Ikkei Watanabe

Diamonds in the Sand (2025)

Divorced salaryman Yoji has just buried his mother in Tokyo. With few meaningful relationships left, he comes to grips with the realization that he has nothing to live for. A chance encounter with Minerva, a Filipina migrant worker who appears to sense hi ...

Magic Candies (2025)

The other kids never ask Dong-Dong to play, but he's fine just playing marbles on his own. Until one day, he buys a bag of colorful candies and begins to discover new voices and perspectives. ...

Darwin Goes!? (2024)

Chime (2024)

A chef's life is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread. ...

Les Cuisiniers of Chime (2024)

Documentary on the creation of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's film "Chime" ...

Butt Detective the Movie: Farewell, Oh My Beloved Butty (2024)

Butt Detective's partner who disappeared 10 years ago suddenly reappears. He receives a mysterious message from Suisen and soon finds himself embroiled in a case of counterfeit art involving a massive plot to shake up the art galleries around the world. ...

Winny (2023)

In the early days of the Internet, a case arises from an innovative software and the developer is falsely arrested by the police. This film is based on the true story of the men who fought against the authorities to protect the future and the rights of eng ...

Marriage Counselor (2023)

"Marriage Counselor" is about an employee of a major real estate company who used to be a top salesman, but has become an annoying "Showa-era old man" because he can't keep up with the times. A story that struggles while causing trouble. ...

Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery (2022)

Four years before Silent Parade (2022), Yukawa and Kusanagi investigate the murder of a writer after a video found in his possession piques Yukawa's interest. ...

D-river (2022)

London no Yamamoto Isoroku (2021)

In 1934 (Showa 9), Maj. Gen. Yamamoto Isoroku was ordered to be the chief representative of the preliminary negotiations for the Disarmament Conference to be held in London. If negotiations break down and Japan becomes isolated from the international commu ...

The Lone Ume Tree (2021)

An old house stands amongst newly built buildings, as if it has been left behind. Tamako, a popular fortune teller, has been living there alone with her son, Tadao, for years. Because he has intellectual disability and autism, their neighbors often complai ...

Butt Detective the Movie: The Secret of Souffulé Island (2021)

The story follows Butt Detective and his assistant Brown as they solve a difficult case on Souffulé Island, where people ride the wind and fly in the sky. ...

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood (2021)

In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set. ...

Closet (2020)

In Tokyo, lonely patrons pay to sleep ("soine") with someone. Massage, cuddle, sleep… for comfort and nothing more than the warm embrace of another. Tasuku, a young man fresh out of a relationship, starts a new job as one of the cuddlers. He's nervous an ...

Butt Detective the Movie: Mystery of the Ruins of Tentōmushi (2020)

Mystery of the Ladybug Ruins. Here comes the second piece of "Butt Detective" jumps to the big screen. This is an adventurous action film that tells the story of the Butt detective and his father Butt Dandy discover the mystery of the ancient ruins togethe ...

Eiga Fushigi Dagashiya: Zenitendou - Tsuri Taiyaki (2020)

Adaptation of the first volume following an eight-year-old boy Keiji getting a mysterious snack that can make him fish taiyaki (japanese fish-shaped cake). ...

Izakaya Choji (2020)

The Tragedy of W (2019)

The story of a rich family torn apart by the murder of their patriarch, and their heiress being accused of the crime, becomes a play and is acted out by a troupe of actors in Osaka. ...

His Bad Blood (2019)

From a first feature director Koichiro Oyama who worked as an assistant director for Hideo Nakata's "Kaidan" (2007), the film is about a man with crime records living with his own son without knowing their real relationship. Starring Ikkei Watanabe "Suspec ...

Ninomiya Kinjirou (2019)

Ninomiya Kinjirou is a biopic follows the life of the eponymous character, an 18th century peasant boy who worked to rescue over 600 poor villages and hamlets from financial ruin by developing new economic policies. ...

Butt Detective the Movie: The Curry Incident (2019)

The Case of the Courageous Curry. On a sunny afternoon, Butt Detective and his assistant Brown are enjoying a leisurely afternoon tea at the cafe. Mr. Walter, the manager of a new curry restaurant in town, walked in with a large shopping bag. At this time, ...

Mario (2018)

It's the year 2023. The development of artificial intelligence has come a long way in recent years. When a policeman gets seriously injured and won't be able to recover his consciousness, a scientist decides to implant an artificial intelligence called "Ma ...

Kohaku no yume (2018)

a TV drama special based on the life of SUNTORY's founder Shinjiro Torii ...

