Shinji Kuma
Film and television director.
Works
Detective Office 5: Another Story
This anthology-style mystery series is part of the D‑5 PROJECT, centered around Detective Office 5 - a long-running private detective agency in Kawasaki. Each detective is known only by a number rather than a name (e.g., Detective 596, 532), with standalone stories featuring different characters and surreal, quirky cases.
Release Date2005-09-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Hibana: Spark
Tokunaga, a comedian who is down on his luck, has a shock encounter with Kamiya, an older comedian when he visits a fireworks event in Atami on a job. Tokunaga is deeply touched by Kamiya and asks if he can become his apprentice. Kamiya is a genius type of comedian who is full of human kindness. He accepts Tokunaga’s proposition on the condition that he will write his biography.
Release Date2016-06-02
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count2
Vote Count28
Married Stewardess: Uniform Ascension
Today is last working day stewardess, she recalls life these days days ago…And, it is the first of a memorable day in life.
Release Date1998-10-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobOther
Vote Count3
Blue
An introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates. Set in a small seaside town in Japan.
Release Date2003-03-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count29
Strobe Edge
Ninako Kinoshita has never been in love until an encounter with the school's most popular boy, Ren Ichinose, leads the two to befriending each other. Ren's patient and kind personality is a far cry from his unapproachable idol status at school, and soon Ninako falls in love with him. However, she must cope with the fact that he already has a long-time girlfriend.
Release Date2015-03-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count45
Shiratori Reiko: The Movie
Japanese TV drama Shiratori Reiko, which is based on the original Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! shōjo manga by Yumiko Suzuki, will be receiving a feature length theatrical film in June of 2016.
Release Date2016-06-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Unforgiven
An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.
Release Date2013-09-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count76
Villain
Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.
Release Date2010-09-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count43
Yellow Elephant
Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...
Release Date2013-02-02
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count10
The Rest of Our Lives
To fight the first signs of dementia, the same illness that took the life of his beloved wife, 71-years old Kenji joins the Long and Healthy Life Club, where he befriends the eccentric Mr Hashimoto. His biggest fear is becoming a burden to others, while Hashimoto struggles to come to terms with his failing body. In their quest to stay healthy, they decide to take a swimming class where they meet Kaori, a once-professional athlete turned swimming teacher. Like Kenji, Kaori struggles with the fact that she’s past her peak, but through the swimming lessons, they both find a new perspective on life.
Release Date2023-09-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Maestro!
Due to the economic recession, the orchestra is shut down. The members hear later that the orchestra will be reformed. Only some of the members, who have not yet been rehired, gather for the orchestra. For the first time since they disbanded the orchestra plays together, but they sound horrible. At that time, the conductor Tetsusaburo Tendou appears in front of them.
Release Date2015-01-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count5
Blue Hour
Trapped in her anemic career and love relationship, a 30-year-old TV commercial director returns to her countryside home in the company of a free-spirited friend. In a bittersweet reunion with an alienated family, her childhood memories of freedom and yearnings creep in the dreamlike blue hour, transcending into a lyricism of self-realization – at once whimsical, agonizing and yet hopeful.
Release Date2019-03-28
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count9
Meguru Mirai
On the 18th of January, Meguru and Mirai's wedding anniversary, Meguru falls down the emergency stairs at her workplace and dies. Mirai, overwhelmed by sadness, develops a mysterious illness as a result, which is triggered due to fluctuations in his emotions. Before he knew it, he had returned to the past to the time she was still alive. As he relives his life from this point, he discovers a side of Meguru he previously wasn't aware of, as well as relationships he had no idea about. Meanwhile, he starts to search for the real cause of Meguru's death and takes action in order to save her.
Release Date2024-01-18
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
Psychic Agents
Keitaro Masuyama runs Masuyama Psychic Office. Along with his team possessing special powers, they investigate small problems in the area. One day, class 2 psychic Atsushi Takahara is handing out flyers and meets Aoba. He falls in love with her, not knowing she also has special powers and a dark past. Meanwhile, Keitaro Masuyama investigates a kidnapping case that even has the police involved. Soon, Aoba becomes the suspect for the murder of her sister's husband and the murder is somehow tied to the kidnapping case.
Release Date2018-03-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
According to Our Butler
Master Kaei, the heir to the affluent and well-regarded Karasuma family, is back at home in Japan after a period of studying in the United Kingdom. Back at the mansion he has Kisaragi Soma to serve him. Soma is efficient and intelligent beyond his station. There is something unusual afoot and the two men need to counter it.
Release Date2019-05-17
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Fa no tofu
This drama depicts the turbulent daily life of the heroine, who works in the family's tofu shop, and her father and daughter.
Release Date2011-06-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Married Female Banker
Tomoko couldn't sleep all night. She bought a house and can't pay the mortgage. Tomoko is a banker, and she mainly goes out on the road, but her performance is not good. She nand her husband discuss money, but as usual, she says she'll do something about it...
Release Date1998-01-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobFirst Assistant Director
Konya wa Konoji De
Two people, sake and gourmet. Yoshioka (Asaka), who is stressed by work, reunites with Keiko (Nakamura), a longed-for senior, because of his work in the “U-shaped bar” with a U-shaped counter.
Release Date2020-01-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count12
Vote Count2
Tokyo Tower
Kojima Toru is a medical school student, but he is bored with his life that always seems the same. One day, he meets an architect, Asano Shifumi, and he is invited to her office. He enjoys a pleasant time with her. They drink coffee and listen to music. At that time, he sees a black and white photo of the Tokyo Tower on her office wall. He asks her if she likes the Tokyo Tower, and she replies that she does not because it looks lonely to her. Kojima Toru loves the time he spends with her. A couple of days later, he visits her office again and tells her that he wants to know more about her.
