Gen Shimaoka

Tomoe (2024)

Japan, 1860. Tomoe aspires to become an onna bugeisha, a female warrior. But Masaki, her weapons master, strangely delays the ceremonial duel. ...

Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre (2023)

Lili David (2012)

Yoshido (The Other Life) (2010)

Six years ago, Yoshido directed La Vie lointaine, the adaptation of the eponymous novel of Haruki. Two days before the end of the shooting, a sudden and strange rise of fever struck the members of the crew causing the film to stop. Today, Yoshido is an old ...

Capucine (2009)

An investigation between Alsace and Japan on capuchin monkeys and their incredible ability to communicate with humans. ...

Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008)

The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation. ...

The Third Part of the World (2008)

Emma meets François at an airport in France. He is an astronomer who studies the phenomenon of black holes, and Emma finds herself immediately taken with him. Their romance flourishes during a stay in the countryside. But one day, François disappears on ...

Fear and Trembling (2003)

Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it precisely this deter ...

Land of the Singing Dog (2002)

Japanese Yann Dedet's Land of the Singing Dog concerns a musicologist, Toyo Mahiru (Gen Shimaoka), and his wife, Yoshiko (Katsuo Nakamura), who travel to a remote French village because Toyo has heard there is a citizen of the village that owns a singing d ...

My 1919 (1999)

To the Chinese, the Conference at Versailles was more of an insult at their dignity and sovreignity than a celebration of peace. ...