Jun Togawa

Yapoos: HYS Noise (1995)

Ruby Fruit (1995)

Maiko is a recently widowed young woman travelling to Bali to distract herself from the loss of her husband, Esau. At the airport she meets Kioko, who gives her a dagger and a photo of a woman. She tells Maiko she must find the woman, Shireni, in Bali and ...

Free and Easy Special (1994)

Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking help. Hama-chan is away on a business trip, but Michiko entertains Su-san late into the night. When he gets drunk and ends up spending the night, Hama-chan, beg ...

Free and Easy 6 (1993)

Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-san's behalf in a case of mistaken identity. ...

Chibusa (1993)

Based on the novel of the same name by Shizuka Ijûin. Played as a double feature with Crepe (1993). ...

Free and Easy 5 (1992)

Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out. ...

Kirai ja nai yo 2 (1992)

About Love, Tokyo (1992)

In Tokyo, a Chinese exchange student gets involved in rigged pachinko schemes and meets a Chinese girl raised in Japan. When they're caught cheating by a former yakuza now running a pachinko parlor, a tense triangle forms as money, power, and personal ties ...

Swimming with Tears (1992)

In the sparsely populated rural areas of Japan, the female population is far smaller than the male. An attempt is made to counter this imbalance by arranging marriages with Filipino women. Fey, a young Filipina, came as a mail-order bride. Although she tri ...

Free and Easy 4 (1991)

Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's nephew joins Hama-chan's department at the company. ...

One-Room Story (1991)

Anthology film featuring three stories, each written and directed by a different actress and based on a comic by Hitomi Saki. ...

Free and Easy 3 (1990)

Su-San invites Hama-chan to go fishing at a place close to his heart after learning about Hama-chan and his wife's fertility problems. ...

Tora-san, My Uncle (1989)

Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo. ...

Free and Easy 2 (1989)

Hama-chan gets Su-san hooked on fishing, but Su-san has some problems to deal with; a beautiful woman saves Su-san when he collapses while fishing. ...

Peach: I'll Do Anything For You (1989)

The story follows Yasuyuki, an amateur musician living alone in Tokyo, supported by an allowance from his parents. He doesn't go to college or have a steady job, but instead spends his days traveling through Tokyo with artist Eriko (Kahori Fujii) and punk ...

Untamagiru (1989)

A magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to form an independent Okinawa before the island was returned to Japan in 1972. ...

Jun Togawa in New York (1989)

1980s TV doc following left-field new wave icon Jun Togawa on a tour of New York subcultures you'd never see on American TV. ...

Free and Easy (1988)

Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along with his wife Eri, Densuke befriends an elderly man named Ichinosuke Suzuki. Ichinosuke is a lonely and ol ...

Downtown Heroes (1988)

The adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War. ...

Love Bites Back (1988)

Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter. Outwardly, his family seems really happy, but in reality Yuichi enjoys sex with everyone but his wife Chikako. O ...

Hunting Tigers (1988)

October, 1987. American filmmaker Steven Okazaki is making a documentary about laureated japanese author Kenzaburo Oe, but all goes wrong when he finds out that due to "mistranslated facts" the subject of his film has only one day to spare before leaving t ...

Jun Togawa & Yapoos - Tour-Live'85-86 (1986)

Live concert ...

Like a Savage (1985)

Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble. ...

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)

A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the Stardust Brothers, a girl-friendly, silver-jumpsuited, synth-pop sensation. Along with their #1 fan, who herself dreams o ...

Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki (1985)

Seven raccoons with supernatural powers sneak into a freight train, disguise themselves as humans, and head to Tokyo with the intention to create a band. They become superstars "Checkers" but their true identity will be revealed very soon. ...

Paradise View (1985)

Go Takamine's first theatrical feature is a pioneering work of Okinawan cinema, filmed almost entirely in Okinawan dialect. Taking place shortly before the resumption of Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa, Takamine's film tacitly addresses the island prefec ...

Fushin no Toki (1984)

Suspense TV movie adaptation of an original story by Sawako Ariyoshi, starring Yukiyo Toake. ...

Main Theme (1984)

A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love. ...

Jun Togawa - Tamahimeden - Live At Ganyu Concert (1984)

The Family Game (1983)

A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success; but the younger son is a rebellious goof-off for whom a tutor must be hired. The ...

One-Room Story (1991)

Anthology film featuring three stories, each written and directed by a different actress and based on a comic by Hitomi Saki. ...

Jun Togawa & Yapoos - Tour-Live'85-86 (1986)

Live concert ...

The Plant of Waterside (1986)

Stop motion animation. I started making three-dimensional works around this time. (Yuko Asano). ...