Mitsuko Ishii

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper (2016)

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did t ...

Nagai Nagai Satsujin (2008)

A man's body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's also learned th ...

Oka wo koete (2008)

Adrift in Tokyo (2007)

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo. ...

Female (2005)

'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryuichi Hiroki, Miwa Nishikawa, and Suzuki Matsuo. ...

The Volatile Woman (2004)

A awkward burglar believes that he has taken control of a small roadside stand and the woman who runs it. She is in control most of the time, in love and making plans for the future. ...

The Perfect Education (1999)

Schoolgirl Kuniko is kidnapped by a middle-aged man Iwazono when she is jogging. He tells her that he had a failed marriage which leaves him a deep and everlasting scar in his mind. He kidnaps her in search of a perfect marriage and intends to lock her in ...

Free and Easy 10 (1998)

Su-san resigns after getting fed up with corporate life, but he finds himself back in familiar surroundings on his first assignment at a new job. ...

Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1995)

One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, ...

Toki no kagayaki (1995)

Yuka came to work as an intern nurse at a hospital and she met Shunichi again. They were school friends, and she liked him. But, she found out that Shunichi had an osteosarcoma. ...

The Hit-and-Run Family (1992)

Set in the 1990s, this film uses black humour to cast a sharp, satirical eye at the problems facing modern Japanese families. Hiroshi accidentally hits a young woman with his car and flees in panic. He confesses to his wife, Yoko, who persuades him to keep ...

Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)

Nayoko, a good-hearted geisha, brings luck to the men she sleeps with, even though most are scoundrels who don't deserve it. ...

Onna no hanamichi (1971)

A film commemorating the 25th anniversary of Hibari Misora's performing career. Written by Matsutaro Kawaguchi for Hibari Misora to celebrate her 25th anniversary. The film tells the story of a fisherman's daughter from Izumo who rises from poverty to Kyot ...