Makiko Watanabe Movies

Kohei and Akira are a couple running away together without a destination. They meet a geology researcher namend Shiraki on the way and the three...

Coincidence and the aftermath of violence. A man's middle-school daughter has been murdered. His wife is already deceased. He tells a counselor he...

A filmmaker is constantly on the move after recently ending a relationship. As she travels alone between Beijing, Nanjing, Hong Kong and Japan, she...

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

About an energetic kindergarden student and the people around him

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...

Four short films produced without a director

Hinako comes across the novel “Tamaran Hill” and immediately starts reading it with delight, as “tamaran” (intolerable)...

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

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...

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...