Makiko Watanabe Movies

The slow collapse of the relationship between an out-of-work actor and his girlfriend.

A 2001 Japanese language film directed by Shinji Aoyama, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima. The film screened at Locarno International Film Festival in...

Nana is 19 and lives in a corner of Tokyo. Her birth mother and Marin, a girl the same age who she loves, were the only people she could trust. Nana...

In the summer of 1963, flats of modern construction begin to be built in the slums where vagrants and women of the night gather. The city hall's plan...

Sanae is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her mother and six-year-old sister. She has not recently been able to be open with her fisherman...

Tetsuro is living with his young girlfriend Aki in a pleasant house in Tokyo. They both spend a lot of time at their jobs. However their routine is...

Following the 2011 tsunami, three women reunite in the family home only to rekindle tense, ruinous relationships.

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.

A troubled teenager only lives through her camera and the Internet. Fascinated by science, she experiments on various animals, and her own mother,...

Momi’s House is a facility to support self-reliance of young people with problems. The facility is run by Yasutoshi (Naoto Ogata) and his wife...

Mogura, a shut-in former musician, falls in love with a young cellist after seeing her photo in a magazine.

An omnibus film consisting of 4 short films and a documentary related to COVID-19.

Satoshi learns his estranged mother has six months to live. They must reunite for one last farewell. A short film from the "Short Trial Project...

About an energetic kindergarden student and the people around him

A widower who’s daughter has been murdered at high school meets the mother of the murderer by coincidence after moving to a small town in...

Film directed by Yoshitaka Kamada.

Four short films produced without a director

Near-future Tokyo. Kou, through the help of his high school best friend, finds a surprising way to express his mounting frustration at the insidious...