Tomoyuki Furumaya

Tomoyuki Furumaya is a Japanese film director. Born in Nagano Prefecture, Furumaya was attending Nihon University when his 16mm film, Shakunetsu no dojjibōru, won the grand prize at the Pia Film Festival. That earned him a Pia Scholarship to make his first theatrical feature, This Window Is Yours, a film that won the first Dragons and Tigers Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival and helped him get the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1994. His film Bad Company won a Tiger Award and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2001 Rotterdam Film Festival. Sayonara Midori-chan also was the runner-up in the competition at the 2005 Three Continents Festival. He has also worked on such television programs as Mori no Asagao. Furumaya is married to actress Miako Tadano.

Works

Happy of the End
7.3

Happy of the End

A love story about Keito, a mysterious, beautiful young man living on the fringes of society, and Chihiro, a man who lost everything after being rejected by his family.

Release Date:2024-09-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:6

7.0

PLAY!

A bumpy team that suddenly formed challenges the Rocket League national tournament.

Release Date:2024-03-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

The Neighbor of Healing Has a Secret
7.0

The Neighbor of Healing Has a Secret

Yomogida Fujiko is an office worker with an academic complex. She works hard and becomes a full-time employee at an insurance company, but because of her diligence, she is unable to refuse the work she is asked to do and accepts it with a smile on her face. One day, an elite company employee, Nishina Soma, moves into the room next door. Fujiko is soothed by the time she spends with her very kind and gentlemanly neighbor. But why did Nishina, a supposedly elite man, move into this shabby apartment, and why is he so kind to Fujiko...? It seems that Nishina, who does not speak much, is a stranger to Fujiko...?

Release Date:2023-07-08

Department:Directing

Job:Series Director

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:1

Candy Color Paradox
6.8

Candy Color Paradox

As a reporter at a weekly magazine, Satoshi Onoe takes pride in his ability to write well and report ethically. But when the stakeout teams are shuffled around in light of a new investigation, Onoe ends up being paired up with the one and only Motoharu Kaburagi, an ill-mannered photographer who spells nothing but trouble. Onoe, who secretly regards Kaburagi as his biggest rival, absolutely despises him and his haphazard and unethical reporting methods, with the two bickering constantly. However, much to Onoe's surprise, his annoyance soon begins to shift as he spends more time with Kaburagi, and his feelings towards his arch nemesis turn a bit sweeter...

Release Date:2022-12-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:15

Showa Kayo Musical Mata Au Hi Made

Isono Sae is an office lady in Showa 63 (1988), who has difficulty living during the economic bubble when everything became expensive. Somehow, Sae wanders into the parallel world of “Reiwa” and decides to use Showa songs which she dislikes, as a weapon to change the world where human relationships are weak.

Release Date:2022-04-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

My Love, My Baker
4.0

My Love, My Baker

Koiwa Minako manages a small bakery that has been in her family for generations, but struggles doing it all on her own. Kita Kaoru, who is 6 years younger than Minako, begins working at the bakery part time. He used to be a chef at a Michelin star restaurant, but doesn't speak about his past. Despite his secrets, Kaoru becomes an indispensable presence in Minako's bakery and life.

Release Date:2020-07-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:1

5.0

Climb Miss Kotera

Kotera (Haruka Kudo) is a high school student. She belongs to the school's climbing club and is enthusiastic with bouldering. She is polite and has a tender personality. Meanwhile, Kondo (Kentaro Ito) is a member of ping pong club at the same school and is attracted to Kotera.

Release Date:2020-06-05

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

A Cherry Boy's Love

A 45-year-old virgin has a hard time adjusting to society and he keeps himself in his own world.

Release Date:2018-10-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Sachi no Otera Gohan

Sachi no Otera Gohan

Release Date:2017-07-17

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:10

Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?
7.9

Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?

