Takashi Kawamata Movies

Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.

Shochiku's popular series of gang films, this one has the hero returning from prison bent on revenge. He runs into Chinese hoodlums, blackmailers and...

A case of mistaken identity in which a woman assumes the role of widow to a man killed in a train accident.

A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seems to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the...

Based on the comic by Mitsutoshi Furuya

Rainbow Over the Pacific is a tale of romance that moves from the streets of Tokyo to the islands of Hawaii as it weaves the story of two...

This ethereal montage of still images with darkly somber undertones, Yunbogi’s Diary is based on photographs that Oshima took during his...

Japanese drama film.

Kakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a very bad manners. Moulin, Kakumaru's former partner,...

Two born rivals plot a new start after a string of ups and downs.

The golden duo of Yoshitaro Mura and Kiyoshi Atsumi brings you a full-on comedy filled with laughter and melancholy set in Kitakyushu. Matsujiro...

A romance that follows the men in the life of Kyoko a Travel Agent working for New Japan Travel Service.

This is a story about the emotional connection between a young man with no clear purpose and a middle-aged man who abandoned his wife, children, and...

A conversation about Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu and his working methods between child-actor and sound technician Kojiro Suematsu, assistant...