Maiko Kawakami Movies

Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

Matsuzaki is a racing tipster for a sports paper, a lowlife who spends half his time drunk, hangs out with yakuza and other riff-raff, and...

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...

Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns...

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.

Arrested and interrogated by the police for a murder, Kiyoshi Ōkubo remembers his past and ends up confessing to several murders. Inspired by...

Koji Tadokoro, the manager of a hot bento shop, lives an ordinary life with his girlfriend Noriko Kinoshita, who works at a nearby supermarket and...

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.

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,...

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...

Kosuge, the president of a factory, is killed by someone while returning home. A bag charm is found at the scene. When Akira Higuchi and his...

The protagonist, Shippei Iida, moves with his mother to the remote island of Origoshima. He transfers to the island's only high school, Origoshima...

About a group of itinerant actors.

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

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...

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...

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...