Matsuo Takahashi

“In Search of Unreturned Soldiers was about former soldiers of the Japanese army who chose not to return to Japan after the war. I found...

A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.

Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers...

Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One...

During the winter in Toyama in 1962, Tatsuo Mizushima is fretting about his feelings for his classmate Eiko Tsujisawa while agonizing about his...

An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading up...

An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading up...

Three women who share memories of the Hiroshima disaster try to uncover the hidden family ties that may or may not bind them together.

Going through life without legs, 12-year-old Kenny is active and enthusiastic, resisting the pressure to wear prosthetic limbs. He also finds himself...