Yoshihide Otomo

The Escape (2025)

Follows the final days of left-wing terrorist Satoshi Kirishima, who died in 2024 after evading capture for 49 years. ...

Gewalt no Mori - Kare ha Waseda de shinda (2024)

A documentary about the end of the student movement in 1972 and the lynching of Daizaburo Kawaguchi, a student at Waseda University. The documentary interweaves testimonies from japanese intellectuals and a short play, written and directed by Shôji Kôkam ...

All Lives (2024)

TV Tokyo's 60th anniversary special drama. This is a human drama about a doctor struggling with his life and a patient who has been told he has little time left to live, as they travel around the world in search of answers to the eternal questions of what ...

City Hunter (2024)

An exceptional marksman and hopeless playboy, private eye Ryo Saeba reluctantly forms an alliance with his late partner's sister to investigate his death. ...

Goodbye Hoyaman (2023)

Set on a remote island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, this human drama depicts the strange shared life and family rebirth of two fisherman brothers and a manga artist from Tokyo. ...

We're Broke, My Lord! (2023)

A commoner inherits lordship of debt-ridden Tanjousan Bun. Officials inform him of new role and substantial debts. He learns he is son of retired Daimyo when position becomes vacant. ...

REVOLUTION+1 (2023)

Tatsuya Kawakami's mother becomes a member of a religious group after her husband commits suicide, and makes a large donation to the organization. Her three children are forced to live in poverty, and her eldest son, who is blind in one eye due to illness, ...

The Zen Diary (2022)

An essayist, he finds peace in his mountain life. His routine is pleasantly disturbed by occasional visits from Machiko, his editor and love interest, as he struggles to let go of his late wife's ashes. ...

Inu-Oh (2022)

A cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and inseparable friends as their larger-than-life concerts propel them to stardom in 14th century Japan. ...

You've Got A Friend (2022)

Yoshio is a man who works for the city's water department and live with his mother. He regularly visits to the SM Queen Miho, but he still cannot forget the legendary SM Queen Yukiko. ...

Olympiad Tokyo Kasumigaoka Public Apartments (2021)

This documentary follows a public housing complex set to be demolished in 2017 to make way for the reconstruction of the National Stadium in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Primarily a housing complex for the elderly, the residents average 65 year ...

Backlight (2021)

In 1970s Onomichi, Akira invites his crush Yoshioka to spend summer break at his home. But when Yoshioka falls for Meeko, tension brews beneath the heat. ...

Whiplash of the Dead (2021)

The documentary on Yamazaki Hiroaki, the student died in the First Haneda Incident of 8 October 1967. ...

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)

Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years. ...

Keep Rolling (2020)

One of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a "star" for the first time in Man Lim-chung's directorial debut. A forerunner of the New Wave, Hui's tumultuous, forty-year career is an unequivocal testimony to her unyielding dedication to ...

Beneath the Shadow (2019)

From coworkers to close friends, Konno and Hiasa drift apart. When Hiasa goes missing, Konno must face what he didn't say in time. ...

Taro the Fool (2019)

Tarō is a vagabond, a wannabe, an urchin, and not what anyone would call mainstream. He does not care. Do not even ask him about his background or age. He would not know and he would not bother. The man meets two others and he begins to experience a new s ...

When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes (2019)

When Satoshi was little, his mother Akiko always took good care of him. She was gentle, but mentally strong. However, two years ago she was diagnosed with cancer and now it's Satoshi's turn to comfort and care for her. However, despite his best efforts, sh ...

Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu (2018)

In 2010, while covering the issue of the "secret agreement" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the author came across diplomatic documents relating to the reversion of Okinawa and was particularly impressed by the handwritten documents of Kazuo Chiba, the ...

The Fall of Icarus: Narita Stories (2017)

A companion piece to The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories, which dealt with the protests against the construction of Narita Airport. Depicts the lives of youth who fought alongside farmers against the nation state. Farmers launched a protest movement a ...

Moon and Thunder (2017)

When Yasuko (Eriko Hatsune) was a child, her mother left their home. She grew up not knowing what an ordinary family is. Satoshi's (Kengo Kora) mother was the girlfriend of Yasuko's late father. One day, Satoshi appears in front of Yasuko. Since that mome ...

Time to Dance (2016)

Dancer Murata Kaori choreographs the dolphin show at Enoshima Aquarium and teaches the caretakers at Sumida Aquarium about improvisational dance communication, and she also takes care of her bedridden mother. ...

