Makoto Kiyohiro (Directing)

Little is known about Makoto Kiyohiro, a figure with a modest footprint in Directing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.

Works

Older Brother, Younger Sister

The Akazas are a blue-collar family living in a working-class neighborhood of Tokyo. Older brother Inosuke is a carpenter who works for his father Shinobu's construction business. Younger sister Momoko is a truckdriver. Passions run high in the Akaza household and the two siblings are constantly bickering. One day, Momoko reveals she had a miscarriage but refuses to say who the father is.

Release Date:2018-06-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

金子みすゞ物語〜みんなちがってみんないい〜

This drama is about the life of Japan's infamous poet, Kaneko Misuzu. It begins with her as a young girl in the Taisho era, and tells of her life as she becomes a woman, a wife and then a mother. It touches on Misuzu's relationship with her brother, and how she dealt with the death of a dear friend and her husband's unemployment and subsequent illness. Kaneko Misuzu committed suicide at the age of 26, closing the chapter on one of Japan's most prolific poet of all times.

Release Date:2012-07-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

A School Behind Bars

"A School Behind Bars" centers around Asahi Junior High School, which is located within Nagano Matsumoto Boy's prison in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture - the only public school in Japan that is located inside a prison. The school's students are all prisoners ranging in age from 20-70. The students are carefully selected after taking an entrance exam and being selected by the school's admission board.

Release Date:2010-10-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Chichi yo, anata wa erakatta - 1969 nen no oyaji to boku

Release Date:2009-11-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

第三の時効

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Hitoribocchi - Hito to Hito wo Tsunagu Ai no Monogatari

Release Date:2023-04-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Izakaya Moheji 6

Release Date:2017-08-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Izakaya Moheji 5

Release Date:2016-06-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Izakaya Moheji 4

A small, out-of-the-way izakaya in Tokyo has become the favorite hangout of people searching for nourishment for their bodies and their souls. The proprietor of Izakaya Moheji is Heiji. It is a place where regulars and strangers alike can find comfort and comfort food.

Release Date:2015-06-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Izakaya Moheji 3

Release Date:2014-08-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Izakaya Moheji 2

Release Date:2013-08-05

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Hanayome

Chiyo, a 59 year old mother of 4, had lost her husband seven years ago. She will soon lose her home so she is offered by her eldest son, Ryoichi to live with him and his family. But her children are disappointed to hear that Chiyo has decided to become a live-in housekeeper. Then her eldest daughter Setsuko announced that Chiyo has had an offer of marriage. It is from the widower Kurosaki who had been a friend to Chiyo's deceased husband. Kurosaki runs a small company and has no children but has enough life savings. However, second daughter Tomoe, and youngest child, Yoko, are opposed to it. The siblings begin to argue. Meanwhile, Kurosaki tells his sister Namiko that he has decided to remarry. She is furious because he refuses to tell her anything about Chiyo. Thus, she takes it upon herself to find out about Chiyo and soon has a confrontation with her. Around that time, Kurosaki’s company is about to go bankrupt...

Release Date:2012-01-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Izakaya Moheji

A small, out-of-the-way izakaya in Tokyo has become the favorite hangout of people searching for nourishment…for their bodies and their souls. The proprietor of Izakaya Moheji is Heiji, played by Yutaka Mizutani, star of the popular AIBOU series. Izakaya Moheji is a place where regulars and strangers alike can find comfort and comfort food.

Release Date:2011-09-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Joshideka

A sharpshooting rookie and a veteran with a brilliant track record are paired to solve a number of different cases. The two incompatible women clash about everything, and we see them developing a friendship, hating one another, working as team, laughing and crying as they follow the trail of clues set by a serial killer.

Release Date:2007-10-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:2

Time for Love

When their mother falls ill, two sisters are faced not only with her extended care, but with the romances that spring from this change in situation. The younger sister, a married woman with children, falls for the man who found her mother in the park that day. The older sister is the president of her own company. She deals with both a man who (accidently?) assaulted her on the train and the doctor charged with her mother's care. The former keeps appearing in her life, always sad looking. He may seek a job in her company, since he recently lost his. The handsome doctor asked her hand in marriage, and she declined him. The story goes on...

Release Date:2005-10-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:10

The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters

Release Date:2003-10-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:2

Always Smiling

Yumi, a 23-year-old office worker, is fired from her job out of the blue. A few days later, coming from a friend's wedding and having no time to change out of her kimono, she is rushing to an interview for a job at a publishing company. Yumi stumbles into the room, looking for somewhere to change out of her kimono, and finds popular comic book writer Reijiro Sakurai is having an editorial meeting with some staff. He is planning to lock himself away at a hot spring for the next three months to concentrate on his next project. Sakurai comments that if Yumi were to join him he wouldn't mind being away for so long..., and so their adventure begins.