Last Night Rewind (2017)

Small miracles take place within three families. These different stories revolve around a false kidnapping, a pious child and a forsaken dream. Based on a stage production by Saijo Mitsutoshi. ...

Prison Break (2017)

One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass window and breaks out of jail. This crime even reaches the ears of Urata Susumu, the chief warden of Kosuge Pris ...

Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31 (2016)

Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan (2016)

COLOR? - THE Jailbreak Survival (2016)

Anthropologist Kumiko Misaki Murder Exam 6 (2016)

Restaurant owner Kenji Nagata has been stabbed to death. When the police begin an investigation, a bag of human bones is discovered in Nagata's car and Detective Kajikawa asks anthropologist Kumiko Misaki to perform an examination. She discovers that the d ...

Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30 (2016)

A man is murdered after stealing documents from the Olympic Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. ...

Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 29 (2015)

Kirisaki Jack no Kokuhaku (2015)

The body of a young woman is discovered in a park in Tokyo with all her organs removed. The case is assigned to Detective Inukai, a usually cool and unemotional detective known for seeing through the lies of others. But Inukai has a young daughter in need ...

Pro Bono (2014)

A young, mentally retarded boy is wrongfully accused of murder, but his family lacks the means to hire an attorney to defend him. The boy's sister, Kiriko, pleads with an accomplished attorney named Otsuka to defend her brother pro bono. But because of Ots ...

Kindaichi Kosuke vs Akechi Kogoro Again (2014)

Ryujo Hoshiko (Goriki Ayame) comes to detective Kindaichi Kosuke's (Yamashita Tomohisa) office with a request. She would like him to investigate an attempt to poison her father, Baron Ryujo Kiyohisa (Tsukayama Masane). ...

Cardfight!! Vanguard Movie: The Three Games (2014)

A blackmail sent to the police containing a video showing the letters "VF" in flame. "VF" means to battle with the card game "Vanguard", in other words, to "fight". The criminal's demand is to call the strongest adult vanguard fighter, and to fight him aga ...

Miracle classroom (2014)

Yanagi Shuji is terrible at being a monk, as he just wants to have fun all the time. His father is the Chief Monk of the Yagira Temple, and Shuji is expected to take over the role eventually.Unfortunately, Shuji is not only not cut out to be a monk, one da ...

SPEC: Close Reincarnation (2013)

Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven". ...

SPEC: Close~Incarnation (2013)

Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven". ...

God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie (2013)

Hitori Gekidan gets off a crew bus, assuming he will participate in a travel program. He overhears people in the monitoring room announce the beginning of the "24 Hour Kiss Pressure Game." He is then assaulted by attractive actresses pleading for a kiss as ...

Galileo XX (2013)

A spin-off from popular Japanese TV series "Galileo". Episode XX tells the story of female detective Utsumi Kaoru's final case before she went to Oklahoma for further training. ...

Strawberry Night (2013)

Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work. Reiko than becomes involved in a murder case named "Strawberry ...

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 ...

Tales of the Bizarre: 2012 Spring Special (2012)

Liar Game: Reborn (2012)

To exact revenge, the Liar Game office is revived. The target is only one person: Shin'ichi Akiyama. Because of new heroine Shinomiya, Shin'ichi, who kept refusing to take part in the game, finds himself in the game. Along with Akiyama, there's 19 other pl ...

I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore (2012)

Ohno plays the role of Tarui Shotaro, an ordinary guy who dreamed of becoming a hero when he was a child, but now gets by as a part-time worker. The unexpected story unfolds when one day, the daughter of a yakuza boss asks him to plan a make-believe kidnap ...

HESOMORI -ヘソモリ- (2011)

Strawberry Night (2010)

Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work. Reiko than becomes involved in a murder case named "Strawberry ...

Liar Game: The Final Stage (2010)

In Liar game: Final Stage, Players are encouraged to trust each other to win the tournament. However, a mysterious player named X is secretly plotting to sabotage everyone of their chances to win the LGT. ...

Castle Under Fiery Skies (2009)

The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada decides to build a lavish new castle symbolizing his unification ...

Kidnapping (2009)

Door To Door (2009)

Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but threw all of his effort into working as a door-to-door salesman. Despite the pain attributed to his cerebral palsy, he walked eight to ten miles a day to me ...

Galileo Zero (2008)

The special is set 3 years prior to the drama series, with the story being related to a murder case that was partly referenced in the original show. Detective Kusanagi is looking to solve a murder mystery, and he gets back in touch with his former badminto ...

Suspect X (2008)

A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim's ex-wife's alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and on ...

