Hako Ohshima

Shimaneko (2024)

A fantasy that anthropomorphizes the stray cats living on Kitagijima, a remote island off the coast of Okayama, much like Yumiko Oshima's classic manga "Wata no Kunihoshi". The film depicts young girls conversing in "cat language" (with subtitles), occasio ...

My Name Is Lucien (2023)

A lonely and emotionally anxious teenager finds her ideal love online. But in reality he is a serial killer. Her heart continues to wander between "love" and "life and death. ...

Kamaishi Ramen Story (2023)

The eldest daughter, Masami, who ran away from home three years ago and hadn't heard from her father and sister who run the ramen shop "Kogawa Shokudo" in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, suddenly returns. ...

The Promised Land (2019)

A girl is kidnapped and the perpetrator roams freely. When a similar case occurs along the same road and in similar circumstances a suspect is identified leading to the accused running away and going into hiding. ...

KoKo Gurentai 2 (2017)

With violent thugs eager to make a name for themselves, the cops ask undefeated high school gang leader Shota Hirose to skip town for a year. While Shota was away, his younger friend Mikiya rose to the top and is in control of the rival high schools, but ...

Itoshi no Nora (2017)

Love and Other Cults (2017)

Ai's mother sends her to live with a cult commune, where she remains for seven years. After the cult is broken up by the police, Ai struggles to fit in with society. ...

Silence (2016)

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism. ...

Ondine's Curse (2014)

Seizo, a doctor, and his beautiful younger wife, Reiko. At first glance, they appear to be a respectable and amicable couple, but Seizo suspects that Reiko has a young lover. One day, the couple goes to see a new Noh play, "The Curse of Ondine," organized ...

Suicide Love (2014)

Japanes romantic crime-drama dealing with suicide epidemics ...

The City of Love and Hope (2013)

Moment Girl (2013)

Two terminally ill girls grow through their relationship as they face life and death. ...

Before the Vigil (2013)

Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. Matsuoi then ...

Virgin (2012)

Omnibus by three young directors in the spotlight of Japan's independent film industry, dealing with the theme of "lost virginity." Yoshida Koki, whose film {Household X} was an official selection for the Berlin International Film Festival's Forum, depicts ...

Hanezu (2012)

Woodwork artist Takumi moves to the small village Asuka in Nara Prefecture. He remodels old homes and lives a peaceful existence with nature. Takumi then meets Kayoko, a woman who went to the same school as Takumi. Kayoko is fascinated with the color crims ...

LOVEME2030 (2005)

Paris, like the other metropolitan cities in Europe, was flourishing because of new crossing urbanities, while tension was born between the conservative and the new types of Europeans. By the year of 2030, the new races of Europeans have a chance to return ...