Release Date:2003-04-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:1

Are You in Love?

Yuko, Mayumi, and Sakiko have all been married for some time, and are all reasonably happy. But they share their troubles, secret hopes, and dreams whenever the meet at Mayumi's beauty salon. This story highlights the lifestyles of women today--housewives in particular.

Release Date:2001-10-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:6

Oyaji

At 55, Kan-ichi Kanzaki is the old-fashioned and overbearing father of the Kanzaki family: his wife Miyako, his son Tadashi, and his two daughters Sayuri and Suzu. Being an “oyaji,” a stubborn middle-aged man that cannot keep his opinion to himself, Kan-ichi is particularly bothered when he views what he believes to be a failure in the public’s morals. But unlike the occasional stranger, his kids have to live under his scrutiny every day, and there are plenty of family crises to draw his ire. Although he can be strict, his actions are driven by his love for his family, and one can’t help but be touched and amused by the loving efforts of such an “oyaji.”

Release Date:2000-10-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:11

フレンズ

Release Date:2000-07-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:11

Living Alone

Kyoko, an elite career woman working at a major bank, lives a high stress life surrounded by male colleagues and clients that discriminate against her, and a mother who constantly obsesses over Kyoko's lifestyle. As Kyoko is starting to buckle under the pressures of her high profile life, she is approached by a man who inquires if she is interested in working at an escort service. Kyoko refuses the offer at first, but he senses a hidden side to her and persuades her to give it a try. She soon finds herself living a double life: one as a businesswoman and one as a call girl. Her life begins to spin out of control, but a newfound friend may be able to help her escape from her situation.

Release Date:1999-07-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Akimahende!

Nowadays, kids have their parents wrapped around their fingers. While they appear to despise their parents, they are actually insecure and want someone to give them love, guidance, and support. Although Katsura is sometimes absent-minded, she is a strong, independent woman. Junichiro proposes to her for the second time in 30 years. During this 30-year span, Junichiro was widowed three times, and fathered four children. Katsura agrees to move into the Aoki household as a live-in housekeeper and marry him only if his children learn to love her. This is a comedic and sometimes touching story about Katsura's experiences as she tries, in her own way, to win the children's hearts and trust.

Release Date:1998-10-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

Kamisan Nanka Kowakunai

Faithfully married to his wife for 25 years, Goro is left to live alone for three months while his wife visits their pregnant daughter in London. His two devious childhood friends use the chance to gain a little freedom for themselves and move in with Goro. Goro would rather have his wife home and his friends out the door; but with all the beautiful women that keep walking into his life every episode, he may take the opportunity to do a little flirting of his own.

Release Date:1998-04-12

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:2

The Misery of Others is as Sweet as Honey

A woman cartoonist struggles to make her way in the face of social restrictions. Her home office is the setting for encounters with editors, assistants and even her mother-in-law, and it’s often hard to distinguish friend from foe. Yet her ability to deal with problems somehow makes our own difficulties more bearable.

Release Date:1994-01-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Musuko no Gokikan

Daisuke Ogaki, who ran away from home 11 years ago, returns to his mother Tsuru. Tsuru takes out her accumulated anger of 11 years on her son, but he says he wants to show filial piety...

Release Date:1990-10-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Dragonfly

Eiji Ogawa, a young leader of the Hattagumi yakuza, left the prison after two years sentence. However, it was only Tsunekichi Mito, the younger brother, who came to meet him.

Release Date:1988-10-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

Danjoshchinin Akimonogatari

In terms of the cast, only Imai Ryosuke (Akashi family Akita), Kamazaki Peach (Obamboo endure), Ozawa Jungu Nine (Shicoka Crano Taro) from the summer story fixed, the other members have been replaced. Shallow kura ChiMing (Chi on JiShi son) was transferred to London to work, in the end of the summer story, with it and agreed to marry the zhen nine Lang returned to the single state.

Release Date:1987-10-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:1

Danjoshichi Natsu Monogatari

He brought together the Akashi family and Shinobu Otake, who later married (Imalu was born, then divorced). The fun of the interaction between Sanma and Otake became a hot topic, with a peak viewership of over 31%, and a sequel "The Story of Seven Men and Women in Autumn" was produced. It is also said to be the originator of trendy drama.

Release Date:1986-07-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:1

Kawasaki Vice Squad

A photographer who takes pictures of a rendezvous between a politician, company president and yakuza boss is later found dead and the film missing.

Release Date:1983-07-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director