Yohta Kawase Movies

Watarai seems like a respectable science teacher at a cram school in a decent apartment complex but he has the hidden habit he dare not reveal. That...

A cloudy riverbank. Kazuko, a one-piece woman with a floral pattern, stands under the viaduct. She was abandoned here when she was young and raised...

A rural gentleman's peaceful life takes a turn for the worse when a couple from Tokyo move to his neck of the woods.

Heinous. Two wolves haunted by the past. Can you hear the gunshot?-Is it his voice?- Starring: Ichizo Matsuda ("The Emblem of the Yakuza", "The Rule...

Elementary school boy Hiroto doesn’t have any talents or dreams for the future. One day he sees a wrestling match by popular masked wrestler...

Junko runs a Thai restaurant left by her late husband. Yuuji is a furniture maker who has recently divorced. One day, Junko buys a handmade table via...

Based on the world of Taiyo Matsumoto's manga "Tekkonkinkreet" this film sublimates the story of a young girl crow and a seagull living a free and...

A fugitive man and woman (Kawase, Kawana) come to an island to retrieve their son (Iwasaki), who the woman has given to a foster family, but the...

Ah, my body's on fire! Roku, a company employee, learns that his ex-girlfriend, Nanako, has broken up with her lover and heads to her parents' house,...

A 40 year old shut-in who lives with his mom runs away from home and meets interesting people.

Kamagasaki is an "invisible" slum of Osaka that attracts day laborers and prostitutes since WW2. When the local gang has its treasured cauldron...

Anata wo matteimasu is a feature-film comedy directed by Shinji Imaoka (Underwater Love, Uncle’s Paradise, Frog Song, Lunchbox, The Woman of...

Yuko Tanaka, who "married into" the Tanaka family, a family running a poultry farm, led a modest life despite being mistreated by her sister-in-law,...

Sequel to 'Solitary Scream'.

One day, it's decided that all people with blood type B have to be killed. There are people in black costumes who chase after and kill everyone with...

Omnibus by three young directors in the spotlight of Japan’s independent film industry, dealing with the theme of “lost virginity.”...

An alcoholic and his wife explore a beach site in a strange afterlife. Here they meet a number of odd characters who remind them of their past.

Takashima is a young struggling actor who wants to be a film director. The film follows his chance encounters and career highlights (and lowlights!)...

Naomi's cold daily life with her husband continues, and to quench her thirst, she becomes addicted to shopping, and her secret card loan from her...