Hana-Dama: Phantom (2016)

"Hana-Dama"—a flower in the wasteland. This flower is a symbol of earthly desires and every human is overwhelmed by desire and their rationality collapses wherever the flower is in bloom. And even today, the "Hana-Dama" continues to blossom profusely som ...

Artist of Fasting (2016)

A wordless man stages an unexplained hunger strike and the people surrounding him exploit his silence to further their own cause... ...

The Actor (2016)

Takuji Kameoka is a 37-year-old bachelor whose occupation is a "miscellaneous actor". His only interest is drinking. One day he falls in love and his boring life begins to change. The film is based on the book "Actor, Takuji Kameoka" by Akito Inui, a five- ...

Orange (2015)

A girl mysteriously receives advice from her future self and as a result her group of friends, along with a newly arrived, troubled classmate, learn how to be better friends and a better community. ...

Journey to the Shore (2015)

Mizuki's husband Yusuke has been missing for three years. He suddenly comes back home as a ghost and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel. ...

Piece of Cake (2015)

Shino Umemiya readily dates guys interested in her, because she believes that's better than being alone. She breaks up with her violent boyfriend after he discovered that she cheated on him. She moves to a new area to get a fresh new start on her life. The ...

Hokusotan 2015 (Action Direct) (2015)

Performance by Takashi Makino with music composed by Otomo Yoshihide. A tribute for Teruto Soejima and Masayuki Takayanagi. ...

The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories (2014)

The Wages of Resistance is a feature-length documentary film that portrays an "extended span of time" of the protests against building Narita International Airport which have continued from the 1960's to today through documenting monologues of those whose ...

One for All, All for One (2014)

Osaka Korean High School has provided education for the past six decades to the children of pro-North Korean residents in Japan. This school is located only about 20 minutes away from Hanazono Stadium, the mecca of Japan's high school rugby, but it was not ...

Hana-Dama (2014)

Transfer student Mizuki is bullied mercilessly by her classmate. Nevertheless, she is always able to maintain her composure. Kirie, who is also bullied, becomes interested in Mizuki and longs for her. The two become close. ...

Passion (2013)

A singular deadpan comedy, The Passion tells a story of a young woman raised in a convent named Frances-ko (Mayuko Iwasa), after Saint Francesco. Distressed by not knowing about love and sex, she calls out for a sign from above, but instead hears a voice f ...

Amachan (2013)

Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after ...

Bozo (2013)

Set in Nagano Prefecture, the movie stars Shingo Mizusawa (8000 Miles) as an awkward 28-year-old temporary factory worker named Kaji; a character partially modeled after the perpetrator of the 2008 Akihabara massacre. His social interactions are limited to ...

Yellow Elephant (2013)

Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged... ...

Suzuki Sensei (2013)

Teacher Akira Suzuki breaks away from long-held customs and norms at his school. He tries hard to have the ideal classroom by using his own "Suzuki method". The new semester begins. His homeroom 2-A class is about to have a student council election and pr ...

OLO, the Boy from Tibet (2012)

A 6-year-old Tibetan boy leaves his family and flees to a refugee camp in northern India. ...

The Town's Children (2011)

A man and a woman meet the day before the 15th anniversary of the Great Hanshin earthquake. Both experienced the quake as a child but left soon after the quake. During the course of the long night walk, their life after the quake and the complex relationsh ...

Abraxas (2010)

Former punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His manic depression handicaps him further. Music seems to be the only solution for him to exorcise his demons, against all obstacles and sound volume controllers. ...

Tokyo Island (2010)

Men and one woman have drifted to an uninhabited island. The only woman will try to survive by taking advantage of her own sexual attractiveness. ...

A Crowd of Three (2010)

A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility. Kenta & Jun now works as part of a demolition crew but become fed up with their jobs. The friends then decide to take a road trip up ...

Oh, My Buddha! (2009)

Based on the semibiographical novel by Jun Miura, Oh My Buddha is the classic summer coming-of-age story that is burned to a crisp with teenage angst, youthful dreams and that warm sense of folk zeitgeist of the 70s. The narrator is a first-year student at ...

Bare Essence of Life (2009)

Yojin, an eccentric young farmer living in the countryside, falls in love for the first time in his life. Her name is Machiko, she teaches in a kindergarten and is from Tokyo. ...

Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War (2008)

My Sister, My Love (2007)

It is a taboo story about love and incest between twins. It's not about sex, it's about the feelings the two have for one another and how society views them. ...

Prisoner/Terrorist (2007)

During a militant attack on an airport, the hand grenade of 'M', one of three terrorists, malfunctions, leading to him being captured and held indefinitely in prison. Exposed to mistreatment behind bars, he slowly loses his grip on reality as he is forced ...

Angel's Egg (2006)

The film follows a young aspiring art university student, who falls in love with the older sister of his girlfriend. The heartrending longing and the true love that the three characters pursue, is pure, but almost painful. Is the person who stands next to ...

Dark Room Filled with Light (2006)

Video by Yasunori Ikunishi, Tetsuya Nagato, and Yasunori Kakegawa. Sound by Filament, AKA Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko M. ...

Heart, Beating in the Dark (2005)

This new version of Nagasaki's Yami utsu shinzô (1982) is neither a remake nor a sequel. It is both those things, and at the same time it is also a documentary, a portrait of the consequences of passing time, and an occasionally very funny reflection on w ...

Rampo Noir (2005)

An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo. ...

Canary (2005)

Two children, each abandoned by their families, come together in the wake of the Sarin gas attack in Tokyo. Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system. ...

Mind and Body (2004)

A few years ago, when Tomomi (Hiroko Akune) was on the way home from school, she saw her friend Keiko (Misaki Mori) about to be raped by a man. Tomomi hit the man in the head with a stone and saved Keiko. In the present, Keiko, has buried her past, sells ...

Déracine (2004)

A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the street. His paintings, dynamically exploding on pieces of cardboard, catch the eyes of Kyoko, an art deale ...

Jump (2003)

An ordinary salary man, Junosuke, goes in search of his lover, Miharu, who disappeared one night when she handed him the key to her room, and promised to be back in five minutes. She had only gone out to buy apples at the nearby convenience store, because ...

Blue (2003)

An introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates. Set in a small seaside town in Japan, the love of her life eventually leaves her for her boyfriend in Tokyo. ...

Iden & Tity (2003)

If you loved movies such as Shonen Merikensack and GS Wonderland, then this one, which predates the former, will impress you as well. The story is set in the 80s rock scene and revolves around Nakajima (Kazunobu Mineta), the lead singer of a band called 'S ...

Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp (2003)

Each year, at the start of the fall school year in September, Japan suffers from typhoons. That same month, in a small elementary school in a mountainous region, Saburô, a new red-haired pupil has just arrived with the wind. The children of the village th ...

Sorry (2002)

Twelve year old Sei has hit puberty and is quickly becoming sexually aware, sometimes not as privately as he'd like; erections in school and other inopportune times plague him. He talks about it with his school friends, Kinta and Nyanko, in between their f ...

Kai-On (2002)

Listen to the fragile sounds in this experimental film. Taki, Toto, and Hajime go to a private school where drugs have taken over their lives. They began experimenting with curiosity but soon find themselves in an inescapable trap. After an accident at sch ...

Concent (2002)

In her brother's apartment where he died, Yuki finds a vacuum cleaner with its cord still hooked up to the outlet. She discovers that the circumstances surrounding her brother's supposed suicide are sketchy at best, yet no one has any answers. When she sta ...

Scanning of Modulations (2001)

Eye-popping digital moving image work with an equally arresting soundtrack from noise music heavies. ...

To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out (2001)

Kenji Nakagami, one of the most notable Japanese writers of the post-war, died in 1992. His work reveals a strong connection to his homeland, Kishu: a mountainous region that connects to the Pacific Ocean through a river. "To The Alley" (alternative title) ...

Kaza-hana (2001)

A government employee meets a hostess of a "pink club," and together they set out on a journey. ...

Tokyo Elegy (1999)

Fugitive Jack is doing everything in his power to evade both the police and gangsters. Assuming he's in the clear, he moves in with Keiko, a pornstar whose early life in an abusive family still haunts her. ...

Dead Beat (1999)

Japanese action film directed by Hiroshi Ando. ...

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 ...

Soft Skin (1998)

Minako, a Tokyo housewife, is depressed that everyone has an active life outside the home except her. Taking her inspiration from TV reports of a hitch-hiking chainsaw murderer, Minako decides to spice up her life by finding a young lover and running off w ...

