Makiko Watanabe Movies

Following the 2011 tsunami, three women reunite in the family home only to rekindle tense, ruinous relationships.

Natsuki, a sales clerk of a bookstore, and Koji. a high school student. Seemingly nothing in common, they have one thing they can share: books.

Kohei and Akira are a couple running away together without a destination. They meet a geology researcher namend Shiraki on the way and the three...

A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.

Mika (Marie Ono), a Japanese-American woman, returns to her native Saitama hometown and becomes a therapist for a "nemuriba" ("a place to sleep").

Ryoko hides herself in a closet after a patron in her restaurant becomes ill from food poisoning & she is held responsible. Her husband and co-owner...

When her husband is hospitalized with tuberculosis, Chika has a series of three relationships: with a teacher in her hometown, with a student in...

Four short films produced without a director

About an energetic kindergarden student and the people around him

Mogura, a shut-in former musician, falls in love with a young cellist after seeing her photo in a magazine.

Another psychodrama, this time revolving around an SM club.