Mitsuru Hirata Movies

Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.

Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.

10-year-old Shigeki, owns his own room for the first time. From his room, he sees a girl living in a big hill top house. Shigeki instantly fell in...

An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.

When friends graduate from junior high school and are enrolled in high school Koichi and Yakko join a motorcycle gang. They make new friends, have...

An aspiring floral designer and the photographer next door become drawn to each other through the everyday sounds they hear through their shared...

Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown.

1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with...

Six young pilots who all volunteered to be Kami-kaze or suicide pilots.

Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.

Japanese anthology follows the depressing lives of several people just trying to keep going in a nihilistic world. Movie version of Kosuke...

Kinjiro Oribe, nicknamed Orikin, is a professional golfer who has not won a single tournament in his 17-year golf career. He arrives at the golf...

Flowers examines the lives of six women across three generations, from the Show period all the way through to the present day.

Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried...

Kaido is a professional pickpocket who works the Tokyo subway with his young foster-daughter, Rei: She lets herself be groped while Kaido relieves...

At a pawn shop called "K" which is known for being a place where backroom deals are conducted, a professional burglar named Ryo Fudo puts together a...

Two men, a detective and a gang member, infiltrate each other's organization. Soon they find their fates intertwined.

Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by...