Kou Machida

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

Takehiko Natsuoka

A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.

Burst City

Mad Brother

Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.

August in the Water

Stone Tribe Emissary

A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.

H Story

The Writer

An autobiographical docudrama about an attempt to remake Alain Resnais' 1959 film "Hiroshima Mon Amour".

Endless Waltz

Kaoru Abe

Biopic about jazz saxophonist Kaoru Abe and his wife, noted writer Izumi Suzuki.

Mirrored Mind

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An actress suffering from an identity crisis finds herself spirited away from the bustle of Tokyo to a tropical paradise.

Romantic Mania

Jirō Nagai

A love story in the style of a psycho-thriller, depicting the relationship between a female police officer who continues to have an affair and the men who surround her, along with the progress of a bizarre incident. Due to various circumstances, the theatrical release was postponed and the work announced as OV was released to the public at a special screening at the Kamemei Painting Theater in Tokyo.

Soft Skin

Minako, a Tokyo housewife, is depressed that everyone has an active life outside the home except her. Taking her inspiration from TV reports of a hitch-hiking chainsaw murderer, Minako decides to spice up her life by finding a young lover and running off with him by faking her kidnapping. While her family frets and worries, Minako has a wonderful time. Eventually, though, she decides it's time to go back to her family. Her lover, however, isn't ready for the fun to end, and Minako's fake kidnapping soon becomes all too real.

The Black House

Officer Matsui

A timid insurance agent investigates a possible insurance fraud case that involves a death. As the facts are slowly revealed, he becomes progressively more frightened.

Robinson's Garden

Kumi lives a hippie-like life in Tokyo's outskirts. One night while drunk she stumbles into an abandoned industrial site, except in addition to deserted factories, it is full of forests and greenery. She decides to move there, even further away from the civilization she had already left.

Osaka Story

Policeman

Young Wakana is the daughter of a husband and wife comedy act, who have worked together for 20 years without any big success. Wakana’s parents quarrel constantly, and her mother often threatens to leave. When one day her father disappears, Wakana sets out to find him.

pierce LOVE&HATE

Naho repeatedly enters hotels with random men and kills them before having sex with them. A man, Manabu, stays with her and performs piercings on her breasts. One day, Naho invites a middle-aged man to a hotel as usual and tries to kill him, but ends up failing to do so.

Jeonju Digital Project 2004

Three digital short films: 'Influenza' by Bong Joon-ho, 'Kyo-shin' by Sogo Ishii, 'Dance Me to the End of Love' by Yu Lik-wai

Akai hankô: Yume no ato shimatsu

Hosono

Hosono, a film director who continues to make adult videos to make a living, spends his days desperately trying to realize his own project. However, one day, driven by anxiety and impatience, he steals a script from the screenwriter's home...

Kumagusu

Unfinished film based on the life of biologist Minakata Kumagusu.

Minato no Rokishî

Set in Hakodate in the summer, this is a retro-inspired coming-of-age drama about a love triangle between a sister and brother who are like lovers and a young man.

Cat City

Narrator (voice)

A fantasy world with only cats as far as the eye can see. The awe and fear a person can feel in a world that doesn't know mankind.

Never Mind a Little Rain

Himself

An in-depth and stylish look at the hardcore punk scene in Japan at the late half of the 70's and the beginning of the 80's. Features bands such as GASTUNK, THE EXECUTE, GAUZE among others.

Āto nanka iranai!

Narrator (voice)

A film on the meaning of art, Session 1: Kingdom of Inertia, Session 2: 4.6 Billion Years of Solitude

Tomoyasu Hotei - MONSTER DRIVE PARTY!!!

Guest Vocal

Live DVD recorded on Zepp Tokyo on July 18, 2005