Yugo Sakamoto
Birth : 1996-01-18, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
History
Yugo Sakamoto (born January 18, 1996 ) is a Japanese film director. He was born in Kyoto prefecture. While studying at Kyoto University of Art and Design (currently Kyoto University of Arts), he won the 2016 Grand Prix at the Cruel Student Film Festival, receiving the "Promising New Director" award. He made his commercial film debut with " Family☆Wars ". His films are notable for their action and violence. His philosophy about his filmmaking is "Weekly Shonen Jump, not Hollywood."
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Chisato and Mahiro, are contract killers. They worry about such things as gym membership fees and insurance plan changes. Brothers Yuuri and Makoto, who work part-time at the Assassin Association, also have money troubles. In front of such a reality, the brothers hear rumors that they can be promoted to regular crew members if they steal Chisato and Mahiro's positions.
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Chisato and Mahiro, are contract killers. They worry about such things as gym membership fees and insurance plan changes. Brothers Yuuri and Makoto, who work part-time at the Assassin Association, also have money troubles. In front of such a reality, the brothers hear rumors that they can be promoted to regular crew members if they steal Chisato and Mahiro's positions.
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Chisato and Mahiro were banned from performing tasks because they violated the organization's rules?! Needing money to make ends meet, they resumed their days as part time workers. The two are busy working to earn money, but they suddenly encounter other assassins who are after them. What should they do if they can't reveal their identity as assassins when they are not on duty?
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Chisato and Mahiro were banned from performing tasks because they violated the organization's rules?! Needing money to make ends meet, they resumed their days as part time workers. The two are busy working to earn money, but they suddenly encounter other assassins who are after them. What should they do if they can't reveal their identity as assassins when they are not on duty?
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Masayuki Kunioka, who had been living in Tokyo for a while, was in a hurry. To his surprise, his mother found out his occupation because of his previous "Kunioka" work. Kunioka originally worked as a company employee after graduating from high school, but resigned because he did not fit in. He worked as a hitman without telling his mother about it. However, his mother found out about it. Kunioka came to Osaka to explain and greet his mother at home, but his colleague Manaka and cameraman HANAMOTO also came along to join him for an Osaka travel location show. Kenta Osaka joins him on what is supposed to be a fun trip, but Saito, the Naniwa Assassin, catches his eye. Will Kunioka be able to enjoy his trip to Osaka to the end, and will he be able to convince his mother of his profession? The first installment of the Kunioka Gaiden series! Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Masayuki Kunioka, who had been living in Tokyo for a while, was in a hurry. To his surprise, his mother found out his occupation because of his previous "Kunioka" work. Kunioka originally worked as a company employee after graduating from high school, but resigned because he did not fit in. He worked as a hitman without telling his mother about it. However, his mother found out about it. Kunioka came to Osaka to explain and greet his mother at home, but his colleague Manaka and cameraman HANAMOTO also came along to join him for an Osaka travel location show. Kenta Osaka joins him on what is supposed to be a fun trip, but Saito, the Naniwa Assassin, catches his eye. Will Kunioka be able to enjoy his trip to Osaka to the end, and will he be able to convince his mother of his profession? The first installment of the Kunioka Gaiden series! Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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Six girls participate in the boot camp for assassins. The instructor of the boot camp is the legendary hitman, Kunioka. At first, they repel each other, but the girls gradually develop friendships while enduring the hard training. By chance, the girls get involved in a life-threatening battle with a group of anarchist hitmen.
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Six girls participate in the boot camp for assassins. The instructor of the boot camp is the legendary hitman, Kunioka. At first, they repel each other, but the girls gradually develop friendships while enduring the hard training. By chance, the girls get involved in a life-threatening battle with a group of anarchist hitmen.
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This short film follows Zenjiro Kurata (played by Daichi Yamaguchi), a hitman with a 100 million yen bounty, as he faces attack from various assassins.
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This short film follows Zenjiro Kurata (played by Daichi Yamaguchi), a hitman with a 100 million yen bounty, as he faces attack from various assassins.
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In 2018, director Sakamoto was working on a script for his new movie "Baby Assassins." He learns of a hitman business network called "Kansai Hitman Association" and applies for interviews as a reference for writing scripts. He is introduced to Masayuki Kunioka, a freelancer who is known as the strongest hitman in Kyoto. Sakamoto decides to follow Kunioka in his day-to-day life. One day, Kunioka kills the wrong person due to miscommunication with the client and is targeted by both the hitmen sent from the furious client and those who are aiming for revenge on behalf of the victim.
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Ordinary college students dropped by a strange village on the way to their camp. Persuaded by a seemingly friendly villager to stay over, but brutal killings start to occur in the following morning.
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Ordinary college students dropped by a strange village on the way to their camp. Persuaded by a seemingly friendly villager to stay over, but brutal killings start to occur in the following morning.
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Ordinary college students dropped by a strange village on the way to their camp. Persuaded by a seemingly friendly villager to stay over, but brutal killings start to occur in the following morning.
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Chisato and Mahilo are two high school girls who are about to graduate. They also happen to both be highly skilled assassins. When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, the relationship between the pair quickly turns sour. However, when they find themselves targeted by the yakuza, the girls quickly realise that they will have to find a way to work together.
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Chisato and Mahilo are two high school girls who are about to graduate. They also happen to both be highly skilled assassins. When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, the relationship between the pair quickly turns sour. However, when they find themselves targeted by the yakuza, the girls quickly realise that they will have to find a way to work together.
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Chisato and Mahilo are two high school girls who are about to graduate. They also happen to both be highly skilled assassins. When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, the relationship between the pair quickly turns sour. However, when they find themselves targeted by the yakuza, the girls quickly realise that they will have to find a way to work together.
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Fukumi is a high school janitor whose father was a gangster. He works at the school as a janitor instead of belonging to the gang so he can watch out for Yui, the daughter of his deceased father's brother Majima Yoshiki. One day, a gang feud erupts. Yoshiki is killed and Yui becomes the next target.
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The yakuza have their best days behind them and are only a shadow of themselves. The old rituals seem out of date and their tattoos make them outcasts of society. The inexperienced student Ryō stumbles into their ranks by chance, and before he knows it, he becomes entangled in dark machinations. He quickly succumbs to the fascination of omnipotence fantasies and hedonistic decadence and sinks deeper and deeper into a parallel world of prostitution, blackmail and violence. However, there is one thing that Ryō has not considered in his naivety: once yakuza, always yakuza!
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The Fukushima family is driven to collapse after the eldest, who has dementia arrives home with the corpse of a child.
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A creepy loner college student faces off against thug siblings.
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In this deranged and unpredictable comedy, a passionate aficionado of bread stages a revolution against a tyrannical baker.
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