Makiko Watanabe Movies

A young female founder runs in to societal barriers during her drive to create startup projects, in a Japanese society that hasn't traditionally...

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

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...

A sixteen year old boy, Ryo, experiences the painful ordeal of his mother being hospitalized and then dying. The boy turns to crime, but doesn't find...

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...

Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to...

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

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.

Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that...

Sensitive and refined drama in which experiences from the puberty of a female teacher and a piano student reflected in the world of the younger...

The growth and struggles of Akari, a third-generation Korean born the year of the Great Hanshin Earthquake. A post-disaster story based on people...

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...

When her husband is hospitalized with tuberculosis, Chika has a series of three relationships: with a teacher in her hometown, with a student in...

Atomu (Shuhei Nomura) was raised by his mother in a poor environment. He is now a young adult, but he stutters and has timid personality. To support...

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...

In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi,...

Fate brings a man and woman together in Lyon, France. They fall in love, but time is set to run out on them ...

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