Gymnasium Baby (2008)

Jun, the ace in his swimming team, lost against his rival, Naoki, at the summer college tournament. But since then there is a special feeling between them... ...

Classmates (2008)

A romance occurs via email, between Jun Shibahara, the ace in his swimming team, and an ill girl. ...

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)

A year has passed in postwar Tokyo, and struggling writer Chagawa enters the Akutagawa Prize competition in hopes of securing a better future for the boy in his care, while the Suzuki family unexpectedly take in a new relative who looks down on their humbl ...

Ikiru (2007)

In a Post-War Tokyo, when the bureaucratic chief of department of the City Hall Kanji Watanabe finds that he has a terminal cancer, he decides to intensively live his last months of life. While dying, he finds the meaning of life, and fights for the constr ...

Nobunaga's Coffin (2006)

Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series (2006)

After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost form however only his most trusted friends can see him, and his meddling in the lives of the living results ...

Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Fall Special (2006)

***Kyouko-san (Miss Kyouko) A young therapist at a hospital investigates when a spirit appears and kills people who say "Kyouko-san, Kyouko-san, please make me pretty" to the bathroom mirror. ***Buchou OL (Manager-OL) [office lady] An OL and her boss sw ...

Yūki (2006)

A drama about friendship that spans ages, this is based on a true story which chronicles the life of a man who died at the age of 23 after an illness that started with the partial collapse of his cranial bone, and a subsequent battle with seven types of in ...

Innocent Seven (2005)

Seven families are aboard a bus towards a field camp for their vacation. At this camp, it becomes clear that this is not a common trip. The parents are of the kind that abused their children or were visited by children's services, and at the camp they are ...

Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series (2003)

When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisarazu Cat's Eye. Their funny adventures range from playing gigs to solving a mystery surrounding counterfeit ...

Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 3 (2003)

"GHOST HOUSE" Cast: Jinpachi Nezu ("Castle of the Owls", "Red Shadow"), Natsuo Ishido, Masako Izumi Synopsis: A young girl is forbidden by her parents to marry and decides to elope. "WHISPERS" Cast: Ryuji Harada ("Ka-chan", "Firefly"), Eisuke Tsunoda, Kim ...

Muscle Heat (2002)

In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug. ...

Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact (2001)

Musashi is a 10 year old boy with big dreams. He wants to grow up to be an astronaut so he can fly through the stars and meet his hero Ultraman. His mother worries that Musashi daydreams too much, but his police officer father thinks a little bit of daydre ...

A Tender Place (2001)

Kasumi is in the midst of an affair with Ishiyama, one of her husband's clients. When Kasumi and her family visit Ishiyama's villa in Hokkaido, she plans to abandon them to be with Ishiyama. The next morning, her daughter Yuka disappears, which throws Kasu ...

Persona (2000)

Into the bully-infested home room class struts a fearless, ceramic-masked student. Squarely confronting a gang of ruffians, it is soon discovered that behind the mask is none other than Danta, an otherwise weakling student who has heretofore been picked on ...

Single Blue (1999)

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School Ghost Story: Spring Haunting Special (1999)

A special edition of the TV series "Gakko no Kaidan (School Ghost Stories)" broadcast on Fuji Television Network. ...

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she ...

Shomuni (1998)

The day after being dumped by the boyfriend to whom she was going to give her virginity, Sawako Tsukahara (Kumiko Endo), an office lady in the accounting department of Manpan Trading Co., is dispatched as a helper to General Affairs Section 2. General Affa ...

Oda Nobunaga (1998)

The show follows the early years of Japanese warlord hero Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century. As a young man Oda was not seen as the right heir to the Oda clan, but through a masterful political marriage arranged by his father, Oda Nobunaga not only gained i ...

Love & Pop (1998)

Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring. ...

Parasite Eve (1997)

A scientist realizes his dead wife is an organization of mitochondria bent on making a new species that will wipe out humanity. ...

Female Criminal Jutteura Punishment II (1995)

A "wicked" scoundrel who will do anything for money, women, and lust races through the streets of Edo! The shadow of a man silently approaches the side of a woman who is sleeping disheveled. His criminal record is etched on his forehead, and this ultimate ...

Female Criminal Jutteura Punishment (1994)

Inushichi is a rogue with a horrible criminal record, including rape and extortion. By chance, he ends up working for the constable Gennosuke Tagami. One day, Inushichi sets out to catch a thief who broke into a lumberyard. However, a shocking conspiracy i ...

Crepe (1993)

Based on the story of the same name by Shizuka Ijûin. Ran as a double feature with Chibusa (1993). ...

Ten Count (1992)

1992 japanese film. ...