Makiko Watanabe Movies

Mika (Marie Ono), a Japanese-American woman, returns to her native Saitama hometown and becomes a therapist for a "nemuriba" ("a place to sleep").

Film directed by Yoshitaka Kamada.

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

This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.

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

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...

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...

About an energetic kindergarden student and the people around him

Ryoko hides herself in a closet after a patron in her restaurant becomes ill from food poisoning & she is held responsible. Her husband and co-owner...

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

Four short films produced without a director

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

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...

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...