Movies: Manami Usamaru

Young artist Kyoko wreaks havoc on everyone that she encounters when Japan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series....

Broken-hearted and depressed Kyoko meets the kind and handsome young man Kadono, who she subsequently marries. Their marriage is a happy one, until Kyoko begins to suspect that Kadono may be in love with someone else....

Tourists, foreigners and outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble drama by Japan-based, Malaysia-born filmmaker Lim Kah Wai. His eighth feature explores the lesser-known aspects of the Asian melting pot city through the ey...

Three men and women live peacefully in a small town in winter, each day somewhat lacking. Shinichi, who works at a recycle store, just lives every day that comes his way and nothing else. He is a man who is selfless about himself and his future....

The two are friends. The two are parents and children. The two are lovers. Being together softens my heart. I'm glad to be with you. And lonely. The loneliness that I only feel when I'm with you....

An experimental art film shot in Tokyo, Japan, ‘Mu’ combines black and white footage with a bespoke poem written by poet Shuya Masuda (inspired in part by the poem ‘Nu’ written by Ryuichi Tamura, ‘Mu’ literally meaning nothing, zero, void) alongside ...

Sisterhood portrays a current reality in Japan, showing the vision and lives of different people, such as a nude model, a music artist, a student and other diverse individuals who give their opinions in front of the camera....

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Three factory workers in the countryside lead ordinary lives, marked by the melancholy of everyday life and by small, meaningful gestures. A slice-of-life film about the beauty and sadness in the most inconspicuous moments....

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