Makoto Kakeda

4 / Cat-Nekobun no Yon (2015)

A short omnibus created by four young creators on the theme of "drawing the people of Ichii who use a certain station where a cat lives". ...

A Boy Called H (2013)

Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor shop. With the onset of World War II, their family must endure difficult times. Nevertheless, H is filled w ...

Goku-Oni (2011)

Kijima Isoroku, the easygoing president of the perpetually unprofitable Kijima Funeral Services, has a hidden side. Hired by the Kumanohara family to stop the powerful Shura Jindo-kai from encroaching on their territory, he senses major profit and joins th ...

A Lone Scalpel (2010)

Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient's liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town' ...

Box: The Hakamada Case (2010)

Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence a ...

Then Summer Came (2008)

A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new "good guys." The father Nobuo, and his son Tamio, are unable to mature, unable to break the parent-child roles, have no sense of responsibility, and keep holdi ...

Straight to Heaven (2008)

Koji and Tatsuya, both from the Nerima Juvenile Classification Home, make money by committing bank transfer fraud. However, their lives are put in danger when the boss of a larger organization takes out an insurance policy on them. The duo flee to Tatsuya' ...

Runin: Banished (2004)

In 1838, the prisoners on Hachijo Island represent the furthest extreme of Japanese society. Instead of execution, they have been forced to eke out a dismal existence on the island, without help or support of any kind from those back on the main four islan ...

My Sister Is a Female Teacher (2000)

High school teacher Miyoko and her younger brother Seiichi are living together. However, with the death of their mother, both sister and younger brother came to love each other as a man and a woman. ...

Shikoku (1999)

Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend, Sayori, died several years ago and that Sayori's mother, who used to perform seances and exorcisms, has gone almost in ...

Wait and See (1998)

A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messin ...

The Outer Way (1998)

The cop Himuro is picked as scapegoat by his superiors because of their own involvement in sokaiya gangster practices. ...

Ring (1998)

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger. ...

Cure (1997)

A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. ...

The Wicked Reporter 3: The One That Got Away (1996)

A couple years have passed, Matsuzaki is divorced and has a daughter and is still up to his old compulsive gambling, boozing and womanizing even as he stares middle age in the face. At his daughter's school he meets a teacher who's similarily obsessed with ...

Moon Angel (1996)

Two female truck drivers detest each other, and try to steal each other's business. Their rigs are both painted with elaborate large pictures of beautiful naked women. One day, whilst hauling loads of fish in Hokkaido, they are separately stopped by traffi ...

Wakaoku-sama: Futomono-biraki (1994)

Cult filmmaker Hisayasu Sato's second comedy of the year, this silly softcore effort stars pretty Nao Kikuchi as a young married woman who takes a job at a call-girl agency with the mistaken belief that it is a maid service. After she is raped on her first ...

Mystery Experience Zone: Really Scary Stories: Ghost Photos sent to you & Ghost Detectives (1992)

Story teller Kinya Aikawa serves as a guide in this horror drama series, which is presented in an omnibus format with two stories each based on the stories of people who have experienced horror. Kanako (Yasuko Sawaguchi) looks through the viewfinder of a s ...

March Comes In Like a Lion (1991)

Set in Tokyo, Ice brings her amnesiac older brother Haruo home from the hospital to care for him. He is reluctant to go, until Ice tells him that she is his lover. Since he has no memory of his sister Ice, he obliges her. How long until his memory returns? ...

Showa Tetsufuden - Sea of Japan (1991)

A young yakuza member is doomed as he swings between two organizations in the Tohoku region, during the late Shōwa period. ...

Agony!! Virgin Fountain (1988)

Pink film distributed by Xces / Nikkatsu. ...

Umi e, See You (1988)

Team DANKAI are set to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning thousands of miles and multiple continents. Prior to the event, DANKAI leader Mizuki is ordered by their sponsor to add popular celebrity Ryuichi Yoshii to the ros ...

Remembrance (1988)

The Yamaoki family moved from Kyoto to Tosa around the turn of the '50s; local school teacher Hirao becomes involved with Yasuko, sister to Sumio. ...

A Taxing Woman (1987)

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets ...

His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)

Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to crash. ...

Eve's Flower Petal (1984)

A young woman wanders aimlessly around a beach resort and has sex with various men. ...

Heaven Station (1984)

From a true incident that happened in 1960's Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses on a tangled web of murder and deceit encountered by a beautiful woman, Kayo after her abusive husband is mu ...

Kawasaki Vice Squad (1983)

A photographer who takes pictures of a rendezvous between a politician, company president and yakuza boss is later found dead and the film missing. ...

Battle Anthem (1983)

The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait. ...

Seiko's Juicy Thighs: Public Bath Beauty (1982)