Kensaku Kakimoto (Director)

Glass Heart

An aspiring drummer suddenly loses her spot in the band. But when a brilliant musician recruits her for his new band, her life takes a passionate turn.

Release Date2025-07-31

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography

Episode Count10

Vote Count19

Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama

Hoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during his lifetime, some of which are included in textbooks and continue to be read today. His stories often feature mystery, science fiction, or fantasy elements. A sometimes "humorous" and sometimes "cynic" look at society and mankind. Always short, but always surprising and unpredictable. Is it a poisonous allegory or a wake-up call? See some of his greatest gems come to life in this 2022 live-action adaptation

Release Date2022-04-05

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Episode Count2

Vote Count4

Colors

Release Date2006-07-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

One Night Morning

Relationships take on many forms. Some can be fleeting, delicate things that only last a moment, while others are sure and steady and can last a lifetime. More often than not, relationships fall somewhere in between, but whatever the relationship, each one is as unique as the people in them. Take the eight different couples in this story, for example. While each of them ends up sharing a night, how that night looks and what comes the morning after is entirely different. For the man reunited with his former high school classmate, the feelings he has harbored all these years give their time together a very specific meaning. Meanwhile, an evening shared by two individuals who regularly hook up for sex takes on an entirely different one. No matter what their dynamic may be, each couple in this series has this in common: they each share a meal the morning after. The question is, where do things go between them, once they’ve finished their breakfast?

Release Date2022-08-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobSeries Director

Episode Count8

Vote Count5

Flarella

The experiences of a woman as she passes through several life stages.

Release Date2010-10-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Have a Nice Day

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa ("Yoru no Picnic"), Masaya Kakehi ("Bijokan), and more for a total of 18 shorts. This time around the theme is "24 hours," where filming for each work must have been completed in 24 hours in order to appear in this film.

Release Date2006-10-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Parasite in Love

A man named Kengo Kosaka is germaphobe, Due to his disorder, he is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has Ommatophobia. Both Kengo Kosaka and Hijiri Sanagi do not expect to find love with another person.

Release Date2021-11-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count17

Baumkuchen

Four different worlds are connected through the "Baumkuchen Seeds of Happiness." The World of the Kawanobe's - Three brothers, Taro (Mame Yamada), Jiro (Hiroshi Yamamoto), and Hiroto (Shoichi Honda) who is a so-called NEET (short for "Not in Employment, Education, or Training) make up the Kawanobe household. The World of a Bar - Two men (Mame Yamada and Hiroshi Yamamoto) sits in a bar and discusses the Kawanobe brothers' love story. The World of Yumi - Yumi is reading a novel about the characters in the bar. The World of a Novelist - Novelist Masatoshi (Shoichi Honda) is writing a novel about Yumi. In their own worlds, in their own way, each character will find a way to arrive at their happiness.

Release Date2007-09-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Sleeping Flower

Release Date2005-10-29

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Ugly

Kazuya is an aimless photographer in Paris who attempts suicide while visiting the city. He goes to see his half-brother Satoshi who lives there, but finds his two roommates instead and they seem to be hiding something.

Release Date2011-12-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

HOTEL MURDERESS OF ARIZONA MY GUN

HOTEL MURDERESS OF ARIZONA MY GUN is Onitsuka Chihiro's fourth live DVD and her first live DVD after signing on with FOR LIFE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. It is a recording of her final show on December 17 of the same year at the Tokyo International Forum Hall A. The setlist featured songs from current and past two labels, as well as two covers. Although performed on the date, the DVD is missing the performance of "Gekkou". On the first date, Onitsuka also performed "An Fhideag Airgid". For the entire concert, Onitsuka was backed only by a piano

Release Date2012-03-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated

100 minutes of healing music from Ryuichi Sakamoto and shamisen prodigy Hidejiro Honjoh.

Release Date2020-04-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1