2004 · 1h 10m
country: Unknown
The horror of urban legends continues! This is a collection of 14 short stories, each 10 minutes long.
Shibuya Kaidan Sacchan no Toshi Densetsu
2004 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
A collection of 10-minute horror shorts inspired by the film Shibuya Kaidan (aka The Locker). The plot revolves around a cursed locker and a carved mouth ghost.
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 7
2003 · 51m
country: Japan
A collection of psychic images received by general posts. Fear multiplies! Earth-bound spirits, vengeful spirits, floating spirits, guardian spirits ... full of mysterious images that can not be elucidated by science!
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 5
2003 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 6
2003 · 53m
country: Japan
The 5th popular series that runs the No. 1 of psychic horror documentaries! This time, we focused on school ghost stories and strange phenomena, a collection of psychic images by general posts!!
Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 3
2003 · 1h
country: Japan
Really scary! Can you face the truths shown by the cameras? The fear grows! Earthbound spirits, vengeful spirits, floating spirits, guardian spirits.... It's full of mysterious images that cannot be explained by science!
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 4
2003
country: Japan
Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 2
2003 · 54m
country: Japan
Seikimatsu no noroi Zoshoku
2000 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
A female documentary writer approaches the case of a hikikomori boy's murder of a young girl and a high school girl's classmate.
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Special
2000 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
The Number 1 series of psychic documents of the horror genre returns with another film filled with new submissions from all over the country, including returns of some previous stories.
Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video: Best Selection 2
1999 · 54m
country: Japan
A best selection of the "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" franchise that takes footage from part 2, 6, 4, Special 1 and a new unreleased video.
Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 1
1999 · 51m
country: Japan
An investigation team goes on a search to research about "cursed videos" from different people in Japan who have claimed to have tragic incidents involving these videos.
Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video: Best Selection
1999 · 55m
country: Japan
A best selection of the "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" franchise that takes footage from part 1, 4, 5, Special 1 and a new unreleased video.
Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video: Best Selection 3
1999 · 55m
country: Japan
A best selection of the "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" franchise that takes footage from part 5, 3, 1, Special 1 and a new unreleased video.
Samidare Chūbō
1993 · 17m
country: Japan
A small Chinese restaurant is about to open tomorrow. Mr. Lee, an apprentice cook, is preparing the dishes and Kanematsu, a young waitress, is writing the menu by hand. Just as the preparations seem to be progressing steadily, the manager collapses. Kanematsu waits for a call from the senior waitress who has accompanied him to the hospital, and continues to write the menu silently under the broken fluorescent light. Then the phone rings, telling him that the manager will be sick tonight. And the night is over... The script and direction of the film are highly effective in making us feel the character of each of the characters and the gentle connection between them in the minimal time and space of just one night and almost only in the kitchen. The strength of the pictures in each scene is also worthy of note.