Ken Mitsuishi Movies

A close look at the inner workings of Japan's political underbelly.

The script won the 2006 TV Asahi contest for new scenario writers. The story is about the secret game between two childhood friends. In that game,...

The second-generation president and his brother-in-law of the Toba clan, a don of the music world, are kidnapped. Singer Chiaki and pianist Yonosuke...

Osomatsu ends up meeting the CEO of a multi-trillion yen company, who wants to adopt Osomatsu as his own. The other brothers find out and they can't...

Chief Iizuka, who works at the Cultural Center, misunderstands two chorus groups with similar names and double-books the concert hall on New Year's...

In a corner of Tokyo, a man named Natsuo lives as a yakuza and a woman named Natsuki works part-time. Although they rarely think about their...

Kazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same company, has fired him according to the company policy...

Comedy about a woman who finds a new life after she loses her busband.

The movie is absurd, and a thoroughly original take on the morale in Japanese society. The images are beautiful, and the people are as cold as the...

"Shadow of Sand" - Set in Tokyo in the 1980's. Yukie, a young woman lives with the vision of the lover she has murdered. After his death he continues...

After her beloved brother is killed, Kaori Haruna vows to avenge his brother and joins an Italian terrorist group. There, she learns all sorts of...

Two men, a freeter (played by Shusuke Fukutoku) and a man who used to be a non-combat solider (played by Junpei Goto), becomes involved in a cruel...

A collection of three short films by Japanese visual genius Sogo Ishii. Each short focuses on the protagonists running away from a threat.

Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days then decide either to...

It is 1980. Sadatomo is at a secondary school in a small town. His parents barely take any notice of him. The strict teacher Kobayashi has hung up a...

A bright, attractive, and driven young woman is intent on marrying her tall, handsome, and dreamy boyfriend. However, he abruptly dumps her.

Sawaki Tatsuya is a fledgling photographer. He returns to his hometown Fukuoka to take care of his sick father Hideo, but is rejected by his father....

Harue Hashimoto is a popular mystery writer. She always talks about murder tricks to make it look like an accident with her friends Mayumi Tsukasa, a...

Hana is a nineteen-year old expectant mother. She travels with her grandmother's ashes to her grandmother's house. Hana's mother, who gave birth to...