Tomoyo Oshima

The Master of Funerals (2019)

Alumni of Ibaraki High School learn that one of their classmates is killed in an accident on the tenth anniversary of their graduation, necessitating an unexpected reunion and "on-campus funeral". They spend a strange night together, during which the secre ...

CLEARNESS (2008)

Sakura is a 20-year-old college student who has sex for money to fund her shopping addiction. After her customers leave her apartment, she spends her time spying on Leo, a young, beautiful, and (dyed) blond-haired boy, who works at a male escort service ac ...

Faces of a Fig Tree (2006)

Comedy about a woman who finds a new life after she loses her busband. ...

Dead Run (2005)

Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken away to Tokyo by her relatives, Shuji becomes increasingly isolated at school and drifts into criminal activity. ...

Through the Night (2002)

When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble of a destroyed shantytown they plan to haul it out for profit. Amidst this plan there is discrimination, war and an infatuation between a man and a woman, bu ...

Taboo (1999)

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozabu ...

Autumn Blossoms (1999)

Falling into the Evening (1998)

Rica and Kengo have been living together for the past four years. It's been a very happy time for Rica; the only dark spot being an accident she caused during a shoot for a commercial in which Kengo's good friend, Shibata, nearly lost his life. The memory ...

Maborosi (1995)

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world. ...

100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995)

The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima. ...

Talking with Ozu (1993)

A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki Kaurismäki, Stanley Kwan, Paul Schrader, and Wim Wenders ...

Kyoto, My Mother's Place (1991)

Story of Kyoto: its history, culture, as well as the role it has played in the director's life and the life of his mother. ...

Korekara monogatari - Shonen tachi no buruusu (1988)

One is a designer and company president, the other an athlete and model. Although on different paths in life and from different backgrounds, in high school these two were once good friends. This movie tells the story of their friendship. ...

Yojo no jidai (1988)

Adapted from Shusaku Endō's novel. ...

Rock Requiem (1988)

Four young high school students who dream of being in a rock band must deal with the unexpected deaths of their friends while making concert decisions. ...

The Heartbreak Yakuza (1987)

A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare. ...

Saya: Perspective in Love (1986)

Erotic thriller about a porn photographer who has to deal with a psychopath. ...

Katana (1986)

An antique sword exposes tension between three siblings. ...

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970. ...

Barrow Gang BC (1985)

Film about a pirate radio station. ...

Majoran (1984)

Set in Osaka, this film depicts a tough-girl who falls for an unknown rock guitarist and throws herself into efforts to make his band get big. ...

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, wil ...

Come On Girls! (1982)

Three high school boys leave their dormitory and go to a resort and fall in love. ...

Grass Labyrinth (1979)

Akira is haunted by a "bouncing ball" song that he remembers his mother singing when he was a small child, and now on the verge of a sexually active adulthood, he wants to find the origins of the song. The young man ostensibly wanders into a time-warp in w ...

Private Collections (1979)

Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the island. What awa ...

Our Song and All of You (1978)

Documentary about pop music artist Shinji Harada. ...

A Long Goodbye to Natsuko (1978)

A young woman, Natsuko, is interviewed by a camera crew. Meanwhile, a man with a toy weapon is pursued by other men also armed with toy weapons. ...

Orange Road Express (1978)

A travelling group of young people running a pirate radio station from a small truck encounter an eccentric elderly couple who are on the run from the law. ...

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977)

Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution. ...

God Speed You! Black Emperor (1976)

1970s Japan saw the rise of biker gangs, known as Bōsōzoku, which drew the interest of the media. God Speed You! Black Emperor follows a member of the bike gang and his interaction with his parents, after he gets in trouble with the police. ...

The Trial (1975)

An experimental short featuring people and nails. ...

Labyrinth Tale (1975)

Experimental short film about two men carrying a door. ...

Butterfly (1974)

A dreamlike portrayal of a hangover after a decadent party. ...

Tsugaru Folksong (1973)

A young girl is being asked about a man with whom she was keeping company, as her grandmother plays a lament on a shamisen. Then the focus changes to a couple arriving from Tokyo - the woman returning to her home, the man an escapee from the yakuza. The ma ...

The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)

When a man chases down his stolen movie camera, the thief commits suicide by jumping off a building. But after the police take the camera as evidence, it becomes unclear if there was ever a thief in the first place. ...