Wataru Hiranami

Movies

Searchlight
Director
A suburban town where searchlights illuminate the sky. A seemingly ordinary high school girl, she was forced to live a hard life with her sick mother.
Amnesiac Love
Screenplay
This story follows the journey of an ill-fated young man whose ambition is to be a professional antiques dealer. A hard-up young man, who makes his living by selling old items in flea markets, meets a nurse and he falls in love with her. He decides to become a successful antique dealer. So he participates in a huge auction in the mountains but he makes a fool of himself. At the same time he ends up being in the netherworld, and hovers between life and death.
Amnesiac Love
Director
This story follows the journey of an ill-fated young man whose ambition is to be a professional antiques dealer. A hard-up young man, who makes his living by selling old items in flea markets, meets a nurse and he falls in love with her. He decides to become a successful antique dealer. So he participates in a huge auction in the mountains but he makes a fool of himself. At the same time he ends up being in the netherworld, and hovers between life and death.
A Girl on the Shore
Assistant Director
In a seaside town where very little happens, middle school students Keisuke Isobe and Koume Satou live a rather dull life. But when Koume's crush breaks her heart, their situation becomes quite unordinary. She starts a "no-strings-attached" relationship with Keisuke, whom she had previously rejected, both finding solace in the other in order to fill the emotional voids in their lives. However, being "friends with benefits" becomes complicated when real feelings begin to develop, as the consequences of their relationship start to take their toll on those around them and themselves. A Girl on the Shore takes a harsh look at love, relationships, and the emotional price that will be paid as the result of a decision made between two teenagers.
The Pledge to Megumi
Assistant Director
A film depicting the story of Yokota Megumi who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977.
the believers
Director
Easter Nightmare
Screenplay
Easter Nightmare is based on the Fourth game in the "Nightmare" series "The Rabbit House"
Easter Nightmare
Director
Easter Nightmare is based on the Fourth game in the "Nightmare" series "The Rabbit House"
Their Distance
Assistant Director
Reon is a young Korean man. He avoids contact with other people and works as an apprentice shoemaker. One after, he sees a woman Sona passed out and sleeping on a bench in the park. Reon doesn't know why, but he can't get her out of his mind. Meanwhile, Kokaze works in the same shoe shop with Reon and has feelings for him.
Dawn
Director
Haru is living a disintegrated married life with her then high school teacher, Yuichiro. After Yuichiro's sudden death, Haru meets his mistress, Shiori, who was also one of his students. Fueled by jealousy, unexpected events begin...
Little/boy
Director of Photography
Kotaro, a very young but dedicated baseball player, is annoyed with Sachiko, a woman brought by his baseball coach to the practice ground. Despite his initial dislike for Sachiko’s attitude, Kotaro starts to romanticize about a relationship between grown-ups.
THE FILM IS MINE
Director
This is the story of a film crew. On that morning, they gathered as usual. However, the director did not show up. In the absence of the director, the assistant director struggles to come up with an answer...