Maiko Kawakami Movies

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on a teacher he had when he was a child.

Children born with special power. They seek blood for eternal life. And tonight, the victims ...!

After a tragic accident, Terrolun becomes a shut-in, living in his parent's garage where he fixes mechanical items. When Lunlun, a hearing-impaired...

Five people arrive at a movie theater where a comedy movie is being shown: the president of a transportation company and his wife, a ronin student, a...

Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...

The Shogun gets engaged to a princess who rebels against the prospect, because she wasn't consulted.

Masanao Ushio and other detectives from Shinjuku West PD discover the strangled dead body of a woman in an empty building in West Shinjuku in Tokyo....

Miki, a nursing care robot, is popular among some medical staff and patients for her dainty and efficient work, but others are more skeptical. One...

Eriko, a 25-year-old office worker living in Tokyo, has become pregnant by her boyfriend, Ide, whom she doesn’t love all that deeply. Torn...

About a group of itinerant actors.

A grieving young mother employed at a video game company is recruited to test and train a new virtual world. She finds a character in this world of...

A young girl with leukemia travels a pilgrimage by skateboard.

A heartwarming youth sports story about high school students who dedicate everything to basketball.

Sayako was abused by her mother as a young child. She eventually moved into a foster care facility because of the abuse and has lived there ever...

19-year-old freeter (a Japanese expression for people between the ages of 15 and 34 who lack full time employment or are unemployed, excluding...

This is a series of three short supernatural-themed movies. The first tells the story of a teen girl who dreams of haunted doll. In the second movie,...