Makiko Watanabe Movies

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

Hinako comes across the novel “Tamaran Hill” and immediately starts reading it with delight, as “tamaran” (intolerable)...

This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.

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...

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

Comedy about a woman who finds a new life after she loses her busband.

In the summer of 1963, flats of modern construction begin to be built in the slums where vagrants and women of the night gather. The city hall's plan...

Yoko Sano, picture-book author and essayist, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her most famous work "The Cat Who Lived One Million Times" is...

Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

A failed director is trying to get his next movie off the ground, while dealing with his cranky brother and his estranged wife.

A filmmaker is constantly on the move after recently ending a relationship. As she travels alone between Beijing, Nanjing, Hong Kong and Japan, she...