One morning, students find their homeroom teacher Tokuyama Daigoro’s body on the floor of the classroom. A strange school life begins as the students work hard to hide the presence of their teacher's corpse in their classroom. Other teachers from the Academy, their homeroom teacher's wife, his mistress, police, and reporters... One-by-one they visit the classroom and the students face the risk of being discovered. Is it possible to continue to hide it?! And who was it who killed him?!

Release Date:2016-07-17

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:10

6.0

Killing Curriculum

Elementary school alumnus are held captive in a school and forced to play a fatal game "Jinroh Game."

Release Date:2015-08-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

5.5

The Road Less Travelled

Kazunari Katsuki (Gaku Sano) lied to his classmate that Tokyo stinks. Because of his comment, he goes to Tokyo alone. On his way back, he misses his flight back to Kumamoto. Kazunari only 3,400 yen in his pocket. He becomes confused about his missed flight. At that time, Masami Tanaka (Kaoru Sugita), who works at an airport souvenir shop, talks to Kazunari. On Kazunari's unusual trip back to Kumamoto, he meets many different adults and begins to think about his life.

Release Date:2013-09-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

7.0

Majutsu wa Sasayaku

A woman named Kazuko (Kimura) who was guilty of a “serious crime” in the past, along with three of her friends. Those friends suddenly begin to die one by one. Kazuko learns that one of those deaths is somehow connected to Mamoru (Nakamura Aoi), her younger brother from whom she has been separated ever since their father disappeared 15 years earlier. Although Mamoru knows nothing of his sister, Kazuko is determined to find the killer in order to protect Mamoru and herself.

Release Date:2011-09-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Monster Magnitude: 9

Monster Magnitude: 9

Monster attacks are a common occurrence in Japan. A special division of the Japan Meteorological Agency has been established to predict such attacks, as well as support the Japan Self-Defense Forces and minimize the damage from the attacks.

Release Date:2010-07-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

5.9

Bushido Sixteen

Kaori is an intense kendo fighter who has been training since she was young. Sanae is a girl who has only participated in kendo casually, but somehow manages to beat Kaori in the final tournament of junior high school. Although Sanae doesn’t particularly care about it, Kaori holds a grudge, setting up a rivalry that bleeds over into high school.

Release Date:2010-04-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:7

Bukatsudo
6.5

Bukatsudo

Release Date:2010-04-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2

6.3

The Homeless Student

Based on an autobiography by Hiroshi Tamura, the film follows story of the author's experience of homelessness when this father suddenly decides to abandon his family. Hiroshi and his older siblings do all what they can to withstand the trouble they encounter along their way.

Release Date:2008-10-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

5.6

Naoko

Naoko meets Yusuke while staying on an island for medical treatment. Yusuke's graceful athletic figure captivates her eyes and she falls in love with him. But their relationship is soon broken after Yusuke's father dies while trying to save Naoko from drowning. The memory of Yusuke leads Naoko to the track, and six years later, they meet each other again at a Marathon competition. Naoko decides to become a manager to help Yusuke, a gifted runner, and they embark on training together to heal their sorrows from the past.

Release Date:2008-09-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5

6.5

Sakuran

Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.

Release Date:2006-12-07

Character:Oretachi

Vote Count:59

Keitai Deka Zenigata Rai

Keitai Deka Zenigata Rai

Keitai Deka Zenigata Rai follows the adventures of Zenigata Rai (played by Saori Koide), a high school student with a genius IQ of 180, who is also the granddaughter of a legendary police chief. Using her mobile phone as a crucial investigative tool, she helps solve various murder mysteries.

