Shuichi Kakesu Movies

Coffee-shop waitress Kanako, divorced with a young son, finds herself obliged to honour a rash promise she made to a long-time customer. He always...

A behind the scenes look at the making of the 1995 classic anime, Ghost in the Shell.

A mother and her daughter move from the urban sprawl of Tokyo to the remote island of Ishigaki in the Ryukyu archipelago, and try to adapt to life...

Documentary on the life of Teruo Kawamoto, a leader of Minamata disease activism

Japanese drama set in a southern Kyushu island where dance-troupe leader Shinji (Shinji Arano) stays on as his touring troupe departs. After Shinji...

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

A couple originally from Okinawa run an inexpensive restaurant in Kobe, with their grade-school daughter, Fuuchan. The movie depicts the warm...

This documentary follows the lives of Minamata disease victims who still suffer a quarter of a century later.