Makiko Watanabe Movies

After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer vacation in a beautiful seaside town. Sakuko gets to...

Natsuki, a sales clerk of a bookstore, and Koji. a high school student. Seemingly nothing in common, they have one thing they can share: books.

A young female founder runs in to societal barriers during her drive to create startup projects, in a Japanese society that hasn't traditionally...

The slow collapse of the relationship between an out-of-work actor and his girlfriend.

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the series. In this work, we collaborate with five popular manga artists such as Go Nagai, Junji Ito, Eiichiro...

The super unconventional lawyer is back! Our new friends are comic book girls! And the biggest enemy of all! The strongest lawyer who manipulates...

Nana is 19 and lives in a corner of Tokyo. Her birth mother and Marin, a girl the same age who she loves, were the only people she could trust. Nana...

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

An omnibus film consisting of 4 short films and a documentary related to COVID-19.

This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.

3 women are happy and busy raising their boys named Yu. Due to some little thing, their lives fall apart. Their anger and anxiety unconsciously head...

Professional killer Ken (Hirofumi Arai) is trying to break away from the yakuza. Taking up work at a local motorcycle shop, he forges a new life...

A failed director is trying to get his next movie off the ground, while dealing with his cranky brother and his estranged wife.

The intertwined love story of four young people on Christmas night.

In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi,...

Haji is an actor on the cusp of turning 40, who has gotten stuck in life. At the invitation of an old friend, he visits his hometown for the first...

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.

Based on the comic by Tsuchida Seiki, inspired by the artist's own life experience, this film portrays the loss and regeneration of the life of four...

Miyuki Asakawa tells her colleague Etsuko Yamagiwa that she has a ghost in her home. When Etsuko goes to Miyuki's home, there is only Miyuki's father...