Release Date:2006-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:26

5.0

Sayonara Midori-chan

Naive office girl Yuko supports her blithe big city lifestyle with a part-time job at a neighborhood cafe. Attracted to her manager there, the shallow but charming Yutaka, she willingly succumbs to his lascivious advances only to discover afterward that he already has a girlfriend by the name of Midori. Even so, Yuko's feelings for Yutaka continue to grow regardless of his aloofness. Before long she finds herself reluctantly cajoled into working as a hostess in a small karaoke bar. Fatalistically accepting his dalliances with flames old and new, she perseveres not so much in hope of a more substantial relationship, but rather out of fear of losing him. There are other men out there waiting for her -- kinder, more considerate and eagerly available. But for Yuko, there is only the non-committal, yet torridly magnetic Yutaka. Why him? Not even Yuko seems to know the answer.

Release Date:2005-08-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

Sasori

Sasori

On her 18th birthday, Nami witnesses the brutal murder of her parents by a man with a burn on his hand. She is then falsely accused of the crime and sent to jail. Sworn to vengeance, Nami battles corrupt officials and cruel inmates to escape prison, only to search through the underbelly of Japanese society to find the man with a burn on his hand, ‘stinging’ anyone in her way.

Release Date:2004-06-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Keitai Deka Zenigata Mai
6.3

Keitai Deka Zenigata Mai

Zenigata Mai is a high school girl who sidelines as a detective. Her father is a high ranking police officer, so her partner Godai Jun is forced to allow her to participate in investigations, often through cellphone conversations.

Release Date:2003-10-05

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:3

5.4

Robot Contest

Satomi is not putting much effort into her school work. She is told by her instructor that she is short of the minimum number of credits to advance. One option is for her to participate in the Robot Club, which is participating in a robot contest that is a single-elimination challenge. Satomi and the club begin working to rise to the top.

Release Date:2003-09-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5

4.7

Bad Company

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 'humanity index' in the classroom, divided into the categories 'delinquents', 'scum' and 'people'. In each category he has hung name-cards of pupils. One day Kobayashi finds out that Sadatomo and his friends have stolen some things from a shop for fun. Their fathers are informed and as punishment, the children have to write a 'self-critical' essay of no less than thirty pages. For the first time, Sadatomo is beaten by his father. Shocked, he writes a piece entitled 'I am an onion', in which the teacher thinks he can detect a first sign of humanity. That is the start of a confusing situation in which it gets hard to distinguish lies, truth, justified self-criticism and opportunist wheeler dealing, even for the boys.

Release Date:2001-02-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:6

Space Ship Remnant 6

In the year 2046, overpopulation and exhaustion of resources has forced humanity to travel into space. A colony is established on Mars. This film is about what happens when one cargo ship traveling between Mars and Earth collides with an asteroid.

Release Date:1996-08-17

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

5.9

Helpless

Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him, enraged Yasuo is on his way to find the boss. But before setting out for the dangerous trip, Yasuo asks Kenji to take care of his mentally challenged sister, Yuri, and a mysterious black bag.

Release Date:1996-07-27

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:10

10.0

This Window Is Yours

The day before summer vacation. Yoko who tastes Tallow of the third year high school student will move to Hokkaido. However, with my grandpa's selfishness, she returned from the station and decided to live at the house next to Tallow! To the feeling that should have been sorted out, the fire is put on again.

Release Date:1993-09-07

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

灼熱のドッジボール

One day in the hot summer, a high school girl transfers to another school. As she is saying goodbye to her friends at the school gate, she hears the bell at the station. Forty minutes to go until the next train... So began the last dodgeball game on the riverbank. The yellow ball flew over everyone's head. The two boys who liked her look at each other. One of them calls out to her. You've got a sore shoe, haven't you? Then she goes barefoot and hugs the boy. Then the train bell rings. Bye bye!" She waved loudly to everyone with mixed feelings and headed for the station... Everyone has their own sweet and sour memories of their teenage years. This is not a new theme, but it is straightforwardly expressed in a game of dodgeball. The interplay of cuts and camera work is also unique. The relaxed flow of after-school time and the urgency of the impending departure of the train all come together to create an ups and downs in the drama of separation.

Release Date:1992-01-01

Department:Production

Job:Producer

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