Release Date2024-04-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count9
Vote Count1
Stand Up Start
Mihoshi Taiyo is the CEO of investment company Sunshine Fund and self-proclaimed human investor. He holds the belief that "Assets are people. No investor will dispose of their assets." Mihoshi Taiyo approaches people who are having difficulties in their personal lives or business career. He talks to them and proposes doing a start-up together, allowing them to dream again.
Release Date2023-01-18
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
Vote Count1
DIVE!!
Tomoki Sakai is a first-year high school student. He has talent for diving and has been partaking in the sport for six years. He is also member of the dive club MDC, but the club is on the verge of shutting down due to budget deficits. Kayoko Asaki becomes the new coach of MDC and informs the team that they must produce an athlete on the national dive team for the next Olympics. Otherwise, their team will shut down forever. Tomoki Sakai has rival divers: Yōichi Fujitani and Shibuki Okitsu.
Release Date2021-04-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Ichido hashitai Aniki no yomesan
Pink film directed by Shinji Kuma.
Release Date1997-02-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Izakaya Bottakuri
Bottakuri is a small bar located in the deserted downtown of Tokyo. In this place the beautiful sisters Mine and Kaoru, who inherited the restaurant from their late parents, serve hearty food and sake. The two sisters and their regular customers solve small problems and share wisdoms while eating and drinking. ~~ Adapted from the web novel "Izakaya Bottakuri" (居酒屋ぼったくり) by Akikawa Takimi (秋川滝美).
Release Date2018-04-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count11
Vote Count6
Edomae no Shun
Adapted from the manga by Tsukumo Mori and Satō Terushi.
Release Date2018-10-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count24
Trapped in the Box
Miwa, Motoaki, Ritsu, Aoi, and Satoru have lived at the same apartment complex for years and they are childhood friends. When they were younger, they always played together. Now, they are high school students and they attend the same high school. They are still friends, but their relationships have changed. Miwa has feelings for Motoaki, but she can't tell him about her feelings. Motoaki is unaware of her feelings towards him and treats her like a friend. Aoi acts like she is good friends with Miwa, but, Aoi is frustrated by her sense of inferiority and jealousy towards Miwa. Aoi is dating Satoru. Meanwhile, Ritsu complains about the relationships of the other 4 and keeps his distance from them.
Release Date2020-02-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count6
Vote Count3
Hard-boiled & Love
A middle-aged detective, Kurosaki Ryuji, who can work but is not popular with women, is depicted working hard to marry while solving the mysteries and incidents that come to the office.
Release Date2022-01-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count6
Vote Count1
Do-sukebe oyako
Pink film directed by Kunihiko Matsuoka.
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count1
Perfect Adultery
A devoted husband’s suspicion of his wife’s infidelity leads him into a web of deception and hidden truths in this intense tale of love and betrayal.
Release Date2025-07-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count13
The Code
For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack his most difficult programming code yet, the detective embarks for Shanghai where he crosses paths with a sniper, an informant, the head of the Blue-Dragon Mafia, and beautiful singer on the run, Meilan. As 507 stumbles deeper into a twisted quagmire of intrigue he discovers the sad truth behind the mystery.
Release Date2009-05-09
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count6
Onna Tomodachi
Setsu and Chisato have been good friends since high school. On this day, Setsu comes to the dining bar where Chisato works. Setsu is a shoe designer and bothered about an offer for a temporary posting that she got from an Italian workshop. The wife of Setsu’s lover Hirai Tamotsu has found out about Setsu’s relationship with him. Even so, Hirai says they will stay together. Setsu’s first marriage failed because of her perfection and she seems to have found comfort in her relationship with the devil-may-care Hirai. Although Chisato listens sympathetically to Setsu’s story, she is troubled by her own husband’s infidelity. Chisato’s husband Mitsuru is a popular photographer. He has always had the habit of having affairs. But her intuition gives her the hunch that his affair might be a serious one this time. She is tormented by hallucinations that the family will be hijacked in her absence. Meanwhile, Setsu is hit with an unexpected incident…
Release Date2020-04-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count12
Spring Has Come
High school girls are the chrysalises who hide their "female" form under their school uniforms and wait for the time to hatch. They are sensitive, fragile, and the cruellest of creatures. The protagonist, Mizuki, is a third-year student at an all-girls school. She secretly has feelings for her classmate Terumi. When Terumi's boyfriend breaks up with her, Mizuki gently hugs her and comforts her as she cries... Mizuki's keen observation of the pseudo-romance between girls, combined with the natural acting of the girls in the cast, makes for a very realistic "picture book of high school girl life". The softly beautiful scenes of the two girls walking through a residential area in midsummer, wearing yukata at a fair, and on a Christmas night are as impressive as a painting.
Release Date1990-01-01
DepartmentCamera
JobDirector of Photography
Naoto Shibui's Holiday
Shibui Naoto is a 52-year old single designer with a private office. He spends his daily life with style.
Release Date2019-01-18
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count12
ぜんぶ、あなたのためだから
A bride is poisoned during her wedding reception, forcing the groom and a photographer to investigate the guests as dark secrets and hypocrisies among the bride's friends and family are revealed.
Release Date2026-01-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
A Shyness for the Real Thing
A female teacher is dispatched as a private tutor. One of her students, a high school boy, falls in love with her at first sight, and when they are alone he suddenly pounces on her. Although she is reluctant, she becomes immersed in the young boy's love. However, she has a crush on someone else. Although she is devoted to him, she is unable to bring herself to say it, and he has always been taken by another woman.
Release Date1995-07-21
DepartmentProduction
JobProduction Assistant
Vote Count1