Takashi Yamanaka Movies

In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called...

An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that...

Based on a true story - a true love story of a man and his wife who are at the mercy of fate, but wish to be reunited for 11 years. With thoughts of...

Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure...

When Toma decides to place his father, who suffers from dementia, in a facility, he discovers an instant camera filled sith memories in his father's...

Three patients of different backgrounds, illnesses and stages are being treated at a psychiatric clinic in Nagano Prefecture. Their cases range from...

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness....

A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people...

Daikichi is a 70-year-old man and lives on a small island. Since his wife died, he has lived with his cat Tama. Daikichi was born and raised on the...

A man suicides causing ruin for his family, reasons are unknown, but his son will decide to take revenge after a succesion of events.

Hanako is looking for stability with her man. She gets dumped instead. She begins dating. Miki studied and worked hard to get to where she is and is...

High school student Kasumi Ogino is a member of the school choir and after years of praise for her singing voice thinks she is the absolute...

When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and...

A suburban town is faced with a series of bizarre incidents in which children disappear and three days later an adult in their life dies. A...

Makoto Fukamachi is a Japanese cameraman. He finds an old camera on a backstreet of Nepal. The camera might possibly solve the mystery of whether...

Toko grew up unloved by her mother Mizuho who continues to adore her deceased son. She lives alone in an apartment the electricity has been cut off...

Having failed to get into graduate school, with no girlfriend, no money, and no prospects of success with his band, Tsurugi's life has reached rock...

A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost.

Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire...

A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can't just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.