Kitchen (1997)

Aggie is suffering a great pain after the death of her Grandmother. She has no one else so she moves in with her Godmother and her son, Louie. Aggie does not speak a single word, the pain she is going through is unimaginable, and this portrayal is simply s ...

pierce LOVE&HATE (1997)

Naho repeatedly enters hotels with random men and kills them before having sex with them. A man, Manabu, stays with her and performs piercings on her breasts. One day, Naho invites a middle-aged man to a hotel as usual and tries to kill him, but ends up fa ...

TRANSIT ANARCHY (1997)

A Film by Hideaki Sasaki ...

The Stunt Woman (1996)

After moving to Hong Kong from China, a young martial artist starts a promising career as a stuntwoman. She begins to feel accepted in the business, but a passionate affair with a playboy ends up breaking her heart and unleashing her wild side. ...

Hu-Du-Men (1996)

Cross the Hu-du-men - the demarcation between the back and front stage in Cantonese opera - and you leave yourself behind to totally absorb in your character. Lang Kim-sum is a charismatic Cantonese opera star who understands it's a point of no return once ...

The Sun Has Ears (1996)

When impoverished young bride Youyou (Zhang) collapses from hunger at the door of handsome buccaneer Pan Hao (You Yong), he immediately decides to have her, much to the chagrin of his current squeeze, Widow Ma (Jiang Yanqiang). ...

Summer Snow (1995)

Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun, who is a housewife in her forties trying cope with the upheavals in her family. ...

Postman (1995)

Xiao Dou is a shy and naive mailworker living in Beijing with his sister. When a coworker is fired for reading people's correspondences Xiao Dou takes over the same mail route. He soon finds himself indulging in the same curiosity, eventually developing an ...

The Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994)

Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother. ...

Evil Dream (1994)

The bus driver Nakatsuka Yukihiko saw in his dream the sexual fantasies involving one of his regular female passengers - Noriko Otomo. On the other hand, she sees the same dreams. ...

The Blue Kite (1994)

A young man recalls his childhood growing up in a poor alley in Beijing during the 1950s and 1960s. ...

KICKS (1991)

A Film by Hideaki Sasaki ...

ZERO HOUR (1991)

A Film by Hideaki Sasaki ...

EXIT-B9 (1990)

A Film by Hideaki Sasaki ...

Whereabouts of Sound (2022)

As they play carefree music, their musicianship is met with surprise, wonder, and sometimes even laughter. Captivating all who watch, Otoasobi Project's rich variety of expression reshapes the concept of improvised music. Formed in 2005 in Kobe, Japan, Oto ...

The Unnameable Dance (2022)

The Unnameable Dance shows the life and dance of Tanaka Min, an elderly dancer in his 70s, in a multifaceted and dynamic manner. ...

Mother, I've Pretty Much Forgotten Your Face (2016)

Pig heads, intestines, megaphones: all these and more have been thrown into crowds of loyal fans following the influential punk band THE STALIN or any of number of Michiro Endo's other bands since 1980. Taking a step in front of the camera, however, Endo o ...

Amplified Gesture (2012)

The film explores the journeys and philosophies of a select group of experimental musicians including Keith Rowe, Evan Parker, Eddie Prevost, Otomo Yoshihide, Toshimaru Nakamura and Christian Fennesz. ...

We Don't Care About Music Anyway (2011)

From radical turntablism (Otomo Yoshihide) to laptop music innovation (Numb), via classical instrument hijacking (Sakamoto Hiromichi), Tokyo's avant-garde music scene is internationally known for its boldness. While introducing some of the greatest musici ...

Kikoe (2009)

Experimental documentary about Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide. Includes interviews with multiple musicians, artists, and writers as well as live footage. ...

AA (2006)

"AA" is a documentary about Akira Aida (mostly known as Aquirax Aida), a japanese music critic who introduced free jazz, improvisation, and progressive rock to Japan. It's based on interviews with 12 critics and musicians who had connections with him. This ...

Nor Noise (2004)

Nor Noise is the first norwegian documentary about noise music. Movie Maker Tom Hovinbøle has from the start in 2001 interviewed a number of artists in the noise genre. The artists relay their thoughts on the phenomenon of noise music - what is it, where ...

Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Tokyo 1995: Unofficial Live Video (1995)

A remix of the Peking Opera by Heiner Goebbels and Alfred 23 Harth. Concert organized by Morishita Masaki (Trigram) at La-mama 17/08/1995. ...