Maiko Kawakami Movies

The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on a teacher he had when he was a child.

Five people arrive at a movie theater where a comedy movie is being shown: the president of a transportation company and his wife, a ronin student, a...

About a group of itinerant actors.

Miki, a nursing care robot, is popular among some medical staff and patients for her dainty and efficient work, but others are more skeptical. One...

Koji Tadokoro, the manager of a hot bento shop, lives an ordinary life with his girlfriend Noriko Kinoshita, who works at a nearby supermarket and...

A grieving young mother employed at a video game company is recruited to test and train a new virtual world. She finds a character in this world of...

Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...

A young girl with leukemia travels a pilgrimage by skateboard.

The Shogun gets engaged to a princess who rebels against the prospect, because she wasn't consulted.

19-year-old freeter (a Japanese expression for people between the ages of 15 and 34 who lack full time employment or are unemployed, excluding...

A heartwarming youth sports story about high school students who dedicate everything to basketball.

The protagonist, Shippei Iida, moves with his mother to the remote island of Origoshima. He transfers to the island's only high school, Origoshima...

In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. Although Japan’s defeat seems imminent,...

After a tragic accident, Terrolun becomes a shut-in, living in his parent's garage where he fixes mechanical items. When Lunlun, a hearing-impaired...

This is a series of three short supernatural-themed movies. The first tells the story of a teen girl who dreams of haunted doll. In the second movie,...

Masanao Ushio and other detectives from Shinjuku West PD discover the strangled dead body of a woman in an empty building in West Shinjuku in Tokyo....

Sayako was abused by her mother as a young child. She eventually moved into a foster care facility because of the abuse and has lived there ever...